Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
The thrilling conclusion to Futurama: Benders Big Score. Bender and the planet express crew must contend with a massive cosmic team that sends the world into panic.
In Futurama's latest and most tentacle-packed epic, space itself rips open, revealing a gateway to another universe. But what lies beyond? Horror? Love? Or maybe both, if it happens to contain a repulsive, planet-sized monster with romantic intentions! Nothing less than the fate of human and robot-kind is at stake as the Futurama crew takes on The Beast with a Billion Backs.
The Beast with a Billion Backs will be presented in widescreen format with English Dolby Surround 5.1, along with French and Spanish subtitles. Bonus features include:
The second of four direct-to-DVD adventures featuring the Futurama crew, The Beast with a Billion Backs picks up where its predecessor, Bender's Big Score, left off while balancing multiple love stories and the arrival of a sexually voracious alien from another universe. Unlike Bender, the various story lines converge well here--the tentacled, Lovecraftian creature Yivo (voiced by David Cross), which wants to mate with the entire population of the universe at once, makes Fry (Billy West) its de facto leader (Pope, actually), which in turn plays havoc with his relationship with new girlfriend Colleen (Brittany Murphy). And Yivo's scheme causes the people of Earth to evacuate the planet, leaving it in the hands of robots--which is, of course, excellent news for Futurama's resident mechanical malcontent, Bender (John DiMaggio). Beast is probably best understood and enjoyed by longtime fans of the series, who will recognize and appreciate the countless "surprise guests" (Robot Satan, the Harlem Globetrotters, Bender's hero Calculon, the head of Stephen Hawking), though the feature is certainly well-written and performed by its voice cast, and should provide plenty laughs for first-timers with flexible attention spans. Parents, however, should note that the humor can be fairly suggestive at times, and should exercise caution in regard to younger viewers. Extras include a very funny commentary track with creators Matt Groening and David X Cohen, stars West, DiMaggio and Maurice LaMarche, and key members of the production team. Deleted scenes and a making-of featurette with the voice cast are entertaining, but the real features of value are Futurama: The Lost Adventure, which is culled from the Futurama game for Playstation 2, as well as a lengthy preview of the next direct-to-DVD movie, Bender's Game. Suffice it to say that the Lord of the Rings weighs heavily on the storyline. -- Paul Gaita
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Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs Reviews
Buy it. Ok, I have been a big fan of Futurama and own all of the DVD's, but was very disappointed with the first movie. You won't be disappointed. DON'T BELIEVE THEM. Its funny and has a great story. Bender is hilarious.
This movie brings it all back home. I wasn't looking forward to this movie after I read some bad reviews. I thought the story was way too convoluted and simply not funny. Unlike the first movie where it was almost impossible to follow the complex story line, this movie is just like the original series.
Still, it is funny and I do love the characters. I debated with myself as to if I should give this a 5 or 4 star rating. However, my deep appreciation that they are releasing movies after such a long drought makes me recommend it. My complaint is that it as not as funny as the TV episodes or even the first movie.
5 stars. In this case, it was the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Beast of a Billion Backs was an interesting story but I personally didn't think it was that funny. numbers in the background, how they came up with equations, etc). When you watch with the commentary on, you learn of all the thought that went behind this movie (e.g. Zzzzzz. I have casually watched the series in the past. I saw some of Bender's Big Score on TV and then watched the whole movie on DVD.
which they didn't do in the subsequent two movies. Recently, I casually watched a few reruns and started really getting into Futurama. Of the three, I loved BBS the best. 3 and half stars = 4 for the story, 3 for the (lack of) laughs. Couldn't watch the whole Hypnotoad episode.
There were a lot of funny jokes and I love how they complexly interwove time travel into the movie. Still, I am great fan and will purchase the 4 season episodes. Bender's Game was funnier than BBB but I'm not crazy about parodies because if you've missed the parodied movie. 4 stars.
Is real closure too much to ask for. And I like a little drama combined with satire and comedy (and insane characters). watching the series got me more interested in learning about quirky quantum physics, and other oddities that made the show a gem in the world of animation. Adds depth to the characters, and the show, in my opinion. Sadly, it doesn't measure up to their standards established by the show. And I know a lot of people complain about the giant tentacled Yivo.
I've grown rather attached to all the characters, and hope Fry and Leela end up together, and end the movie series (and possibly the entire series) on a happy note. That threw me off my game in a big way. it hearkened back in a small way to season 4, with the exploration of the Fry/Leela relationship. I'm a Futurama fan of a few years. That said, I didn't like BWAMB nearly as much as BBBS. Loved Bender's Big Score. Also, I would have liked more of the witty zingers and quotables I grew accustomed to with the show. I REALLY hope Into The Wild Green Yonder surpasses even that.
Nor does it go far enough in its satire of b movies. It destroyed all the emotional buildup of the end of the original series and the first movie. I hope Bender's Game will be an improvement. The DVD cover also makes more sense when you connect BWAMB to movies like The Crawling Eye, and other wacked out sci fi movies of the late 50's. If any of you ever watched a few genuine 1950's B movies, you'd understand why Yivo is there. I do admire the Futurama crew for what they attempted here, in lampooning the B movie genre.
very disappointing for a futurama fan. nothing smart or funny about this one. i'll forget this one exists.
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