futurama, the beast with a billion backs
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How awesome is this? Somewhere between none at all and entirely.
For people who have this blog’s feed in their RSS reader, they should know that I’m known to occasionally drop in an NBA reference or two… or two hundred… thousand. But for people with more discerning tastes, I’m also known to drop in a Futurama reference once in a while. Even though Futurama isn’t a series that sticks with you after you’re done watching it, it is still a treasure trove of one liners and pop culture gags. (Random Lost in Space robot cameo 4tw!)
The Beast with a Billion Backs is the latest Futurama movie, which continues Planet Express’ adventures despite the original cancellation (boo! hiss!) by Fox. Normally, this blog does not cover Hollywood movies, but, eh, it’s been a long time since I’ve used the any off-topic tag. My review is simple:
Do you enjoy watching Futurama? If yes, go watch this movie. If not, bite my shiny metal ass.
(And that’s basically what every review of this movie on RT said, except they used about 50 times more words. Now, because of my ultra-quick and ultra-accurate review, I have the rest of the post to make fun of Code Geass R2 Zoidberg.)
Snoo-snoo! Movie got the biggest cheer from me at this point. Very, very hard to go wrong with a Zapp / Amazonian woman joke.
(And people wonder why I’m not big on Klan, it’s nearly impossible for me to picture Klan as someone other than Zapp’s S&M partner or as Konata. Unless Michael morphs into Zapp and Luca into Kipp, which just might happen, I just can’t dig Klan.)
You know how characters from anime from a certain studio seem to keep coming back from the dead? Uh, maybe I just spoiled this Futurama movie a little. Or a lot. But you must have seen it coming.
“But from your perspective, I look like just a line.”
“A really hot line!”
*jason puts down his Megami magazine and closes his image folder for Nia’s gravure mook*
OTL.
This movie is about how a tentacle monster from another universe tried to conquer our universe and tried to mate with everyone. And, oddly enough, all those hentai doujinshis were wrong about what would happen if a huge tentacled beast invaded our solar system. Interesting. I felt like it opened my eyes up to a world where tentacles can play a meaningful part of a comedic story without just being about sex, sex, and more sex (there is an orgy scene but it’s not gratuitous or anything).
(Note to self: the third Heart’s Content Shorts adventure will involve tentacles. Tentacles!)
(Second note to self: I’m not shocked at all by the fact that the tentacles are not just tentacles but genitalia-tentacles. Wait, I thought all tentacles were genitalia-tentacles. And this from the person who can’t get Black Bible and Bible Black straight.)
Delicious cake jokes used in a completely different context? Perplexing.
(You’re not getting this level of insightful commentary for Ebert and Roeper, that’s for sure. Roeper… *chuckles*)
Good news everybody! I discovered visual novels! I’ll be in my room. For the next four years.
Refreshing to know that in the 31st century, Applebee’s will still be around. Chicken finger platter 4tw!
(So much random product placement, including Charleston Chew and State Farm, but where is Pizza Hut? There’s no Pizza Hut in the 31st century? I’m not sure what to do with myself knowing this piece of information.)
The League of Robots subplot was the weakest part of the movie. It was almost as bad as the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. *shudders* Though I did like Bender’s rant about love at the very end– he needs to give a pep talk to the Clannad haremettes who got passed over for Nagisa ASAP.
(But sandpaper nipple rubbing 4tw! Oh wait, did I write that out loud? Uh… nevermind. Move along. Nothing to see here.)
I felt the same way when I discovered that, yes, there is a penis. Just shoot me.
When I first watched this movie, I thought that the tentacle’s name was “VIVO.” Hun. It’s actually “Yivo” and pronounced “Evil.” Now, all of a sudden, Nanoha StrikerS makes sense: it’s all VIVO’s evil fault for cockblocking epic Nanoha x Fate fanservice. Eureka! I still think it’s the worst series in the franchise.
“What an erotic display of girl-on-girl consolation. Hurry, Lela, we don’t have much time to begin the repopulation of earth. Go brush your teeth. I’ll be waiting for you– nakkid– under this quesadilla.”
If we replaced Lulu with Zapp, Code Geass R2 would be:
A. A lot less homoerotic.
B. A lot more homoerotic.
C. All of the above.
Stephen Hawking sighting. There’s Zapp, Amazonian woman looking for snoo-snoo, delicious cake, and a huge alien with a quadrillion tentacles. And now Stephen Hawking. What more could you ask for? If you’re a Futurama fan, you really, really should be watching this movie instead of reading lame anime blogs.
Thou shalt love the tentacle!
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To immediately derail this topic, I suggest looking at pictures of Shirley and Millay in the shower in Geass R2 12. Thank you, Millay, for being so generous and understanding everyone’s needs. :D
And I still say that Konata Klein is the superior of the two, compared to the Amazon here.
Kif, not Kipp.
Great movie I really don’t get why no one picks up this series…I mean Gentacals…nuff said.
Anyone know when the next movie will be?
Also I’m anxiously awaiting your about Code Geass post… I mean N-Geass jammer cancellers for the win…
Recycling plot devices, character designs, Gundams… yup. This is Sunrise. ;)
D) Erotic. Maybe Gar. I don ‘t know.
Ya know, Kanokon woulda been a lot better if Kouta had been subbed out for Zapp. Imagining him saying “I find the most erotic part of a woman is the boobies” to Chizuru would be worth sitting through a hundred StrikerS eps.
guess I’m in the minority of people that had to re-watch the klan klan in the micronizing/hugersizing chamber scene several times. I think i even cheered the first time. “now those are flotation devices!”
When they made the “Shit Bricks” reference, I was on the floor laughing.
Any Futurama fan will appreciate this movie.
Must watch the movie!!! D:<
Yeah this was pretty funny. “do all the tests involve drinking?” “Just like Med School!”
When Fry was like “sorry bender robots can’t go to heaven,” I was sad in the way only Futurama can make me.
The reason I like Futurama so much is the sad episodes. The dog one and the four leaf clover one in particular. Lots of shows make me laugh. Everytime I watch the dog episode of Futurama, no lie, I cry. That’s the mark of a great show in my opinion.
You really can care about and identify with Fry and his world.
Ya know? I like Futurama, but there are a number of series tropes it has that I do not like, and this movie was BUILT on those tropes. So while I laughed at a good number of the gags, overall I really just did NOT like it. It was mostly the presence of Zapp Brannigan and the tearing down of the relationships that had been built up (Fry and Leela, Amy and Kif), not to mention Bender being evil for the sake of Bender being evil, that made me dislike it. And Snoo-snoo. Gods, is that episode ever overrated.
I really liked the first movie because it had all the things I like about Futurama. The good sci-fi plots, the excellent heart-filled moments, well done humor and wonderful new takes on old, worn out sci fi ideas. And an actual proof that Fry and Leela CAN work together romantically. The second movie… ugh.
At least Kif got to have the most Gar moment I’d seen all month when he punched Zapp in the gut. That was MY cheer moment.
¡Futurama! ¡It´s relevant to my interests!
I liked it and all, and it was certainly up to Futurama standard, but no where near as great as Bender’s Big Score imo. The heaven part + diamondillium and stuff was pretty fun though. :d
I also liked how BBS solved like 5 bajillion loose plot points from the original series, but this one and the other 2 seem to be more side stories and stuff.
I believe the next one is set in a fantasy world, should be fun, but I like the sci-fi about Futurama.
And yes, Futurama is the best series pretty much ever to come out of the US.
Box Network ftl for cancelling it years ago.