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MauritiusToday.com - Shopping Mall - Futurama: Bender's Game
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List Price: $29.99
Our Price: $13.99
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John Di Maggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche
Directed By: Dwayne Carey-Hill
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
EAN: 0024543541875
Format: AC-3
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-11-04
Running Time: 88
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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With fuel prices skyrocketing, the Planet Express crew sets off on a dangerous mission: to infiltrate the world's only dark-matter mine, source of all spaceship fuel. But deep beneath the surface lies a far stranger place... a medieval land of dragons and sorcery and intoxicated knights who look suspiciously like Bender. So park your hover-car and saddle up your unicorn for Futurama's grandest adventure yet: BENDER'S GAME!
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Summary: The weakest of the Futurama movie titles
Comment: I'm a huge fan of Futurama and I happen to love Bender's Big Score and Beast With a Billion Backs. BBS, while perhaps not having that many of the laugh out loud moments, was concise and well put together and I loved it, it's actually my favorite of the movie releases so far. BwaBB was just plain funny with a few parts that made me want to pee myself. I think Bender's Game misses on both of those aspects. It has some funny moments, but really feels like a jumble of episode ideas that never made it previously and it doesn't flow well at all.
Aside from problems with cohesion, the funny moments are pretty few and far between. Fry had a very minimal part in this movie, and his little stupid one-liners are one of my favorite parts of the show/movies. I almost don't remember what he even did in this one. Most of the story revolves around Bender, which wouldn't normally be a bad thing, but in this case his part of the "story" just felt out of place and wasn't very funny at all. His foray into Dungeons and Dragons and the inevitable fantasy parallel universe side plot just weren't funny and took up too much of the movie's time. The plot about the dark matter shortage was kind of funny and it explained a big part of Futurama continuity (even tying in some of the past episodes, as this show commonly does so well) but the fantasy segment had absolutely nothing to do with it, and when that part was done, the original plot thread just continued almost as if nothing had changed. So basically it was like there was a 30 or so minute interruption in a movie that was only mildly funny to begin with. Also, another con about Bender's Game is the definite lack of Zapp Brannigan.
So it is with regret that I give this only three stars, and the extra star is just because it's Futurama. Now here's where I become a little hypocrytical: do I recommend getting this? Yes! Why? Because it's Futurama! Give them your money so they will continue making more! I'll let them have a dud as long as what they continue to bring us later will be up to my usual standard for the show. The preview for Into The Wild Green Yonder definitely looks like it'll be back on track.
So while this one might have some lost opportunity, it's still Futurama and this is still one of my favorite TV shows of all time.
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Summary: Sweet Thompson's Gazelle of Rivendell!
Comment: Of the three Futurama "movies" currently available, this one is by far the superior product. Biting sarcasm (thanks, Bender), an actual plot line, and a pop-culture skewering satire of "Lord of the Rings" make this Futurama at its best. Hermes as a hermaphroditic centaur? Why not? Keep 'em coming lads, and remember that Dungeons and Dragons is Bad for You!
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Summary: OMG
Comment: Okay, this was not what I expected.
Everything was just fine in the beginning. It had funny jokes such as the Robot Nut House, and the Demelition Derby. It was all good...until they got into the fantasy part of the movie.
That part got weird and gross and they just repeated the same things. When they explained how the Prof. created Dark matter, or Ignor's "Big shocking" (not really) secret, they would explain it in the 1st act, then when they got into the fantasy world, they would explain it again.
I just felt like it was just dragging on. What happened to the episodes of Futurama that are humorous, get to the point, and have a bit of emotion.
Do not buy this. It's worth a rent if you're real curious, but not a buy.
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Summary: Episodes, not movies!!!
Comment: With the exception of the first movie Bender's Big Score, the Futurama movie formula has shown (sadly) that it just doesn't work. Both Bender's Game and the even worse Beast with a Billion Backs feel like exercises in padding out an episode to make it reach that magic 90 minute running time. When do we get to the plot??!! - I kept asking myself as I watched these last two installments, as pointless diversion built upon pointless diversion. The simple and sad fact is that these movies feel like a Futurama episode with all the deleted scenes left in. And there are other writing problems too - where is the character development, or humor that comes from the characters? Bender's Game has an interesting message about fuel shortages, but that just gets buried in all the padding - the entire dungeons and dragons fantasy bit is a complete detour from the plot. And unlike the first film, which delved into Leela and Fry's relationship, Bender's Game gives us zilch, while the previous movie just undermines the first one by having Fry forget all about his love for Leela. In Bender's Game, even Bender goes off on some pointless detour in search of his imagination - somewhat ironic considering the quality of writing here. Futurama fans, Fox simply isn't going to commission more of this, or a feature-film - not after seeing the last two films. The only way to save Futurama is to campaign for a fresh season of episodes - that is where Futurama belongs and that is where it shines. If they wanted to stick to this formula, they could release DVD sets of four episodes at a time. These movies are making me turn against a show I have loved for so long, and that is sad. Episodes, not movies!!!!
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Summary: Not the best of the three, but a must have
Comment: I am a huge Futurama fan so this was a must have. I only watched this one once so far and it wasn't my favorite of the three. There was no hint at a possible end to Fry's love for Leela. The whole plot was very far fetched. There were some good parts and it made funny references to another hit movie, but I would say that this is by far not the funniest of three movies. I also didn't notice many scientific or mathmatical references for us nerds.
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