Did I Like the Futurama Movie? You Decide!
So, I just finished watching the Futurama movie for the second time in two days (for the commentary, obviously), and I have to say, I'm still unsure about this whole thing.
As a guy with huge nerd boners for sci-fi, fast-paced comedy AND David X. Coen, this was set to be the triple-boner event of the season as far as I was concerned, and maybe all that build-up made some disappointment inevitable. Honestly, I don't think I would have been fully satisfied unless the movie ended with Bender looking directly to camera and saying Hey you, Michael Swaim; come have adventures with me in space! I'll bring the Slurm!
I'll list the awesome stuff first, which on the surface is the vast majority of the product, which you should totally buy. Bender's Big Score had:
All told, I really enjoyed it, although the two songs they put in sucked (I'm not sure what the deal was with those).
So what the hell is my problem? Couldn't tell you really, except that through the whole thing, I never seemed to laugh. And that's saying something, since during the run of the series I lost a number of friends to my inability to go thirty seconds without spewing a quote from the show. Yes, I'm one of those people. And no, I don't regret driving my girlfriend to suicide; thank you very much for bringing it up.
Maybe it's been so long I'm just not immersed in the world anymore. Maybe I was so excited my mind shut down with pleasure and refused to absorb the humor. Maybe it's just plain not as funny as it once was. Maybe I'm overthinking this by a significant margin.
In any case, I turn to you, Cracked Blog readership: Did I like the Futurama movie?
Also, does anything in this post make me sound racist? Because if so, I just fucking give up.
Here's what you do Swaim, get yourself about 8 boxes of nitrous oxide (about 2 boxes per movie) and re-watch the movies while huffing that shit.... You'll laugh
ReplyI went back to see this article because I felt this way about all four of the movies. I just didn't laugh. I used to laugh all the time but now it's like the movie and the newest episodes are just what the show used to be. And the more I think about the newer episodes I feel like that made a lot of mistakes. Maybe futurama should have called it quits at say the end of this movie. Or the fourth one.
Replyforgive me. one last thing.
Replyperhaps, due to the length of the tv show, you could say that it is a more condenced comedy.
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the only time i laughed outloud was when bender keeps running into that fat (aparantly) homeless guy. his voice is hilarious.
ReplyPersonally, I thought the songs were fantastic, especially when the Hanukkah Zombie comes in. Oddly enough, when I saw this first Futurama DVD for the first time, while the songs were playing were some of the few moments where my criticism and nagging disappointment got overridden by pure pleasure.
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ReplyI didn't particularly love the movies but they weren't bad. I agree with the time travel plot, it was well executed compared to others. I also noticed that I didn't laugh as much as I thought I would but it wasn't boring either. I'm not sure what to make of it. I haven't seen the hypnotoad episode so I should probably get the DVD.
Replyi liked all 4 movies alot, but i found the same problem, i didnt really laugh at them. its not that they werent funny it just wasnt the same. i am also the same swaim in that i have driven most of my friends insane with futurama quotes and referances.
ReplyYes and, you drove your friends crazy.
Replythe movie that followed benders big score was beast with a billion backs not benders game
ReplyIMHO the first futurama movie - Benders big score - made me crack up plenty of times, and i thoroughly enjoyed it. The following movie - benders game - did not. havent seen the others yet. that doesnt answer your question.
Replyi guess bender's game would be funnier if you were into dungeons & dragons and LOTR but i do agree it wasn't exactly the best of the four.
i had to create an account to say this how is it that every opinion I have about anything (the Futurama movies, Arrested Development, Double Fine, the Fallout Series and a totally rational fear of robots) ends up in one of your articles. Are you stealing my thoughts? Did you find some kind of door somewhere that leads to my brain?
ReplyAs to your specific question, I think that these movies weren't as good as the series because they felt too disjointed. Instead of making movies with fluid, well thought out plotting they made four episodes that were kind of related and stuck them all together. I can't think of a good reason why the songs sucked so badly though.
'The new morons from FOX proudly present.."
ReplyNot able to breath for several seconds!
I am an avid Futurama fan and, in my opinion, the movies are just not as funny. I did very much enjoy them though. They just didn't have the devastating comedic chain-lightning that the series had. It was still enjoyable and nostalgic for a fan of the series, but it's closer to a reunion than a continuance. I'm glad they were able to get some more work though.
ReplyHonestly my favorite line from Futurama is a Zapper.
Reply"The quickest way to a girls bedroom is through her parents. Have sex with them and you're in."
I honestly was now aware there was a movie...
ReplyThere is a new series on atm with all the jokes about the execs being fired in the first episode.
I honestly dont know what the fuck is going on.
Ah Futurama;
ReplySomehow,Fox Seems To Kick The Gifted and Talented Kids(Futurama,King of the Hill)Out Of The Nest Without Even a"Write If You Get work!!"While Somehow Heaping Praise For The Good For Nothing Lazy Kid(Family Dad,American Dad)!!!
I Truly Enjoyed Futurama For It's Brief Run and I Loved Bender!!
Hell,Bender Was The Man!!
"Of All The Friends I Ever Had,Your'e The First!!".
I agree with several of the comments - the movie was not as good as the series, but in a way that is difficult to explain. The first thing that annoyed me was the bashing of all the studio execs, it just seemed kinda cheap, petty and a little immature... I wanna see the characters on their adventures, not crossing the fourth wall - it kinda ruins the show for me.
ReplyOh - they totally ruined one of my fave episodes - Jurasic Bark..
So much potential..
It was quality, but just not that funny. Nothing compared to some of the classic tv episodes.
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