Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder [DVD]

Fourth and final release in a series of feature length futurama movies. Since the only people who will read this will be fans of the show there's no need for me to go into details about it for anyone who isn't.And despite the fact that some seem to have been disappointed with the quality of the first three you'll doubtless have brought them and will buy this anyway, so you'll know that it's four episodes of twenty two minutes duration edited together into one long movie.In this one fry gains the ability to read minds and falls in with a secret sect. Amy's parents wreak ecological havoc in the quest to build bigger and better casinos and golf courses, and leela takes affirmative action to protect the environment.But somewhere out there, an ancient evil is lurking...This didn't sound the strongest plot but in many ways it's the best written of the four. things click in the second episode and it all comes together very well afterwards.But even so there's the usual quickfire humour and pretty much every joke works so there's enough to keep you entertained in the meantime.Since this is the last of this batch and there's no guarantee that there will be any more, the ending has to wrap things up and also leave it open for the show to return if possible. And it manages to do just that in a scene that will make you gasp and leave you desperate for more. And you'll be so absorbed in your reaction that you won't initially notice that kif's uniform changes colour for no apparent reason.This will make you laugh, it will make you smile, and it will make you desperate for more. Please come back futurama. I miss you already.The sole language track on the dvd is english.and the subtitles are english danish finnish norwegian and swedish.the extras are:a commentary from some of the cast and crewstoryboard animatic: the first of the four episodes in rough drawing form, with all the dialogue but no music. This actually has a to be continued moment at the end which you wont see in the movie by virtue of it being edited together.docudrama: how we make futurama so good: a short and totally made up spoof documentary [presented by 'dvd bonus features that nobody watches productions'] showing you how they make the show. not really. but it's very funny.louder louder!: a very short feature showing magician penn jillette who guests in this recording his part. quite fun to watch.golden stinkers: five very short deleted scenes that can be watched individually or all at once. they only add up to roughly six minutes in total, and some don't have finished animation but they're all very good.matt groening and david x cohen in space!: a short film showing how two of the production crew took a flight on a plane that lets you experience zero gravity. well worth watching and it will make you fancy doing it yourself.how to draw futurama in 18 very difficult steps: eleven minutes worth of film showing how the animators draw four of the characters. not much humour in this despite a few efforts so it's really only of interest to those who want to learn the art.3-d models with animator discussion: just what it says. short film of spaceships and other big things from this showing how they were animated. short enough to keep the interest.benders movie theatre etiquette is a fun little bit of all new film showing how you should/shouldnt behave in the cinema. well worth a look.zapp brannigan's guide to making love to a woman uses clips of zapp from old episodes with a new voiceover to give his guide to relationships. not quite as funny as the above bender item but still worth watching.I managed to find two easter eggs on the dvd:watching it on a computer and moving the pointer over the right of the special features screen when you have it at the point where you can select to watch louder louder! will light up a symbol. click on this to see film of actor billy zane improvising some dialogue that was forced on the production team by circumstance.and if you move the down button on the controls when on the special features screen as far down as it will go you can get to see a short bit of animation drawn by one of the animators on rather rough paper. you'll see what I mean.Hopefully not the end for the show, but a good release to go out on

In all my reviews for these films I thought they were great at the time only to find the subsequent film better. I think I gave a couple of the others 5 stars when compared to this one they by no means deserve it.This is the first film that feels like one of the episodes. The jokes come thick and fast and provide many laugh out loud moments. A couple of times my housemates and I were laughing for so long that we had to rewind to hear the bits we'd missed. There are lines in it that are still making me chuckle as I write this.The end is a bit odd and perhaps unnecessary but I suppose it does fit as a possible farewell from the writers.There are a couple of special features that had an amazing sounding description but turned out to be disappointments. For instance one of them is "Zapp Branningans guide to making love at a woman" which is just a bunch of clips from the series of things he's said to Leela. Likewise "Bender's movie theatre etiquette" is merely the seen from "Raging Bender" in series 2 dubbed over with new dialogue.In summary: This film is very good. Buy this and don't bother with the other films unless you feel overly compelled and the sooner they make a new series the better.

I love futurama, Leo Wong hilariously non PC. Problem was my sealed copy kept repeating the same chapter & i was falling asleep so took a couple of repeats to realise, when I did I just went to the menu as scene selected the next chapter.

Cracking off full power jokes at a higher rate than any of the other films, and serious quality of animation and direction, this probably is the best film of the four. Its plot is fabulously constructed (if you think it is too 'jumpy', it's probably because you haven't got the small amount of brains required to follow) with interweaving stories from all the main characters.It's a great entry into the sci-fi genre; the themes of evolution running beneath it providing a wonderful insight into the realms of possibility, and a basis for a huge amount of fantastically original funny moments.Crazy, surreal and blindingly hilarious you can call this, but never dull.

If you're a fan add it to your collection.Futurama I have to admit, was not on my 'watch list,' until I purchased the entire TV series from Amazon.I bought it because Amazon were flogging it very cheaply at the time. I didn't realise just how cheap that was until I tried to buy a set for my grandson recently.That aside, the series is particularly insightful; with some subtle humour, which seems strangely out of place in a mainstream US TV offering; could that be why the series was cancelled perhaps?The follow on films link in to one another so that the story, like all the best stories, continues.

A must have for all fans!

This is a great feature length Futurama - must be a classic by now and my boy just watches it over and over. As a result I`m also word perfect!

To be honest I wasn't expecting too much from this given the quality of storyline of the previous three in the series but I was pleasantly surprised. If you've seen the others you'll probably want to complete the collection anyway and I don't think you'll be disappointed from this final chapter of the series. Not as good as I'd hoped when the series was initially announced but better than I expected after I'd seen the first three.