And finally check out this item for bid. Its a
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Finally, I have decided to require registration when posting comments. I always get about 30+ comments on different articles a week and they are all spam. By requiring registration this will help me two ways. One, it'll help me be able to block the users spamming because most are using bots and bots won't be able to register (at first). Two, I will be able to start my next phase of the website by adding customization and allowing users to keep track of what comics they have and allowing users to sell there copies and buy others. If this fails to stop the spammers, I'll just remove commenting again. Problem solved. :)
Startling Comics was published back between 1940 and 1948 and the image to the left is from Startling Comics #49. The picture shows a beautiful bound girl, a robot and a spaceman with
ray-gun. I'm assuming that's the hero Lance Lewis, Space Detective, and that is the damsel in distress... but doesn't that robot strike you as someone we've all seen before. Silver body, those eyes, the antenna on the head ... IT'S BENDER!
Don't believe me? The image to the right is from the Futurama episode "Crimes of the Hot" (Season 4, Episode 8). The Professor is explaining to Mom that robots (which he invented) produce high-pollution emissions and are the cause of the polar ice caps melting. Bender is described as being a "primitive bending unit", which seems to be a acknowledgment of the Startling Comics robot's role in Bender's creation. This primitive bending unit has even more similarities to then the new bender. Look at the forehead rivets, perforated mouthpiece, insulated top antenna, and the ear cones. Could this be that this is the inspiration for Matt Groening's Bender?
So as I finally got time to open my Beast with a Billion Backs DVD the first thing I notice is the little goodies stuck on the inside. My attention immediatly was directed to the little flyer stating: "Hungry for more Futurama?" And there's Nibbler taking a bite out of Futurama-O-Rama (Issues #1 - #4), Futurama Adventures (Issues #5 - #9), Time Bender (Issues #10 - #13) and Conquers The Universe (Issues #16 - #19) which are the four released paperbacks of the comics themselves. So I just had to scan it and upload it to the website in case you missed it or something.
My review of the movie is thus: (may contain spoilers)
So it all started with getting my son to sleep, getting some refreshments and snacks and popping in the movie. The title screen pops up and all I have to do is press the play button and enjoy another six episodes of Futurama.
It began quite quickly by jumping into the problem almost right away. As everyone began to forget what the problem was you finally get how everyone is involved and they drag the climax out perfectly. And through out this whole drama is the comedy of our beloved show. I literally cracked up laughing at points.
I will say that some of the jokes were sort of placed in to get a cheap laugh. Sort of like Family Guy does, just not as odd. (Not saying I don't like Family Guy because I do) The cheap jokes were related somehow to the action, but I couldn't help feel like they were recycled somehow.Many smart jokes are involved too which is one thing I've come to enjoy about the show/books.
I found the show to be a connection to the episode entitled "Godfellas". And did you notice how the word Heaven was saved till the very end. And I found it kinda cheap that Yivo claims to have once projected an image of itself into the minds of artists on Earth. At that point I was thinking something has got to be up now, that dosen't quite seem to fly for the reason that's where we get our idea of what Heaven is.
In conclusion, the movie was still great! I'm not real sure if it beats Bender's Big Score but I enjoyed watching it and looking forward to when I can watch with the commentary.
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