HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: dmf@aber.ac.uk (Darren Michael Forbes)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: T1000 sampling
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:15:11 GMT
Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth

In article <cdsA7Di00Uh_Q7R51i@andrew.cmu.edu> ml40+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Lazich) writes:
>>This theory assumes that sampling is a passive process.  I believe that
>>the T-1000 has to actively try to sample something to be able to
>>imitate it.  I don't think that cutting Sarah in the lift counts as
>>a sampling process, and I don't think that John touching a chunk
>>counts either.
>
>How do you explain the sampling of the cop in the mental ward?  All he
>did was step on the T1000 while it was disguised as the floor.  Seems
>pretty passive to me, much more so than cutting Sarah--through *shoes*,
>no less!
>
>Mike

By passive I mean that the T-1000 doesn't sample everything it touches,
it only samples when it is concentrating on collection sample infromation.
In the life the T-1000 was concentrating on forming blades and slashing
through the roof of the lift, not on sampling whatever it hit.  In the
mental ward it was concentrating of getting a sample of the cop because
it needed his image to get through a check point without hasstle.
   Imagine the processing needed to copy a shape.  It would be a
waste of time to be doing this constantly.
   I didn't like the way the cop was copied through his boots, I can
only see this working if the shape copying is a _visual_ process but
it seems to imply in the film that physical contact is needed to copy
a shape.  It would have been nice to see a little finger pop up from
the floor and touch the cop on the ankle or whatever.


-- 
Darren Forbes  | "Wooden mice know what's nice;    |
dmf@uk.ac.aber |  sawdust cheese and maple spice." | 
dmf@aber.ac.uk |           - The Bones Of The Moon |
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: walshm@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Matt 'MTM' Walsh)
Subject: Ren & Stimpy
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 16:12:38 GMT

I can't get alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy - or any newsgroup witth the 
words ren or stimpy in them - so I'll try posting here with a quick request:

any R&S episdoes on tape!  I'll send VHS or money - or if you live in Ohio
near Columbus I can get the tapes from you.

Thanks!
mail responses to matt@walsh.dme.battelle.org

--
Matt Walsh  walshm@clutx.clarkson.edu
614-424-4159 (daytime)
614-538-9427 (after 5 est)
How can you have your pudding if you don't eat your meat? You! Yes You!
From: zaphod@spinner.gac.edu (William Voelker)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Straight To Hell
Date: 9 Apr 92 00:38:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: gacvx2.1992Apr8.183805.713

Anyone see this movie?

It is one of the most bizzare movies I have yet seen, and is screamingly  
funny at some points.  It is sort of like a western-psychedelic-madhouse  
film.  Dennis Hopper and Grace Jones make cameo appearances in it.

Any comments?

zaphod@nic.gac.edu
From: fenick1@husc8.harvard.edu (Sharon Fenick)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: comfort and joy
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:57:53 GMT
Organization: Harvard University Science Center


	one fine winter night some months ago, i was sitting in
my room and watching tv, when out of nowhere this excellent movie
appeared on my telly.  has anyone else seen "comfort and joy" or 
does anyone know if it is out on video anywhere, or even if there
are any other movies of this ilk out there?
	it was an incredibly funny movie, with all sorts of under-
played and really awesome scenes.  it was a scottish film, i think,
though i'm not sure exactly, and it involved a radio show host named
dickie bird, his women, and the ice cream mafia.

	please, assurances that i didn't dream the whole thing on 
my couch?

	sharon
From: djohnson@cayenne.gac.edu (Daniel P Johnson)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: The Poor sod with a dead hampster
Date: 9 Apr 92 23:18:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: cayenne.DJOHNSON.92Apr9181848
Organization: Fallen Prey to Entropy
In-reply-to: phygod72@nic.gac.edu's message of 8 Apr 92 18:59:52 -0600Lines: 55

In article <1992Apr8.185954.715@gacvx2.gac.edu> phygod72@nic.gac.edu (Phil ) writes:


.A very sad event has just happened in my life, and so I was seeking consolance
.from the InterNet.  I came across this group, and thought that "I watch Monty
.Python, and it's a cult movie, and they seem a charitable bunch, so why don't I
.ask them for assistance?"  An explanation follows...

Oh goodie.  I just *love* explanations.

.This is a humble request for money to resurrect a dear friend of mine's pet
.hampster.  Yes, Nellie has passed into hampster heaven, but the funeral

>SOB<  I've got tears in my eyes already.  How much do you need?
$9834098321?  Perhaps $3982137498321749873219872319874?

.expenses are quite devastating.  All I ask for is a little money (just 5
.shillings from everyone would do) to help defray the costs of pet burial.  It

Certainly  >sob<   here you go.

		   /\  _
		  /  \| |
    ____	 /    \ |
   |        	/      \|___
   | ___   \ / /| One  	    \
   |/   \   \   | Meesly     \
   _____/  / \  | shilling   |\
	       	| _       _  |
		||_|  _  |_| |
		|    |+|     |
		|    | |     |
		|    |_|     |


.is going to be a nice service, and everyone who donates to the cause will
.receive an invitation to the service.

I'll come, but tell me this.  Will you serve Cheez Whiz Sandwhiches?
I just *live* 'em.  With a little tang on the side.


.If you are interested, please contact me via this newsgroup, or e-mail
.(phygod72@dumaine.gac.edu), and I will send you my snail-mail address so you
.can participate in this cause (and a very good one, it is - your conscience
.will love you for it).

.Thank you for your support.

.Phil aka this is a very sad time, indeed...

Dan aka I feel your pain.  I am one with the universe.  I am GOD!?
BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP ME AND I WILL MAKE YOU ALL SUFFER BECAUSE YOU ARE
ALL SERVANTS AND I AM NOT THEEJLKAJL;KJDS LKAJSDF  AAAAHGGGGGG   it
hurts.
From: jester@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jester)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: aka???
Date: 14 Apr 92 20:52:49 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1992Apr14.120614.882@gacvx2.gac.edu} azeena@perdita.gac.edu (Jennifer Landry) writes:
}In article <45318@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>  writes:
}> In article <DJOHNSON.92Apr12125957@perdita.gac.edu}  
}djohnson@perdita.gac.edu (Daniel P Johnson) writes:
}> }In article <1992Apr10.105433.761@gacvx2.gac.edu> phygod72@nic.gac.edu  
}(Phil ) writes:
}> }.Phil aka just seeing what I can start
}> }Dan aka not bloody much.
}> Jester aka but its so much fun
}azeena @$! I can't believe we have not scared the locals away yet!!
Jester aka I've gotten no less thhan 20 hate mail letters so far =8) 
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 .sig on strike until further notice due to union complaints......
From: v070n53b@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (MARK PRZYBYSZEWSKI)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Kindred Spirits+AstroZombies Spoiled!
Summary: another John Carradine "classic"
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:35:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <Uds=2ku00WB90Sz25U@andrew.cmu.edu>, cn09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christopher Kalevi Nuuja) writes...
>ObCM:  Astro Zombies (or was it Attack of the Astro Zombies)

Just "Astro Zombies"; I've seen this crap twice.  Loved it because it's just
SOOOO bad.

>1.  Evil villian is the woman who was the gang leader in "Faster Pussycat,
>    Kill, Kill".  Most of her scenes involve her showing off her amazing
>    eyeliner, and looking cat like.  She's fantastic.  Any other movies with
>    her?

I don't remember any other movies with her in it; terrible actress, but once
you've seen her, you can never forget her.  

>    3.  Head of the experts' slur gets worse as movie goes on, I presume from
>     hootchin' it up between shots.

I don't know if John Carradine was alcoholic; he always sounded like he slurred
his words.  Maybe it could've been some form of palsy that affected his speech.

>A tedious watch with moments of quality cheese.  Rent it for cheap,
>and utilize the fast forward.

But if you fast forward, you miss so many chances to heckle it.  This would
be another perfect movie for "Mystery Science Theater 3000".

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Mark Przybyszewski 	v070n53b@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu	v070n53b@ubvms.bitnet +
+ 				GO BILLS IN '92!			      +
+			CONGRATULATIONS DUKE BLUE DEVILS!		      +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Crow: Oh, he picked up a foreign object!                                    +
+ Tom Servo: He IS a foreign object!            Godzilla Vs. Megalon, MST3K   +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ I may not be the president, I may not be the pope, but as long as I have    +
+ Gritty Kitty, I shall never mope!	Stimpson J. Cat, Ren and Stimpy	      +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++	
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: stocker@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (William Stocker)
Subject: Re: Street Trash
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 08:50:00 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.014556.24481@muddcs.claremont.edu> rwyatt@niji.claremont.edu (Robert Wyatt) writes:
>Has anyone out there seen Street Trash ?!!!!
[stuff deleted]
>Let me know what you think !

Yes!! This movie is also one of my favorites.
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: aka
From: mitch@nic.gac.edu
Date: 10 Apr 92 15:07:09 -0600
Reply-To: mitch@nic.gac.edu
Keywords: <none>

The Madman aka Well, let's have some fun!

--
I do not claim to know everything.  I do not claim to know anything.
I claim to know that I do not know everything or anything.
				-- The Madman
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies,talk.bizarre
From: richh@tigger.jvnc.net (RICHH)
Subject: Re: The Forbidden Zone.--What is it?
Followup-To: alt.cult-movies
Originator: richh@tigger.jvnc.net
Organization: JvNCnet
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 00:46:21 GMT

jwishnie@roadkill.Stanford.EDU (Jeff Wishnie) writes:

>I don't remember this movie. Anyone have a quick plot summary?

It's a thinly-veiled account of the life of newspaper publisher
William Randolph Hearst.  


RICHH
From: boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com (The fox so cunning and free)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Dune (was RE: Blue Velvet)
Date: 8 Apr 92 07:04:31 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <1992Apr7.104652.22652@cs.rose-hulman.edu>, parkhugj@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Gregory J Parkhurst) writes...

} I think I've learned everything I need to know about the director's cut of
} Blade Runner hereabouts ;), but I'm curious as to whether there is a similar
} cut of Dune.

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, there probably is some longer cut of DUNE that is a closer approximation
of what David Lynch wanted, but the odds are extremely small that this cut
exists in any sort of releasable form (i.e., it's probably a rough work
print).

} A while back, an "extended" cut of the movie made several appearances on
} TV. This version contained a few scenes which would have  cleared up quite
} a few questions even if I hadn't read the book as well.  [...]  I'm also
} pretty sure that the "extended" version had been edited for television;
} this suggests that there is an even longer cut lurking out there.

This TV version is also not even close to being a "director's cut". Keep
in mind that "director's cut" DOES NOT MEAN "longer version". It means
exactly what the term suggests: the director's vision of what he wanted
to accomplish with the film. The extended TV version was made without the
cooperation of David Lynch, and he in fact had his name removed from it
for both writing and directing credits (which were given as, respectively,
Judas Booth and Alan Smithee). Therefore, by definition, it cannot be a
"director's cut".

} How many versions of this movie ARE there?

There is the theatrical version and the extended TV version. I've seen
some people on the net insist that the home video version has some
changes from the theatrical version, but I've never seen this documented
anywhere, nor have I found anyone who is willing to pay me a sufficient
amount of money to watch the film again in any form.

-- 

	"Buster, this trip downriver has been truly special.
	 Downright Twainian in a Hitchcockian sort of way."


--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, "The Mill", Maynard, MA)

    boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com
From: rcbi27@muvms3.bitnet (DBRUM)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Is Leone cult?
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:16:43 GMT
Organization: Marshall University

Here's a question: Are Sergio Leone's spagehtti westerns
considered cult movies?

The reason I ask, Leone had a style and a sense of humor
which would seem to put him on a par with the traditional
cult movie makers, though his genure is totally different
from your usual cult-type fare of macabre horror.

--danny
-- 
	"Were his solid black square paintings really,
	as the artist claimed, simply neutral, abstract
	compositions devoid of external references and
	meanings?" ***********************************
From: colby@bu-bio.bu.edu (Chris Colby)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: T-1000 sampling John Coonor
Date: 11 Apr 92 23:52:31 GMT
Reply-To: colby@bu-bio.UUCP (Chris Colby)
Organization: animal -- coelomate -- deuterostome


	I also thought that the T-1000 was going to turn into John
at some point (the mass problem could be resolved by turning into
John plus part of the floor, or John carrying something). But, what
purpose would this have served? He was trying to kill John; surely
the kid wouldn't be fooled by a replica of himself. Although, the
replica could perhaps damage or capture Sarah this way.

	Also, to the poster speculating about the T-1000 taking DNA
samples: relax, take a deep breath and repeat after me, "It's just
an Arnie movie." 8-)

Chris Colby	email: colby@bu-bio.bu.edu
"And will our voices be heard/Or will they break like the wind"
-Spinal Tap
From: ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Shakes the Clown
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:49:07 GMT
Organization: NC Microproducts, Inc.

In article <1992Apr13.193036.19737@unlv.edu> frank@snooks.isri.unlv.edu (Frank Jenkins) writes:
}Question: I could swear the main mime in the movie (mime Jerry?) was played
}by Robin Williams but the credits indicated the part was played by someone 
}else; I believe the name listed was Steve Fromage. Does anyone out there know?

I wouldn't be a bit surprised...he did the same thing in the Baron
Munchousen movie, that is, act under a pseudonym.  I wonder if there's
a clue in the last name...I beleive Fromage(sp?) is Cheese in french,
if my High School French doesn't escape me (Ooh-Eh La Bibliotech?).


Lance

-- 
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(ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org)   | "You want I should bop you with this here    |
NC Microproducts, Inc.       |    Lollipop?!?"                 The Fat Fury |
Richardson, Texas            +----------------------------------------------+
From: onder@ISI.EDU (Bruce Onder)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Shakes the Clown
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:05:16 GMT
	<1992Apr13.210441.8920@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
	<ewf2.703210267@Ra.MsState.Edu>
Organization: USC-ISI
In-reply-to: ewf2@Ra.MsState.Edu's message of 14 Apr 92 00:11:07 GMT

In article <ewf2.703210267@Ra.MsState.Edu> ewf2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Eric "JUICE" Fritzius) writes:


>>Yes, you're right.  That _was_ Robin Williams.  I don't think I'd want to be
>>associated with this flick either.  I was really psyched up for it.  They made
>>poor Julie Brown (one of my all-time faves) look like shit and that speech
>>impediment was funny for about 3 minutes.
>
>>maggie
>
>I've not seen the movie but I did see Goldthwait pushing it on 
>Arsenio.  He said that Robin used the name Steve Fromage because
>he and Bobcat once went by the names Jack Cheese and Steve Fromage.
>Not sure why.

You'll notice Robin Williams uses a different name in _Dead Again_
too.  Tom Hanks doesn't even appear in the credits for _Radio Flyer_.
Basically, it's something they do so big wigs don't assume they're
losing their Q values in these lesser roles.

Doesn't make sense to me, though...

Bruce

--
		Bruce W. Onder		onder@isi.edu

	But still I'd rather be famous than righteous or holy
		      Any day, any day, any day
From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Robert Church)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: name this movie
Date: 15 Apr 92 03:00:22 GMT
Organization: Ohio University School of Art,. Athens

In article <1992Apr9.203846.10011@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> stocker@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (William Stocker) writes:
>In article <bahn.63@edit.mndly.umn.edu> bahn@edit.mndly.umn.edu (Christopher Bahn) writes:
>>There was this flick i saw a while back, it was made in about 1975 or 6. It 
>>was about this evil galactic empire that had built an enormous space station 
>>that could destroy whole planets, and the leader was this tall guy in a 
>>black helmet who had asthma. Alec guinness was in it, and he played this old 
>>guy named Ben, or maybe Bob, I can't remember, who knew all about this 
>>mystic thing called The Force. There were also some robots in it.
>
>I sure hope you're kidding...

No, I saw it to! There was also something about a Princess.
I may be mistaken but there was also a sequel or at least
they had planned one. I do remember that Tor Johnson was not 
in it. It wasn't bad though.

-- 
*********************************************
*    bob church                             *
*    bchurch.oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu           *
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From: jester@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jester)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: aka???
Date: 14 Apr 92 20:51:58 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1992Apr14.120628.883@gacvx2.gac.edu} phygod72@nic.gac.edu (Phil ) writes:
}In article <45321@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>  writes:
}} In article <1992Apr12.130900.813@gacvx2.gac.edu} azeena@quince.gac.edu  
}(Jennifer Landry) writes:
}} }In article <DJOHNSON.92Apr12130032@perdita.gac.edu>  writes:
}} }> In article <2575@dozo.and.nl> jos@and.nl (Jos Horsmeier) writes:
}} }> ..In article <44896@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> jester@sage.cc.purdue.edu  
}} }(Jester) writes:
}} }> ..|>Phil aka just seeing what I can start
}} }> ..|Jester aka just exactly what are we trying to start???????
}} }> ..Jos aka Got No Idea, But I Think I Like It! *GORN*!
}} }> Dan aka You're just saying that.
}} }azeena @$! nope we really do maybe!!
}} Jester aka I am totally lost, Phil come in again........
}Phil aka I'm here honey!  What can I do you for?  I mean, what do you for I?
}I mean, awwww, shucks!  
Jester aka look, you've spoiled the atmosphere you'll have to start over
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From: hcb0219@zeus.tamu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Monty Python Archives?????
Date: 11 Apr 92 16:09:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <9APR199213523167@zeus.tamu.edu>, hcb0219@zeus.tamu.edu writes...
>Monty Python flics????? Thanks in advance
> 
>Scout
>hcb0219@zeus.tamu.edu
> 
Whoops.... A slight mailing error on the part of this Fine University that I
PAY all of my parents good money to attend. (Right).  The above message was
supposed to go something like this.....

Does anyone out there know where I might be able to get the scripts for any/all
of the Monty Pythons flics.  FTP or Snail-mail...doesn't matter...Thanks in
advance.

Scout
hcb0219@zeus.tamu.edu
From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Robert Church)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Time Bandits
Date: 4 Apr 92 17:23:54 GMT
Organization: Ohio University School of Art,. Athens


In article <1992Apr1.213316.6351@news.iastate.edu> SG.MML@isumvs.iastate.edu (M. Loughin) writes:

>   One of my favorite non-mainstream movies is Time Bandits.  I
>   disliked it the first time I saw it, but thoroughly enjoyed it
>   the second time. 

I had the same reaction. I think that it was because the first time I
saw it I was expecting a Monty Python movie. The second time I watched it
for itself and really appreciated it.

Bob Church
bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
 


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Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: noe@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Roger Noe)
Subject: Re: "North by Northwest" - Why the title?
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana,  IL
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:59:11 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.124622.11034@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de> dfi@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Daniel Fischer) writes:
>Having just seen Hitchcock's brilliant 'North by Northwest' again, I still
>can't figure out what this title means. Where's the connection to the plot?

The protagonists travel north via Northwest Airlines to South Dakota,
to protect the undercover agent and foil the bad guys.  It also sounds
like a compass direction.  "Northwest by north" lies halfway between
due northwest and north-northwest, i.e. one point (11.25 degrees)
north of due northwest.

>...in one early scene, Thornhill's mother tells him to stop
>searching for his kidnappers and simply 'pay the $2 to the police' for his
>DUI. Can that be true that in 1959 you could drive on a road completely drunk
>and be fined just $2.- ???

Doubtful, at least not in the heavily populated areas of the U.S.,
which they were.  I think mother was intentionally diminishing the
size of the fine, for effect.  Thornhill was a successful executive,
even if the fine were $50 (that would have been a HUGE traffic fine in
1959) he would hardly have noticed.  Keep in mind also that people
didn't take drunk driving nearly as seriously then as they do now.
--
Roger Noe                            noe@cs.uiuc.edu
Department of Computer Science       40:06:39 N.  88:13:41 W.
University of Illinois               (217) 244-6173
Urbana, IL  61801  USA               "Open the %#%$# pod bay doors, HAL!"
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: grantham@milton.u.washington.edu (Henry Grantham)
Subject: Re: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 03:07:42 GMT


	Nothing important, just twenty minutes of film necessary to 
the continuety of the movie.  Nichelous Roeg (sp?) creates a sense of
rhythem necessary for the movie to work, which was conscequently torn
to pieces by the producer, in an attempt to make the film more
"understandable" and acceptable to a mainstream audience.  If you can
get an unedited copy, check it out.  



-- 
"Euphoric, Intoxicating, Meaningful, Beautiful, Free, Tranquel, Exciting,
Sexual, Radiant, Ecstatic, Colorful, Creative, Peaceful, Festive, Eutopian,
Hopeful, Pure, Insightful, Original, Inspiring, Alive" 
Henry Grantham grantham@milton.u.washington.edu
From: bahn@edit.mndly.umn.edu (Christopher Bahn)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: name this movie
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:30:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: edit.bahn.63
Organization: the Minnesota Daily (U of MN Student Newspaper)

There was this flick i saw a while back, it was made in about 1975 or 6. It 
was about this evil galactic empire that had built an enormous space station 
that could destroy whole planets, and the leader was this tall guy in a 
black helmet who had asthma. Alec guinness was in it, and he played this old 
guy named Ben, or maybe Bob, I can't remember, who knew all about this 
mystic thing called The Force. There were also some robots in it.