Comments on: Futurama: Bender’s Game DVD Review

By: Rhodri

Rhodri — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:54:10 +0000

Now this is quite interesting to see how you feel…i live in england and we are behind you in everything TV realated (i internet everything anyway so am right up to speed )…you cant buy futurama over here like in the DVD format way you do, instead they are doing what you want…four 30 minute instalments…

Testing maybe?

(seeing both i actually like the long films better…the plot is very hard to follow for a month)

By: David Chen

David Chen — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:09:25 +0000

@Goon

I actively try to go through my old Futurama episodes (and possibly Family Guy Seasons 1 or 2) every once in awhile, and let me assure you that our feelings about the new Family Guy/Futurama being worse are not simply a function of nostalgia. For Futurama specifically, the new movies/eps simply aren’t up to par, relying too much on sight gags and not enough on inventive concepts or character development (as much as you can have character development in Futurama).

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:46:18 +0000

See, I saw this as the strongest of the three films, yet I still think that as “movies” they are pretty weak. I think seeing them in chunks would be a lot better.

By: Goon

Goon — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:39:32 +0000

LIstening to a recent Slash Filmcast I see the same attitude abound not only with Futurama but with Family Guy, saying its a parody of itself and things changed after X… Especially in regards to Family Guy I think these people need to rewatch some of those older eps and realize they’re really romanticizing the past, back when it was a lesser known cult show, and see that they’re not as good as they think they are.

I mean, I’m no Family Guy basher. Its not a perfect show and never has been, but thats the point. I simply don’t see the radical shift everyone else does.

By: Peking Duck

Peking Duck — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:52:56 +0000

If that is the weakest so far then it’s pretty damn weak cause I’ve been disappointed with the films so far. I love the series and it’s mainly due to loyalty that I’m buying the films. Which means I will most likely buy the episode versions as well because there will be extra stuff there.

By: Goon

Goon — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:24:32 +0000

I also think it was the weakest of the 3, i’m not harping on the review per se. The first hour of this though was pretty great for me nad has had some of the best moments of any of these DVDs, I like it sometimes when the characters are doing not much else other than being funny. Not every Futurama episode requires a humongous plot to keep me entertained.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:14:48 +0000

You could be right about holding the original episodes in higher regard than they deserve, but I still think this is the weakest of the DVD movies they’ve released so far.

By: Goon

Goon — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:35:15 +0000

I’ve had no problem with the movies and think a lot of people misremember Futurama as being a lot more consistently funny than it was. Or something these, I don’t know, because I laugh just as much at the same ratio during these as anything else they’ve done. Maybe the movie format makes people expect more as well. I don’t. I don’t think of them as any more than 4 episodes with an overarching arch. Oh well.

Either way I would also prefer episodes now, if only to stop having to listen to the constant doomsaying.