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Fan service at it's best
Newnab from from Truro,
4th April, 2008
When Futurama was taken off the air, the cries of fans worldwide rung out like a mighty chorus. Usually such cries go unnoticed, but it seems that Futurama is being given a second chance with Bender's Big Score, the first in a planned SERIES of straight-to-DVD movies. And the good news is, it's actually pretty good, for what it is. This movie is made for the fans of Futurama. The fans who have every episode memorized, can quote almost any section, and have Zap Brannigan's calendar hanging up on their bedroom wall. The writers go out of their way to include as many characters as possible, to reference as many popular episodes from the past as possible and generally throwing all sorts of things in that will make hardcore fans go 'Yay!' when they see what is going on. And, in a wonderful turn of events, this film is ACTUALLY FUNNY. It goes well above and beyond the meagre attempts of 'The Simpsons Movie' in every aspect of it's presentation, writing and humour. It is a shame then, that the main plot twist in the film (Which I won't spoil here) is rather predictable. This does not detract enormously from this being a film you should watch, but it does hold it back from being classed as one of the greatest animated movies of all time. The Futurama gang should be proud of what they've achieved, and anyone who really likes Futurama should give this a go. Even if only to convince the network executives to put it back on our small screens.
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