Bender and the planet express crew must contend with a massive cosmic team that sends the world into panic.

Extras include a very funny commentary track with creators Matt Groening and David X Cohen, stars West, DiMaggio and Maurice LaMarche, and key members of the production team. Deleted scenes and a making-of featurette with the voice cast are entertaining, but the real features of value are Futurama: The Lost Adventure, which is culled from the Futurama game for Playstation 2, as well as a lengthy preview of the next direct-to-DVD movie, Bender's Game. Suffice it to say that the Lord of the Rings weighs heavily on the storyline. -- Paul Gaita

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"Win" being a pretty subjective word, as anyone knows who has argued about religion or politics. I was surprised to see that this installment of Futurama is actually two awkward subplots mashed together: Lovecraftian horror for the first half, and a meditation on religion on the second half. I was already unhappy with the first Futurama movie, so I didn't have much hope for the second. I could go on but I'll stop there.

Basically, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is a mental construct posed to challenge the notion of a divine being; if you can disprove that the Spaghetti Monster was responsible you win the argument. Judging by the reviews so far, the second half went over a lot of peoples' heads. Still, I can't be too harsh on Futurama. I just wish it didn't try so hard. It's like the drunk guy at a party who tells a joke, discovers no one thinks it's funny, then tells it in a slightly different way that STILL doesn't make it funny. We get it: relationships with people can be just as ridiculous as relationships with God.

A multitude of guest appearances doesn't make up for it. As one big joke about relationships and religion, Beast With a Billion Backs works pretty well. Yivo is a parody of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which is itself a parody of religion. On the Lovecraftian side, throw in tentacle attacks, slimy ancient gods from beyond time and space, and the nihilistic view that Heaven is a fabrication and you've got a pretty depressing, semi-creepy, not really all that funny first half. Bender finally makes good on his threat to destroy all humans, Fry conveniently forgets his entire relationship with Leela, the Robot Devil shows up for a one-note gag. You won't find many animated shows that are willing to take on topics like relationships and religion at the same time, so Futurama gets points for trying.

But for reasons known only to the writers, the plot shambles forward well beyond the Big Revelation by Leela about Yivo, the aforementioned Spaghetti Monster. But this is Futurama, and while I appreciate the depth of meaning the show strives for with this movie, it feels forced.

Ok, I have been a big fan of Futurama and own all of the DVD's, but was very disappointed with the first movie. Buy it. DON'T BELIEVE THEM. You won't be disappointed. This movie brings it all back home. I wasn't looking forward to this movie after I read some bad reviews.

Its funny and has a great story. I thought the story was way too convoluted and simply not funny. Unlike the first movie where it was almost impossible to follow the complex story line, this movie is just like the original series. Bender is hilarious.

I debated with myself as to if I should give this a 5 or 4 star rating. My complaint is that it as not as funny as the TV episodes or even the first movie. However, my deep appreciation that they are releasing movies after such a long drought makes me recommend it. Still, it is funny and I do love the characters.

5 stars. I have casually watched the series in the past. Recently, I casually watched a few reruns and started really getting into Futurama. which they didn't do in the subsequent two movies. There were a lot of funny jokes and I love how they complexly interwove time travel into the movie. In this case, it was the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy. 3 and half stars = 4 for the story, 3 for the (lack of) laughs.

numbers in the background, how they came up with equations, etc). The Beast of a Billion Backs was an interesting story but I personally didn't think it was that funny. Still, I am great fan and will purchase the 4 season episodes. Couldn't watch the whole Hypnotoad episode. When you watch with the commentary on, you learn of all the thought that went behind this movie (e.g. I saw some of Bender's Big Score on TV and then watched the whole movie on DVD.

Of the three, I loved BBS the best. 4 stars. Zzzzzz. Bender's Game was funnier than BBB but I'm not crazy about parodies because if you've missed the parodied movie.

Adds depth to the characters, and the show, in my opinion. And I know a lot of people complain about the giant tentacled Yivo. I'm a Futurama fan of a few years. Loved Bender's Big Score. watching the series got me more interested in learning about quirky quantum physics, and other oddities that made the show a gem in the world of animation. That said, I didn't like BWAMB nearly as much as BBBS. Also, I would have liked more of the witty zingers and quotables I grew accustomed to with the show.

I do admire the Futurama crew for what they attempted here, in lampooning the B movie genre. The DVD cover also makes more sense when you connect BWAMB to movies like The Crawling Eye, and other wacked out sci fi movies of the late 50's. Is real closure too much to ask for. That threw me off my game in a big way. Sadly, it doesn't measure up to their standards established by the show. And I like a little drama combined with satire and comedy (and insane characters). I REALLY hope Into The Wild Green Yonder surpasses even that.

It destroyed all the emotional buildup of the end of the original series and the first movie. I hope Bender's Game will be an improvement. it hearkened back in a small way to season 4, with the exploration of the Fry/Leela relationship. I've grown rather attached to all the characters, and hope Fry and Leela end up together, and end the movie series (and possibly the entire series) on a happy note. If any of you ever watched a few genuine 1950's B movies, you'd understand why Yivo is there. Nor does it go far enough in its satire of b movies.