Futurama: Space Pilot 3000

​Futurama: Space Pilot 3000, the pilot episode of an American adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening, was unexpectedly cool and funny for a show that was made more or less 15 years ago, not that I’m judging. The show’s take on future and science was quite amusing. They presented it in a humorous and light way but if you think about it thouroughly, the content about the future in that short clip was heavy.

Although the future shown there was the mainstream future we think about nowadays with the flying cars, preservation of the dead and somehow making them alive, being invaded by the extra-terrestrials and all, there were also other out-of the-box inventions like the suicide booth where you can choose different methods to die for only 25 cents and the career deciding machine were you will be assigned a job you will do for as long as you live.

Unlike what people of today dreamed and expected of having, the future shown there however didn’t show a utopiandream world. Instead, the world was pretty much the same imperfect, cruel, terrible but of course wonderful, full of surprises and amazing world we have now. Some people didn’t want their jobs, some people weren’t satisfied or contented so they commit suicide, some were enjoying in parties and other human stuffs.

Tackling time travel, Futurama made use of the method called cryogenic freezing. Cryogenic freezing was a way of preserving the body. Philip Fry, the hero of the show, was cryogenically frozen for 1000 years. So his approximately 20 year old body was exploring the future.

To sum it all up, I for one, think that Futurama is a definite must-watch not only for fans of The Future but for all. It will make you laugh and you will also gain new fascinating information like I had.

Krystine Pearl Robles
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