 Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs Studio: 20th Century Fox Original Release: 2008 Run Time: 1.29.00 Genre: Cartoon/Comedy Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Colour/B&W: Colour Audio Formats: |
Release Date: June 24, 2008. Film Rating:   / Starring: Brittany Murphy, Dan Castellaneta, David Cross, Phil LaMarr, Billy West Directed by: Peter Avanzino Puts the “ick” in Science Fiction! I still recall watching the first airing of the Futurama television show. I expected more Simpsons like humour from Matt Groening. Unfortunately it never really grabbed me. Fast forward to present and my 7yr old son has taken a liking to the show. Bender action figure in hand we've watched a good number of episodes together. Bender is definitely the favorite for us. I was a bit concerned about the "unrated" rating but decided to watch this feature with him. For what its worth, this could have easily aired on TV in that regard.  VIDEO QUALITY: 2.5/5 I had to split this down the middle. True I'm watching a simple DVD, but of a computer generated cartoon. I couldn't help but feel it looked a little soft, the resolution just wasn't there. I skimmed through it a second time to be sure. I believe it has a lot to do with the rather fat lines used in the drawings. The lines are sharp, but overall the image is a bit dull. I was expecting something near the quality of the Simpsons Movie (also SD-DVD) that I watched a while back, but it fell a good bit short in this department. The only exception here would be a short black and white segment at the very beginning that appeared as though it was of a slightly higher resolution. Perhaps I set my expectations too high, but it really wasn't any better than watching the TV show. On the plus side colors were good and the overall quality remained very consistent throughout the movie. Nothing ever appeared to be processed or compressed. Overall, I felt it was a bit of a let down. AUDIO QUALITY: 4.5/5 This is one of the better Dolby Digital soundtracks I've had the pleasure of listening to. Dialogue was pretty much flawless with perhaps a couple of weak points when Yivo (the beast) was talking. Imaging was excellent with good use of the surrounds. Several scenes provided for very transparent movement of sound around the room. It was very well balanced. I really struggle to find anything to complain about in this department. SPECIAL FEATURES: 1/5 Since it covers all the special features I figured I'd mention that all of them are in 2 channel and heavy compression artifacts are visible in most of the video
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