Futurama: Bender's Game
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Movie Reviews of Futurama: Bender's Game
Movie Review: Incentivise that employee for a great movie.
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is completely independent from the other two films, with everything back to normal at the beginning of it from when the last ended. It's pretty easy to follow along for thsoe who haven't seen the other two, or even the rest of the series. As others have mentioned, this movie takes on a D&D / Lord of the Rings feel to it as it explores the fantasy realm, but it's nicely explained as to why it happens that way. Everything seems to blend together well in this movie (the various subplots set up at the beginning join together). The movie also refers back to the original series and explains various things: a possibile origin between the Farnesworth-Wordstrom rivalry, more on the Mom-Farnesworth relationship, Nibbler being picked up off Vergon 6 as it implodes (and why it does implode), and a few other things. I think all of these add to what's known in the Futurama universe without taking away from anything, and fits very well in to what is already established.
I really enjoyed the movie, probably more than the other two movies. The one thing I didn't like so much about the DVD were the features. I didn't find them all that exciting. I enjoyed seeing how to draw the characters, and the genetics lab was somewhat interesting (but limiting). Everything else wasn't bad, but just seemed a bit short.
Features:
-Movie Commentary
-Storyboard Animatic for part one (~ 20 minutes)
-Futurama Genetics lab (you can choose two characters and see what they look like merged- but only for a small number of characters)
-Dungeons & Dragons & Futurama (~ 7 minutes, explains D&D references in the show)
-How to draw Fry, Bender/Flexo, Leela, & Zoidberg (~ 8 minutes)
-3-D modeling of various ships in the series (~ 5 minutes)
-Deleted scene (only one)
-"Blooperama," outtakes from the movie (~ 2 minutes)
-Bender's Anti-Piracy Warning
-Trailer for the fourth movie: "Into the Wild Green Yonder"
The packaging I got my DVD in was the cardboard "carbon neutral" packaging, in which the disc is put into a cardboard slit. I went out and bought a CD envelope to put in my box instead of using the slit.
The box did contain 4 Futurama postcards: giant Bender and Zoidberg (from the Anthology of Interest), Fry and Leela running away from aliens attacking, an ad to "Keep your robot clean" and a generic "The future is today, worry about it tomorrow." Even though these were mostly put in to advertise that these images were for sale in paintings, I kind of like the extra of having postcard-sized art ("One 'art' please").
Movie Review: An ode to Dungeons and Dragons and the best Futurama film so far!
Summary: 5 Stars
Futurama: Bender's Game brings Dungeons and Dragons to the thirty first century. With Bender hooked on the popular role-playing game, Fry and the rest of the gang try to get to the bottom of a dark matter shortage. What they find on the way is surely going to rock their world! A tribute to Gary Gygax, the late creator of Dungeons and Dragons, the movie also makes references to Star Wars and Star Trek, the latter with a guest appearance by George Takei!
All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows (the animation does come alive)! Very well written and very well presented, the movie is without a doubt guaranteed to provide more than just a few laughs.
The setting, the plot, the dialogues, the humor, and the music are all excellent!
Following the cancellation of the show (I wonder what "genius" came up with that idea???) life was pretty hard without these amazing characters. The comic books are good, but nothing beats the actual show, so it's so good to have everybody back.
Strongly recommended along with the other three Futurama films: Bender's Big Score, The Beast with a Billion Backs, and Into the Wild Green Yonder.
In short, KEEP'EM COMING!!!
Movie Review: Dungeons & Dragons, Lord of the Rings -- and FUTURAMA!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Futurama movie "Bender's Game" is the third (of four), and best, made-for-TV Futurama movie. Futurama was cancelled in 2003 after only four seasons, but Comedy Central ordered four TV movies, so the show has continued in a slightly different form.
"Bender's Game" is the best of the three released movies and just as funny and entertaining as the TV show. Mom and her three bungling sons (of Mom Corp.) serve as the foils to Fry, Bender, Leela, and friends as they attempt to break the Mom Corp. monopoly on dark matter (the petroleum of the 31st century). The movie steals a lot from Dungeons & Dragons and many scenes are parodies of the Lord of the Rings movies, so it has a fantasy feel as well as the normal Futurama sci-fi universe.
The DVD includes some pretty good features and extras, and the commentary (featuring Matt Groening, David Cohen, and many of the voices) is great to listen to for insights and for comedy.
This movie is a must-have for any Futurama fan.
Movie Review: The unmistakable stench of dwarf urine!
Summary: 5 Stars
The first two Futurama movies were ok (well, to be honest, Beast with a Billion Backs was terrible), but this third installment is a winner. It has all the sly humor from the classic Futurama seasons that you've missed, and then some. I enjoyed the greater inclusion of Dr. Zoidberg.
The premise is quite true to life; the Planet Express crew must deal with the increase in dark matter fuel prices. This somehow segues into a Lord of the Rings plot which I won't spoil, but it actually works out quite well. We have an interesting tie-in between Mom and Professor Farnsworth.
All the old favorite characters are here too, including Morbo the Annihilator, Nibbler, Sal, Scruffy the Janitor, and George Takei. I didn't see Zapp Brannigan or Kif, but they weren't missed, and would've detracted from the story, or rather, the semblance of a story.
In conclusion, I think it's the unmistakable stench of dwarf urine that makes this Futurama movie a winner!
Movie Review: Best of the movies so far...but "nothing special" for fanboys
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a fanboy, but I also recognize good entertainment.
This movie was entertaining.
Pros: New jokes, fun adventures, reflects contemporary mentality/social behaviors/politics.
Cons: plot holes and overlapping back stories.
The thing about the plot holes and back stories, only a fanboy would care, thus the reason why include it in my review.
Aside from that, Bender's Game is by far the best Futurama movie.
Key notes for why I liked the movie:
1. Roberto is in it and says one of his best lines
2. Mom's youngest son has the best re-occurring one-liner in the first half of the movie.
3. Plenty of VERY NERDY references.
UPDATE 12/10:
Rewatching the movies, love them all. How did any of you let me get away with saying anything bad about this movie?!?! 5 Stars!