Jeff Stone (straker-1) Terrible, TERRIBLE songs. Not a solitary laugh out loud moment. Series continuity is thrown out the window. A dull "story" that was just a grand tour of the show's best moments - bolted on to a supposedly clever and confusing time travel plot that was in fact neither. Racism everywhere, primarily anti-Semitism (the Scammers are obvious Jewish stereotypes) and the usual 'laugh at the darkies' rubbish you always get with Hermes and his family. Cruelty, disloyalty, mean-spiritedness and arrogant misanthropy masquerading as 'satire'. Which wasn't ever funny or thought-provoking. This travesty only gets 2/10 from me because it was well-animated. The almost universal acclaim this *extremely* poor movie gets just confirms for me that with fans you can put any old rubbish on screen with the Futurama logo attached, and they'll think it's the Dark Knight of animated comedy. And I kinda liked the series, too. Awful, just really awful. Did I mention the songs were terrible?

Tyferra The canceling of Futurama rates up there with the biggest corporate crimes of the early 21st century and probably some other centuries as well. How overjoyed I was therefore to learn of Bender's Big Score and the subsequent movies and the first installment was far from disappointing. From the brilliant opening scene, with it's subtle breaking of the fourth wall and incredibly justified slamming of those who canceled it in the first place, this is a Futurama classic.The movie and story itself is all brilliant for any Futurama fan or even anyone who only casually watched the show. Watch it, enjoy the Hell out of it and celebrate that Futurama has made a glorious comeback.I will add one parting comment: if there's one thing that the Futurama fan base can learn from "Family Guy" it's that a dedicated fan-base can prevent a show from an unfortunate end, (or two.) Remember this if Futurama is ever threatened again.

kaiserkarl31 This movie is GREAT, and great Futurama. It follows the spirit of the show to the letter, has some great lines, and keeps you entertained. The humor is not always blatant, which is quite characteristic of the show, and the more dramatic moments were done tastefully without incurring boredom. There were also some moments where I laughed until my sides hurt....I especially appreciate the cameo appearances by some of the minor characters, such as Seymore. I can see why some might consider a few scenes in this movie to be slow, but it IS a movie---how many (good) movies are non-stop action and/or humor?An absolute must for any Futurama fan, and probably not a bad start for a new viewer as well.

gizmomogwai Futurama returns with this straight-to-DVD movie and a few others which will be released in time. Futurama was a quality show (including in visuals; the animation is the same here but after all this time it's not as impressive as it used to be). Bender's Big Score has some good, light humour and a few laughs, but it's not close to, say, the Roswell episode, Godfellas or The Sting. Some jokes made me laugh (age jokes about the professor are always good) but others, for example the fly mutant, did nothing for me.The movie begins by using veiled jokes about the TV show being cancelled and then returning; these kind of jokes can be smart, except we've seen them before (for example, the episode SOBs from Arrested Development). We are then treated to a scene at a nude beach with revealing shots of Leela and Amy (we see Leela's buttocks but the rest is covered). However, the movie then introduces its villains- nudist aliens- who are weak and uninteresting. They can sense and actively seek "information," something the writers came up with solely to move the plot along. The aliens also take over Bender by means of a virus and, discovering the secret of time travel written on Fry's body, send Bender to the past to steal treasures. The storyline becomes a little complex with all this time travel, and in addition, one would need to know the TV series to appreciate the movie. The plot is passable, though some of it (the narwhal, for example) isn't compelling or subtle.This DVD also comes with an episode (or would it count as a short film?) featuring the character Hypnotoad. It was a funny joke in the series, but here, he's mostly just staring at you with his hypnotic vision- there's virtually nothing here, so it's pretty much worthless. Altogether, an okay DVD.