Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #657 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-11-27
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: AC-3, Animated, Color, Surround Sound
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 88 minutes

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Proving that you just can't keep a good animated series down, Bender's Big Score revives the Futurama crew in a full-length feature (reportedly, the first of four which will later be broken down into individual episodes for television broadcast) chock full of the satiric touches that made the Matt Groening series a cult favorite among sci-fi and animation fans. In true Futurama form, the plot of Big Score is proudly ridiculous: At its core, it's about alien telemarketers with a plan to steal Earth's most valuable historical objects, who use e-mail viruses to cripple Planet Express and take control of belligerent robot Bender; the latter carries out their scheme via a time-travel code tattooed on Fry's backside. This allows for all manner of subplots involving Fry's return to the 20 th century, romantic confusion between Fry and Leela (Katey Sagal), and a host of cameos ranging from Kwaanza-bot (Coolio) and Zapp Brannigan to Al Gore (voiced by the real former vice-president, who once again displays an offbeat sense of humor).

Bender's Big Score also features a staggering amount of extras that reflect the show's sense of playful anarchy. Most valuable to longtime fans is the feature-length commentary by Groening, writers Ken Keeler and David X. Cohen, director Dwayne Carey-Hill, and cast members Billy West (Fry), DiMaggio, and Phil LaMarr, which provides a wealth of information on the film's production as well as plenty of laughs from the voice actors. "Futurama Returns!" is a live comic book reading by the cast in front of an enthusiastic convention audience, while "A Terrifying Message from Al Gore" is a short animated promo featuring the ex-veep in an animated promo for his Inconvenient Truth documentary (Gore's commentary for this short is worth the DVD's sale price alone), and "Bite My Shiny Metal X" is an amusing, tongue-in-cheek lesson on the mathematics used to deliver the show's futuristic touches. Perhaps the oddest extra is a full-length episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad, a sitcom based around the bizarre title creature that will provoke equal amounts of laughter and exasperation. A small battery of deleted scenes, new character design sketches, and a five-minute promo shot for Comic-Con round out the extras. --Paul Gaita

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Customer Reviews

Surprisingly clever
At first I was a little iffy... it's been awhile since the writers had written for Futurama together, but it's our lovable gang's first "movie" and I just had to buy it.

I'm glad I did. It had me laughing out loud several times, and overall it is probably three of my favorite "episodes" of the whole series. The plot is actually really clever and thought out, and unlike another reviewer who disliked the Fry/Leela/Lars storyline I thought it was extremely cute and sweet (including the Fry & the whale parallel). I liked how everything was tied together, although [SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER] I can't imagine Bender being okay with waiting for centuries for the year 3000. I mean, he stole from the ancient Egyptians and everything, and then waited in the basement until the exact moment he was supposed to reappear? He'd get bored after a day. I'm surprised the future wasn't changed....

Other than the ending feeling a little rushed, I don't have any reasons for why this can't get 4.5 or 5 stars. Highly enjoyable and highly recommended!!

Great Science Fiction With a Twist!
I loved it. I've read a lot of SF and the writers did a good job of putting in every SF time travel twist I've ever seen. For the people that hated the film, I have no idea what you expected. I loved the characters and I loved the plot. All the twists and turns were great. I could have lived without the dance numbers, but Futurama did them in the series so no surprises there. Now if I could just get a soundtrack. I LOVE the holophone tracks on this and the Devil's Hands episode from the series.

Bender-ca-pade!
If you enjoy the show Futurama, you will also love this movie. It is just as ridiculous as every other moment of the show. This "movie" stars all your favorite characters from the show. The "bad guys" are a little gross looking and obnoxious. The story is that something (I don't want to give away details) that the bad guys do is going to destroy the universe and it is up to the Planet express crew to save the universe through a very complex, completely paradoxical chain of events.

Very funny and highly recommended.