Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder thoughts

[xtop]

so i searched and didn't see a thread for it. but what did you guys think?

do you think

[Show spoiler]its the end of futurama? with leela telling fry she loves him too. it was actually kind of a sad ending. not as sad as fry's dog waiting for him lol, but sad

my first time through the movie tho i thought it was pretty boring compared to the other 3, but a 2nd viewing brought more laughs. but not the best of the 4 movies

[SDon1969]

You already watched it, xtop? I just got it in the mail with Vanishing Point & The Bird with Crystal Plumage....of the three, Futurama is the one I want to see first, heh. I read it was comparable to the first Futurama flick in terms of quality...

[xtop]

Originally Posted by SDon1969

You already watched it, xtop? I just got it in the mail with Vanishing Point & The Bird with Crystal Plumage....of the three, Futurama is the one I want to see first, heh. I read it was comparable to the first Futurama flick in terms of quality...

thats a good comparison actually, up there with the first

[mikejet]

Note to self to watch it this week.

My fav episode is still when Fry moved the stars to make Leela fall in love with him and he couldn't remember it. That was a sad episode.

[ngkf7]

[Show spoiler]I hope it's not the end, Futurama is my favorite cartoon. However, now I am pretty sure that now Leela is basically in love with Fry, it would be a fine place to end the show. It's ashame the show is so expensive to produce, cause it's soooo good.

As for the movie, it wasn't my favorite of the 4, but it was still enjoyable.

[xtop]

Originally Posted by ngkf7

[Show spoiler]I hope it's not the end, Futurama is my favorite cartoon. However, now I am pretty sure that now Leela is basically in love with Fry, it would be a fine place to end the show. It's ashame the show is so expensive to produce, cause it's soooo good.

As for the movie, it wasn't my favorite of the 4, but it was still enjoyable.

well..

[Show spoiler]there's ways around her saying she loves him. she could easily have some weird disease, controlled by an alien, you know..whatever haha. i mean, if this is the end, its how i want it to end. but there's no reason to end futurama yet, it could have years left if somebody was just smart enough to bring it back to tv

[dvd_mazter]

I enjoyed the movie. It is a nice ending to the series or just could be the start of something more if they choose to continue after this movie. Personally, I still think the first is the best one they made followed by Bender's Game then this one and finally, Beast with a Billion Backs.

Overall, I was very happy with all four movies and it was great to see Futurama back in action

[assydingo]

any chance with this being the last that will now get all four movies as a "season"?

I'd like to have some futurama on blu-ray but paying for four "movies" separately is a bit much

[SDon1969]

Originally Posted by assydingo

any chance with this being the last that will now get all four movies as a "season"?

I'd like to have some futurama on blu-ray but paying for four "movies" separately is a bit much

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/36153...-green-yonder/

"It wasn't the first Fox series to be canceled too early (and it certainly won't be the last), but the demise of Matt Groening's Futurama proved to be slow and steady. Not in quality, of course: this tale of a man frozen for a millennium only got funnier as the series progressed, though network support dwindled during its four-year lifespan. As the Simpsons machine rolled on, Futurama's timeslot was shuffled around; for a time, the series' broadcast directly followed Groening's most famous creation, but it didn't last long. The series was eventually cancelled in August of 2003, though subsequent DVD releases (broken into four "volumes", due to the erratic broadcast schedule) reinforced Futurama's rabid fanbase.

As creations like Fox's own Family Guy would prove, strong DVD sales make executives take notice. Groening approached the studio in 2006 with a proposal to create a new direct-to-DVD Futurama adventure, paving the way for rumors about a proper weekly revival for the series. These negotiations led to the announcement of four direct-to-DVD movies, which would eventually be divided into sixteen episodes airing on the Comedy Central network. The first three movies (Bender's Big Score, The Beast With A Billion Backs and Bender's Game) marked a slight decline in overall entertainment value; not surprising, since most TV series don't always translate well to a larger format. Bender's Big Score was the most engaging of the three: this ambitious (albeit slightly convoluted) time-travel love story had a lot going for it, even though it didn't always fire on all cylinders. The Beast With A Billion Backs was a truly disappointing follow-up: not only did it fail to correct the minor weaknesses of the first film, it just wasn't all that funny. Bender's Game brought plenty of gags to the table---and despite an awkward shift about 2/3 of the way through, it proved to be an enjoyable outing."

[assydingo]

Nothing in there mentions the possibility of making the movies into a boxset. Still an interesting read =].

[SDon1969]

Originally Posted by assydingo

Nothing in there mentions the possibility of making the movies into a boxset. Still an interesting read =].

You had asked if they might be released as a "season", it says "These negotiations led to the announcement of four direct-to-DVD movies, which would eventually be divided into sixteen episodes airing on the Comedy Central network" - but I wonder if that is set in stone? Will we actually see 16 episodes sliced out of these four movies on Comedy Central? Interesting for sure...I'll just stick with the four movies unless new, worthwhile scenes are added.

[anomynous]

They've already shown the 1st two on Comedy Central split up

[xtop]

Originally Posted by anomynous

They've already shown the 1st two on Comedy Central split up

oh they're already splitting them up as a season? well sheesh. our futurama fix sure ended fast

lets hope for comedy central or fox to wake the hell up and bring it back for good

[quexos]

All in all I don't feel that the movies are as hot as the half hour episodes of the four seasons but still these movies are enjoyable and I was very happy to see Futurama again. I can only hope that the movies will push for a new season. I just can't believe that such a fun show did not have enough people watching it to make it profitable.