Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009) (V)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Peter Avanzino

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator) &
Matt Groening (developer) ...

Release Date:

24 February 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

All the other galaxies will be green with envy!

Plot Keywords:

Women In Prison | Feminist Group | Adult Animation | Megaphone | Robot

Cast

Billy West	...	Philip J. Fry / Professor Hubert Farnsworth / Dr. Zoidberg / Leo Wong / Poker Sign-Up Clerk / Leo's Caddy / President Richard Nixon / Miniture Gold Construction Worker / Zapp Brannigan / The Dark One's Psychic Voice / Antonin Scalia's Head / Madfellow / Striped Biologist Taunter (voice)
Katey Sagal	...	Turanga Leela (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Bender / Joey Mousepad / Elzar / Sal / Additional Voices (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Fanny / Michael's Wife / Boobs Vanderbilt / Dixie / Linda / Petunia / Ruth Ginsberg's Head / Mom (voice)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Donbot / Clamps / Fanny's Announcer / Tex Connecticut / Lrrr / Lrrr's Father / Headless Body of Agnew / Morbo / Kif Kroker / Narrator / Abe Lincoln / Calculon (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Hermes Conrad / Magna-Phallix Commercial Voice-Over / Nixon's Bodyguard / Thomas / The Dark One / Preacherbot (voice)
Lauren Tom	...	Amy Wong / Inez Wong / Trixie (voice)
David Herman	...	The Number 9 Man / Michael / Neputnian (voice)
Dawnn Lewis	...	LaBarbara Conrad / Womens' Prison Warden (voice)
Snoop Dogg	...	Himself (voice)
Phil Hendrie	...	Frida Waterfall / Hutch Waterfall / The Encyclopod (voice)
Seth MacFarlane	...	Mars Vegas Singer (voice)
Penn Jillette	...	Himself (voice) (as Penn & Teller)
Teller	...	Himself (credit only) (as Penn & Teller)

Also Known As:

The Futurama Movie 4 (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | UK:12 | Ireland:12

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Calculon can be heard rehearsing his acceptance speech, thanking his operating system 'Windows Vista', before malfunctioning. This is a reference to the difficulties many users face when using the new system.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Fry gets to the secret society the first time, Hutch hits Fry's head with a bottle and tosses the unconsciousness Fry into the "secret entrance". While getting hit by the bottle Fry loses his tinfoil-helmet and it drops to the floor. But in the following wider shot of Fry the helmet is nowhere to be seen and Hutch hasn't picked it up. In the next scene it is suddenly mysteriously on the bench next to Fry.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
LaBarbara Conrad: From now on, you make your *own* Manwiches!

Movie Connections:

References "Futurama: Spanish Fry (#5.12)" (2003)

A nod to an imperfect yet dear friend.

I agree the 2nd movie was the best of the 4.

I will always love and hold dear Futurama, certain episodes stand out, the romantic sentimental, never to forget Frys dog, or the holophone episode, or the message Fry wrote in space. The comedic lover never to forget Zoidbergs attempt to win a mate, the Whatif machine, or anything Bender has ever done. Oh, and Zap of course, (moreso than Kif).

The episodes that appeal the least to me are the lengthy plot related Nibbler time twisting episodes, and the other overly story arced episodes that introduce new characters too often, which is the category in which I would place these movies.

I have to say that the Wong family has always been consistently boring material for me, and I know, others too.

I guess 90 minutes has that problem, in that there is a necessity to create a drama rather than a subsection of throwaway laughs and The Simpsons movie suffered from a similar fault. I believe it could have been done though. It's fair to say that South Park pulled it off better than most with their Bigger Longer movie.

It's sad to see the gang go. Regardless of speculation, it will be years, if at all, before they re-emerge, and although these 4 episodes were less than perfect, each and every outing was punctuated with many smirk worthy hits, if not laugh out loud moments, and anything that can keep you smiling and wanting more is worth archiving on the good shelf in my opinion, and I will revisit not only classic episodes but these movies again and again over the years ahead.

The idealist in me looks forward to a day that the writers get off the phone and yell, 'we've been unaxed!', cause although movies are eager berries to pick, they often lack the exhilarating hit, the condensed juice of a good 22 minutes of laughter, packaged in the format we have trained our brains to consume so well.

What say Fox, these guys deserve a call for their efforts. Agreed?