New Futurama Movie Coming in June 126
walterbyrd writes "Bender's Big Score is just getting set to air on Comedy Central, but already Fox has announced that the next straight-to-DVD Futurama film/series is coming in June. The title? 'The Beast with a Billion Backs.' 'In what Fox is calling the most tentacle-packed Futurama epic, space itself rips open, revealing a gateway to another universe. What lies beyond is a mix of horror and love as the Planet Express crew encounters a repulsive, planet-sized monster with romantic intentions. The second feature-length Futurama film will be followed by at least two more movies from series creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. The show's entire voice cast and most of its main writers have returned to help revive the series, which FOX cancelled in 2003.'"
Better in half-hour installments (Score:5, Interesting)
Movie good, but... (Score:3, Interesting)
I hope this one will be better, but either way I'm glad they're not giving up on Futurama.
Since it's on DVD and not TV. (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Movie good, but... (Score:4, Interesting)
Though, to me the major problem with "Bender's Big Score" is that they just threw everything but the kitchen sink into the plot. By the end of the movie, it's just a confusing mess of plots/subplots. The STRENGHT of "Futurama" has been that the plots are typically pretty tight. They ALWAYS had a good plot, and stuck with it.
Re:Better in half-hour installments (Score:5, Interesting)
I liked Bender's Big Score a lot better than, say, That's Lobstertainment or The Honking, but they really had some great episodes during the original run that'll be hard to top.
On an unrelated note, I seriously hope they improve the media and packaging quality for the next DVD. My DVD player is barely able to play the BBS disc I got (no scratches or anything, just can't seem to stay focused on the disc, especially layer 2), and the packaging only manages tenuously, at best, to keep the disc from falling out and rolling across the floor.
Re:Better in half-hour installments (Score:4, Interesting)
The sort of bit comedy that the Simpsons started is hilarious, but hard to maintain plot lines over twenty minutes because most of the humor is helped my plot twists, and they can only twist so much.
Re:Movie good, but... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:It's nice to have Futurama back, but... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Better in half-hour installments (Score:4, Interesting)
Subscription Model (Japanese OVA) (Score:4, Interesting)
If you want to see what amateurs can do with greenscreen, take a look at Star Wreck [starwreck.com]. Amazing what you can do with attention to detail, home made costumes and greenscreens, and a render-farm of 3 PCs in your living room. Oh, and it helps to have a hot girlfriend [plaza.fi] and goofy actor friends [plaza.fi] to play parts!
Re:And the winner ... (Score:5, Interesting)
What's funny about that last part? Well, pretty much all the content on the web page is in a Flash movie and the iPhone can't view it because the iPhone doesn't support Flash!
Kinda ironic that your iPhone bookmark will have a pretty icon for content it can't view...
Here's a better pic (Re:Subscription Model) (Score:3, Interesting)
http://bp0.blogger.com/_5CLZC5IiEQw/Ra0X-t7_P1I/AAAAAAAAAKk/Ifc40dkudSQ/s1600-h/tiinaseisoo.jpg [blogger.com]
They're called OVAs/OAVs in Japan (Score:3, Interesting)
One advantage the Japanese have is that often, OVAs (Original Video Animation, sometimes Original Animated Video) are based on comics or video games that already have a large fan base.
There are also plenty of direct-to-DVD movies here in the states, but they have a (largely deserved) reputation for sucking.
I'm actually betting that we never see a big direct-to-DVD-series market in the US because I bet technology will beat out the marketing shift, so that people can just order all their movies on-demand. At that point, there won't even be a difference between "cable broadcast" and "direct-to-DVD" material, except how many buttons you press on your remote to see it.
Re:Better in half-hour installments (Score:3, Interesting)
I also thought it was great.
To appreciate it you really have to concentrate. There are lots of subtle details that were put in the movie, time-travel stories like BBS require more from the viewer.
I believe this is the reason some fans didn't like it. It out-geeked its supposed geek audience.
Re:Movie good, but... (Score:2, Interesting)
I loved how they retconned a happy ending for "Jurassic Bark".
It was great seeing Seymour again. And seeing him happy and with Fry.
Re:Better in half-hour installments (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Better in half-hour installments (Score:2, Interesting)
And the Simpsons movie. That's the only movie I've gone to see in the theaters more than one time.