Futurama, Volume One

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For every person asking serious questions about civilization and its future, there is some joker poking fun at their predictions. Matt Goening, creator of The Simpsons, moves beyond his critique of the modern American family into the broader picture: alien life forms, intergalactic travel, artificial intelligence and the live heads of celebrities in jars. As civilization becomes increasingly complex and troublesome, the world of Futurama adapts through technology and evolving values to accommodate materialism, substance abuse, sexuality, suicide, spirituality and prejudice; all in unmistakably Goening fashion. [Fox Video / Jonathan Nolte]

Ratings:
Obscenities: 19
Graphic Violence: 00
Nude Scenes: 00
% Spiritual Relevancy: 15

This DVD review was not printed in ISSUE 103 of HM Magazine, and is thus an "online exclusive" of sorts.

DVD rating key:
Obscenities (fka: BL (Blue Language)) # of “blue” / cuss words.
Ideal rating = 0
Graphic Violence (fka: BG (Blood ‘n’ Guts)) # of scenes with graphic violence.
Acceptable rating = <50
SC (Spiritual Conversations) An arbitrary rating based on the ease of starting a conversation on spiritual things.
Ideal rating = 50+
Nude Scenes (fka: NP (Naked People)) # of nude scenes.
Ideal: 0 (A rating of less than 1 signifies questionable scenes)

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