bender's big score

on this blog, you can expect me to be a little bit "behind."  back at my old job, i could've seen advance screenings for some movies, but now i don't really get anything in advance.  and as far as music goes, i don't really do leaks.

and that is why i just, last night, saw the new Futurama movie, Bender's Big Score.  what the hell?

i loved the series.  it was unjustly cancelled.  it was brilliant but got killed with its time slot (football preempting it all the time).  but like family guy, it got resurrected.  but unlike family guy, it's taken a dive since its cancellation.  i looked and i was surprised to see that it had the same writers as the series originally had (David X. Cohen and Ken Keeler).  I figured they'd brought on random fans of the show and had them write it.  it seriously just feels like fan fiction.  a pale imitation of something great.  it seems kinda lazy that they had so many references to old episode of series.  lazy or an insult.  and by about the 40 minute mark, i was so bored i figured it was almost over.

so i don't know what went wrong here.  maybe the show is best as a half hour episode, and not an 89 minute movie.  because i rarely even chuckled at this.  

they're making a few more of these movies, and i'm sure i'll watch, just hoping for something better.

and here's a song you may sort-of recognize if you're a Futurama fan.  I discovered this on the Pop A Paris vol 2: More Rock 'n' Roll & Mini-Skirts compilation, which I highly recommend.  You can get it on amazon here.

Les Yper-Sound - Psyche Rock