Thanks for the memories!

Let's be realistic.

A Major Disappointment

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Having really enjoyed the series I put off watching the films for a while fearing that it would not work as well in the longer movie format, after watching "Bender's Big Score" I thought I may have been mistaken as I really enjoyed that. Perhaps that got my hopes up a bit too much but I was a little disappointed with this film; that is not to say it was a bad film, just not as good as I'd hoped.While I thought the main story didn't really warrant the time spent on it there were plenty of individual events that made me laugh out loud, stand out moments for me were Amy turning up to a funeral in a dress that was bordering on indecent and the way Bender acquired an "army of the damned" off the Robot Devil. I also liked the scene where Fry discovers that his new girlfriend Colleen, voiced by the late Brittany Murphy, had several other boyfriends, being a prudish 20th Century man Fry wasn't too happy about sharing.The main plot concerns a strange spacial rift which has appeared in space; the world's top scientists (Farnsworth and Wernstrom) argue about what it is and how it should be dealt with and Nixon sends Zapp to attack it. This attack leads to Fry meeting an unusual alien and Kif having a rather unfortunate accident. When Fry returns he is attached to a strange tentacle and is keen for everybody else in the universe to get a tentacle of there own.Overall I think it was fairly enjoyable even if I don't think it was up the the high standards of the series.

Beast with a Billion Backs picks up literally right where Bender's Big Score left off. I don't care what anyone says, I loved Beast with a Billion Backs and found it even better than Bender's Big Score. It has the insanely dark story-telling that I've come to love in the series and it's also not as fans-only as the previous installment. The black and white opening sequence was fantastic. All of the characters had their moment to shine. Both guest stars Brittany Murphy and David Cross were great in this. The animation and music were better than in the first movie. Overall, Beast with a Billion Backs was even stronger than Bender's Big Score and I'd recommend it to anyone even if they're not a Futurama fan. My sincerest thanks to Matt Groening, David X Cohen, and the rest of the of the Futurama crew for this beautiful work of art.

I cannot believe how truly awful and "un-Futurama" this movie was. Bender's Big Score, although lacking was still true to its Futurama roots/style and had a lot of funny moments. This one does not. The start is somewhat true to the style of humor the show is famous for, but thats where it all ends. The characters here are largely wasted and story makes absolutely no sense. The plot is simply absent. It seemed that I was watching David Cross's Freak Show rather than Futurama. Bender's storyline, which was the only thing holding interest--is completely wasted. Yivo, which I think is supposed to symbolize the Flying Spaghetti Monster is poorly written and developed. Where the writers could have imparted some great zingers about religion, it was utterly wasted. This one lacks depth, sharpness and wit of its episodic predecessors. True fans of Futurama are going to be sorely disappointed. Don't waste your money, rent it or watch it on Comedy Central (airs in mid-October).

The first movie to come out from the TV show felt a little shaky and unsure of itself. This is much better, it feels stronger and more confident and doesn't suffer from the over heightened expectations of fans like myself that the first film did.The plot is quite sophisticated for a cartoon but not for a Futurama, the characters are back in their tried and tested roles and it is a great way to spend 90 minutes.As I have said before I don't think the cartoon format transfers that well to feature length. There are more laughs than in a normal episode but they are spread further apart making the film feel less funny than it actually is.I am ecstatic that the series of feature lengths are continuing and treasure my copy.