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97 out of 122 people found the following comment useful :-
Good News Everyone!, 21 November 2007

Author: insertnamehear from United Kingdom

It was a sad day in 2003 when I learned that Futurama had ended. I remember watching the first episode and being hooked straight away. It's not very often humour and genuine sci-fi have been balanced so expertly. But thankfully, like Family Guy before it, Futurama has now been given a new lease of life in the form of 4 direct to DVD movies (to be split into 16 episodes to make up a new season).

When something this great is brought back, there is always the lingering fear that it won't retain the "magic" of the original. But I can confidently say that the magic is back! When Family Guy released Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, I feel it suffered the problem of seeming too much like an over-long episode, a problem I think that the Simpson's movie also suffered (though both were not without their fair share of laughs). However,Benders Big Score, the first of these new Futurama features FEELS like a movie.

I feel it should appeal to old fans (who will be spoilt by many in-jokes and call backs, as subtle as they may be) and those (and shame on them) who have never encountered Futurama before. The story kicks off with a quick introduction of the characters, and within 5 minutes, old fans will be in familiar territory, and newcomers will be brought up to date. What follows is nearly an hour and a half of laughs, sci-fi action, and romance.

This is a film I would definitely have paid to see at the cinema over the Simpson's movie. I hope that the DVD sales of this and the next 3 films do well, as it was sorely missed.

Welcome back Futurama!

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97 out of 135 people found the following comment useful :-
classic, 22 November 2007

Author: eeehlo from Sweden

Recently, we have seen several full-length features from our favorite TV-series. Family Guy, the movie. Simpsons, the movie.

One thing both of these lacked were going back and not only recalling, but intertwining our favorite side-characters into the plot.

Futurama does this beautifully and we see not only commonly featured side-characters, but characters that hard-core fans will rejoice to see, and I _wont_ give any examples here, because every element of surprise in this movie is what makes it worth watching.

I want to stress that I was very critical to the idea of a movie after such a long pause, and I was a die-hard fan. I signed the online petition all of those years ago when it got canceled (rumor has it all those signatures got printed and transported to box the CEO of FOX into his office, but thats only a rumor as far as I know). Having said this, I want to ensure everyone that even if you go into the movie with high expectations - they will be exceeded.

The plot may seem tangled, but the writers don't leave anything out. Nothing is "forgotten", like in Lost.

If you watched the TV-series, you will love this. If you didn't - tough luck (but you will probably wind up loving it anyway). Its literally a celebration of all of the five seasons aired on television, and its impressive that they did this without repeating anything.

All of the old themes are brought back - its like the show never went off the air. You will straight off the bat be able to re-identify with characters and feel the same way about the show you did all of those years ago.

I haven't seen a story tied up like this in years. The ending is _beautiful_.

This is for the fans.

FUTURAMA - IT JUST WONT STAY DEAD!

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Brilliant, 22 November 2007

Author: puggso_32 from Greenock

I have just watched this, and was a fan of the original show and am being completely honest here when I say this is not just one of the best animated movies I have ever seen but in fact one of the best movies of any genre I have ever seen.

Unlike the previous Family Guy and Simpsons films (both shows I am a fan of by the way) Benders Big Score seemed to have something extra in it separating it from these two films.

The jokes are great, the music and songs are great, the animation is absolutely superb (the 3d animation looking much better than when the show originally aired) and the story is very smart and also quite touching.

The writing was absolutely superb, cramming in a lot of past characters but not in a way that it felt they had been thrown in for the sake of them being there (as can be noticed Mom does not make an appearance at all) and also adding new call-backs to well known parts from the series.

All in, just superb and make sure you see it one way or another.

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Like going home for Christmas, 23 November 2007

Author: spiritual_analysis from Finland

I must admit i had huge fears about the reincarnating Futurama...in retrospective, i don't know why. It hasn't been that long after all, and the team has stayed pretty much the same. From the very first scene i felt right at home. No neat hyper modern animation tricks, no bullet time camera spins, just the familiar Futurama, which is all i wanted.

Bender's big score is a surprisingly plot-driven movie, reminiscent of the few more serious episodes. Have no fear, though, the gross humour is still present. Even with the horrid singing numbers (i was looking for anti-depressants) and the obsessive re-introduction of nearly every character that ever appeared on the original series, this is a rewarding event for sure, especially for us die hard fans who waited so long. It could have been better as a movie, but i don't want to get too critical, i'm just glad futurama is back! It just won't die!

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Much better than the Simpson movie, 26 November 2007

Author: thgc from Germany

This movie is just great. It proves again that cancelling the TV show was a big mistake. In the world of Futurama there are simply much more possibilities and ideas than in the Simpsons world, which has gotten a little bit too boring over the last years. That's probably because you can bring more ideas to life in the future, where practically everything is possible. Even for people who didn't like the TV show it's a fun ride, it's worth watching it just to hear Bender's remarks. Sure, The Simpsons Movie was funny at some parts, but I've just watched too many episodes of this show to go to the cinema only to see another, longer, episode. Anyways, Bender's Big Score is a great movie, and thanks to the developers for their effort to bring us Futurama back! I give it a good 9 out of 10.

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Bender Scores Big., 28 November 2007
Author: sallyfifth from the great north

The first of four Futrama DVDs gets a lot of things right. First of all it remembers why people liked the show in the first place from the oddball space aliens to the shipping romance (kind of an awesome pun for a show about international delivery agents) to the geektastic sci-fi humor and low brow slapstick. It's got everything, again. Only problem is, it's just not up to the series' admittedly high standards. It certainly hits more than misses though and repeat viewings reward with humour you may have missed or not fully been prepared for the first time around.

The plot is hilariously complicated featuring Nudist Spamming Alien Invaders, Time Travel Hijinx and the convoluted relationships between stupid men and the women they love.

Though the box features Bender prominently- our favorite Bending Latino Hearthrob plays second fiddle to a Fry/Leela romance love triangle that comes to a satisfying conclusion. There are so many returning characters from the series' run that very few of them have time to get comfortable before they are whisked away and only a handful have time to actually be funny (though far too many of them bomb) Its actually the little moments that get the biggest laughs.

It's good to have the crew of Planet Express back, even if our second date wasn't quite as hot as our first one.

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32 out of 50 people found the following comment useful :-
Solid revival, if slightly awkward in the movie format, 22 November 2007

Author: antgirth from Australia

Managed to see an advance copy of the DVD Screener of this flick. As an original futurama fan, I was eager to see how the TV genre translated as a feature-length.

It's hard not to draw parallels to the Simpsons movie - both are epic, and amusing, with the futurama film being arguably more so.

We're treated with references to all major characters and events past and present from the series, and similar gags that fans will appreciate, but I couldn't help but take the feeling that it was overly ambitious, perhaps sprawling.

The best part of the series is arguably that the episodes were compact, neat, quick witted and very well packaged. Although it's a solid production, it still feels a little confused. 8/10.

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Not up to Futurama's high standards, 3 February 2008

Author: garysjwa from Florida

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It pains me to have to say so, but Bender's Big Score makes a disappointing return for the Futurama series.

One of the great appeals of Futurama was the respect it showed for its own continuity. With Bender's Big Score, that's out the window. Here's the best example: Nibbler's secret life as a powerful sentient being, a subplot the original show spent four seasons building up to, is revealed 15 minutes into this production -- and for no reason; all it leads to is a futile attack on the alien scammers.

Not that this movie doesn't like pointing out Futurama continuity. At times the story looks like a contest to see how many obscure characters it can work in. There are loads of tacked-on and unnecessary cameos; Santabot is probably the most egregious. Meanwhile, important secondary characters like Dr. Zoidberg, The Professor, Zapp Branigan, Kif, and Amy Wong have very small roles.

And the main characters disappoint as well. The Fry-Lars-Leela love triangle is shallow, and lacks any of the poignancy we saw in "The Sting" and other Season 4 episodes. The lambasting of Fox for cancelling the show is heavy-handed; Family Guy did a much better job of this (and if you didn't like it, at least it was short). The alien scammers, while they did have some gross-out appeal with their "sprunging", weren't nearly powerful enough to take over the earth. Leela could have killed all three of them with one kick. And the whole time-travel story (which were once verboten in Futurama) was convoluted and nonsensical.

And above all else... it just isn't funny. I can't think of one funny thing that happens in the whole movie, or any memorable moments.

I can only hope that this disappointing effort was the result of trying to write a feature-length film for the first time, and that it indulged whatever need the creators have to reference themselves.

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Hundreds of repeats later........, 23 November 2007

Author: ElijahCSkuggs from Happy Land, who lives in a Gumdrop House on Lolly Pop Lane

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Futurama fans are finally delivered the package we've been waiting for. Holy zombie testicles has it been one helluva wait. From buying the volumes on DVD, to watching the repeats shown on Adult Swim, we've finally got some more Fry, some more Zoidberg, some more Professor Farnsworth, and oh yeah, even some more Zap. Futurama fans rejoice and be happy that Futurama is going to be back on the air, but the celebration begins with their first direct-to-DVD movie Bender's Big Score. And I tell you what, it was most definitely a score.

This is easily the most in depth Futurama story to date. You've got time-traveling duplicates running all over the place. One coming, the other going, one staying and another just hanging around with his butt hanging out. To summarize the story in a short and sweet way, Nude Alien Scammers (think internet scams) are taking over our Futurama world one by one, and guess where it begins, yep, with our pals from Planet Express. That is the main story, but you also have side-stories with Leela's new love, Hermes' lack of a body and a few others. All in all, this is one jam-packed story that should please all fans. One thing I'm sure some Futurama fans will argue about is the slight change to the theme song. It's almost the exact same, but now with a more "hip", electronic sounding addition. I don't mind it at all, but I do prefer the classic theme song....which plays at the end of the movie.

Speaking of pleasing all fans, you have almost every character you've met in the Futurama Universe saying Hi. Another reviewer said that none are introduced just for the sake of being introduced....now, that's a die-hard speaking right there. It's quite obvious they've set up minor side missions just so they could include many characters. They've got the Devil and his lil devil robots playing music for only one scene and have screen time for about 3 seconds. Besides this point, you do have almost every character you'd want to see. Though I didn't see my beautiful gigantic Amazon women! Though I'm sure they'll be back.

Bender's Big Score was a very entertaining movie. It was pretty much nonstop Futurama silliness from the get go. You have the touching moments as well, but the jokes are the ones that run the show. Unfortunately, and I say this tentatively, I really didn't laugh out loud that much. At 98 minutes I was expecting to be laughing at least every couple minutes or so. Not the case here, more like a once every 10 or so. But I'm me and you're you, so you may laugh all the time, but I found the jokes, a little too "familiar" most of the time. Example, Bender will talk about himself and say something like this, "Sure it's not a big deal for that guy. Wait I am that guy. Me, Bender." But sometimes that old Futurama joke still rings true. One example, Zoidberg gets hostile with Leela because she talks down about a dumpster. Zoidberg confronts her with a spikey head, "You stay out of my dumpster!" That was classic Zoidberg.

All in all, Bender's Big Score was a great reunion for all Futurama fans. It's not the funniest 98 minutes of Futurama I've seen, but it's very memorable and truly entertaining. It's been a while, but Futurama is back and I can tell you one thing, the Hypnotoad is back in action baby! All praise the Hypnotoad. All praise the Hypnotoad. All praise the Hypnotoad.....................................................

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27 out of 44 people found the following comment useful :-
good news everybody, 2 December 2007

Author: (Pulpthatsfiction) from Minnesota

It's a great funny and fantastic return for Futurama. I was very sad to hear that the show was and canceled and had to watch those great episodes over and over again but after awhile I wanted to hear new jokes and great story lines. This is probably the best straight to DVD movie ever and is one pf my favorite movies in general and knowing that there are three more to come makes me very happy. The acting and the writing is very good just like the show. The story is very well done and is one of my favorite story lines. The jokes and the drama are hear just like and it feels like an ordinary episode but just longer and as good. The acting is just superb and I think that futurama has the best voice overs ever and never get tired of them . The story has a lot plot twist that rank up with the The Prestige and anyone that is fan of the show get this as soon as possible.

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