Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs

For me, the second Futurama is described precisely by Leela when talking about a certain “thing" during the movie - “It’s boring. It’s got no oomph." Personally, I liked the last movie better; it may not have been so humorous, but at least it held together as a whole and the characters had some sort of development. But this is simply three regular episodes where only the “first" one is excellent (with its quality it’s on a level with the first season of the series) while the rest is only just passable. And even the jokes and gags, which are as frequent as love tentacles in the movie, play first fiddle, but they tend to be recycled from the series itself. But in no way a disappointment. It’s just, how to say it, an absolute waste of space. (15/06/2008)

I was missing Futurama for a while already and I was looking forward to another movie. And I wasn’t disappointed. The head of the robot league suited Bender better than his time traveler role. The scene when he is riding on a tank to declare a war on mankind is one of the most iconic moments of the entire movie. Great entertainment. Keep up the good work. I can’t wait for another portion. And now please excuse me. I’m going to read ‘The End of Eternity’ by Issac Asimov. ;-) Bender’s iconic scene no. 2: Bender standing alone on a green meadow and saying “Death to the people". (12/06/2008)

It's not as clever as the first movie, but it's still quite funny. The huge tentacled creature is not anything original, but that doesn't change the fact that it can still be taken as a parody of the sci-fi genre, perhaps even with a reference to Lovecraft. Overall, there are way too many themes in this that are not well resolved together. (22/05/2014)