![]() Little does Professor Farnsworth know that his anti-backwards crystal is being used as a dodecahedral die within this game. So where does all the fantasy come into play? Well, while the more fleshy members of the Planet Express crew deal with these (dark) matters of great circumstance, the lewd robot Bender has discovered the wonders of the role play game Dungeons & Dragons. Farnsworth informs the crew that his invention has an antidote - an "anti-backwards crystal" that will reverse the potent effect of Mom's synthesized crystal, neutralizing it and rendering dark matter into useless material once again, as it always had been until a mere few decades before. ![]() When it is revealed that Mom's monopoly on the substance is due solely to an invention of Professor Farnsworth, the crew are dedicated to stopping her despotic grip on society. The through line, as previously mentioned, is the shortage of dark matter, which is highly suspicious given that MomCorp controls the only known dark matter mine. Many a subplot interweave within the film, including Leela's attempts at mastering her anger issues and Professor Farnsworth's relationship with the villainous corporate honcho Mom. Riffing on the current trend of rising prices in gasoline in the U.S., the crew are perturbed by the exorbitant cost of dark matter, which is apparently the successor to fossil fuels in the world of Futurama. Driving the plot is, ironically, a fuel shortage. True to its television roots, Bender's Game is told in a roundabout fashion which makes time enough for four episodes. But this bizarre circumstance comes about rather late in the film's overall arc. The long-suffering, dysfunctional crew of Planet Express find themselves strewn into a sort of parallel world, populated by myriad creatures of myth and legend (Earth legend, naturally). Fantasy and role playing games are the subject of ridicule in this latest installment. is this from Harry Potter?īender's Game is the third of those four feature films. Finding a home on Cartoon Network, Futurama production was finally revived in 2007, in the form of four announced direct-to-video features, which would then be broken into sixteen episodes to form a fifth season on television. Though its broadcast lasted a wee bit longer than Family Guy's original run, it too was pulled after 4 years of frustratingly sporadic airings, in 2003. The massively successful show gave him a bit of creative clout at FOX, and thus production on Futurama was greenlit. The series, a cynical parody of life 1000 years into the future, was the brainchild of cartoonist Matt Groening, a man known far and wide as the creator of The Simpsons. Adult Swim had a similar effect on Futurama. Drumming up interest in the series, it led to impressive DVD sales which convinced FOX to renew production.īut I digress. Much of the show's eventual (and still current) success resulted from the existing episodes airing on the Adult Swim block of programming on the Cartoon Network cable channel. One of the better known cases of this testament to the power of fandom is Family Guy, which sputtered over two seasons on the FOX channel before being canceled. It is a peculiar phenomenon in the United States, as the majority of shows exist only to perpetuate their good ratings, and often not to tell a cohesive story. At times they have a most interesting ability to resurrect television series long abandoned by broadcast channels. Never underestimate the power of cable networks. Reviewed by Lindsay Mayer, November 13, 2008 Matt Groening's 'Simpsons' successor debuts on Blu-ray Starring: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr ![]() So park your hover-car and saddle up your unicorn Futurama's grandest adventure yet: Bender's Game!įor more about Futurama: Bender's Game and the Futurama: Bender's Game Blu-ray release, see Futurama: Bender's Game Blu-ray Review published by Lindsay Mayer on Novemwhere this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5. a medieval land of dragons and sorcery and intoxicated knights who look suspiciously like Bender. But deep beneath the surface lies a far stranger place. With fuel prices skyrocketing, the Planet Express crew sets off on a dangerous mission: to infiltrate the world's only dark-matter mine, source of all spaceship fuel. Futurama: Bender's Game Blu-ray delivers stunning video and great audio in this excellent Blu-ray release ![]()
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