Futurama: Bender's Game [Blu-ray]

starring: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John Di Maggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche directed by: Dwayne Carey-Hill See Larger Image List Price: $39.99 You Pay Only: $27.99 You Save: $12.00 (30%) Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: Blu-ray EAN: 0024543541899 Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: November 04, 2008 Running Time: 87 minutes Sales Rank: 3337 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: 2008 Related Items: Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray] The Simpsons - The Complete Eleventh Season (Collectible Krusty Head Pack) Hellboy II: The Golden Army [Blu-ray] The Dark Knight (+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray] see more Editorial Review: 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! Amazon.com: 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 Beyond Futurama: Bender's Game The Simpsons Family Guy King of the Hill Stills from Futurama: Bender's Game (Click for larger image) Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Additional review. Best of the series, funny, new theme music about a rocket ship. Bender and his sword were hilarious during the first half. I bought a playstation three so I could watch this movie in blue ray. If I could take half a star away, it would be for the joke about Kansas. In blue ray, the opening seen where they advertise bachelors chow was incredibly detailed. Rating: - What happened!? I am A huge Futurama fan. Have every episode and love how smart and well timed the comedy can be. As much as I want to love this installment, I can't. Benders big Game is A Big let down. The comedy is so low-brow and the story and dialog is poorly written in comparison to everything that has been done up till now. -"Benders big score" felt like Futurama well seasoned. -"The Beast with a billion Backs" felt like a really long episode. -"Benders game", has too many holes, not enough why?, The jokes all lean toward potty humor (that's not just because one of the castles is design after a toilet), and some jokes are dragged out till you wanna say, "and we are still talking about this, because.....?" It feels like the writers have taken lessons from family guy and later bad episodes of the Simpsons. The comedy isn't smart, too much sensless humor, an advertisment for a knife commercial that feels like it lasts for 5 minutes (I laughed in the first 30 seconds then it became annoying), they had rosie the robot from the jetsons in the robot insane asylum), a side story shock collar gag on leela that ends up going no where, and on top of that and then some we have a very long build up of wasted story time until we finally get to the meat, in this case, benders fake fantasy world, which has limitless possibility, and wasn't taken advantage of the way many fans would hope. on a side note: if the time is taken to watch the commentary, (bluray lets your see them talk) ... Read More Rating: - Futurama: Bender's Game Review The main cast of Futurama: The Professor (Billy West), Hermes (Phil LaMarr), Leela (Katey Sagal), Bender (John DiMaggio), Amy (Lauren Tom), Zoigberg (Billy West), Nibbler (Frank Welker), Fry (Billy West) as well as Mom (Tress MacNeille) and her three bumbling sons return in this 80-minute special. Futurama: Bender's Game is unlike Futurama: Bender's Big Score and Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs due to this instalment not having a movie feel at all to it. Futurama: Bender's Game is designed to be aired in four-parts when it premières on television and it feels like a four-part episodic. In the beginning of the film you are first introduced to a Futurama version on "Yellow Submarine". I believe this is just symbolic of how crazy the upcoming scenes get. Whilst driving about in the Planet Express Ship, Leela, Fry and Bender run out of fuel and luckily Nibbler had one ball of dark matter, which was enough to get the ship to a petrol station. The same guy Sal (John DiMaggio) that always seems to be at one of these stations makes fun of the crew's ship. Sal states even though his ship is beat up, he won the Space Destruction Derby five times. Due to Leela's unrelenting anger issues, she decides to enter the derby and later returns the ship severely damaged. Later, Dwight Conrad (Hermes Son voiced by Phil LaMarr) and Cubert Farnsworth (the Professor's son voiced by Kath Soucie) are playing a game of "Dungeons and Dragons". Bender thinking that it is a form of gambling, ... Read More Rating: - "Welcome to Cornwood!" The Good News, Everyone! *Superb video/sound quality. It is practically perfect on Blu-Ray; the details are sharp, clear, vivid. The color is great and the picture has no defects that I can see. *Includes some good special features; commentaries, animatics, a thing that lets you genetically mutate the Futurama characters, featurettes, deleted scenes, outtakes (one of which is an easter egg), and a trailer for the next Futurama film. *Excellent animation quality. *Has some great hilarious dialogue and funny scenes (without relying too heavily on catch phrases or old gags). Also has plenty of action. *A few funny parodies throughout (including "LOTR"). *One or two funny puns. *Also makes good fun of modern-day issues, like rising fuel prices and kids' obsession with "Dungeons and Dragons." *A few of nostalgic homages to older Futurama episodes (expect to see some familiar characters and references). Everything is accurate to what the show was. *The storyline is surprisingly good. I expected a fantasy-themed story to be stupid and weird, but it actually made some sense (in Futurama terms anyway). *Characters are still great and funny. *Good music. *Don't know if it is intentional or not, but isn't the title "Bender's Game" a little like "Ender's Game" with a B in front of it? The Bad Things *Contains a surprising amount of bloody violence. It's not too overwhelming, but it's probably not good for kids to watch. ... Read More Rating: - Best thing I've ever purchased! You already know it's Futurama, so what are you waiting for? The gags are fast and furious, and the movie looks gorgeous in Blu-Ray. Heartily recommended! Great extras too, as always. 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