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Roger
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 Futurama: Bender's Big Score. No spoilers.
I got to see a screener of this last night, it's the first of several 1 1/2 hour movies that are going to be released on DVD, then edited down into individual half-hour episodes and aired on Comedy Central.
It's a solid production. The 2-D and 3-D animation is just as good as you remember it, the timing and quality of the jokes is still on-target, nearly every character (including a couple that were only previously hinted at) appears, and the story has the perfect balance of silliness and sweetness to it.
The only criticism I would have of it doesn't really apply to me, but if you haven't seen all of the previous episodes, you might be a little lost. Watching the original episodes will help flesh out the whole story behind Santa-bot, the Nibblonians, why Earth is being run by Nixon's head in a jar (arrooo!), etc.
The movie also ends on a cliffhanger. Someone involved with the production filled me in on what that cliffhanger might lead into, but I don't want to spoil the second movie until people have seen the first one. The DVD comes out on November 27. When you see it, please post your impressions here.
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LamourSupreme
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thanks for the heads up Roger. Been waiting for this.
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Darky
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Rad, can't wait to see it.
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KJB
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I'm actually really excited for this. I love Futurama - better and more consistent than the Simpsons IMO, and the characters rule.
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hypermook
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I watch Futurama ceaselessly thanks to Adult Swim. I have seen every episode 30 gazzilion times.
And even after the exposure overkill I still think it's one of the most brilliant shows evah.
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Ouister
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Good to know that it might be as good as the previous episodes. As much as I wanted Futurama to come back, I was just as scared that it wouldn't live up to greatness of the first incarnation.
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Awesome! I LOVE Futurama and have been waiting for these new releases! Quite possibly the best half-hour show ever made.
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redhanded
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I was hooked when I saw HypnoToad!!!
I didn't know about this, so thanks Roger!
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jetJagger
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redhanded wrote: I was hooked when I saw HypnoToad!!!
HA! And the winner is...HYPNOTOAD!
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sweeeeeet ... love me some zoidberg
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jetJagger
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You guys seen the action figures they just released? They're pretty nice. There's even a purple/blue alternate universe Zoidberg.
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Roger
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You guys will be happy to know that the DVD includes a complete half-hour episode of Everybody Loves Hypno-Toad. You will be entranced.
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redhanded
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Roger wrote: You guys will be happy to know that the DVD includes a complete half-hour episode of Everybody Loves Hypno-Toad. You will be entranced. No fucking way! Are you pulling my leg?
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Some of the best news I have heard in a long time! Fox fucked up bad by not renewing it. I own all of the seasons on DVD and still watch the Adult Swim ones endlessly!
I model myself after the professor's attitude! What now?
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I was really afraid of the new stuff sucking or lacking the old humor, but from what you say it sounds as classic as ever. Can't wait to chiggity-check it out, thanks for the info!
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Sounds like an awesome movie
Cool story about seeing a cartoon before everyone I still have you way beat in acting like a bragadocious 8th grader though, if you had added a neener neener in the end you might have came close....... 
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I'm trying to get my wife to let me name our first-born son Bender. She's not going for it...
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Ouister
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---NT--- wrote: I'm trying to get my wife to let me name our first-born son Bender. She's not going for it... Can you convince her to just name his middle name "Bending"?
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Roger
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redhanded wrote: No fucking way! Are you pulling my leg? Absolutely not, it's in there. You might be riding the fast forward button through it, though.
There's also a math lesson that's kinda dry, conducted by the professor who maintains this site:
http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/futurama/
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