Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs

Good to those who are major fans and just want more Futurama_ I myself am a fan but found it dull and lacking.

Near classic Futurama silliness for die-hard fans.
I liked how this movie played off the first movie a little.
The commentary is very interesting/funny!

1.With a big number like a billion, how can the movie be anything but great!
2. I thought it was going to be scary but no, it wasn't..
3.I laughed so hard I coughed up blood and other stuff.
4.I viewed the movie and now I need to watch it agian cuz I was in awe.
5.Whoooooooo!
6.I for one think it had a very quaint charm I would trade for the world.
7.If you thought it was anything less than great, you must of put the case in the disk tray and ate the disc, even thought that will still would be funny, but not as funny as your face.
8.,9.,10-Us three agree all the same way.

I don't think Futurama can possibly disappoint me, but it's better suited for a shorter tv episode format. The story lines seem somewhat drawn out as it is, although it's undeniably hilarious as Futurama should be. Also, I liked the not-too-subtle criticism of organized religion in The Beast with a Billion Backs. Very satirical.

As a hardcore Futurama fan who has watched every episode many many times over, I was disappointed with the second straight-to-DVD movie. I hadn't been crazy about the first movie, and so my expectations were already pretty low. While there were a few laugh-out-loud jokes, the plot came out of left field and dragged on for far too long.

As a big fan of David Cross, I was also disappointed with how unfunny his part in the movie was.

I think the writers and creators are trying to do too much and go too big with the feature-length format. I would have been much happier if they would have just stuck to simple, funny plots that lend to some really solid jokes. A better strategy might have been to write four good episodes and transition them together somehow. It would be less like a movie and more like watching four episodes in a row, but it would hopefully be more like the Futurama the fans love.

Bottom line: If you're a big fan, it's worth a rent, but not the purchase.