I haven’t really got around to posting anything for quite a while, so feeling the need to post something – even if it has been floating around the internet since November – I thought I would post this 4-minute sneak peak of the next Futurama film, set to be released towards the end of March. It’s going to be great – I can’t wait 
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Good news everyone! Futurama has officially returned this week with its direct-to-DVD movie, which was released over in the US on Tuesday November 27th. Unfortunately, there is no release date set for the UK as of yet – which is annoying considering this is a monumental event and I am sure most, if not all, Futurama fans would agree: something this big should have been released globally, not just in the US.
The good news is, I’ve been reading a lot of good reviews on the film and thankfully it sounds like it’s way better than the Simpson’s movie which as I stated earlier here, seemed to tie things up a little to quickly towards the end. So far from what I’ve read it sounds like the Futurama movie doesn’t do that at all and actually has a very good, structured plot to go with it.
I have to say, Futurama is my favourite out of the two shows; and if the Futurama movie didn’t do so well, I think I would start to lose faith in Matt Groening. The Simpson’s is good, don’t get me wrong, I am just more of a sci-fi geek.
The only bad thing I’ve actually heard is that a lot of the humour is based on established themes and inside-jokes, so someone not familiar with the Futurama universe might not pick up on some of the jokes, but for me a Futurama addict, this doesn’t seem like a bad thing at all, as it will make it just that much more enjoyable.
Futurama’s back after being canceled over 4 years ago. The show will return on November 27th as a full-length high-def film sold on DVD. It will be followed by three additional films, and each film will be divided into four episodes each to be aired on Comedy Central.
The first DVD film to be relesed – Bender’s Big Score – centers on the Planet Express crew fighting to save Earth in an epic battle against nudist alien internet scammers. Who send Bender back in time to loot the Earth of its greatest treasures.
The remaining three films will be released throughout 2008 & titled, ‘The Beast with a Billion Bucks’, ‘Bender’s Game’ and ‘Into the Wild Green Yonder’.
I Just got back from watching the Simpson’s movie. I went with a number of friends and family. After a 30 minute wait in line and 20 minutes of ads it started.
And I have to say it was well worth going to see, with non-stop laughs from start to finish, and some great animation. The first 30 minutes were as Mr Burns would say, Excellent. If the film had carried on like that, it would have been the greatest Simpson’s episode ever. But towards the end, it seemed to tie things up a little to quickly in my opinion.
My biggest disappointment with the movie is that Sideshow Bob appears nowhere in the film. All throughout the movie I was expecting Sideshow Bob to appear and help homer save the day, or more likely be the very man behind the plot to destroy Springfield. But it never happened – I even waited until after the credits, with no luck.
Other than the absence of Bob, the Simpson’s movie was a great first film, lets hope the Sequel is even better.
Not a fan of the Zune, I prefer my iPod more, But I do like the Zune Arts videos their really artistic. The latest edition to the Zune Arts gallery “Dogfight” has some great animation in it, enjoy.
You can check the rest of the videos out at zune-arts.net.
Browsing youtube again, I came across this funny spoof on the original superman movie. The way it should have ended seems to make more sense than the original ending did – for one he stops both rockets before they hit their targets, after all he is Superman. Even Batman makes an appearance. Classic.
For more animations like this check out www.howitshouldhaveended.com
