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Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
Starring: Brittany Murphy, Dan Castellaneta, David Cross, Phil LaMarr, Billy West Directed By: Peter Avanzino Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 24, 2008 Running Time: 89 minutes Theatrical Release Date: June 24, 2008
Product Description: The thrilling conclusion to Futurama: Benders Big Score.Bender and the planet express crew must contend with a massive cosmic team that sends the world into panic.System Requirements:Running Time: 90 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/CARTOON NETWORK Rating: NR UPC: 024543520931 Manufacturer No: 2252093
Amazon.com: Studio description: In Futurama's latest and most tentacle-packed epic, space itself rips open, revealing a gateway to another universe. But what lies beyond? Horror? Love? Or maybe both, if it happens to contain a repulsive, planet-sized monster with romantic intentions! Nothing less than the fate of human and robot-kind is at stake as the Futurama crew takes on The Beast with a Billion Backs.
The Beast with a Billion Backs will be presented in widescreen format with English Dolby Surround 5.1, along with French and Spanish subtitles. Bonus features include:
The second of four direct-to-DVD adventures featuring the Futurama crew, The Beast with a Billion Backs picks up where its predecessor, Bender's Big Score, left off while balancing multiple love stories and the arrival of a sexually voracious alien from another universe. Unlike Bender, the various story lines converge well here--the tentacled, Lovecraftian creature Yivo (voiced by David Cross), which wants to mate with the entire population of the universe at once, makes Fry (Billy West) its de facto leader (Pope, actually), which in turn plays havoc with his relationship with new girlfriend Colleen (Brittany Murphy). And Yivo's scheme causes the people of Earth to evacuate the planet, leaving it in the hands of robots--which is, of course, excellent news for Futurama's resident mechanical malcontent, Bender (John DiMaggio). Beast is probably best understood and enjoyed by longtime fans of the series, who will recognize and appreciate the countless "surprise guests" (Robot Satan, the Harlem Globetrotters, Bender's hero Calculon, the head of Stephen Hawking), though the feature is certainly well-written and performed by its voice cast, and should provide plenty laughs for first-timers with flexible attention spans. Parents, however, should note that the humor can be fairly suggestive at times, and should exercise caution in regard to younger viewers.
Extras include a very funny commentary track with creators Matt Groening and David X Cohen, stars West, DiMaggio and Maurice LaMarche, and key members of the production team. Deleted scenes and a making-of featurette with the voice cast are entertaining, but the real features of value are Futurama: The Lost Adventure, which is culled from the Futurama game for Playstation 2, as well as a lengthy preview of the next direct-to-DVD movie, Bender's Game. Suffice it to say that the Lord of the Rings weighs heavily on the storyline. -- Paul Gaita
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great show I've found "Bender's big score" so good that I expected too much for this one. Great Futurama anyway.
The Beast Good Film. Not quite as fresh as the first film, but definately worth a watch.
Whoo Love Futurama, liked the movie, thought the other movie was better, but this was still enjoyable & recommend it for the Futurama fans.
Funny and thought provoking -minor spoilers- I was surprised to read some of the reviews here for BBB. How could Futurama be getting such low ratings? Regardless of the reviews I was going to buy this DVD. I saw it today and I don't know why some people believe it sucks or it's not as funny as Bender's Big Score or doesn't live up to the show.
I laughed throughout the movie. I found no parts of it to be boring. I must say that the tentacle jokes were a little disgusting but it's not enough to make one stop watching. (They kinda reminded me of the tentacles in some hentai, lol) I throughly enjoyed this movie and found it to be funnier than Bender's Big Score. It was different and the jokes went a little farther than the usual Futurama style but that's what makes it great and something to appreciate. (the CG effects are really great) Why is everyone so afraid of change?
Unlike Bender's Big Score which was mostly a "will they, won't they be together" between Fry and Leela, BBB was about whether love should be hoarded by some or for everyone. I especially found the way "heaven" is explained rather interesting. Also, David Cross does a great job playing Yivo.
Plus the DVD comes with the Lost Episode from the Futurama video game and it is hilarious. Also the commentary for BBB is hysterical and explains quite a lot.
I'm so glad Futurama is back after so long and I can't wait for Bender's Game to come out. For the record, I didn't dislike Bender's Big Score. I want Fry and Leela to get together somehow, it's just the going back and forth that kinda annoys me.
Bottom Line: Give it a shot. It's worth it. If you still don't want to buy it, wait for Comedy Central to play it.
Good Futurama video for your collection This is a good video for your Futurama collection. I watched this with my family and the laughs were not forced. I'm giving this a 5/5 even though I thought it was a little bit below par. I don't believe knowledge of the TV series is particularly helpful (it's self-describing) and if you are a fan of Futurama, you shouldn't be disappointed.
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