Author Topic: Good News Everyone! (Read 49634 times)

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #25 on:** June 24, 2008, 12:00:56 AM »

I had forgotten that this was coming until a friend randomly asked me about it today. I checked, and sure enough, it's out tomorrow. Who cares about reviews, it's new Futurama! As long as it's at least decent it's worth the price.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #26 on:** June 24, 2008, 07:14:22 AM »

Well I watched it last night, and I'd say the first movie was better. This one wasn't bad, wasn't the best either, but satisfying overall. This one felt like an episode that ran too long IMO. Something that would've been great as a two part episode, but not a four part as this will eventually become.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #27 on:** June 24, 2008, 11:09:25 AM »

Is Zapp in it more? My biggest complaint about the first one was that Zapp was only in it a little bit.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #28 on:** June 24, 2008, 11:59:02 AM »

Quote from: insanolord on June 24, 2008, 11:09:25 AM

Is Zapp in it more? My biggest complaint about the first one was that Zapp was only in it a little bit.

Yeah Zapp is in it throughout the whole movie with a somewhat major plot point based around his antics.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #29 on:** June 24, 2008, 12:22:07 PM »

Excellent. I can't wait until I can get to the store later.

AV · « **Reply #30 on:** June 24, 2008, 11:04:18 PM »

Well the come back is sort of mixed blessing.

1st movie: Good overall 7/10 but way to convoluted and tried TO HARD to please.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssTFMhlgNCA

2nd movie: More laughs 8/10 but story ended in such an odd way and overall its to random.

They are just trying to hard and working to many sides. I'm not angry its back, just think they shouldn't be in such a rush it really feels like they are throwing things together really fast. Both movies I wouldn't rank higher than some of the episodes of the last season.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #31 on:** June 24, 2008, 11:57:45 PM »

IMO:

All (but 1) Futurama Episodes > First Movie > Second Movie > Jurassic Bark

ShyGuy · « **Reply #32 on:** June 25, 2008, 12:41:16 AM »

So who has a better youtube video, Adolph Vega or Rabicle?

Adrock · « **Reply #33 on:** June 25, 2008, 01:59:12 AM »

I liked Bender's Big Score more. The Beast with a Billion Backs was just weird. Good but weird, maybe too weird.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #34 on:** June 25, 2008, 01:17:49 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Jack on June 24, 2008, 11:57:45 PM

IMO:

All (but 1) Futurama Episodes > First Movie > Second Movie > Jurassic Bark

How can you hate Jurassic Bark? It's dolemite, baby! It may not be the best episode of the series (I'd put one here but there are about a dozen I'd consider for that) but I wouldn't separate it from the rest of them like that. The DVDs aren't as good as the series but that's not because the DVDs are bad, they're good, the series is just amazing.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #35 on:** June 25, 2008, 04:14:26 PM »

No I don't hate Jurassic Bark because it's bad, I hate it because it's sad.

Poor Seymour, he waited and waited and waited and when Fry had the chance to bring him back he didn't, and Seymour was left only to wait more. It was a powerful episode but utterly depressing. At least the first movie made me feel better about it.

nickmitch · « **Reply #36 on:** June 25, 2008, 07:16:32 PM »

Jurassic Bark was on the sad side, but I feel that when a comedy does something so genuinely compelling, it's just made of awesome.

Also, Movie 1 > Movie 2 being out of stock at Target

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #37 on:** June 25, 2008, 07:42:29 PM »

The second movie was the worst thing Futurama ever did, but it was still good. The series was so amazingly great, though, that the movie was disappointing. And Futurama did emotional endings quite a bit, just usually not to the degree of Jurassic Bark. I don't usually cry during animated sitcoms.

Plugabugz · « **Reply #38 on:** June 26, 2008, 04:14:52 PM »

When a comedy makes a serious episode like Jurassic Bark, it often works well. When a "serious" show makes a comedy episode (see Irresponsible from Stargate Atlantis) they are truly truly terrible.

Pale · « **Reply #39 on:** June 26, 2008, 04:33:17 PM »

Watched this yesterday. I have to say it had some seriously slow parts, but I enjoyed most of it.

Having never played the PS2 game, I also enjoyed watching that as a bonus episode. Time parallax jokes are almost always home runs.

I laughed so hard at Mom pulling out the sombrero.

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #40 on:** June 26, 2008, 04:38:25 PM »

Quote from: Plugabugz on June 26, 2008, 04:14:52 PM

When a comedy makes a serious episode like Jurassic Bark, it often works well. When a "serious" show makes a comedy episode (see Irresponsible from Stargate Atlantis) they are truly truly terrible.

Stargate Atlantis is a comedy series according to its creators. Bad episodes are just bad regardless.

Jurassic Bark and Luck of the Fryrish can usually make me tear up, and they're two of my favorite Futurama episodes.

I'm hoping to watch the new DVD with some friends next week. I don't have terribly high hopes after the last one, which seemed like it tried way too hard to include as many references to past episodes as possible.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #41 on:** June 26, 2008, 04:47:24 PM »

This one doesn't include anywhere near the amount of fanservice seen in the first movie.

Plugabugz · « **Reply #42 on:** June 26, 2008, 05:06:40 PM »

Quote from: UltimatePartyBear on June 26, 2008, 04:38:25 PM

Stargate Atlantis is a comedy series according to its creators. Bad episodes are just bad regardless.

True, but something about their "comedy" episodes don't quite work. Serious shows cannot do it IMO without watering themselves down in the process.

Quote from: Mr. Jack on June 26, 2008, 04:47:24 PM

This one doesn't include anywhere near the amount of fanservice seen in the first movie.

I will give them points for making such a incredibly complicated story work, and not mess up anything around existing continuity at the same time.

wandering · « **Reply #43 on:** June 26, 2008, 07:31:20 PM »

Quote from: Plugabugz on June 26, 2008, 05:06:40 PM

Quote from: UltimatePartyBear on June 26, 2008, 04:38:25 PM
Stargate Atlantis is a comedy series according to its creators. Bad episodes are just bad regardless.
True, but something about their "comedy" episodes don't quite work. Serious shows cannot do it IMO without watering themselves down in the process.

Firefly (and other Joss Whedon shows) work very well...

On topic, the best thing about the first Furturama movie was the Everybody Loves Hypnotoad episode. Watching it all the way through was a preternatural pleasure.

matt oz · « **Reply #44 on:** July 02, 2008, 05:31:07 PM »

Amazon screwed up my order for the new movie twice in one week. They sent me the DVD, along with a softcover book, in this huge padded envelope with no protection whatsoever. That order had to be replaced because everything in it was damaged. So I got my replacement order today, and once again, they shipped it to me in a huge padded envelope. The book is okay, but there are now two damaged Futurama DVDs on my dresser, thanks to Amazon's genius warehouse workers.

I'm just gonna download the movie now. Maybe I'll buy it one day, but for now it's just easier to download it.

Pale · « **Reply #45 on:** July 05, 2008, 12:53:08 PM »

Let's see some pics of this damage...

ShyGuy · « **Reply #46 on:** July 05, 2008, 01:28:08 PM »

Mike Gamin....

POSTAL FRAUD INVESTIGATOR

dun dun duuuuuunnnn

matt oz · « **Reply #47 on:** July 05, 2008, 06:54:01 PM »

Quote from: ShyGuy on July 05, 2008, 01:28:08 PM

POSTAL FRAUD INVESTIGATOR

haha, I never said it was the post office's fault. If anyone sends something small and soft inside a gigantic envelope, it's going to get crushed. I'm just surprised it happened twice, since Amazon's usually good with packing stuff securely.

I ended up watching the movie yesterday. I didn't like it as much as Bender's Big Score, but I'll definitely buy it the next time I'm at Best Buy or something because I really want to see the extras. I thought the extras on the first DVD were really awesome.

UncleBob · « **Reply #48 on:** July 05, 2008, 07:04:31 PM »

Blame the stupid "Carbon Neutral" package... if they shipped in a normal DVD package, it probably would have been fine...

nickmitch · « **Reply #49 on:** July 06, 2008, 11:22:29 PM »

Carbon Neutrality sucks.

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