Futurama: Bender's Big Score Discussion **spoilers warning**

[Sage Ninja]

Who here saw this premiere on Comedy Central on Easter? I did and I really enjoyed most of it though I was a little put-out by it being broken up into episodes instead of it being shown uninterupted as one continuous movie. For those who saw it what did you think of it?

[Jon]

I got the DVD when it came out, and enjoyed this Futurama Movie.

Some good twists, and funny stuff. As usual for Futurama.

[gobo]

I've not seen the cable-broadcast, but I can say I was less interested in the second half of it. The comedy aspect seemed to be buried by this sappy melodrama. :ohwell:

[Drtooth]

Is it true they added tiny extra things not in the DVD as a way to garner viewers who already bought the DVD months before? And they did put it into episodic pieces? I heard they planned on doing just the opposite. Looks like they planned on doing that all along, and just premiring it as a "movie"

[The Shelf]

I watched it on Comedy Central and enjoyed it pretty well overall. It was nice to finally see some new episodes. I swear I had seen the introduction before, though. Did they use that in another episode at some point? I'm talking about the part where the Professor explains what happened to the show and the folks at "Box." I had a strong deja vu feeling there.

Anyway, I'm glad it had a somewhat happy ending since they indirectly pointed out that Fry and Leela are destined to get together eventually. I can't wait to see the next three movies, but I hate how we have to wait so long between each one. I think the next one is set for June, but I'm not sure if that's the dvd release, the Comedy Central airing, or both. :(

[gobo]

June 24th is just the DVD's release date.

[Sage Ninja]

To be completely honest I enjoyed this film but I was rather annoyed with the whole Leela and Fry business. I was dissapointed that after the events in last episode of the series where Fry dedicates an opra to Leela and they have that sweet moment at the end where Leela stays to watch the end and Fry makes a simple but sweet montage of the two of them holding hands and walking away, that Leela had finnally accepted Fry.

But it is shown in this movie that Leela, despite everything Fry has done to show his feelings for her, still can't accept Fry for who he is. So what if he's not sophisticated and suave the point is that he loves her. Yeah it was implyed that Leela and Fry are pretty much destined for each other, but only it seems if Fry changes himself. It kind of spoiled it for me that Leela won't have Fry for himself unless he changes. At this point I think Fry deserves better than Leela. my two cents.

[The Shelf]

I inferred that Fry just needed to mature. I guess you could consider that a change, but I think it's more of a progression. Fry will end up being the guy Leela wants, but he's not quite ready yet. Anyways, I suspect they will finally hook up in the last movie which is being made in such a way that it could be the series finale if necessary (that's what I heard anyway).

At this point I think Fry deserves better than Leela. my two cents.

Well, Leela's much better than that other girl from the 20th century... ;)

[ZariusTwo]

I think the current storyline isnt about Fry learning to mature to Leela's expectations, it's Leela learning how to accept Fry as he is herself. Through the the series, she's slowly grasped this in small doses. We know from dreams and confessions to Zoidberg Leela loves Fry's childish behaviour and vulenerability, and another episode showed her trusting him rather than a coin flip on a date. She's really only holding back Fry with superficial excuses now