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Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

Just finished watching the first straight-to-video dvd movie of Futurama, "Bender's Big Score", and it was everything you'd expect from a classic, tightly written Futurama script. Plus, it had tons of callbacks to previous episodes. Some of the jokes early on were a bit too crude, and the twist ending could be spotted from a mile away, but there were plenty of good jokes and yet another emotional ending.

Go and buy it!

Posted: Nov 30 2007 03:04 pm

Awesome! It's also widescreen and going to be HD soon I read.

Posted: Dec 05 2007 01:19 pm

Yeah, the twist ending is really no twist at all, but I love the movie anyway. It's really funny and manages to squeeze itself plausibly into past episodes (you'll see.) And it's really long, which is great as well, anybody get the runtime down? I pulled the piece of paper with all the features printed on it off the back and threw it away without looking at runtime and Jeebus was asking the other day how long it is. I think it's pretty stupid that Comedy Central is getting the four DVD movies (counting this one) they planned to make from the get-go chopped up as individual episodes. I mean, I guess it will keep fans tuning in every week to see what happens since it'll be "to be continued" every episode, but anyone that really likes the show would just buy the DVDs anyway (assuming that the next three, like this one, will hit on DVD before getting aired on CC.)

Posted: Dec 09 2007 01:37 pm

I'll get this, but what I'm really looking forward to is the new season in 2008.

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

The new season will consist of 22 minute blocks out of these 90 minute movies, so here's your chance to see them in their original form Bomberman.

Title: Midnight Scientist Joined: Dec 07 2006 Posts: 518

I loved it. Now I'm getting all excited for the next three.

Posted: Dec 16 2007 03:13 am

Am I understanding the promo on Cartoon Network correctly? No more Futurama on Adult Swim?

Posted: Dec 16 2007 03:54 am

Yup, Comedy Central bought it.

Posted: Dec 16 2007 01:36 pm

PhreQuencYViii wrote:

Yup, Comedy Central bought it.

Damn, I was hoping it'd be more like how Doug wound up for a while (the old episodes aired on the old channel and the new ones on the new owner).

Posted: Mar 26 2008 05:48 pm

sorry for the bump but i just saw this the other day when they showed it on Comedy Central.

thumbs up w/the movie. and here is a short interview w/the guy who voices bender:

Quote:

John DiMaggio, the voice behind the foul-mouthed robot, gave Newsbeat the lowdown on his latest adventures.
Tell us about the story?

It's a pretty funny story about internet spammers from an alien planet. They pretty much spam the earth of their belongings and Bender helps the aliens along.

The series was axed by Fox in 2003 and throughout the movie there are lots of references to the fact that the writers were obviously quite bitter that it got cancelled?

Oh yeah. Well the opening five minutes is all about just a slap in the face to Fox which is pretty funny because every big corporation deserves a slap in the face every once in a while. But they had it coming (laughs). It's pretty funny. Am I going to get fired for this? Anybody looking? Anybody?

Do you know the story of all four movies then?

Yes but I'm not allowed to say the other plots. But Bender does get a little pirate-y. And there are various things that are gross. I don't know if anyone remembers the episode with the Slurm Queen when she sucks her own tail? It's along them lines. My father got disgusted by that. So there's really gross stuff and it's really funny.

Are you feeling any pressure to make sure this film is a fantastic movie?

I think people will get a real kick out of this and they'll like it. It's a really, really funny movie. There's some really great jokes in it. They're really witty, deep and really strange, really out there.

Have you got a favorite episode?

My favorite episode is the one about Fry's dog. It's got the most depressing ending in animated series' history. It makes you want to cry at the end. I was really blown away by that. A lot of people would expect me to say a Bender's episode is my favorite but that's not the case.

Have you got a favorite Bender joke or catchphrase?

One of my favorite lines is when Bender is walking up the side of the building with Fry and Leela. They walk past this room and Bender shouts, 'Aargh get a room'. And they say, 'We're in a room'. And he says, 'Well lose some weight'.

That is Newsbeat's questions out of the way. Now it's the turn of the fans to put Bender on the spot. Why is Bender so selfish? (Ashley)

Bender is selfish because he can be.

What does his shiny metal ass taste like? (Seb)

Its got a little zincy kind of taste to it. Did you ever lick a pole? I'm not specifying which kind of pole you're licking, but if you lick a poll it tastes like that.

Have you ever used your Bender voice for a prank phone call? (Cartey)

Some people will come up to me and go, 'Are you Bender? Oh my God. My friend is the biggest fan'. I'd be like, 'Dude give me your phone, call your friend up and I'll leave a message saying, 'Yeah this is Bender, your favorite robot. I'm here with your friend but you aren't because you suck''. So yeah, I've left messages.

Will Fry ever win Leela's heart? How is The Crushinator? (Michael)

I don't know if he'll ever win Leela's heart or if Leela will ever let him win it. Basically that means I have no idea. But keep the faith because you never know. As for the Crushinator, she's a little pain. She keeps calling and I can't get her to get off the phone. It's very difficult because she's a bigger robot than I am.

Does Leela have nice boobs?

Leela has bigger boobs than she does eyes. That's as far as I can go (laughs).

Bender's Big Score is out on DVD on April 7.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_7312000/7312568.stm

Posted: May 10 2009 03:20 am

Don't know if anyone remembers these but I just saw the last two.

Bender's Game was kind of boring and felt a little slapped together, but was watchable and worth the price tag.

Into the Wild Green Yonder was a lot more enjoyable than both Bender's Game and the Beast with a Billion Backs.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

If I had a to-do list I would add this to it. Shamefully I have not made a list and I will most likely forget to watch .

Posted: May 10 2009 07:45 pm

I've watched all three of these movies and loved all of them. The second one was not as good as the first or third in my opinion though but it was still pretty good.

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

There were four of them. I liked the first and the last. I'm not too wild about the middle two. Beast was ridiculously stupid and weird. Game was ok, but nothing great - or horrible. There were enormous plotholes in the last, Green Yonder, but it was still enjoyable, so I was able to look past them.

Posted: May 11 2009 09:11 am

Cattivo wrote:

There were four of them. I liked the first and the last. I'm not too wild about the middle two. Beast was ridiculously stupid and weird. Game was ok, but nothing great - or horrible. There were enormous plotholes in the last, Green Yonder, but it was still enjoyable, so I was able to look past them.

That about sums up my thoughts on them as well.