Comments on: Sneak peek: Bender’s Game

By: Linkage

Linkage — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:26:03 +0000

Pop: “There are no one-eyed beings in space. Geeze…”
Leela: “No, I’m a mutant born in the sewars. I only work in space. Geeze…”

Also, is it too much to point out that opinions about entertainment are subjective, and you are no better or worse than another person for liking or not liking something? (unless that thing is Armaggedon of course)

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:04:40 +0000

Exactly what Dziban said. The movies suck, and the 2nd more than the 1st. I own all the TV episodes and would happily rewatch them, but I regret owning both the movie DVDs. I’ll rent #3 eventually, but I’m in no rush to see it.

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:43:13 +0000

Phil, you’re the man. But seriously… the first movie was WAY better than the last one. And David Cross is one of my favorite comedians, but not even his participation could fix that mess of a story.

By: RobertMadewell

RobertMadewell — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:45:26 +0000

“For some reason, they are releasing it November 4th! Maybe they expect Nixon’s head to get elected.”

Ha ha Phil! That’s too funny! My birthday is Nov. 4, 1968! The day Nixon was elected!

By: BicycleRepairMan

BicycleRepairMan — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:49:29 +0000

Benders Big Score was WAY better than Billion Backs. Man that was horrible (in Futurama standards, that is.) i hope this one is better. Seems difficult to tell from the trailer alone.

Futurama is awesome tho, and I’m always happy there is more.

By: LukeL

LukeL — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:52:48 +0000

Take that Beethoven you deaf bastard

By: fluffy

fluffy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:02:57 +0000

I definitely liked the first Futurama movie a lot better as well. The first one had a great story where everything came together, while the second one was just a collection of all sorts of random stuff which didn’t make sense and it felt cobbled together out of the writers’ scraps.

By: RM

RM — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:10:31 +0000

Putting it on my netflix queue… I”ll just have to time the movie I send back so I get it on Wednesday…

As to the other comment about Simpsons going downhill as soon as Futurama started, that is NO coincidence, as that’s about the time Mike Scully and Al Jean took over running the show (http://www.slate.com/id/2078501/).

Hope Futurama never gets to that point.

My kids love Futurama so much that my 1 year old son shouts “OMMA” at the TV screen when it’s not showing. I still find things I missed the first few times I watched each episode.

By: bjn

bjn — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:23:43 +0000

So let’s see…

Lot’s of D&D inside humor that I won’t get and don’t want to.

A pun title that gives a nod to Orson Scott Card, the ultra right-wing LDS author I don’t read and don’t want to.

I’ll wait for the SciFi channel airing. So far, feature length “Simpsons” and “Futurama” efforts have been like poorly edited standard episodes that run too long for the funny content.

By: Rickard

Rickard — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:03:22 +0000

The “Tripping the Rift” movie REALLY sucked. Just horrible, especially compared to the series.

I liked the 2nd “Futurama” movie better than the first, and the third looks to be even better yet. So what’s his notion of the best show?

By: dziban

dziban — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000

I’m a huge Futurama fan. I have all of the DVDs and watch one practically every day (even after all these years).

However, I must emphasize in the strongest terms: The recently released movies are TERRIBLE. Simply terrible. Not many laughs. No compelling storyline (even with cartoon standards…I’m not expecting Oscar material). I was very disappointed. Plus, they seem to be getting worse: the 2nd movie was twice as bad as the first. I don’t have much hope for the third or fourth installments.

I know a huge amount of fans feel the same way. Perhaps a majority, perhaps not; I haven’t conducted a survey. I just see way more negative opinions than positive ones.

By: patrick

patrick — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:50:07 +0000

Wow, I only just got the Ender’s game reference.

I lose at Sci Fi

By: Phil Z

Phil Z — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:47:22 +0000

Woot! How de we play Craps wit D&D dice? Sounds like fun

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:02:35 +0000

What’s next? “Loudspeaker for the Dead”?

By: T.phillips

T.phillips — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:24:22 +0000

Really? I thought the simpsons were cartoons.
and who knows..there MIGHT be one-eyed beings somewhere in space.

By: Pop

Pop — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:39:11 +0000

WTF are you people saying? Simpsons are real people and this Futurama stuff is just silly. There are no one-eyed beings in space. Geeze…

By: «bønez_brigade»

«bønez_brigade» — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:38:50 +0000

I always liked Tripping The Rift far more (they also released a movie this year, btw), though Bender’s Game does look somewhat entertaining.

By: GumbyTheCat

GumbyTheCat — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:49:47 +0000

Futurama is so well written… even its suckier episodes stand up well compared to other animated series. It’s so much better than the Simpsons, which has been running in place most of its time on the air. Whether that is due to Futurama as one commenter suggested I don’t know. And Andrew Bolton, imo the shifting of suspension of disbelief in the name of convenience (The size of Yivo, as you pointed out) is immaterial, at least to me. It’s a cartoon, not a documentary. Hence, the Planet Express is powered by high-tech dark matter that is shoveled like coal into a rickety boiler. To me part of the appeal of Futurama is precisely the intentional (or unintentional) misattention to detail and accuracy. Like all good shows, it’s good because of the smart dialog and the ability to make you care about the characters (even though, in this case, the characters are animated). Like you, I noticed Yivo’s size discrepancy… and it totally didn’t matter to me. Of course, it’s all a matter of opinion.

By: T.phillips

T.phillips — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:38:15 +0000

Look, another simple proof for goldbach’s conjecture! *high five*

By: Woof

Woof — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:16:58 +0000

Speaking of Nixon’s head… I was watching the pregame show for the VP debate, and someone in the background was holding up a sign reading “Nixon’s Head ’08!”. I wonder how many people who saw that had any idea what it was about…

By: Svip

Svip — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:40:04 +0000

I agree with Matt. The second was too inconsistent. It may had more laughs per minute. But during rewatch, that is not what counts. But its plot was a lot more episodic as it was in the first.

I realise that the writers are under limitations by FOX Home Entertainment, that their films are to be split into four episodes to be sold to Comedy Central.

But the plot in the first was so beautiful executed and wrapped up. There were too many holes and skipped parts in the second. This is why I prefer the first over the second.

But having watched the first one already (I am not going to reveal anything, don’t worry), it has more of the consistent plot that the first had (not as beautiful, but still consistent), and a lot more of the laughs per minute that the second had.

So the third is so far my favourite. But I am still looking forward to that last one.

And then? Marathon!

By: Philip from Australia

Philip from Australia — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:11:56 +0000

@Bigfoot – Nah.. He must mean Space 1999. I swear I saw an Eagle in there.

And Lego ships.

(and I think his number 1 is still Dr Who).

And… and… More to spend money on.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:00:35 +0000

The LM attempting to squish the Omicronian ship was pretty good too…

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:43:01 +0000

The drawing looks weird. Fry and the others don’t look quite right compared to the earlier episodes. Have they changed animators?

By: Andrew Bolton

Andrew Bolton — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:23:30 +0000

Am I the only one that thought the second movie was just a mess of plot holes? How big is Yivo, for instance? The size of a planet, the size of a planet large enough to hold the entire population of this universe, or around 40 feet across, depending on what the scene required… ad how does the entire population of the universe fit on Benders pirate ship at the end? You can do just so much to my suspension-of-disbelief, and then it breaks. And this was just stupid.