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Amy & I were clicking around this evening and came across Battlefield: Earth<\/a>. We marveled over its badness, then checked out the Netflix page for it. Two great things occurred:<\/p>\n

a) “Members who enjoyed this movie also enjoyed: Wild Wild West, Batman & Robin, Van Helsing, Planet of the Apes, and The Chronicles of Riddick”, and<\/p>\n

b) This review: “I watched this movie for free one winter, working for a local cable company. Part of my job was to monitor the various cable channels to make sure there were no problems. And even though I was indirectly paid to watch, I still felt ripped off.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amy & I were clicking around this evening and came across Battlefield: Earth. We marveled over its badness, then checked out the Netflix page for it. Two great things occurred: a) “Members who enjoyed this movie also enjoyed: Wild Wild West, Batman & Robin, Van Helsing, Planet of the Apes, and The Chronicles of Riddick”, … <\/p>\n

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