Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder

Into the Wild Green Yonder is possibly the last Futurama we'll ever see, and when you look at it that way, it's hard to be disappointed. Like all the movies, it doesn't reach the height of brilliance in the series' best episodes, although few things do. It does have the best story of the four though, and has an ending similar to that of "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", able to serve as either a somewhat satisfying conclusion or a launching point for even more adventures, depending on what happens. It does recall previous happenings and jokes at a perhaps overly high rate, but it seemed like they were less of a crutch here, and it's at least nice to see the return, and perhaps conclusion of the Waterfall family.

There are some abandoned subplots and unexplained details that mar the beginning of the movie, but before long it settles into what is probably the most consistent story of the four movies. The first three were more obviously divided into four segments for easy splitting into individual televised episodes, and you can still sort of see that hear, just not as much. A frequent theme in the series is Fry's universal importance due to his strange brain wave patterns, and it's cool to finally see that idea come back, and this time without the Nibblonians, which are funny but we've seen before. It probably featured my favorite use of Bender in the movies, and it was nice that they finally did something else with Fry and Leela. Seeing Amy's dad turn from an insensitive rich guy into a Mr. Burns-esque super villain was a bit weird, although he served his purpose. Overall, if this is the last Futurama ever, I'll definitely be able to live with it.