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So, lessee - we already got Alien universe, Futurama* ... maybe another I already forgot...

No "Demolition Man"? No "Idiocracy" ... Red Dwarf, Saturday Night Live**, Austin Powers***, ...?

Good lord, I didn't even realize how many of these there are that I'VE seen / can think of.

In any case, THIS is what popped into my mind (who needs "support systems", amiright?):

https://youtu.be/hw6xBdXl1Aw?t=15s

Edit: But look at what has been done with hearts and kidneys...

Hearts and kidneys are tinker toys! I am talking about the central nervous system!

I am a scientist, not a philosopher! You have more chance of reanimating this scalpel than you have of mending a broken nervous system!

...I am not interested in death! The only thing that concerns me is the preservation of life!

[jams the scalpel into his leg...

:)

* Heads in jars, but, of course the basis of the series is Fry coming out of "cryogenic stasis"

** Caveman lawyer ... the usual mix of stupid / corny but with some amusement value, I guess ... can't even quite remember how dumb vs. funny that one was ...

*** "Evacuation complete..." <urination sounds> ... "Evacuation comp..." <urination sounds> "Evac..." <urination sounds> ...

... classic.




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