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"Big Score" was okay...but Futurama can certainly do better.
Futurama The Beast With a Billion Backs [SPOILERS]
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That's all I need to know.
"Big Score" was okay...but Futurama can certainly do better.
I loved it..
Hm, I watched it last night. Maybe it was the fact that I watched it str8 after the BSG mid season finale which left me feeling a bit depressed, but I found this lacking and annoying and long. It had some funny moments (I liked some of the "League of Robots" stuff), but for some reason the whole dating thing was just silly, the escalators were silly. In fact towards the end I just wanted it to be over so skipped through to the credits. I have no desire to give it a second chance. It definitely wasn't up to par with the series, it seemed as though they had a bunch of cameos of characters from past eps (eg the robot devil) just for the sake of cameos.
I know it's a cartoon, but Futurama was always smarter than that and this just didn't seem smart. In fact I'd go as far as saying that I liked Benders Big Score better than this, and I didn't even like that very much.
I know it's a cartoon, but Futurama was always smarter than that and this just didn't seem smart. In fact I'd go as far as saying that I liked Benders Big Score better than this, and I didn't even like that very much.
I just saw the second movie (I work at a video store).
I definitely preferred the first movie more, I thought it was the quintessential Futurama story with everything you could want shoe-horned in there willy-nilly. This one's structure was a little odd. The first two episodes were basically character stand-alones with little reference to the main plot. The alien takeover was far too rushed, would have liked to have seen more of this. And the Bender storyline also kaputs out in an unfortunate way (I hoped they were building the plot of the third movie but I was wrong).
That said, it's still very funny and a delight to watch! I just preferred the first more. This one did have more Zapp, which is always a good thing.
It also came with the cut scenes of the Futurama Game spliced together into a 30 minute episode. It was pretty interesting.
And it had a preview of the third movie, which is a Lord of the Rings parody. Hurum. I'll have to wait and see how that one turns out!
I definitely preferred the first movie more, I thought it was the quintessential Futurama story with everything you could want shoe-horned in there willy-nilly. This one's structure was a little odd. The first two episodes were basically character stand-alones with little reference to the main plot. The alien takeover was far too rushed, would have liked to have seen more of this. And the Bender storyline also kaputs out in an unfortunate way (I hoped they were building the plot of the third movie but I was wrong).
That said, it's still very funny and a delight to watch! I just preferred the first more. This one did have more Zapp, which is always a good thing.
It also came with the cut scenes of the Futurama Game spliced together into a 30 minute episode. It was pretty interesting.
And it had a preview of the third movie, which is a Lord of the Rings parody. Hurum. I'll have to wait and see how that one turns out!
WOW! The Beast With A Billion Backs is Awesome! 
I couldn't wait until later, so I rushed out at Midnight to buy it. Probably paid more at Wal-mart (compared to Best Buy), but it was so worth it. I thought it was hilarious and I haven't laughed this hard in quite a while. I didn't really think that hard about the Yivo/Rape/Heaven angle, so I'll probably need to watch it again. The Golden Escalator to "Heaven" part was wonderful. Especially, with all the old people from the Near Death Star.
Overall, I really liked it much more than Bender's Big Score. I got bored a few times during BBS, but that did not happen with TBWABB. I was sad when it was over and wanted to know what happens next. Since, Fry and Bender managed to ruin immortality and eternal bliss for the universe and everyone was pissed at each other.
The best parts were the numerous site-gags and great one-liners. Some of them were a real treat for the observant.
Opening Tag: The Proud Result of Prison Labor
Professor: That's why his blood is so good on pancakes.
Professor: Prep the ship and line up for your preflight coffee enemas!
Enema Bot: Warning. The enema you are about to enjoy is extremely hot.
I couldn't wait until later, so I rushed out at Midnight to buy it. Probably paid more at Wal-mart (compared to Best Buy), but it was so worth it. I thought it was hilarious and I haven't laughed this hard in quite a while. I didn't really think that hard about the Yivo/Rape/Heaven angle, so I'll probably need to watch it again. The Golden Escalator to "Heaven" part was wonderful. Especially, with all the old people from the Near Death Star.
Overall, I really liked it much more than Bender's Big Score. I got bored a few times during BBS, but that did not happen with TBWABB. I was sad when it was over and wanted to know what happens next. Since, Fry and Bender managed to ruin immortality and eternal bliss for the universe and everyone was pissed at each other.
The best parts were the numerous site-gags and great one-liners. Some of them were a real treat for the observant.
Opening Tag: The Proud Result of Prison Labor
Professor: That's why his blood is so good on pancakes.
Professor: Prep the ship and line up for your preflight coffee enemas!
Enema Bot: Warning. The enema you are about to enjoy is extremely hot.
While it was enjoyable, had some great jokes, and Zapp and Kif got a lot more screen time, I think I liked Bender's Big Score a lot more. Some people complained that Bender's Big Score was to complex, bloated, and whatnot, but I thought it was perfect. The Beast with a Billion Backs wasn't nearly as complex, and while that isn't necessarily a bad thing, it felt like didn't have any sense of direction until half way through.
That being said, I loved deathball (I so want to play that!), the opening sequence with the ship changing into Steamboat Willy, The League of Robots, Kif and Amy finally getting married, Stephen Hawking's awesome cameo ("I didn't know I could do that"), the return of Robot Devil and Wernstrom, and the escalators to heaven.
However, I'm disappointed in the continued sidetracking of Fry and Leela's relationship and I'm not terribly happy about to Kif and Amy's relationship. Hopefully these are issues that are dealt with in the next two movies. Plus, I want Mom!
That being said, I loved deathball (I so want to play that!), the opening sequence with the ship changing into Steamboat Willy, The League of Robots, Kif and Amy finally getting married, Stephen Hawking's awesome cameo ("I didn't know I could do that"), the return of Robot Devil and Wernstrom, and the escalators to heaven.
However, I'm disappointed in the continued sidetracking of Fry and Leela's relationship and I'm not terribly happy about to Kif and Amy's relationship. Hopefully these are issues that are dealt with in the next two movies. Plus, I want Mom!
I really don't understand the whole "they ignored continuity" gripe; Futurama has always ignored its own continuity. They had a whole episode about how sardines were extinct, and then Hermes shows up fishing with a bucket full of sardines in the Atlanta episode (Zoidberg calls the little fish by name).
That said, Bender's Big Score could have been written and handled alot better; but the continuity bit was the least of the problems.
Anchovies are extinct, not sardines. They are different fish. But I thouroughly enjoyed the first movie, and I have the feeling I am not going to like the second one as much.
A better example would be global warming. In one episode it's called a scientific hoax (along with second hand smoke), in another it happened but got cancelled out by nuclear winter, and a third episode dealt entirely with the planet being threatened by global warming.
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Another good example is Star Trek. Fry mentions Star Trek at least one time before "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" without any repercussions.
Oops. The point still stands, though; Futurama hasn't ever been a slave to continuity.
The reference was from Hermes to Fry when explaining DOOP. Hermes states that DOOP is "like the United Federation of Planets from your Star Trek." Of course, we can retcon that there weren't any repercussions because they weren't on Earth at the time but on the newly built space station that was to house DOOP's HQ. That is before Zap lasers the thing in half.
Yet, everything that happened with Fry and his freezing in BBS, along with all the other elements including his dog and nephew, still seems to track with the series.
BwaBB was funny and entertaining, but I can't help but wonder... what the hell happened with Nibbler? Also, I hope that they move closer and closer to Fry's destiny and how Leela is "the other."
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