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ALL GLORY TO HYPNO-TOAD! by br1947	Jun 9th, 2008 11:15:54 PM

It's been online for a few days now... by pmlinstrot	Jun 9th, 2008 11:21:21 PM
About on par with Bender's Big Score. I would rather they release 4 separate episodes on one DVD then stretching the story like they've been doing.
Well damn by O_Goncho	Jun 9th, 2008 11:28:56 PM
But who am I kidding? I'm still gonna buy it. Any new Futurama is a gift.
I saw it too. by woggerman	Jun 9th, 2008 11:30:35 PM
Not as bad as this review makes it out to be. I found it pretty funny and true to the series. Good point about the Leela/Fry chemistry. I still enjoyed it and can't wait for the next one! As for not buying it, Doing so will put future titles in Jeopardy. I will ABSOLUTELY support this film. Mediocre Futurama is better than NO Futurama!!!!!!
Mediocre Futurama is better than NO Futurama!!!!!! by O_Goncho	Jun 9th, 2008 11:36:43 PM
What you said but I've now decided to track it down online as well since it seems to be old news to you lot and I've a longer wait ahead of me till my DVD would arrive anyway since it won't be released in the UK for ages.
Sir, your derangement is impressive. by G100	Jun 9th, 2008 11:40:57 PM
Definitely funnier than BBS. One or two nice gags in there.
ZAPP BRANNIGAN... by WelcoMatt	Jun 9th, 2008 11:50:47 PM
Loves hard and fast!
NEWSFLASH!!! by woggerman	Jun 9th, 2008 11:56:59 PM
Zapp Brannigan Likes Snoo-Snoo!!!!!
saw it tonight by seabiscuits	Jun 10th, 2008 12:04:37 AM
i wonder what the people who were dissapointed with the first one are gonna think of this, i love all futurama but i'd say the first one was better. cant wait for the next one.
Mediocre Futurama is better than Family Guy by beetlegeuse	Jun 10th, 2008 12:21:11 AM
How bout another season?
Oh I get it by Napoleon Park	Jun 10th, 2008 12:24:48 AM
Fry and Leela have a happy ending in the final episode of the series, then make the jump to movies and their relationship is ignored. Sort of how the Deanna Troi/Worf romance dominated the final quarter of the final season of Star Trek the Next Generation and then was ignored when he joined the DS9 cast and never mentioned in the films. But seriously, if you can't enjoy something just because you know Phil Hartman could have done it better, than how can you ever enjoy making love to your wife? You know he would have been aces at that.
Fry/Leela..... by woggerman	Jun 10th, 2008 12:32:36 AM
Was brought up in BBS. I wouldn't want every story to be centered around their relationship. I am glad they didn't dwell on it again in this film. I understand the reluctance to accept this as it has been a focus of a number of episodes, but in this case I think it worked. As for completely ignoring it in this film. Leela was obviously jealous of Fry's new found happiness with his new girlfriend. So it was touched on, just not central to the story.
AICN promotes piracy with these reviews by Riley Martin	Jun 10th, 2008 12:33:18 AM
He had the "good fortune" to get a "a sneak-peak"? Sh-yeah RIGHT. The only "lucre" he shelled out was his internet connection fee.
I'll buy it twice... by therobcat	Jun 10th, 2008 12:56:10 AM
..if it brings the series back. Favorite. Animated Series. Ever.
saw it and thought it was great by BrainFart	Jun 10th, 2008 02:03:34 AM
less character development and more humor; i know the story was written a while back but it was like they took all the criticism from benders big score and pandered to the haters needs. I too wish frye and leela's relationship wouldnt have backtracked from the last one but that is my only nitpick. If you didnt like this one then you just dont like futurama.
the pacing was awkward, a lot of jokes fell flat by zooch	Jun 10th, 2008 02:03:45 AM
Bender was left out of the main story most of the movie and Fry was being a big pussy the whole time. It didn't have the touching Fry/Leela storyline. It didn't really feel like old Futurama at all, it was more like New Simpsons, just not as good as it used to be.
futurama and venture bros .......... by BrainFart	Jun 10th, 2008 02:06:40 AM
should have a grindhouse like double feature. I dont shell out movie ticket money very often (almost never) but i'd be at the first showing of that one.
Quit kissin ass - It's Totally Lame. by catlettuce4	Jun 10th, 2008 02:18:46 AM
Make more movies like this one, and the season'll get cancelled again. Total Faggy Ass propaganda. -if you enjoy characters completely out of character and miss that just molested by Uncle Lucas feeling, by all means... Bit Torrent it. - L A M E - ...a soon to be Ex-Futurama fan.
Morbo is neither pleased nor sticky by newc0253	Jun 10th, 2008 02:42:49 AM
uh, this sounds like the first one: all over the place and badly stitched together. what happened? different writers? they obviously lost something, was it some key writer or producer?
wait, someone said the first one was better? by newc0253	Jun 10th, 2008 02:47:48 AM
yeesh. the first one was funny but in a deeply hit-and-miss kinda way. i never saw mediocre futurama before, why would i want to buy a DVD to see more of it? seriously, why trash a good thing?
agreed Riley Martin by Talkbacker with no name	Jun 10th, 2008 02:51:37 AM
this is all over the pirate sites. I'll wait for the dvd.
Much better than BBBS by David Cloverfield	Jun 10th, 2008 02:52:55 AM
Still, the 20 minute format forced the writers to be much tighter. Those episodes were like mini movies - it was magic. But I thing Beast with a million backs is closer to Futurama's A-game. So many good lines. "Don't you want to be part of something bigger? Like a CRAZY GIANT MONSTER?" "I have five sweethearts, a good bottle of wine, and I just got promoted chief of police" Stephen Hawking shoots lasers from his eyes "I didn't know I can do that." Hell, I'll watch it again.
BBS by jsm1978	Jun 10th, 2008 03:07:45 AM
Just got around to watching BBS this past weekend. It was pretty good, thought flawed. I think Futurama definitely works better in small chunks. Looking forward to this one.
Do you think I WANTED to post it Sucks? by catlettuce4	Jun 10th, 2008 03:15:03 AM
Give me a break. This show had - H A D - some of if not THE best writing on television. Do you think I want to post that it Sucked BALLS ?! -U leave me breathless. N O T.
the by BrainFart	Jun 10th, 2008 03:42:23 AM

the "touching scene" by BrainFart	Jun 10th, 2008 03:43:03 AM
with bender and son was the funniest thing ive seen in months
The reviewer pretty much hits the nail on the head here, sadly by Cash907	Jun 10th, 2008 03:51:14 AM
I was really excited to catch an advance screening this weekend, but the disappointment during and after was just bitter. I found myself surfing the web on my phone more then once during the show because some parts are just flat out boring. Some of you would argue that even poorly done Futurama is better then no Futurama, but to that I ask how many of you would take back ever watching the new Star Wars trilogy if you could? Personally I liked Benders Big Score, but Beast just falls flat. It has some funny parts, but the Futurama spark just isn't in it. I'll rent it when it comes out because my girl is a fan too, but pretty certain its not one she'll want to buy afterward. Oh well, here's hoping movie 3 hits back on a high note.
It really, really pains me to say this... by Admonisher	Jun 10th, 2008 04:01:43 AM
I'm a huge Futurama fan. I've seen every episode of the series 2-3 times, and I still find it fantastic. The first movie kind of shocked me by its mediocrity. So I lowered my expectations for the second ... which somehow managed to disappoint me yet again. I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate to think that it's over ... but if this movie is any indication, whatever Futurama had that made it so great ... they've lost it. "The Beast..." certainly wasn't the worst thing I've ever seen. There were a lot of weak smiles and occasional chuckles. There were also quite a lot of dead stretches where I wasn't smiling. By the end I was just waiting for it to be over. Maybe someday a bona fide season of episodes will get greenlit, and maybe that will help get the writers back on their A-game. I don't know. All I know is, I'm fairly well depressed right now. At least Venture Bros. is still going strong.
Sounds like pants by V'Shael	Jun 10th, 2008 05:04:53 AM
Maybe not as bad as Benders Big Score, but I've watched episodes of Futurama many times without ever getting bored. And these new ones just suck my left nut.
Just watched it by Porco Drunko	Jun 10th, 2008 05:56:48 AM
Really can't understand the hate it's getting. Yes it's certainly not futuramas A game but i think it has plenty of laughs and it feels a lot more like a traditional futurama episode. BBS left me pretty cold especially given how they screwed the pooch with the fry leela relationship but i think they're getting back on track. They still haven't got the fry/leela thing right but definitely a lot more laughs.
No Way, It Rules by ThomasServo	Jun 10th, 2008 06:35:09 AM
I've watched it a couple times already, and I think it's fantastic. A lot of really clever jokes, including a couple of their trademark obscure math gags. The animation is beautiful (waaaay better than some of Bender's Big Score, which seemed really rushed sometimes), and there are some big concepts to chew on. Sure, some the jokes fall flat, but what comedy hits the mark 100% of the time? It's definitely at least on par with the show (which is, admittedly, one of my favorites)Definitely give it a chance, especially if you missed Brannigan, Robot Devil, and/or Hedonism Bot... and Bender's first born.
Fry and Leela by ThomasServo	Jun 10th, 2008 06:37:05 AM
Oh yeah! And do you REALLY want to constrain the writers into ANOTHER Fry wants Leela but she wont have him story? I know it seemed like they just glossed over their relationship (they did) but their relationship wasn't the point of the story. Fry moved on, got another girl, then the shit hit the fan. There was no time for Fry/Leela.
Shill post? by catlettuce4	Jun 10th, 2008 07:02:58 AM
Doing Damage control Crow? The animation's the same. Futurama did hit the mark nearly 100% of the time, and clever writers know no constraints. LAZY WRITERS do, they resort to repeating material. Fry/Lela's relationship is 50 percent of the show's fan base, and if that's the only flaw you found, you must be a fan of the Cranberries... ZOMBIE.
Original Futurama wasn't so great in first run. by FluffyUnbound	Jun 10th, 2008 07:58:32 AM
The episodes became funnier after I saw them ten times each on Adult Swim. Kind of like Family Guy. So we don't really know if the movies are good yet, because they haven't been replayed late at night enough times yet. We may never know if they're any good if Comedy Central persists in showing them at 9 PM all the time.
not for those not already fans... by spidercoz	Jun 10th, 2008 09:00:34 AM
no shit, sherlock, it was never intended to be. all these are being made FOR THE FANS
Review? by CuervoJones	Jun 10th, 2008 09:28:51 AM
This is a giant spoiler.
I liked Bender´s Big Score by CuervoJones	Jun 10th, 2008 09:34:01 AM
I think i´m gonna like this one too.
Zapp by ZapRowsdower	Jun 10th, 2008 10:22:40 AM
Rowsdower. THat is all
Hilarious! by lagomorph	Jun 10th, 2008 10:34:07 AM
"Ever since man first left his cave, and met a stranger with a different language and a new way of looking at things, the human race has had a dream... To kill him so we don't have to learn his language or his new way of looking at things!"
More hilarious! by lagomorph	Jun 10th, 2008 10:35:57 AM
Stowaway hatch: Unauthorized Access Only!
Summed up by lagomorph	Jun 10th, 2008 10:40:02 AM
Funny, quotable, and cracked. The Bender B story was the weakest part but even that had some choice gags. Zoidberg's "Leela, go on without me" gag was the best.
Der's mah buttahscawtch! by Reilly	Jun 10th, 2008 11:23:20 AM
more quotable than Big Score, and funnier too. Plot sucked, but I'd rather it be funny than try to make sense and be bland. "Daddy! I knew you'd come back!"
The movie is terrific by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 10th, 2008 11:25:54 AM
My review: http://www.dvdinmypants.com/re views/A-G/futurama_beast_billi on_backs.php
AMY: Take care, my teeny-greeny-weenie! by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 10th, 2008 11:30:27 AM
ZAPP: [crossing legs] That's just a fungal infection...oh, you're talking to Kif.
"MY LEG FEELS FUNNY!" by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 10th, 2008 11:31:09 AM
"MY LEG FEELS BETTER!"
Hey Herc... by DrEdwardMorbius	Jun 10th, 2008 12:19:20 PM
...thanks for keeping up with these reviews and schedules of what is coming out, I appreciate it. Any idea why Harry hasn't done a DVD New Release article for the past few weeks?
the reviewer is a dooosh by bigbossman71	Jun 10th, 2008 12:44:45 PM
its a fucking cartoon. of course there are plot holes and ridiculous premises. its not fucking shakespear for christ's sake.
Is it the feature-length format that's the problem? by fiester	Jun 10th, 2008 01:23:06 PM
Maybe they ought to go back to half hour episodes. Bender's Big Score was pretty limp compared to TOS.
It's good. by I Hope You Die	Jun 10th, 2008 03:05:21 PM
Way better than Bender's Big Score. Take your favorite high concept Futurama episode and extend it to feature length. It's like that. The two parallel stories are really one. I'm not even the biggest Futurama fan (although when it's good it's very good) and I liked it.
It's good. by omarthesnake	Jun 10th, 2008 03:50:28 PM
Way lesser than Bender's Big Score, though. It goes off the rails towards the last third, but there's still enough amusement. Just not brilliant. And based on the TV series, we greedily expect brilliant. Actually, I'm being generous; that last third is godawful. But the earlier bits are good. And there's not nearly enough of Fry being Fry; he virtually disappears for a long stretch.
BEST CARTOON SHOW EVER by Napoleon Park	Jun 10th, 2008 04:45:19 PM
wait, isn't this the Thundarr talkback?
Billy West is great as Zap by Oski	Jun 10th, 2008 06:19:17 PM
I can't even imagine anyone else, even Hartman. Unfortunately, the long layoff from the last episode to these dvds has caused West to really lose the voice of Zap, he just doesn't sound right in the first movie. Hope he's worked on it.
catlettuce4... by ThomasServo	Jun 10th, 2008 07:14:04 PM
No, forcing writers to add a Fry/Leela romantic angle AGAIN, even if it has nothing to do with the story, is constraining. If Fry and Leela got together, it would ruin the show. So, knowing that, how many times can you have Fry ask Leela out? It's time to move on. Also, yes, the animation is really, really nice in this. If you think it looks the same as the series, you're either blind, retarded, or you have never watched a cartoon before.
I'll admit, I saw it, and it was less than great... by Kelvington	Jun 10th, 2008 08:10:01 PM
I think there is a great burden to make something funny for 90+ minutes, and in cartoon form it's a very rare thing. Even the Simpson's Movie had a few weak moments. But I thought this film suffered from a silly plot concept that could have been a hilarious 30 minute episode but dragged out over 90 failed. Do a 30 minute bit about the one-eyed-people popper, do 30 on Bender and the League of Robots and 30 on Fry's new girlfriend and Kip, but to mash them all up, just didn't work. I'll admit had I not gotten to see it for free I don't think I would have rented it.
Pazuzu! by Jarek	Jun 10th, 2008 08:36:18 PM
I love that part.
Yeesh... by Paul T. Ryan	Jun 10th, 2008 09:44:43 PM
Fanboys and their "anticipointment" (to quote Harry Shearer)... Stop expecting every geek thing to be completely, life-alteringly brilliant, and you won't get disappointed all the damn time! I personally loved Bender's Big Score (weak spots and all), and don't intend to ascribe to the "it was better before they brought it back" camp that seems to be forming. Typical though. Fans complain that the show was cancelled. Show comes back. Show isn't identical to what came before (and nor should it be). Fans go apeshit. The people who make these programs just can't win...
The 90 minute format drags a little... by Bill Clay	Jun 11th, 2008 12:11:44 AM
...but it's still Futurama! One slice of delicious cake is better than none! BTW, why can't reviewers just admit that they're reviewing a bootleg they downloaded? This has been online since June 7.
yes Phil Hartman's psycho wife he shoulda by Groothewarrior	Jun 11th, 2008 12:45:13 AM

Phil and Martha Stewart he coulda been the analretentant chef by Groothewarrior	Jun 11th, 2008 12:46:09 AM

I've seen it. The story is so stupid. Even Zoidberg's jokes are by Darth Bauer	Jun 11th, 2008 10:21:11 AM
So disappointing.
^awful by Darth Bauer	Jun 11th, 2008 10:21:41 AM
is he end of that.
Loved FUTURAMA the TV series by thegreatwhatzit	Jun 11th, 2008 12:36:35 PM
But BENDER'S BIG SCORE,exempting the first 10 minutes, was a bitter disappointment (remember when you were a kid and you caught your first screening of JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS only to find out that Hercules was played an an amemic Brit actor named Nigel Green? Yeah, a disappointment on that scale. Never mind that the late Mr. Green was a wonderful actor). I heard an absurd rumor that the 60s comedy team of Marty Allen and Steve Rossi were writing the FUTURAMA movies. After viewing BENDER, the ludicrous gossip doesn't quite sound so subversive. I was hoping that BEAST would be a satire of campy AIP quickies (a la BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES, 1955)--something the series would have delivered with a pulp-ish hubris. But the movie spin-offs appear to be a very commercial compromise.
I've seen it and liked it much better than BBS. by beastie	Jun 11th, 2008 02:12:56 PM
It didn't make me laugh out loud a lot, but I did have a smile on my face throughout.
Yeah. I'll totally take some so-so Futurama over none. by beastie	Jun 11th, 2008 02:18:22 PM
It's not bad. I can see why the reviewer didn't like it. I thought Bender's Big Score was just OK, but it was better than no Futurama at all.
I just watched this by SUPERJIM	Jun 11th, 2008 03:17:58 PM
Was a disappointed, I chuckled a couple of times and didn't laugh out loud at all. The 2 movies are a big let down so far which is a shame as I think the series was great.
The first half was good but that Yevo ruined it. by JKrow21	Jun 11th, 2008 10:19:26 PM
Ah well better than nothing.
It's Good by fastcars	Jun 12th, 2008 01:01:33 AM
I don't understand the online "disappointment" to the Futurama movies. I thought they were both good. And I watched the movies right after seeing S1-S4 for the first time. So this might be a case of unmeetable expectations
How much money is enough for Matt Groening? by RicardoMontalban	Jun 12th, 2008 07:17:50 AM
Why don't they just air this on Fox? Why do we need to shell out $20 bucks for an episode of a TV series... Grrrrrrrrrr. hey futurama fans, check out this great new blog on blogspot. it's called thebitterproducer spread the word!
Yeesh... by catlettuce4	Jun 12th, 2008 09:16:49 AM
Stop expecting everything to be life-alteringly brilliant? - Don't understand the disappointment? How was turning Fry into a dikkless queer a good thing? How was not even acknowledging pre-existing plot arcs good? Kiff gets reamed, Bender boots a bastard to hell, 'Twas a joyous feel good viewing experience. Just like watching Trek V. - no Fry/Leela, no watchee.
Wow, Whiney Little Girls by ThomasServo	Jun 12th, 2008 11:58:40 AM
I've never seen so many dudes so worked up over an animated relationship. If a love story between fictional characters in a COMEDY is all you have, I'm truly sorry. Futurama is not a romantic comedy. Look, some of my favorite episodes involve Fry/Leela (Devil's Hands, Worms) but Jesus, guys. Really? You're pissed over THIS? Get a girlfriend, get a sense of humor, whatever needs to happen. If it turns out you talkbackers are, in fact, women, I'll stand corrected. (By the way, I understand if you legitimately didn't like this for whatever reason, I'm just kind of sick of the whole "Fry and Leela aren't exploring their relationship" thing. Does no one want to see something new?)
So, I wastched this, by Thorstrongstone	Jun 12th, 2008 01:11:57 PM

What the fuck by Thorstrongstone	Jun 12th, 2008 01:13:07 PM
So, I waTCHed this, and the next day I could barely remember it. Though, that may have something to do with me watching Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang, and Across 110th Street right after.
Fry and Leela's Relationship??? by _Maltheus_	Jun 12th, 2008 03:11:59 PM
It's a fucking cartoon people, an absurd one at that. Fry and Leela never had any chemistry anyway. He was attracted to a hot chick who, luckily for him, was codependent enough to care for him. It ain't Desmond and Penny or anything that should have been taken seriously. You know what happened after the finale? Leela came to her senses and dumped his ass. I don't even need to see these movies to know that.
Fry/Leela IS addressed. by lagomorph	Jun 13th, 2008 07:14:19 AM
Shippers may feel scorned but BBS is addressed at the end of Beast... in the last five minutes... with a throwaway gag... in which Fry turns to Leela and she scolds him for forgetting about her five minutes after meeting Colleen... and Fry agrees.
I loved it. by Gilkuliehe	Jun 14th, 2008 10:53:22 PM
All you haters can go fuckyourselves. Seriously I don't know why I keep coming here.

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