A Reaction Paper: Futurama, Space Pilot 3000　

                                                                                       2012-98083       Hayashi,Daki

Fry decided to travel a millennium ahead of his time because too much disappointments in the present. However, the future was different from what he expected. A computer assigned him to be a delivery boy. The people had no freedom to do what they want to as the society dictates what should they do. The pilot episode depicts the slavery of mankind as science and technology continues to progress. Science and technology do make life more convenient but less conducive for humans. In fact, people opt to commit suicide using a machine.

 Cryonics were used for time traveling in this TV series. It is a preservation method, where the bodies are subjected to a very low temperature. It is typically applied to people, who are terminally ill and cannot be cured in the current medical era hence, this procedure is done win hopes that the future medical technology will be able to save them. However, as mentioned earlier, despite the advancement of technology, people were not satisfied with their lives in the year 3000. People resort to cryonics to live as long as they can but it did not have any assurance that the life they will live a thousand years later was a happy and fulfilling one.