New Futurama 'movie' out today

Queasy

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Rented it today. Probably won't watch it until Thursday or Friday though. Been looking forward to it!
 

Mikey

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Saw it about a week ago. I'm just going to say that it's alright. Maybe I was expecting too much.
 

Foxery

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Saw an early copy :) It's funnier than the first movie, but pretty freakin' weird.
 

BigJ

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Was mediocre IMHO. I just kept on checking the menu bar to see when it would actually end. It just seemed to drag on too long.
 

Soundmanred

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I really enjoyed it!
It's a pretty good one if you're a Futurama fan. It's got some great parts with classic Futurama humor. From the League of Robots to Schklim Genticles, it's all good.
"Why are we risking our lives? Can't we just send in a robotic drone? Why is everybody looking at me?!" - Bender
 

MagicConch

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Originally posted by: BigJ
Was mediocre IMHO. I just kept on checking the menu bar to see when it would actually end. It just seemed to drag on too long.


I thought the same thing. I wish they made three new episodes with separate storyline each than this movie. Last movie was disappointing also.
 

Perknose

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I know there are people saying that it doesn't live to the standards of Futurama the episodes, but granted you would have to figure since the stories have to go for a lot longer. To me this hit the spot as far as the TV series goes.

What people forget is what made Futurama so funny was the subtle humor, it wasn't so, insert-punchline-here humor, it was noticeable, like you have to see the humor in it, that makes it funny. The characters isn't exactly the way it was in the show, but it is really close, fry isn't as dim witted, and that was pretty much the only character difference I could tell that was so different.

If you want a real disappointment of not living to standards, see Benders Big Score, that was more of Futurama gone drama, the only funny part was the intro, after that it kept a real serious tone, which isn't the Futurama I remember, and when you still watch the old episodes as much as me (3-4 a day) you know how Futurama plays out, and how it should go.

Overall: In my books better than BBS, plays out just great, and it is really funny, and if you remember a lot of the old episodes, it will be more entertaining

The painfully tortured non-English employed by this reviewer says it all. Six sad sentences over four idiot paragraphs, and not one single sentence would pass grammatical muster in an Intro to English class.

I despise what semi-literate idiots have done and continue to do to the English language.

Somewhere, William Shakespeare is rolling over in his grave. :(



 

Saint Michael

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Originally posted by: Perknose

Somewhere, William Shakespeare is rolling over in his grave. :(

Well, Shakespeare is not a good example of lingual conservatism. He's famous for inventing words and bending the rules. After all he's not famous for writing prose. Anyway, why would we base our contemporary written standards on 400-year-old English? With that said the stuff you quoted was shit.
 

So

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Bought it, won't have time to watch it until tomorrow. Here's hoping it beats the last one...
 

natto fire

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I will buy it, but I was kind of disappointed in the last movie. It was great but I have only watched it twice. Still, Futurama > Family Guy for the reasons South Park pointed out, which I fins myself watching more than both, even the season one stuff.
 
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I think it was better than the first one on first viewing, but the first one did grow on me... I think the plot of the first one was more clever. Beast with a Billion Backs is funnier overall, with some great gags, none of which I'm saying here (mainly because The Matrix is running in the background, and it's throwing off my thought process). Overall, I'd rate it 7.5 out of 10. Pretty good, but definitely not as good as the best episodes of Futurama.