Futurama

Futurama is an animation about Philip J. Fry from the year 1999. He has been living a not-so-good life until he tripped in an office, and got preserved for a thousand years. A diversion from the usual use of time machines which transports a body in another dimension through space and time continuum, Futuruma brought the time travelling concept through preservation of Fry’s body in a capsule, then later defrosted depending on the time setting of the machine.

After a thousand years in the capsule, Fry gains consciousness and immediately concluded that the setting is already the future – as characterized by the skyscrapers and mode of transportation through flying he has seen. The producers also added futuristic concepts such as cohabitation with aliens like Leela and automation of processes. Most uncontrollable things at present are determined already – even assigned – like Fate Assignment. Booths for suicide even existed. Robots – like Bender – also existed in the story and he seemed like he was advanced-programmed to think that he behaves the way a human usually does – with conscience.

The dominant concept in the pilot episode is ‘doing what you really want to do.’ Fry had been running from Leela after refusing getting stamped for his career hr claimed to hate. It was ironic in the end when Fry cheerfully said “I’m a delivery boy!”