1.   It looks like a futuristic version of an accordion and is played like one, by squeezing a bellow and pressing buttons.

2.   OK, a swashbuckler in space, but the laser swords and jousting spaceships are just futuristic versions of the stuff that Errol Flynn built his career on.

3.   They could transmit a subscription-based movie service and free programs simultaneously, all while sending out a futuristic version of direct mail advertising.

4.   Today that futuristic version has been toned down, and the emphasis is back on its old-fashioned movie, music, publishing and television businesses.