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Futurama - Bender's Big Score

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Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: NR
Release Date: 27-NOV-2007
Media Type: DVD

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Proving that you just can't keep a good animated series down, Bender's Big Score revives the Futurama crew in a full-length feature (reportedly, the first of four which will later be broken down into individual episodes for television broadcast) chock full of the satiric touches that made the Matt Groening series a cult favorite among sci-fi and animation fans. In true Futurama form, the plot of Big Score is proudly ridiculous: At its core, it's about alien telemarketers with a plan to steal Earth's most valuable historical objects, who use e-mail viruses to cripple Planet Express and take control of belligerent robot Bender; the latter carries out their scheme via a time-travel code tattooed on Fry's backside. This allows for all manner of subplots involving Fry's return to the 20 th century, romantic confusion between Fry and Leela (Katey Sagal), and a host of cameos ranging from Kwaanza-bot (Coolio) and Zapp Brannigan to Al Gore (voiced by the real former vice-president, who once again displays an offbeat sense of humor).

Bender's Big Score also features a staggering amount of extras that reflect the show's sense of playful anarchy. Most valuable to longtime fans is the feature-length commentary by Groening, writers Ken Keeler and David X. Cohen, director Dwayne Carey-Hill, and cast members Billy West (Fry), DiMaggio, and Phil LaMarr, which provides a wealth of information on the film's production as well as plenty of laughs from the voice actors. "Futurama Returns!" is a live comic book reading by the cast in front of an enthusiastic convention audience, while "A Terrifying Message from Al Gore" is a short animated promo featuring the ex-veep in an animated promo for his Inconvenient Truth documentary (Gore's commentary for this short is worth the DVD's sale price alone), and "Bite My Shiny Metal X" is an amusing, tongue-in-cheek lesson on the mathematics used to deliver the show's futuristic touches. Perhaps the oddest extra is a full-length episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad, a sitcom based around the bizarre title creature that will provoke equal amounts of laughter and exasperation. A small battery of deleted scenes, new character design sketches, and a five-minute promo shot for Comic-Con round out the extras. --Paul Gaita

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Date: 2008-07-02
Pay no attention to negative reviews
Let me start off by saying that anyone who does not think that this movie is funny is either retarded or mental. I am a very big Futurama fan and I have all their previous seasons and I can say with complete certainty that this movie is just as clever and funny as would be expected. It is completely beyond me as to how anyone who calls themselves a "fan" can give a negative review of this hilarious movie. I would go so far as to say that even people who aren't as familiar with the original show will also find this movie very humorous. I will say that this movie like many other Futurama episodes is adult themed without being nasty. So some parents may want to use discretion.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-29
Good but not the funniest
I love FUTURAMA and enjoyed the movie although I would not list it as one of my favorites. However given the very entertaining 3-D animated package art along with a promise of more FUTURAMA movies and maybe a revival (we hope) of the TV series I have to give this flick 4 stars.

PS: Citizen Kane still gets 5 stars.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-26
We're back baby!
sooooo good. such a good story, such a funny movie. I can't believe how well they translated a show that was formatted for 30 minute episodes into a 90+ min movie!

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-25
For fans
Any series that is taken off the air and brought back will have fans disappointed with the results. Bender's Big Score is great, if you are
A. already a fan of Futurama, and
B. Don't give it unreasonable expectations.
It was fun, you felt for all the characters. The only problems I had with it are a slow beginning and very little of Bender (Ironic based on the title).
If you are a fan, pick this up, if not you probably will miss most of the references and not enjoy it as much.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-12
What a Disappointment!
I LOVED the series, and waited for this with bated breath: God was this lame! The weakest episode of the series was heads above this. It was really bad and hard to sit through. SIGH!