http://vaughanknight.com Technology as Artforms Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:30:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://vaughanknight.com/2008/07/dvd-review-futurama-the-beast-with-a-billion-backs/ http://vaughanknight.com/2008/07/dvd-review-futurama-the-beast-with-a-billion-backs/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:50:14 +0000 Vaughan http://vaughanknight.com/blog/?p=15 Mission excuse, mission, big alien, breading, heaven, robot armies, bang bang, the end.  If you like Futurama, expect the Simpson’s Movie Syndrome to set in at around 28 minutes, however you will come away loving it.  If you don’t like Futurama, or have never watched Futurama, don’t touch it.

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