# Futurama: Bender's Big Score (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604 "2007-11-24T13:56:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/21 "2007-11-26T04:18:22Z")
Just watched it. I liked it. Kinda weird though, my life mirrors Fry’s. I’m Fry, this girl I’ve known forever is Leala, and my pet bunny rabbit is Nibbler. I’ve even had people tell me I look like Fry! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/22 "2007-11-26T04:22:06Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] Just watched it. I liked it. Kinda weird though, my life mirrors Fry’s. I’m Fry, this girl I’ve known forever is Leala, and my pet bunny rabbit is Nibbler. I’ve even had people tell me I look like Fry! [/QUOTE] Shouldn’t you be frozen, then? Or are you working with narwhals right now, Lars? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/23 "2007-11-26T04:29:16Z")
Poor Flanders… He is doomed! I figured out who Lars was about half way through. I wonder where he came up with the name “Lars” though… ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/24 "2007-11-26T04:35:13Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Have you emailed [Bender@ilovebender.com](mailto:Bender@ilovebender.com) yet? Here’s **one** of the responses I’ve gotten back [/QUOTE] I just tried it and got this reply a second later: > [@](#): > > Dear New Friend, > > Thank you for writing to me, Bender. It really means a lot to me. Not many humans contact me because I am so rude and impatient. You’re starting to get on my nerves now. Quit buggin’ me, meatbag! > > P.S. - Buy my DVD. > > Love, > > Bender 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/25 "2007-11-26T04:49:56Z")
[spoiler]I was really disappointed in it, it felt like there were so many cameos but not many jokes. I was interested in the plot because I like the characters but I hardly laughed at all, and I usually laugh all the time watching TV. Also, I picked up the Lars twist really early, it was supposed to be obvious right?[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/26 "2007-11-26T05:02:54Z")
[QUOTE=CoG888] Poor Flanders… He is doomed! I figured out who Lars was about half way through. I wonder where he came up with the name “Lars” though… [/QUOTE] His last name was Fillmore, IIRC, so I’m betting the inspiration for the name was Millard Fillmore. Remember, they like to lay on the references pretty thick. The professor’s named for the guy who invented TV and Fry’s first name is an homage to the late Phil Hartman (who was clearly supposed to be the voice of Zap). ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/27 "2007-11-26T15:35:20Z")
Arrgh! This Thread is filled with blacked-out spoilers that I don’t want to read until I get the new DVD- which isn’t available until _tomorrow_!!! How do so many of you have spoilers already!?!?!?!? I will DESTROY you! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/28 "2007-11-26T16:08:48Z")
They get them by visiting various Bittorr…\ ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/29 "2007-11-26T16:19:39Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] I just tried it and got this reply a second later: 😃 [/QUOTE] Here was the response I received: \*Aloha, Friend! Bender Bending Rodriguez here, better known as the Robot King. Did you know that the Hawaiian word “Aloha” can mean both “hello” and “goodbye”? However, in the following usage, it only means goodbye. Aloha, jerk! Yours truly, Bender P.S. - Please buy my DVD. And once again, aloha. Jerk.\* ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/30 "2007-11-26T16:40:18Z")
[QUOTE=CoG888] Poor Flanders… He is doomed! I figured out who Lars was about half way through. I wonder where he came up with the name “Lars” though… [/QUOTE] I’m guess that’s a causality paradox they didn’t fix. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/31 "2007-11-26T19:01:38Z")
Pre-ordered on Amazon, and resiting the urge to use “other” methods to watch it. But if it isn’t here tomorrow, which it might not be since Amazon doesn’t always time it’s shipments properly with release dates, and especially since last week was a holiday week and shipping companies might not have been doing as much, I’ll have to resort to less-legal ways. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/32 "2007-11-26T21:22:36Z")
Well fuck me, according to Amazon it isn’t _shipping_ till tomorrow. WTF? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/33 "2007-11-26T21:55:01Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] Well fuck me, according to Amazon it isn’t _shipping_ till tomorrow. WTF? :mad: [/QUOTE] They’re not allowed to ship before the release date in most cases. That’s why I’m going down to the record store after work tomorrow. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/34 "2007-11-26T22:31:38Z")
I ordered from Amazon, and (much to my surprise) they sent an email saying that my order had been shipped by USPS yesterday (Sunday, Nov. 25th). ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/35 "2007-11-26T22:43:36Z")
Quick question for those who have seen it: Does the math in the time travel equation formulated by the Professor and the Globe Trotters actually make any sense? I understand at least one of the writers has an advanced mathematics degree. Anyone wanna take a bite? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/36 "2007-11-26T23:31:43Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] It’s not perfect, but it’s certainly better than ST:III, and it’s better than **no** new _Futurama_ episodes. (I’m sorry, but they’re getting a bit stale.) I do recommend watching it twice, to see how things mesh out. Their continuity person certain did their job well. [/QUOTE] What’s ST:III? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/37 "2007-11-26T23:33:58Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] There will be four movies, each of which will be cut into four episodes which will air alongside classic episodes on new home Comedy Central. [/QUOTE] I didn’t realize Comedy Central was picking up the classic episodes as well. Does this mean Adult Swim is going to stop airing them? I always just assumed that after they air a couple of times on CC, that they would then get picked up by AS. Like how new episodes of Family Guy wind up on there a week or so after they air on Fox. At any rate, I am very excited. I have always loved the show very much. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/38 "2007-11-26T23:35:29Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] What’s ST:III? 😕 [/QUOTE] Just a guess: _Star Trek III: The Search For Spock_ (?) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/39 "2007-11-27T01:14:49Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] I didn’t realize Comedy Central was picking up the classic episodes as well. Does this mean Adult Swim is going to stop airing them? [/QUOTE] Yes- beginning in 2008, reruns of _Futurama_ will move from Adult Swim to Comedy Central. ---
**Author:** ![MJinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MJinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJinks)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604/40 "2007-11-27T01:29:56Z")
Hmm. Is this actually going to be released over here in Region 2 format? The usual places don’t even have it on pre-order yet. I would really love to _buy_ it, if at all possible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-benders-big-score-open-spoilers/427604.md?page=3)