Futurama/Volume 1

Volume 1 Futurama
Release Date	March 25, 2003
Format	DVD
Region	1
Distributor	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Disc Count	3
Episode Count	13
Running Time	299 minutes
Retail Price	$39.98
Video	Full Frame (4:3)
Audio	English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 French: Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles	English, Spanish
Purchase	Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
Next Volume	Volume 2

Overview

Unlike most shows, which air episodes in the order (or almost in the order) that they are produced, the order in which episodes were broadcast originally on Fox in the United States differs radically from the order in which they were created (syndicators in other parts of the world usually broadcast Futurama in the original production order). The DVD releases of Futurama follow the original production order, not the original broadcast order. As a result, Volume 1 collects all of the first US broadcast seaason and the first four episodes of the second US broadcast season.

Disc Breakdown

Disc 1

• Episodes: Space Pilot 3000, The Series Has Landed, I, Roommate, Love's Labors Lost in Space
• Full Length Audio Commentary on all episodes, featuring Matt Groening, David X. Cohen and various members of the cast and crew.
• Animatics, Script and Storyboards for Space Pilot 3000.
• Deleted Scenes from The Series Has Landed, I, Roommate and Love's Labors Lost in Space.

Disc 2

• Episodes: Fear of a Bot Planet, A Fishful of Dollars, My Three Suns, A Big Piece of Garbage, Hell Is Other Robots
• Full Length Audio Commentary on all episodes, featuring Matt Groening, David X. Cohen and various members of the cast and crew.
• Deleted Scenes from My Three Suns and Hell Is Other Robots.

Disc 3

• Episodes: A Flight to Remember, Mars University, When Aliens Attack, Fry and the Slurm Factory
• Full Length Audio Commentary on all episodes, featuring Matt Groening, David X. Cohen and various members of the cast and crew.
• Deleted Scenes from When Aliens Attack.
• Featurette
• Concept Art Gallery

Special Features

• The 5 minute long featurette explains the motivation and creative process behind Futurama and includes interviews with Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Claudia Katz and Gregg Vanzo. It's a behind the scenes look at what goes into making an episode of Futurama.
• The concept art gallery details artwork that predates the first episode including early versions of New New York, Planet Express, Fry and other characters. On four pieces of art, the Planet Express logo can be seen in the corner, selecting it shows Matt Groening talking about that particular piece of art or the character.

Easter Eggs

• Disc 1: Highlight "Love's Labours Lost in Space" and press right to highlight the car. Click enter to see the movie poster for "Planet of the Clams"

• Disc 2: Highlight "Hell is Other Robots" and press down to highlight the Slurm Billboard. Click enter to see the poster for "Quizblorg, Quizblorg"

• Disc 2: Select "Fear of a Bot Planet" and then Scene Selection. Highlight the NNY symbol and press Enter to show a poster for "It Came from Planet Earth".

• Disc 2: Select "My Three Suns" episode and then Scene Selection. Highlight the three buttons on the bottom left of the console and press Enter to show a poster for "I Was a Teenage Human".

• Disc 2: Select "Hell is Other Robots" episode and then Scene Selection. Highlight the wavy line symbol on the right of screen and press Enter to show a poster for "Yentltron".

• Disc 3: Highlight "Fry and the Slurm Factory" and press down to highlight the flying car. Click enter to see the poster for "Buff Bot - The Human Slayer".

• Disc 3: Select "A Flight to Remember" episode and then Scene Selection. Highlight the button marked 'Do Not Push!' and click enter to show a candid photo of Professor Farnsworth.

• Disc 3: Select any episode and enter the Special Features menu. Select Main Menu and press left or right to highlight the screen of the remote control. Click enter to see the movie poster for "Galaxy Wars".

Alterations

• In Space Pilot 3000, an alien gets into a cab and asks to be driven to "Radio City Mutant Hall." In the original broadcast, the alien asked to be driven to "JFK Jr. Airport" but it was changed in order to be politically correct, as JFK Jr. had died during animation of the episode of a plane crash.