Futurama: Bender’s Game (2008)

• Year: 2008
• Released: 04 Nov 2008
• Country: USA
• Adwords: 1 nomination.
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054486/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/futurama_benders_game
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
• Runtime: 88 min
• Writer: Matt Groening (created by), Matt Groening (developed by), David X. Cohen (developed by), Eric Horsted (teleplay by), Michael Rowe (teleplay by), Eric Kaplan (teleplay by), David X. Cohen (teleplay by), Patric M. Verrone (teleplay by), Eric Horsted (story by), David X. Cohen (story by)
• Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill
• Cast: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille
• Keywords: saving the world, fantasy world, role playing, dungeons and dragons, role playing game,

	7.2/10
	60% – Critics
	66% – Audience

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The Planet Express crew get trapped in a fantasy world.

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Futurama Bender’s Game: Should have been a lot better

The third and thus far worst of the Futurama feature films see’s our heroes stuck in a world of dungeons and dragons and for that reason I expected great things. It most certainly did not deliver!

Being the big ol’ nerd that I am I thought that could be the thing that takes the distinctly average Futurama and makes it enjoyable for me but instead it seems to have gone the other way.

The jokes are just not on point at all, they’re worse than ever. I was shocked at a couple of them, I know that Futurama does adult jokes all the time but they’re always done in such a way that a child wouldn’t understand. A couple here were really obvious and blatant, a kid would get that!

As usual it’s not bad, it’s just not great either. The more of these movies I watch the less I’m looking forward to my Futurama binge. If a d&d setting can’t make it enjoyable than what chance does it stand?

The Good:

A few decent jokes

Great LOTR parodies

The Bad:

Most jokes miss the mark

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I don’t think I’ll ever get the appeal of this seriously overrated tosh

reality change problem

Bender plays Dungeons & Dragons with the kids to prove that he has an imagination but it drives him into the nut house. Leela gets challenged and enters Planet Express in a demolition derby. The Professor puts an electric collar on her for damaging the ship. She has to convince Dr. Zoidberg that she is cured of her anger issues before he takes it off. Mom is driving up the price of dark matter but there is no actual shortage. Professor reveals he’s the one who worked on dark matter for Mom. The crew needs to find a missing crystal which would neutralize all the dark matter. Then Bender’s overactive imagination sends everybody into a D&D alternate reality.

Nibbler’s story recap is great and I like the crew’s battle with Mom for the most part. Although I still don’t like the scheme to neutralize black matter. I also don’t like changing reality midway through the movie. I would rather have the whole movie be in an alternate reality or not do that at all. There are other minor quibbles but the cast of characters is still great. It’s fun no matter how weird things get.

Futurama: Bender’s Game

This is the third straight-to-DVD film from Matt Groening’s second most (if not more) popular show Futurama. Basically prices of fuel of rising, especially for dark matter which is declining, making Prof. Farnsworth (Billy West) to cancel ship travel in case they waste fuel. Leela (Katey Sagal) of course breaks this rule and as a result has to wear a shock collar to control temper tantrums, but later she enjoys the shocks. Meanwhile, Bender feels left out of a game of Dungeons & Dragons because he has no imagination, but when he does he gives himself the new name “Titanius Anglesmith” in the realm of Cornwood, he believes he is a knight, has gone crazy and is put in an institute. Farnsworth finds out that even with the fuel shortage, Mom (Tress MacNeille) is still making a fortune, and the only way to stop her is to get the “anti-backwards” matter next to dark matter, rendering it all useless. It is when Bender shows up that everyone is plunged into his mad medieval world to continue the fight as the mythical characters they have become, with segments spoofing both Dungeons & Dragons, and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Fry (also West) is the one who obsesses over the power of the opposite matter, and becomes a Gollum like character. In the end, Mom does manage to get her opposite matter back, only to have Cornwood collapse on itself, Farnsworth hugs his newfound son (with Mom) Igner (also Di Maggio) as they both swallowed the opposite matters, and dark matter is now worthless, meaning they must find new source of fuel. Also starring Billy West as Dr. Zoidberg, Tress MacNeille as Nurse Ratchet, Maurice LaMarche as Morbo and Calculon, Phil LaMarr as Hermes Conrad, Lauren Tom as Amy Wong, Frank Welker as Nibbler, Rich Little and George Takei. It has its moments of action, and there are some good small gags and spoofs, but the story isn’t the most engaging, but it is worth watching. Oh by the way, the new fuel is apparently whale oil, according to the next, and possibly last (?) film, Into the Wild Green Yonder. The TV series was number 26 on The 100 Greatest Cartoons. Good!