Futurama: Bender's Game
starring: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John Di Maggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche
directed by: Dwayne Carey-Hill
directed by: Dwayne Carey-Hill
List Price: $29.99
Prices subject to change.
You Pay Only: $13.99
You Save: $16.00 (53%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543541875
Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 04, 2008
Running Time: 88 minutes
Sales Rank: 170
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Related Items:
- Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
- Wall-E (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)
- The Simpsons - The Complete Eleventh Season (Collectible Krusty Head Pack)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (3 Disc Special Edition)
- The Dark Knight (Full-Screen Single-Disc Edition)
- see more
Editorial Review:
Description:
With fuel prices skyrocketing, the Planet Express crew sets off on a dangerous mission: to infiltrate the world's only dark-matter mine, source of all spaceship fuel. But deep beneath the surface lies a far stranger place... a medieval land of dragons and sorcery and intoxicated knights who look suspiciously like Bender. So park your hover-car and saddle up your unicorn for Futurama's grandest adventure yet: BENDER'S GAME!
Amazon.com:
At once a merciless skewering of all things fanboy and an extremely satisfying addition to the Futurama franchise, Bender's Game is among the best of the animated series' feature length adventures. The game in question is Dungeons and Dragons, and Bender wants in--only robots aren't programmed with the necessary imagination. Naturally, Bender's plans to develop one go completely awry and land him in an android asylum. The role-playing plotline later re-emerges--in typically convoluted Futurama fashion--via a subplot involving Professor Farnsworth's conversion of dark matter into spaceship fuel, which created a key to a very D&D-influenced universe where our hapless heroes eventually find themselves. The alternate world storyline allows for much lampooning of fantasy tropes, with Lord of the Rings receiving the lion's share of the tweaks. Seeing as how the writers have already devoted much of the movie's running time to parodying Star Wars and Star Trek (and their Lego offshoots), one might think that Bender's Game might suffer from pop-culture overload, but surprisingly, it all feels fresh and frequently funny, and the writers are wise to ground the story in their eccentric characters rather than pinballing them through an endless string of gags. The result is probably the strongest of the direct-to-DVD Futurama releases to date, and one that newcomers to the show's cracked universe can appreciate as much as longtime fans.As with previous Futurama DVD releases, the extras come fast and furious on Bender's Game: commentary by members of the cast and production team (including Matt Groening) is both informative and funny, while interviews with the writers and producers discuss, among other topics, the influence of Dungeons and Dragons on the series and the 3D models used in the feature. Aspiring animators might appreciate 'How To Draw Futurama in 83 Easy Steps and the storyboard animatic for the first part of the story, while the 'Genetics Lab' feature allows for some amusing Dr. Moreau-style cross-breeding of the characters. Recording session bloopers and a deleted scene offer their own laughs, but the most enjoyable extra must be the preview for the next Futurama feature, Into the Wild Green Yonder, which suggests a shocking development for one of the show's regulars. -- Paul Gaita
Beyond Futurama: Bender's Game
 The Simpsons |  Family Guy |  King of the Hill |
Stills from Futurama: Bender's Game (Click for larger image)
 |  |  |
 |  |  |
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Episodes, not movies!!!With the exception of the first movie Bender's Big Score, the Futurama movie formula has shown (sadly) ... Read More
Rating:
- Not the best of the three, but a must haveI am a huge Futurama fan so this was a must have. I only watched this one once so far and it wasn't my ... Read More
Rating:
- Not what I was hoping forI've been a Futurama fan since Day 1, and I eagerly anticipate the release of any new material. This one, ... Read More
Rating:
- Stink-O-RamaThis is a poor excuse for a Futurama movie, it does not do justice to the series and is just poor writing. ... Read More
Rating:
- Big time Futurama fanI love the Futurama series, and this is the first of the new movies that really felt like the Futurama that ... Read More
Browse for similar items by category:
- Action & Adventure - Genres - DVD - Video - Comic Action
- Animation - Genres - DVD - Video - Feature Films
- Animation - Genres - DVD - Video - General
- Comedy - Genres - DVD - Video - General
- Comedy - Genres - DVD - Video - Domestic Comedies
Copyright ©2003, Mark Carey.