So we come up to the last Futurama movie... for now. I will start off with some good news: apparently Fox is in talks for a 6th season since the DVD Movies sold very well. This would not be more movies, but a full on TV season.
Anyways, onto the movie! The rest of this post will have SPOILERS (and I hate using tags), so BEWARE! (actually, they are slight spoilers... but I should warn just in case)
Still reading? Last chance to turn around.
Good.
Here is a quick summary that I cribbed off of gotfuturama.com
"Leo Wong - much to the dismay of the Eco-Feminists - gets rid of what nature there is left on Mars in order to build a new "Mars Vegas". While business is seemingly going well, Leo sets his sight on something bigger: a galactic-scale miniature golf course. Of course, this requires some more nature removing. The threat of a whole arm of the galaxy being turned into a black hole ball return causes the Eco-Feminists' ranks to swell. However, darker forces than Leo Wong are at work and a secret society tasks Fry with protecting the universe."
This is pretty much the main plot, though the nature of Fry's involvement is a bit more complicated. The movie starts off fine with a really funny opening song that sounds like Frank Sinatra, but I suspect is a parody because of the lyrics. I didn't see a credit for it in the credits, so someone will have to dig up the answer.
This movie plays out really well. It does lag a bit in the 2nd quarter, but the rest of it works much better as a movie than the previous installments. Unlike the previous 3 movies, you are introduced to the main plot early on with elements building up over the course of the movie that come to a head in the finale.
The finale itself is really good. I would say that it is better than "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" as a finale because it involves all of the cast and not just the Leela/Fry Romance, though that has a big moment that puts it over the top. It is a cliffhanger, but it leaves you very excited for the very real possibility of more Futurama to come and could lead to a big shakeup in the status quo, though I would imagine everything will get reset fairly quickly. But it is nice to at least entertain the notion that the show might be making a very bold step, especially for a prime-time animated show.
As for the side characters, there is a good amount of Zapp and Nixon, both big pluses in my book. It is too bad that there wasn't much follow-up on Kif's big moment in "Beast With a Billion Backs" when he punched Zapp, but he does have a very funny *sigh* moment.
This is a *slight* eco-friendly message movie, but the Eco-Feminists do a good job of lampooning the movement, so don't let that turn you off.
It comes out on the 24th and is well worth picking up for any Futurama fans.
Anyways, onto the movie! The rest of this post will have SPOILERS (and I hate using tags), so BEWARE! (actually, they are slight spoilers... but I should warn just in case)
Still reading? Last chance to turn around.
Good.
Here is a quick summary that I cribbed off of gotfuturama.com
"Leo Wong - much to the dismay of the Eco-Feminists - gets rid of what nature there is left on Mars in order to build a new "Mars Vegas". While business is seemingly going well, Leo sets his sight on something bigger: a galactic-scale miniature golf course. Of course, this requires some more nature removing. The threat of a whole arm of the galaxy being turned into a black hole ball return causes the Eco-Feminists' ranks to swell. However, darker forces than Leo Wong are at work and a secret society tasks Fry with protecting the universe."
This is pretty much the main plot, though the nature of Fry's involvement is a bit more complicated. The movie starts off fine with a really funny opening song that sounds like Frank Sinatra, but I suspect is a parody because of the lyrics. I didn't see a credit for it in the credits, so someone will have to dig up the answer.
This movie plays out really well. It does lag a bit in the 2nd quarter, but the rest of it works much better as a movie than the previous installments. Unlike the previous 3 movies, you are introduced to the main plot early on with elements building up over the course of the movie that come to a head in the finale.
The finale itself is really good. I would say that it is better than "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" as a finale because it involves all of the cast and not just the Leela/Fry Romance, though that has a big moment that puts it over the top. It is a cliffhanger, but it leaves you very excited for the very real possibility of more Futurama to come and could lead to a big shakeup in the status quo, though I would imagine everything will get reset fairly quickly. But it is nice to at least entertain the notion that the show might be making a very bold step, especially for a prime-time animated show.
As for the side characters, there is a good amount of Zapp and Nixon, both big pluses in my book. It is too bad that there wasn't much follow-up on Kif's big moment in "Beast With a Billion Backs" when he punched Zapp, but he does have a very funny *sigh* moment.
This is a *slight* eco-friendly message movie, but the Eco-Feminists do a good job of lampooning the movement, so don't let that turn you off.
It comes out on the 24th and is well worth picking up for any Futurama fans.
