Wow

I do not agree.

I love Futurama, but the second half of this movie is meandering, off-tone and boring. The first one definitely has its problems, but at least it's pretty consistent throughout.

I will say these things though: the first half hour is amazing, and I can see a world where, if it's split up for Comedy Central in just the right ways, you can get pretty solid episodes out of it. And the Grand Midwife is awesome.

But as a movie? Fneh.

The Description Of The Next Futurama Movie According To Wikipedia

"A planet-sized tentacled alien from another universe comes through a rift in time and space and takes control of Fry, making him pope of a new religion. This religion is practiced by all on Earth, who are persuaded into abandoning Earth and allowing all the robots in the world to inherit it."

OK, I'm in.

Monday Morning Poll: Bender's Big Score

It's official: someone would like to have sex with Vincent, the dog from Lost. Whoever that is, please fess up in the comments below, so we can ridicule and arrest you.

Anyway, new poll time. In honor of last night's broadcast of Bender's Big Score*, I was wondering what everyone thought? Or, you know, did you watch it?

We had a big viewing party when the DVD came out, and I would say there was... Disappointment. I do think, on comparison, the episodes work better on TV, in their slightly rearranged format, versus the movie. However, they would, in no way, work as separate episodes. Confusing, right?

I'd get into a more detailed review, but I don't want to skew the polling. Let me just end by saying:

"This is not the last you've seen of Barbados Slim. Now goodbye forever!"

*Yes, we ARE a Comedy Central blog.

Line of The Con

For me, the line of this year's San Diego Comic-Con was at the Futurama panel, which was AMAZING, btw. An audience question was "How do you come up with the voices?" which seemed trite, but led to about a 30 minute answer from all the panelists, and was fascinating and amazing.

However, the one thing that made me laugh more than anything else was Maurice LaMarche, who does the voices of Lrrr, Morbo, Kif, Calculon, and a million others, describing the difference between doing Morbo's voice and Lrrr's:

Maurice LaMarche (in Morbo's voice): "Morbo is just like Lrrr, except with BETTER DICTION... BECAUSE MORBO IS A NEWSCASTER!"