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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
EAN: 0024543541875
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 04, 2008
Running Time: 88 minutes
Sales Rank: 142
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Description:
With fuel prices skyrocketing, the Planet Express crew sets off on a dangerous mission: to infiltrate the world's only dark-matter mine, source of all spaceship fuel. But deep beneath the surface lies a far stranger place... a medieval land of dragons and sorcery and intoxicated knights who look suspiciously like Bender. So park your hover-car and saddle up your unicorn for Futurama's grandest adventure yet: BENDER'S GAME!
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At once a merciless skewering of all things fanboy and an extremely satisfying addition to the Futurama franchise, Bender's Game is among the best of the animated series' feature length adventures. The game in question is Dungeons and Dragons, and Bender wants in--only robots aren't programmed with the necessary imagination. Naturally, Bender's plans to develop one go completely awry and land him in an android asylum. The role-playing plotline later re-emerges--in typically convoluted Futurama fashion--via a subplot involving Professor Farnsworth's conversion of dark matter into spaceship fuel, which created a key to a very D&D-influenced universe where our hapless heroes eventually find themselves. The alternate world storyline allows for much lampooning of fantasy tropes, with Lord of the Rings receiving the lion's share of the tweaks. Seeing as how the writers have already devoted much of the movie's running time to parodying Star Wars and Star Trek (and their Lego offshoots), one might think that Bender's Game might suffer from pop-culture overload, but surprisingly, it all feels fresh and frequently funny, and the writers are wise to ground the story in their eccentric characters rather than pinballing them through an endless string of gags. The result is probably the strongest of the direct-to-DVD Futurama releases to date, and one that newcomers to the show's cracked universe can appreciate as much as longtime fans.As with previous Futurama DVD releases, the extras come fast and furious on Bender's Game: commentary by members of the cast and production team (including Matt Groening) is both informative and funny, while interviews with the writers and producers discuss, among other topics, the influence of Dungeons and Dragons on the series and the 3D models used in the feature. Aspiring animators might appreciate 'How To Draw Futurama in 83 Easy Steps and the storyboard animatic for the first part of the story, while the 'Genetics Lab' feature allows for some amusing Dr. Moreau-style cross-breeding of the characters. Recording session bloopers and a deleted scene offer their own laughs, but the most enjoyable extra must be the preview for the next Futurama feature, Into the Wild Green Yonder, which suggests a shocking development for one of the show's regulars. -- Paul Gaita
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Rating:  - The weakest of the Futurama movie titles
I'm a huge fan of Futurama and I happen to love Bender's Big Score and Beast With a Billion Backs.BBS, while perhaps not having that many of the laugh out loud moments, was concise and well put together and I loved it, it's actually my favorite of the movie releases so far.BwaBB was just plain funny with a few parts that made me want to pee myself.I think Bender's Game misses on both of those aspects.It has some funny moments, but really feels like a jumble of episode ideas that never made ... Read More
Rating: - Sweet Thompson's Gazelle of Rivendell!
Of the three Futurama "movies" currently available, this one is by far the superior product.Biting sarcasm (thanks, Bender), an actual plot line, and a pop-culture skewering satire of "Lord of the Rings" make this Futurama at its best.Hermes as a hermaphroditic centaur? Why not? Keep 'em coming lads, and remember that Dungeons and Dragons is Bad for You!
Rating:  - OMG
Okay, this was not what I expected.
Everything was just fine in the beginning. It had funny jokes such as the Robot Nut House, and the Demelition Derby. It was all good...until they got into the fantasy part of the movie.
That part got weird and gross and they just repeated the same things. When they explained how the Prof. created Dark matter, or Ignor's "Big shocking" (not really) secret, they would explain it in the 1st act, then when they got into the fantasy world, they ... Read More
Rating:  - Episodes, not movies!!!
With the exception of the first movie Bender's Big Score, the Futurama movie formula has shown (sadly) that it just doesn't work. Both Bender's Game and the even worse Beast with a Billion Backs feel like exercises in padding out an episode to make it reach that magic 90 minute running time. When do we get to the plot??!! - I kept asking myself as I watched these last two installments, as pointless diversion built upon pointless diversion. The simple and sad fact is that these movies feel like a Futurama ... Read More
Rating: - Not the best of the three, but a must have
I am a huge Futurama fan so this was a must have. I only watched this one once so far and it wasn't my favorite of the three. There was no hint at a possible end to Fry's love for Leela. The whole plot was very far fetched. There were some good parts and it made funny references to another hit movie, but I would say that this is by far not the funniest of three movies. I also didn't notice many scientific or mathmatical references for us nerds.
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