Futurama DVD Review - Bender's Big Score

It's finally here (well, it was a couple months back), years after the Fox (Box) network cancelled it, futurama is back in the form of the first of four feature length DVDs, Bender's big score.

It is around about the length of 4 episodes at 80 minutes, and the main plot follows planet express getting 'scammed' by a bunch of scamming ultra nerd aliens, with side amusements such as Hermes temporarily being confined to being a head in a jar. Really up until the end, it just seems like a great big episode of the Futurama that we've all come to love and miss. The ending is different from the normal comedy fare and is rather sentimental, but it's actually really well done - maybe i'm just a sucker for that kinda ending.

'You know, it's funny' 'what?' 'Your weiner' heh heh

I don't really know how suited it would be to a non-futurama fan though. It's rammed full of in-jokes and brief re-appearances of hundreds of old classic futurama characters; the robot mafia, Scruffy the janitor, robot santa and an all too brief appearance from Zapp and Kif.... oh and the hypnotoad is back, did i mention that? Awesome. In fact on the dvd there's menna be a full length episode of 'everyone loves the hypnotoad' with adverts, which just sounds plain kick ass. Sadly I haven't been able to check it out yet due to the dvd not being out here yet. Back to the point though, non-fans might miss out on the in-jokes, and references to past episodes - the pilot in particular is referenced multiple times.

Anyways it's definately worth a watch, and if you're are or ever were a futurama fan its unmissable. Hell, the cameo from Al Gore makes it worth a watch in itself... 'finally! I get to save the planet with deadly laser blasts instead of slideshows!'
Great DVD, i very much look forward to the second, whenever the hell it's released...

Did i mention that Bender goes back in time to kill Fry, ala the Terminator. You NEED to watch this film.
+ Classic futurama
+ Killer in jokes, old characters
+ Cute ending
- The bloody songs...
- Confusing time travel ;)
9 / 10