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From: mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary)
Subject: _Aliens^3_
Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 17:57:42 GMT


Well, I bought the new issue of Cinefantastique last night and it
goes into detail regarding the new _Alien_ film.   

PPPPPPPPTTTTTTTTTTTPPPPPPPPPPPPTTTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Blech!  Bah!

Spoilers ahead....


There's really not that much new material in the articles from a plot
standpoint that hasn't been spread around the net already.  They confirm
the death of Hicks and Newt, and that's probably the point that
disagrees with me the most.  Cameron went to a great deal of trouble
to creat realistic, three dimensional charaters that we become emotionally
involved with only to have them thrown away in the next movie.  Not only
that, but they euthanize Bishop and bring Lance Henriksen back and
the evil Company man.  sigh.    

I was extremely pleased that Cameron created a new movie with _Aliens_
instead of rehashing that which had been done so well by Ridley Scott.
The people I think responded so well to it because a) it was a great
movie on it's own and b) it wasn't just another sequal.  Unfortunately
the producers didn't take the hint and have produced a retread of the
Friday the 13th/Freddy Kruger style sequal.

Of course, I could be wrong...
  
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From: terryl@sail.LABS.TEK.COM
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Another Blooper
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:20:45 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.

In article <1992Apr13.205634.10962@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan) writes:
>In the James Bond movie "Diamonds Are Forever," there's a scene in which
>Bond and Tiffiny are driving a red Mustang Mach I through a rather
>narrow alley. The ever resourceful Bond tips the car up onto two wheels
>to squeeze through the narrow part. The amazing thing is, the pair of
>wheels he's driving on at the start of the narrow passage are not the
>same pair he's driving on at the end of it. ;-)


     Unfortunately, that's NOT the whole story; it seems what you saw was a
"victim" of indiscriminate post-production editing.

     Supposedly (it means I read it somewhere... (-:) the scene you refer to
was actually filmed in its entirety (and may have actually been shown that way
on the movie's initial release...), but later showings have edited out part of
the scene where the car DOES go down on all four wheels again and then goes up
on the other two wheels....

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From: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Subject: Re: TOTO LE HEROS trivia question
Reply-To: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 21:55:00 GMT

In article <schumach.702667073@convex.convex.com> schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes:
>At one point the hero reads a few lines from a book, about
>someone describing a dream in which he is in love with an
>unknown woman. What is the book?

Proust, I think.
From: lgardner@mac.cc.macalstr.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: T2 and beyond
Date: 9 Apr 92 03:04:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: mac.1992Apr8.210454.2401
Organization: Macalester College

I find it really hard to believe that people are STILL discussing T2.  I liked
the movie a lot -- really good Messiah themes in it and such.  As to why Sarah
didn't die, I believ that the T1000 was not interested in killing her only as
so far as it would help him get John.  If killing her would have led John into
his clutches (or blades if you will) then sure, she'd be pinned to the big
pipes like a wall hanging.  However, her screams would have led John right to
the T1000 and so keeping her alive via torture was to the T1000's benefit.

Other movies that are good but w/out the neato special effects are Truly,
Madly, Deeply -- a very British version of Ghost except this time the
issue is bereivement (sp?) and the ghost id flesh and blood.  It's very
touching and really funny at times.  And, of course, Wayne's WorlD!!!!


<picture hands making vertical squigglies>
delullululul
delululululul

Lisa Gardner
From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: buckaroo banzai--good?? bad??
Date: 14 Apr 92 12:56:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: panix.1992Apr14.125634.27283
Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY

In article <sdo6bINNktm@seven-up.East.Sun.COM> joneil@heretix.East.Sun.COM writes:
>
>is this movie any good?? is it worth renting???


***WHAT!!!!***
You haven't even seen it ***ONCE***!!!!!!

Jeez .....

Seriously - reactions vary from "What a bunch of crap" to "That was great
and can it see it again". Judge for yourself.

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From: pauline@mips.cs.murdoch.edu (Pauline Day)
Subject: Enchanted Cottage(?)/Actress Name
Organization: Murdoch University
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 05:57:51 GMT

Can someone give me the name of the actress in the old movie 'Enchanted Cottage " or was it 
"Enchanted Garden".   I  believe she also starred in "The Spiral Staircase".    Is it Dorothy
Maguire?

Thanks 

Pauline Day
From: epp@mala.bc.ca (Lorne Epp)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Who starred in 'Rabid'?
Date: 12 Apr 92 22:10:26 -0700
Organization: Malaspina College

In article <1992Apr12.154325.8132@en.ecn.purdue.edu>, emura@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Christopher Y Emura) writes:
> In article <12248@tamsun.tamu.edu> rlm7638@tamsun.tamu.edu (Jack McKinney) writes:
>>
>>     A friend of mine is trying to remember the name of the star of a
>>movie she saw (a very bad one she also comments) called 'Rabid'. She
>>believes she has done some X-rated movies as well. 'Rabid' doesn't
>>appear to be listed in the actresses list, so I can't find her there.
>>
> 
>   I believe that the actress your friend is "trying to remember" is
> Marilyn Chambers (my spelling is probably wrong).  Yes, I do believe
> that she did some X-rated movies as well.  I hope this helps.
> 

I will confirm that it was Marilyn Chambers, but I must point out that
'Rabid' is a very *good* movie, not a very bad one.
From: D.M.Johnson@newcastle.ac.uk (Dave Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: List of Comic Book Cinema
Date: 13 Apr 92 12:24:16 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU

RHK106@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

>Here is a list of all the comics-related movies I can remember:
>Superman and its sequels
>Batman and its sequel
>Brenda Star (already made but may never be released due to red-tape stuff)
>Swamp Thing and its sequel
>The Punisher
>Incredible Hulk  (TV movie pilot and sequels)
>Captain America  (I believe it was made but I can't remember it ever being out)
>Flash   (TV pilot)
>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel  (I think another sequel is being
>                                              made too)
>Wonder Woman  (TV pilot)

>Here are some movies that are being planned to be made:

>Spider-Man
^^^^^^^^^^^
I am sure I can remember watching a couple of spiderman films in the cimema,
one about old peter in Hong Kong I think.

Dave J.
From: jpehko@cs.joensuu.fi (Juha Pehkonen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: on an unrelated subject...
Date: 8 Apr 92 07:56:57 GMT
Organization: University of Joensuu

Hiya,

hmmm....maybe I should've posted this as a new article, anyway...

roby@brahms.udel.edu (Scott W Roby) writes:
[STUFF DELETED]

>I suspect that you wanted to do 
>a *NEW* post and not a follow-up.  To post something, you 
>should exit rn or trn and get back to your system prompt.

But if your newsreader is nn you don't have to exit it to post a new
article, simply type ":post". Nn then asks you the name of the newsgroup
where you want to post your article (press RETURN), the subject,
keywords (press RETURN), and distribution (press RETURN). I'm not quite
aware of the meaning of keywords but you don't _have to_ use it.

Juice
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From: spencer@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (S. Spencer Sun)
Subject: Avalon: Awards/Nominations?
Originator: news@ernie.Princeton.EDU
Organization: Princeton Univ. Class of '94
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 06:49:30 GMT

What, if any, Academy Awards did _Avalon_ win and/or get nominated for?

I vaguely recall Armin Mueller-Stahl getting something but it might just
have been a nomination.
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From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: "THUNDERHEART"
Date: 16 Apr 92 17:26:12 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Apr15.211457.8672@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, esc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (elizabeth) writes:
> gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
> 
> >In article <1992Apr14.133730.23177@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, ph9jba@nestor.uucp (82245-anglum) writes:
> >[... comments in reference to Leeper's review of Thunderheart ...]
> 
> >>  Next time have an Oglala Lakota review the movie.
> >> 
> >> Jeannine Crowfoot -- Hunkpapa Lakota
> 
> [lots of comments about how there should be general views as well]
> 
> Uh, people, I think she meant this more tounge in cheek than seriously..

Whether or not that's true, it has no bearing on the content of the
previous post referred to above in "lots of comments".

> Anyway, if we are debating "realism" in the movie, then doesn't an Ogalala
> Lakota's opinion of the movie have a little more importance than all the 
> others?

That depends on the Oglala Lakota.

> 
> Just one person's opinion...

Yes.

> elizabeth
> 

GMS
From: lisakd@bnr.ca (Darko Lisak)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Heart(s) of Darkness: question
Date: 10 Apr 92 16:32:08 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.


I saw the documentary "Hearts of Darkness" recently and have a question about something that I heard during some of the sequences.  During some of the documentary footage, mostly when they show several shots of the river on which they were filming "Apocalypse Now", the soundtrack sounded like Orson Welles reciting lines from "Heart of Darkness".  It sounded like an old soundtrack so I was wondering if these were tapes from when Orson Welles was beginning to make his film version of "Heart of Darkness" or w






as it a radio play?  And are they available?  I apologize if this question was already asked.  I realize that the film has been out for some time now.

Excellent documentary, I thought.  
I wonder what Orson Welles thought of "Apocalypse Now", if he ever saw it.  (I think it is one of the best films ever.)

DL
From: bcg42647@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Benjamin Canty Goff)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Info on Michael Biehn?????
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:01:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr7.230123.14193
Distribution: rec
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

steinarb@idt.unit.no (Steinar Bang) writes:

>>>>>> On 6 Apr 92 14:24:46 GMT, 00kacolson@bsu-ucs.uucp said:

>> After watching Aliens for the 10th time this weekend, and then
>> renting Navy Seals I have to ask...  DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFO ON
>> MICHAEL BIEHN (Hope I spelled that right!)???

>His most remarkable appearance so far (IMHO, of course), was as Kyle
>Reese in "Terminator" (James Cameron, 1984).

Other noteable Michael Biehns - 

Coffey the psycho SEAL in The Abyss...
One of the prospects to play the commander of the space station for that 
	new Star Trek spinoff...
And of course, as you both mentioned, Hicks and Reese...
From: roby@brahms.udel.edu (Scott W Roby)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: __A L I E N  3__ news
Date: 11 Apr 92 02:17:34 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware

>of ALIEN 3 is.  And just to remind all of you out there, it is ALIEN 3  NOT
>aliens3.  It isn't alien^3 either.  It is just ALIEN 3.  Period.

Well, I wish someone would tell the editors of Fangoria magazine. 
The current May issue lists it consistently as Alien^3 on page 10 
and cover.

Just my 64^(1/6) cents worth....

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From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Subject: Re: Please help identify a quote
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 23:21:56 GMT
Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY
Keywords: Jane

In article <1992Apr7.165233.1855@acsu.buffalo.edu> v115p8d6@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Quenby M Chunco) writes:
>In article <92Apr5.212354edt.9047@rock.db.toronto.edu>, fche@db.toronto.edu writes...
>>	"Jane, you ignorant slut!"
>
>Saturday Night Live. Point Counter point with Jane Curtain and Dan Ackroyd.
                                                                     ^
Um ....                                                             AYKROYD

>>-- Frank Ch. Eigler -- Comp Eng -- <eigler@ecf.toronto.edu> --

You're from Canada, eh? Should know better :-)



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From: gfm@ccs.northeastern.edu (george f mcbay)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Plug Pulled on Spike Lee's "Malcolm X"
Date: 15 Apr 92 02:07:26 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. @ NU

In article <rdippold.703229882@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:

>I have.  I thought it stood for Xploitation.  Someone is certainly
>making a huge profit.

	Spike Lee, for one, is making a very large profit from these.  The
plain X baseball cap was originally his idea (or so I've heard) and are 
sold by his merchandising business.  I saw an interview in which he was
whining about other people making X hats that look the same, you'd think
he'd be glad that Malcolm X is getting the recognition he deserves regardless
of who gets rich because of it.
From: kamorgan@athena.mit.edu (Keith Morgan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Will the Real Alan Hale stand up (was: The Sea Hawk questions)
Date: 7 Apr 92 00:40:00 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In article <1992Apr6.192427.938@tc.fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>
>I suspect that Alan Hale Sr. and Alan Hale are the same man.  (It's the same
>guy in THE SEA HAWK, GENTLEMEN JIM and VIRGINIA CITY.)  The second audio
>program on Criterion THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD mentions that Alan Hale
>(who appears as Little John in this film) was Alan Hale Jr's dad.  (And that
>he was also an inventor and a writer as well.)
>
>BTW, your guide is pretty incomplete.  Alan Hale appeared in a host of
>movies, though he is best remembered for being Errol Flynn's sidekick in
>almost every one of his adventure films.  Besides THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN
>HOOD and those you list, I remember him in THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN (also
>with Flynn) and a very small part in IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT with Clark Gable
>and Claudette Colbert.
>
>A really enjoyable character actor -- he played well against Flynn.
>
Jeff is right. Alan Hale and Alan Hale Sr. are the same actor. The
Alan Hale Jr that many of us remember was the skipper on_Gilligan's
Island_. I want to second Jeff's comments about Hale Sr., he was one of
those great character actors of the 30s and 40s. Two others that come
to mind were Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen who were John Wayne's
sidekicks in so many John Ford movies - but I digress - Hale Sr
(1892-1950) had the distinction of playing Little John in the silent
_Robin Hood_ of 1921 as well as the Flynn vehicle of 1937. He was also
good with Bogart and Raft in _They Drive by Night_ and as Porthos in
_the Man in the Iron Mask_. Is this what modern movies are missing,
those actors who were happy to spend time  in the background? Sigh...

Keith
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From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Subject: Re: buckaroo banzai--good?? bad??
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 17:01:34 GMT
Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY

In article <axolotl.703326833@syzygy> axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au writes:
>tfarmer@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Farmer) writes:
>
>I watched it again recently, and it really is... different.  But not
>nearly so extreme that there should never be a sequel (which is
>the firm opinion of the bloke who owns the rights.)  All the Japanese
>people I know who've seen it detest it, too. :-)
>
Heh. On a recent TV run, the part where Whorfin makes a racial slur at
Hikita while watching TV at the mental institution is bleeped out.


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From: epp@mala.bc.ca (Lorne Epp)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Oscars. Who were the space cadets?
Date: 8 Apr 92 04:50:41 GMT
Organization: Malaspina College

In article <2715@master.CNA.TEK.COM>, mikeq@saab.CNA.TEK.COM (Mike Quigley) writes:
> I watch the Oscars to see who had their head in the sugar
> bowl before the show. This year, it looked like Jack Palance
> and that long-winded director who had trouble getting
> his words out. Last year, Kim Basinger, definitely.
> 
> Anyone notice any others?
> 

Elizabeth Taylor was doing an uncanny impersonation of a drunk.
From: dlk0ms9s@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: __A L I E N  3__ news
Date: 9 Apr 92 22:43:42 EDT
Organization: Univ of Miami IR


  OK.  I just finished reading all the articles in BOTH Cinefantastic and the
new Premiere(with Sigorney on the cover).  Here are what the general concensus
of ALIEN 3 is.  And just to remind all of you out there, it is ALIEN 3  NOT
aliens3.  It isn't alien^3 either.  It is just ALIEN 3.  Period.

  There are no spoilers in this paragraph.  Alien 3 has gone through a lot of
problems.  Numerous directors including Ridley Scott(wh was never actually
signed but was willing to do it), numerous writers, numerous new scritps make
the making of Alien 3 a real fucking mess as David Fincher said.  The original
cut of Alien 3 was highly disapointing.  Having been cut on budget and filming
time, Alien 3 faced worse than the Abyss.  However, with an additional 2 weeks
of shooting tagged on later, Alien 3 is generally thought of as a really good
Alien film.  Even Sigourney Weaver likes it.  General Concensous is that she is
better in Aline 3 than in Aliens.  Alos it is believed that David Fincher is
due to be the new to be the new hot director.



SPOILERS FOLLOW




	While I am sure it comes as no surprise both Newt and Hicks die in the
opening moments of Alien 3.   Also Bishops survives for a whie before being
killed off by Ripley at his bequest.  But don't worry, BISHOP 2 arrives to take
Ripley back to earth and of course he wants the alien.  Finally, the ending is
NOT divulged in these articles.  They detail the original ending, but no more. 
It is to be a ggod guy/bad guy ending.  That's another quote.

BTW, R J Rauser got a Lynx!
From: fajack@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Another Blooper
Date: 14 Apr 92 09:15:24 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <1992Apr13.205634.10962@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan) writes:
> In the James Bond movie "Diamonds Are Forever," there's a scene in which
> Bond and Tiffiny are driving a red Mustang Mach I through a rather
> narrow alley. The ever resourceful Bond tips the car up onto two wheels
> to squeeze through the narrow part. The amazing thing is, the pair of
> wheels he's driving on at the start of the narrow passage are not the
> same pair he's driving on at the end of it. ;-)
> 
  At the end of the James Bond movie "GoldFinger," where 007 was
trying to diffused the time bomb that he was tied to.  When he successfully
diffused the bomb, the time on the clock showed 7 seconds left, but
he said something like "3 more seconds, we will be.......".


Jack Teh
From: George.Harris@bbs.oit.unc.edu (George Harris)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Theme movies
Date: 14 Apr 92 05:14:24 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

>In article <29E22B82.27108@noiro.acs.uci.edu>, eabu202@orion.oac.uci.edu writes:
>
>>Can somebody e-mail me or post some suggestions for movies that fit under 
>>either of these two themes?
>>
>>1) psychiatrist/psychologist/doctor gets involved with patient and caught  
>>   up in a murder (a la FINAL ANALYSIS but better, hopefully)
>>
>>2) amnesiac victim (NOT REGARDING HENRY!!) mixed with detective genre (a la
>>   SHATTERED)

	An interesting entry in the second category would be ANGEL HEART.

>
>First of all how about one that fits under both: Alfred Hitchcock's exceptional
>1945 thriller "Spellbound". Gregory Peck plays an amnesiac who believes he has
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Subject: Re: Why Horror? (was: Silence Lambs & Cape Fear Hysteria !!!)
From: rivero@mdcbbs.com
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:00:35 GMT
 <28524@brahms.udel.edu> <+yjjmhp@lynx.unm.edu> <1992Apr6.164040.1@mdcbbs.com> <1992Apr7.171858.14118@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Organization: M&E (Division of EDS), Cypress CA
Nntp-Posting-User: holada

In article <1992Apr7.171858.14118@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, dsc@gemini.tmc.edu (Doug S. Caprette Bldg. 28 W191 x3892) writes:
> In article <1992Apr6.164040.1@mdcbbs.com> rivero@mdcbbs.com writes:
>>In article <+yjjmhp@lynx.unm.edu>, lazlo@triton.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble) writes:
>>> bew@brahms.udel.edu (Ben Williams) writes:
>>> 
>>
>>  I'm not sure if the above is true, but horror films are notoriously easy to
>>sell and produce, and have catepulted many an actor or director to fame
>>and fortune. Francis Ford Coppola's directorial debut was a film called
>>"Dimentia 13". Humphrey Bogart's first film role was as a vampire (from whence
>>rumor has it he acquired the famous lip twitch). James Arness's first film
>>role was as a human Vegetable in "It Came From Outer Space". And as
>>embarressed as I am to admit it, the very first screenplay I ever sold
>>was a horror film (don't worry, Columbia had a bad year and decided not
>>to produce it).
>>
> James Arness played the alien vegtable creature in "The Thing", subtitled
> "From Another Planet"


  Okay. I'm convinced!  BTW, I believe his brother, Peter Graves, was in the
film as well and actually got him the job.





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