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The latest feature-length DVD spin-off from Matt Groening’s terrific Futurama, The Beast With The Billion Backs picks up directly after the recent Bender’s Big Score, and the momentum and fun from that production comes along with it.
The story of The Beast With The Billion Backs follows, as you may have guessed from the title, the arrival of a strange creature on Earth. Said creature then takes control of Fry, who becomes the Pope of a brand new religion that soon begins to exert its grip on the planet. And without giving too much away, the panic and paranoia becomes just one part of an ambitious animated adventure, that makes a fair few points among its many, many laughs.
The good news for fans of Futurama is that The Beast With The Billion Backs really delivers, with more guffaws and a better all-round script than the mightily enjoyable Bender’s Big Score. It’s not without the odd problem, and still doesn’t quite manage to match the highs of the TV show at its finest, but it’s a very welcome fresh addition to the Futurama universe.
Two further direct-to-DVD movies are in the works at the time of this review being written, and with them comes continued hope for a full-on revival of one of the funniest animated programmes of the past ten years. It may not make suitable family viewing, but Futurama is brilliant television, and The Beast With A Billion Backs offers plenty of evidence as to why. Strongly recommended. --Jon Foster
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
any real fan will appreciate it.,
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This review is from: Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs [DVD] (DVD)
Well after Bender's big score i was eager to watch this, and, well, on first watching it was a little disappointing. The storyline is not as good as in the first film, and as has been mentioned, before the laughs are fewer.
On watching it a second time i think it does a little better, possibly because the funny moments and dialogue are more subtle in this film, linking it to the more emotional episodes, the last episode, for example. Whereas the first film had been more similar to the "bizarre episodes" with more action. Overall, still enjoyable, and any real fan will appreciate it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad,
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This review is from: Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs [DVD] (DVD)
As a fan of the awesome TV series (better than The Simpsons in my view..!) I was a little disappointed by this feature-length offering. The jokes come as thick and as fast as fans of the show have come to expect but there was a lack of cohesiveness like it was several mediocre episodes tacked together. Having watched the two other feature-length Futurama releases I found this the least enjoyable; 'Bender's Game' is far superior in my opinion.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Until the Yivo thing rears it's head, a really great movie..,
By Rhona (Edinburgh) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs [DVD] (DVD)
I agree with most other people that the movies just aren't as funny as the actual episodes but I still really enjoyed BBS. However, I could barely sit through this one (and as a huge Futurama fan, that's hard to say). The movie is great until the whole Yivo thing starts and then it's just boring tosh. A real shame.
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