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Release Date: 24 August, 2004 Retail Price: $49.98 OUR Price: $32.49 You SAVE: $17.49! Cast: |
Futurama Vol 4 Reviews
You'll laugh your shiny metal ass off
Aw, another great season of Futurama. The fourth season contains some great episodes, and I feel it's more consistent that season 3. The first two episodes were pretty mediocre (which was discouraging to me, as I worried what was to come), but they quickly picked up with the third episode (in which Bender falls in love with the Planet Express Ship), and I heartily enjoyed all the rest of the episodes.
One thing about Futurama is that it has a variety of episodes. Some are silly and shallow (aka hilarious), such as when Bender gets a wooden body and when aliens intend to harvest Fry's "lower horn" for an aphrodisiac. Others have very interesting plots ( such as "The Why of Fry"-which reveals a secret that Groening had planned from the beginning- and the episode where Fry is killed). Probably the best meshes of laughter and plot are when everyone ages backwards, or when the characters go to an alternate universe. The finale is also good, and features the return of Dan Castenella (Homer Simpson) as the robot devil. I also have to give kudos to Billy West for managing to sing quite well in Zoidberg's quirky voice.
There are a couple minor complaints I have about this season. The writers are inconsistent with Fry and Leela. A few episodes have them get together at the end, but then this is quickly forgotten about in the next episode, and the plot of Fry trying to woo Leela will start from scratch again a few episodes later. Also, seasons 2 and 3 had included the episodes "Anthology of Interest I & II" which are homologous to the Simpsons "Treehouse of Horrors". Those episodes were alot of fun, and I dont know why they didn't make a third rendition for season 4. Finally, I wish they would have only recorded selected commentaries for the DVDs because when there is a commentary track for each episode like there is here, the cast and crew run out of things to say.
Well, its sad to see Futurama go, but at least this show was allowed enough of a run to fill four boxed sets (it did a heck of a lot better than other short-lived Fox greats like Greg the Bunny or Andy Richter controls the universe... stupid network). Good bye, Futurama. To quote the opening text in the final episode: "See you on another channel."
A hilarious animated series...
A brainchild of Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Futurama launched itself into homes across the galaxy in Spring 1999. Employing the same quick wit and visual humor that has made The Simpsons one of the most successful shows in television history, Futurama (despite its early cancellation in August 2003) maintains its own loyal cult following...
Set one thousand years in the future, Futurama follows the life of a modern day American pizza delivery boy named Fry who finds himself reanimated 1,000 years after being accidentally cryogenically frozen. Brought back to life, Fry hunts down his great, great, great nephew - a tinkering scientist named Professor Farnsworth - and spends his days working for his distant relative's intergalactic delivery service alongside good friends, Leela (a female Cyclops) and Bender (a morally-challenged robot). As the characters (usually Fry and Bender) engage in various schemes throughout the universe, Professor Farnsworth and his crew meet up with a number of interesting characters and civilizations...
The Futurama (Season 4) DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including the first episode of this Volume 4 DVD "30% Iron Chef" in which Bender's dream of becoming a famous chef is dashed when his hero, Elzar, rejects his cooking. Joining a band of vagrant travelers, Bender meets Helmut Spragel - formerly the world's greatest chef. Spragel personally trains Bender and provides him with a secret vile which contains "the essence of flavor". Confident in his newfound abilities, Bender challenges Elzar to a one-on-one cook-off on the "Iron Cook" TV show... Other notable episodes from Season 4 include "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" in which Fry travels to the planet Omega 3 where all things Star Trek (including the show's cast) have been banished by the galaxy, and "Jurassic Bark" in which Fry and Professor Farnsworth collaborate to bring Fry's old dog Seymour back to life...
Below is a list of episodes included on the Futurama (Season 4) DVD:
Episode 55 (30% Iron Chef)
Episode 56 (Where No Fan Has Gone Before)
Episode 57 (Crimes of the Hot)
Episode 58 (Jurassic Bark)
Episode 59 (The Route of All Evil)
Episode 60 (A Taste of Freedom)
Episode 61 (Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch)
Episode 62 (Less Than Hero)
Episode 63 (Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles)
Episode 64 (The Why of Fry)
Episode 65 (The Sting)
Episode 66 (The Farnsworth Parabox)
Episode 67 (Three Hundred Big Boys)
Episode 68 (Spanish Fry)
Episode 69 (Bend Her)
Episode 70 (Obsoletely Fabulous)
Episode 71 (Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV)
Episode 72 (The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings)
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