The Beast With A Billion Backs
Futurama was canceled in August 2003. I thought that that was the end for the little cartoon about life in the 31st Century, but luckily I was wrong. In April 2006 they announced they would be making 4 straight to DVD movies which would then be broken up into half hour chunks and shown on Comedy Central as their 5th season. Futurama was back and I was excited.
The Beast with a Billion Backs is the 2nd of those 4 planned movies and it is better than the first. The first movie, Bender's Big Score was released last Novemeber and was good but not great. I was glad Futurama was back and was entertained by the movie but it just didn't work as well as I had hoped. Well I'm glad to say that with Beast they have gotten back to what made Futurama one of my favorite shows. They have at least 2 more movies coming and if The Beast with a Billion Backs is any indication then we are in for a treat (or two treats?)
The Beast with a Billion Backs is funny, but more importantly it is also a good movie. The first DVD just seemed like a really long episode but this one actually feels like a real movie and a really good one at that.
The story starts off where the last one left off, but don't worry everything you need to know you are told in the first minute. The story starts off with an anomaly in the universe and the Planet Express crew going to explore it. There is a Invasion of the Body Snatchers feel to part of the movie (which is one of my favorite movies) and the side story about Bender is hilarious. Overall it is a really good and really funny movie and I think it will have a lot of replay value (I've already seen it twice).
Verdict: Good movie. Go buy it if you are a Futrama fan or rent it if you are new to Futurama.