Hello, fellow nerdlingers.

According to a post on Phil Lamarr's Facebook page, 20th Century Fox is attempting to recast the voices of Futurama. This has been confirmed by several different online sources (like Forces of Geek and The Hollywood Reporter, to name a few). Auditions are currently being accepted for Fry, Leela, Bender, Zapp, the Professor, Zoidberg, MOM, and Kif.

The sources all seem to agree that this is being done in an attempt to scare the voice actors into signing contracts for less money. To put it another way, 20th Century Fox is bullying the voices of our favorite characters to work for less than they're worth.

As a fan of the series, I am outraged. And this isn't the hyperbolic, BS outrage I feel when some jive-talking sucker talks smack about my momma. I am literally, actually outraged.

As moderator of this community, I'm here to encourage all members to help fix this problem by supporting the cast however we can.

Let's use this post to discuss ways in which we can let 20th Century Fox know that what they're doing is unacceptable. Some ideas have already been proposed.

--Flood the Casting Director with emails expressing our rage. futurama@scottmullercasting.com

--The Casting Director can also be reached via snail mail:
King of the Hill
ATTN: Scott Muller
15821 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA
91436

--Spread the word! Use Twitter, Digg, Facebook, and other blogging services to inform the masses. Feel free to link back to this post, which will be kept public and updated periodically.

--Join Leave the Cast of Futurama Alone on Facebook, and tell your friends

--If you're going to Comic Con, attend any Futurama panels, visit any booths, and again, spread the word....

...Keep in mind that this was done a number of years ago with The Simpsons. Because of fan response, all of the original actors were resigned, and most were given substantial raises. So let's make those 20th Century bitches our bitches, those bastards!

I took my mom to see Star Trek this afternoon. It was the last day in the theater. I felt kind of bad that it took me so long. I kept forgetting. There was just no way she wasn't going to see it on the big screen. She's probably one of the most hardcore Trekkies I've ever known. She loved it. Just to kind of put it into perspective...she thought it was better than Wrath of Kahn and The Undiscovered Country. That's saying a whole lot.

I have to admit, it is even better the second time around. I paid close attention to the details and didn't really find any plot holes. I was seriously looking for them. I still cried in the beginning. I still smiled through the rest of the movie. I still left extremely excited for the next movie.

After I dropped her off Maddie and I went to gymnastics and then the public library's Superhero Library Party. All the kids dressed up as super heroes. I am happy to report that D.C. outnumbered Marvel by two! My own lovely Wonder Woman totally pwnd Spiderman and won the musical chairs game. Great Hera!!!

I'm beat. It's almost time for Maddie to go to bed. Ahhhhh....

The 2009 Eagles training camp schedule is up. Whoot!

That is all.

Sorry this was a little late. Last Saturday was Greg's Frey blot. He was looking forward to this for months. A couple of weeks before Greg and I dug an area in the backyard to create a garden. The flowers we planted were all perennials and they all have nectar bearing flowers to encourage bees. Greg and I are seriously considering getting a beehive for the backyard. After we dug and planted we went to a little river on the state gamelands and took out a ton of stones from the to build a cairn. Greg dug a huge hole to bury the hand made offering box he worked on all week.

At the blot people offered a toast to Frey and an offering if they had one. We sealed up the box, buried it, and then each participant placed a stone over the buried box. We all built a very nice shrine area. Greg topped it off with a flat piece of stone for a nice altar table.

The feast was magnificent. There was every type of food imaginable including a huge birthday cake for Greg. The only downer of the whole evening was poor chainsaw_larry. If anyone says you can't break a rib from coughing know that it's a lie.

We had two overnight guests. Dan and his wife Lee stayed. We were expecting the other two new guests Jessica and Nelson to say but we were a lot closer to them than they realized and were able to head home. In the morning after breakfast Greg took Dan, Lee, and hippiehoneybee up to see the bees. All in all a perfect weekend.

( pictures!! )

Rogue was looking a little rough the last few days. On Friday I was stroking her head and her ears were all scabby. Yuck. She had the goopey eye thing going and was sleeping most of the day. For those who don't know, Rogue is my 17 year old cat. She's dropped a whole lot of weight over the past year or two which is pretty normal for a cat her age.

Well, I took her to the vet today. She was pretty lethargic and quite frankly looked like and smelled like hel. Turns out she has ear mites, a head cold, and conjunctivitis. That combination would make anyone feel like shit. Now the ear mites have us befuddled. She does not go outside. None of the cats have gone outside. She generally steers clear of all other animals. The vet suggested she might have caught it from some of our guest animals but I'm not convinced. ::shrugs:: Well, it just means that I have to treat three cats now.

Oh. Joy.

So she's doing remarkably well for an ol' lady. Our main goal is to maintain her current weight. Gain is pretty impossible. The vet wants me to put Activia in her food to help digestion. He said he could prescribe something but it would be more expensive and just as effective as the stuff in the grocery store. Since she stopped throwing up when I switched to senior cat food he said there's no need for bloodwork. I was very blunt when I said there wouldn't be need anyway. She's 17. I love her to death but I won't bankrupt my family with "tests" that don't really mean anything. She's 17. She's had a good life and when it's time to go, she'll go.

So for now she gets antibiotics shoved down her throat, eyedrops, and greasy salve in her ears. She's gonna love me...

I saw this headline this morning.

Los Angeles Gets Ready for Huge Jackson Memorial Service

What I read:

Los Angeles Gets Ready for Hugh Jackman Memorial Service.

Talk about a morning freakout.

The Allentown Art Museum has an exhibit: Fashion in Film with some of the original costumes from movies like Evita and Dangerous Liasons.

I AM GOING.

I'm thinking about early Sunday the 5th of July or Sunday the 12th of July. It's only there until August 9th. Sundays entrance is free but with a $5 exhibit fee.

http://www.allentownartmuseum.org/exhibitions/fashion.html

Billy Mays??

It's been a bad couple of weeks to be a celebrity.

All the girls went to the eye doctor today. It was kind of a field trip. LOL Anyway, Meghan needs glasses for distance...just in time for driving. She picked out a pair of AWESOME thick black statement glasses with thick gray arms with black filigree/lace type carvings. She looked good in everything she tried on but these were just spectacular.

I got two pairs. One pair is fairly utilitarian. I'll wear them most of the time. I did get another pair of red statement frames. They are really cool. I'll wear them for going out stuff. :) Greg forbade bling bling glasses (you know, the bright colored ones with "diamonds" embedded on the frames) on pain of divorce. Fortunately there weren't any of those I liked so that I might have tested that empty threat. hehe

Maddie spent the exam fucking with the eye doctor. One minute she read the letters on the line and the other minute she said she couldn't see any of the letters on the line above it. Taking a reeeeeeaaaallly long time to read huge letters. Just screwing with her. I'm pretty sure she thought it was funny (and truth be told, so did Meghan and I). The doctor? Probably not so much. LOL

Two weeks and we'll have new specs.

Now...my fucking hair.

ETA: Oh yeah, and she said to come in in a few months to do up the exam for contacts.

ETA: Oh yeah yeah, and she gave me the number of a person who does a kind of blue light therapy under eyes to eliminate dark circles no matter what the cause. Apparently it's pain free with no down time after.

Because I am re-reading Watership Down
Because the god's name is Frith....

I give you the opening sequence of the movie:

Freespirit Gathering is just two days away. Am I ready? Fuck no. Do I care? Fuck no.

I really need this vacation. Seriously.

Regardless of the results (when I post them tomorrow) THIS is the true answer to our question.

Don't watch if you haven't seen Star Trek yet.

OK, that was freakin' awesome. We had a great time and were among the very few geeky enough to dress up. Gods I love being a geek. Fantastic costumes and revelry under the cut.
( Pictures of Star Wars Geeks at a baseball game! )

EDIT: I fear some of you may not be versed in some of the Star Trek information. Let me give you a small primer of what may be holding off an accurate vote.

The Q are a race of superbeings that literally control the universe. They can change anything they want (time, history), can give people superhuman powers if they chose, take away powers, etc... They can move through space/time and are, basically, gods.

Armus was a creature of pure hatred and evil that killed people just because he wanted to.

The Jem'Hadar are genetically engineered soldiers that are specifically created and bred to kill. To keep them under control, the Founders (their masters) provide a nutrient to them (Ketrecel White). If they do not get the nutrient, they die. This prevents mutiny. They require no sleep or food and find any form of relaxation to be a weakening pursuit.

The U.S.S. Defiant is basically one big gun with a ship built around it. It has the ability to cloak (go invisible) AND fire at the same time. It reaches a maximum speed of Warp 7.5.

Star Trek phasers have multiple settings and can match shield harmonics and literally blast through ship and personal shields.

The Borg Cube can assimilate every and all forms of life and technology. There is absolutely no way to resist. They have alternating frequency shields that prevent anyone from killing them and they mutate and assimilate ALL forms of life.

Oh yeah...and a parsec is a distance, not a time measurement. Dumb George Lucas.

There. Now vote.

And for your amusement...a poll. Let's settle this once and for all, shall we?
Poll #1414819 Which one wins
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Millenium Falcon vs. The U.S.S. Defiant

The Death Star vs. A Borg Cube

Captain James T. Kirk vs. Han Solo

Darth Vadar vs. Kahn

The Destruction of Alderaan vs. The Destruction of Vulcan

Princess Leia vs. Seven of Nine

Jar Jar Binks vs. Wesley Crusher

The Force vs. Q

Star Wars phasers vs. Star Trek phasers

Storm/Clone Troopers vs. The Jem'Hadar

Data vs. C-3PO

Starfleet Academy vs. Jedi Academy

The Rancor vs. Armus (killed Tasha Yar)

Klingons vs. The Tuskan Raiders

The Sith vs. The Borg

I seem to be in this weird 60's/70's Beatles mood. Yellow Submarine. Sgt. Peppers. The White Album.

It could be worse I suppose. Off to download.

Comedy Central has ordered 26 new Futurama episodes! I'm literally happy with joy!

http://www.comedycentral.com/press/press_releases/2009/061009_futurama_returns.jhtml

sophrosyne999 was nice enough to create this community. Just passing along the info.

Check out the new community. Gary needs a facebook.

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