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From: tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Lady Johanna Constantine)
Subject: Re: Favorite Movie One-Liners
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:38:16 GMT

donald@dvinci.USask.Ca (David Donald) writes:


>>	I really laughed during Ghostbusters when Dan Aykroyd
>>blasted the chandelier in the hotel and then apologized
>>profusely.  Bill Murray responded deadpan: "It's O.K.  The
>>table broke the fall."

>One of my favorite lines in the Ghostbusters stuff is:

>"RAY, if someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!" - Winston.

>

Yo Dave, don't forget the ever popular :
"That would be..... bad." when Peter ask about crossing the streams.


Yes, LJC has now invaded rec.arts.sf.movies

run screaming in fear, lads
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From: chandler@maths.tcd.ie (Ross Chandler)
Subject: Re: T2 wish list.
Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:06:11 GMT

sdt8s@curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU (Steve Tilson) writes:

>Why not go the whole nine yards and delete all of her
>voice-overs? I found every single word she spoke, except during
>the prologue, to be tedious and suspense-killing. And the final
>v.o. was just the worst of the lot. It ALL needs to go.

Only the final line kills me. I actually quite liked the desert
camp voice-over where she goes on about Arnie being a good suragote
father for John.

>Yes, I'd like to see this too. Although there is one
>"glitching" scene in the movie: right after Arnie gets his arm
>stuck in the gear, the T-1000 turns away from him and "ripples."

Correct. I think this was left in more for continuity reasons than
anything else. (certainly not out of concern for the viewer)

>Didn't you pretty much list all the cut scenes under what you
>wanted put back in? (The ones that actually were filmed, that
>is.)

Yes I listed most of the important ones in part 2 of my list but
there are nevertheless quite a few I left out. I'll try and compile 
a list of them and post them to the net soon.

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From: slb3y@cc.usu.edu (Punk Rocketeer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.movies,alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: SF Novels that would make Great Films
Date: 15 Dec 92 17:57:40 MDT
Organization: Omega:  The Final Solution

     You know, no one has yet brought up that throwing either Wesley
Crusher or Macauley Culkin to wolves violates most cruelty to animal
statutes.
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From: jsd@daimi.aau.dk (Jacob Steen Due)
Subject: Re: Favorite Movie One-Liners
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 10:38:20 GMT

chrstie@ccu.umanitoba.ca (William John M. Christie) writes:

>Let's not forget Arnold Schwazenegger's favourite line (found in quite a
>few of his earlier movies):

>"I'll be back"

>Or Cpl. Hicks (?) from Aliens:

>"Game over man!"

BZZZZT ! Actually it's private Hudson, on the verge of total breakdown !

/Jacob
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From: padgett@inyo.caltech.edu (Deborah Padgett)
Subject: Re: Favorite Movie One-Liners
Organization: Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:21:41 GMT


["Houston, we have a problem..."]

This was Apollo 13, of course. The actual quote is, "Houston, we've had
a problem" just after one of the service module's oxygen tanks exploded.
They needed the oxygen on board the lunar module to survive the trip home
("lifeboat mode"). The tank that ruptured had a history of welding
problems that had been "repaired"; John Young had rejected it for Apollo
10, but apparently James Lovell wasn`t as cautious :-). Happy ending
in any case.

Debbie
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From: dave@blackbox.cc.columbia.edu (David Milner)
Subject: GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE
Keywords: Godzilla Biollante Japan Monster
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 17:47:53 GMT

Well, the film has finally been released in the United States.

It is available only on VHS. It is unedited, and dubbed. 
As usual, the dubbing job leaves something to be desired. 

The tape is in mono, even though the Japanese version was recorded
in stereo. The transfer could have been a tiny bit better, but 
it is not bad.

Most stores seem to be carrying the film only for rental since its
suggested list price is $69.99, but a few places, such as TOWER
VIDEO and MOVIES UNLIMITED, do have it for sale.




David Milner  Columbia University
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From: destill@mtu.edu (Still)
Subject: Movie One Liners
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 05:56:14 GMT

	In an attempt to save bandwidth, I suggest that people send their
one-liners to one person who will post a complete list of people's favorite
Sci-fi one-liners.  Furthermore, I'll volunteer for the job!  Please send
your one-liners in the following format:

		"[Quote(s)]" - quotee
		Film Name

Shortly after New Year's (namely when I come back to school :) ), I will
post a complete list of everyone's quotes complete with the submitter's
name.  In case of multiple submitters, the first person to submit the quote
will be listed (sorry, I can't justify putting 50 different people down for
one quote).  If you wish to remain anonymous, just say so.  Please submit
all quotes to Dave Still at destill@mtu.edu.
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Subject: Re: Favorite Movie One-Liners
From: scimitar@suction.acme.gen.nz (Robert Singers)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 23:34:55 +1300
Organization: Barbed Wire Cat Productions

akctai@acs.ucalgary.ca (Alan Kar-cheung Tai) writes:

> Just thought I would try to start up a new thread so I can read
> something else besides Deckhard/replicant or Alien biology arguments
> which never seem to end and get boring after a while.
> 
Ummmmmm, something like

The headshot's the only true stopper!   (_Bad Taste_ I think)

Robert Singers               | Nothing I say or do should be taken as
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From: akctai@acs.ucalgary.ca (Alan Kar-cheung Tai)
Subject: Favorite Movie One-Liners
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 23:10:37 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

Just thought I would try to start up a new thread so I can read
something else besides Deckhard/replicant or Alien biology arguments
which never seem to end and get boring after a while.

Like the subject indicates, what are your favorite one-liners or quotes from
sci-fi films?

I'll start off by naming one:

"I'm sorry Dave, but I can't do that."  (2001)

OK, so maybe that wasn't so memorable for the rest of you out there, but
that gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it.  Besides, it's the
only one I can remember offhand.

Cheers,

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From: kati@glnserv.gbdata.com (Lady Dragon)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies
Subject: an Alien of your very own
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 07:14:47 CST
Organization: Vermi-net, Houston, Tx. 77098

Sharper Image has for the low low price of $2000, a 7-8 foot tall alien you
can buy. Maybe you give it a bowl of candy and let it answer the door for
the kids at Halloween.

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Subject: Re: T2 wish list.
From: Sime <TJS107@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 00:06:48 EST
 nia.EDU><STEINARB.92Dec12161532@tindved.idt.unit.no><1992Dec13.135317.1423@Princeton.EDU>
Organization: Penn State University

Huh.
Well, for what it's worth (and I'm sure that's not much...), I liked the
voice over scenes in T2, but thought that most of them were incredibly cheesy
in Blade Runner.  Go figure...

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From: jdunning@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (John Alan Dunning)
Subject: Re: Alien 4 - NOT stop-motion animation!! (and it's a doggie)
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:13:08 GMT

In article <p9#r3pg@lynx.unm.edu> lazlo@triton.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble) writes:
>jdunning@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (John Alan Dunning) writes:
>
>> The alien is definiely *NOT* ray-traced, or computer-enhanced in any
>> significant way. 
>
>It's nice that you're so confident about it, but unfortunately you're
>also wrong.  The film's computer-generated and computer-enhanced Alien
>effects, as created by Richard Edlund, are mentioned in the 'Alien3'
>feature in the June 1992 Cinefantastique. 
>
>--
>Lazlo (lazlo@triton.unm.edu)

Could you post exactly what they said about the computer effects?  In
the "Making of Alien^3" video, Edlund only talked about the new camera
techniques they came up with to film the alien.  Here's what he said.

"It forced us to create a technology to handle Fincer's demands.  We
came up with this technique called mo-motion, which consists of a
motion-control robotic camera which you can quickly set up on the
stage and shoot on the sets, and then you put the alien, as a
separately-photographed creature, into another scene."

While he was saying this, the video showed pictures of 6 or 7 people
operating an alien puppet, making it walk in front of a black
background.  The background would then presumably be replaced with the
footage of the sets taken by the mo-motion camera.  Edlund never mentioned
any computer effects.

John
From: swf@tools3teradata.com (Stan Friesen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies
Subject: Re: Unrealistic space scenes
Keywords: n
Date: 17 Dec 92 23:12:02 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: NCR Teradata Database Business Unit

In article <1992Dec15.030300.28221@ll.mit.edu>, shoham@ll.mit.edu (Daniel Shoham) writes:
|> 
|> It is NO more dangerous than just about any other matter-based fuel one can
|> think of. Any matter-based fuel is in a highly energetic state and readily
|> convertable to useable energy. A failure of the fuel container would lead to
|> a catastrophic consumption of all the fuel in a short period (i.e. explosion).

I am not so sure of this.  At the last Loscon I was talking to somebody about
a new, stabel, fuel system being developed by (I think) Amroc.  [Unfortunately
I do not remember the details].

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From: amd52705@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Adrian)
Subject: Re: Unrealistic space scenes
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:54:49 GMT

leifmk@Lise.Unit.NO (Leif Magnar Kj|nn|y) writes:

> > > > 5. The propulsion system of ships is always active in the same way,  
> > > regardless
> > > >    what kind of maneuver they are performing.
> > > >    As long as a ship doesn't change course, the propulsion system  
> > > should be 
> > > >    off. (E.g. in those Big-Ship-is-slowly-passing-the-camera-shots)  
				^^^^^^^ Chances are that a "Big-Ship..."
					would take a long time to reach
					the desired velocity.


>Not so, not so.  All known forms of energy production or storage requires 
>some sort of fuel that has *mass*.  With a rocket, for instance, a *lot* 
>of the fuel is spent not only to accelerate the payload but also to 
>accelerate *the rest of the fuel*.  So fuel has parasitic mass.  This
>means that the longer continuous acceleration you want, the more extra 
>fuel you need.  With "low-efficiency" fuel like that used in present-day 
>rockets, this means that if you keep increasing the time you want to 
>accelerate, you will fairly soon need so much fuel that it will no longer
>be practical.  With futuristic technology, this problem will become less 
>severe.  However, even if you have total conversion of matter into energy 
>*and* are able to translate *all* of that matter into kinetic energy for 
>your ship, you *will* notice the problem of parasitic fuel mass if you 
>want velocities really close to c.  (Don't ask me to do the math now; it's 
>a little bit hairy and my brain is off math-mode because all my finals 
>are done, OK?)

However, some "futuristic technologies" involve energy for propulsion 
off ship.  Ha! Think about that.  

						-Adrian
From: fleurant@hri.com (P.Fleurant)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies
Subject: ZARDOZ
Keywords: ZARDOZ
Date: 16 Dec 92 21:42:54 GMT
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.

Zardoz, written, directed and produced by J.Boorman is out 
on tape. (CBS video)

It is uncut!   

This 1974 film stars  S.Connery (007) in a very non-James Bond
role with C. Rampling.

IMHO this movie is still way ahead of its time and no other SF film
has since come close to its satire, comedy, and drama.

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P.Fleurant

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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 17:50:22 MST
From: julie@alaska.et.byu.edu (Julie Gritton)
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Answers to questions (Greedo, Hobby)
Reply-To: julie@bones.et.byu.edu
	<92350.165352DCC117@psuvm.psu.edu>

<DCC117@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

> In article <1992Dec14.123334.3520@Virginia.EDU>, qtm2w@Virginia.EDU ("Quinn T.
> McCord") says:
>>
>>        No, we never saw Hobbie in a snowspeeder (you're
>>thinking of Wedge), although I think he was supposed to be the
>>guy who said "Two fighters against a star destroyer?"
>>

>     If I remember correctly, he was also supposed to be the
>  guy who crashed his snowspeeder into General Veers' AT-AT
>  cockpit, in a scene that may or may not have originally
>  been in the film.

You remember correctly.

"You could use a good kiss!"		JULIE
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From: rahayden@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (R Andrew Hayden)
Subject: Re: Lucas the literary genius? (LONG)
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 00:40:41 GMT

julie@alaska.et.byu.edu (Julie Gritton) writes:

>I agree that we have to wait to see if it stands the test of time, but
>it is ridiculous to call something a classic when it is only 15 years
>old.  

Well, it is pretty accepted that Beauty and the Beast is a "classic", and
I suspect that Aladin would also fit that.  Also, several movie reviewers
are also terming the new Muppet movie a "classic", and while I haven't
seen it, being a Sesame Street Baby forces me to agree with them if it is
half as good as it appears.



>"You could use a good kiss!"	    JULIE

You're right, let me find my mistletoe :)


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From: michaell@snake28.cs.wisc.edu (Michael Lee)
Subject: Re: Memories/FTP Thanks
Organization: /usr/lib/news/rn/organization
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:45:27 GMT

In article <1gen9oINNlhe@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> ST201714@brownvm.brown.edu (L. Eduardo Romo III) writes:
>The rebel Blockade Runner is under attack, and the rebels prepare to defend the
>mselves from being boarded.  After an intense battle with high pitched laser fi
>re and fast-paced music, a deep tone rumbles onto the screen.  As the smoke cle
>ars (and the dead bodies as well), a lonely black figure emerges from the smoke
> to become movie history.  I was roughly five years old when I saw the movie
>for the first time, and I will never forget seeing Darth Vader for the first ti
>me.  I was terrified, yet VERY excited.  The music, cinematography, and artisti
>c work all combind to make an impression on me that I will NEVER forget.

I agree 1000% --- I first saw SW at about the same age (5-6 years), and I saw
it at a drive-in with my parents.  I remember the day & the movie vividly -
from Darth Vader boarding the first time, to what was on the other screen at
the drive-in (The Rescuers! :-) ), everything.  I wrote a paper once in high
school that had to do with early events that had a massive impact, and I wrote
about that.  It scarred me for life..... :-) 

I wonder if Lucas will target the next movie for about the same time people
my age have children at about the same age I saw it for the first time.

Michael
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:06:24 EST
From: <GPS108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Favorite SW Moments

There are plenty of these "goosebumps" scenes in the trilogy, but I too have
some favorites.

You pegged one of 'em with the Skywalker twins chasm swing in ANH.  That one
has an excellent suspense build-up and a suitably heroic payoff.
Also, someone mentioned the setting of the twin suns of Tatooine as Luke looks
"to the horizon".  That and the point when Beru is calling Luke before he goes
to buy the droids are very endearing scenes probably due mostly to John
Williams' Luke Skywalker theme being heard for the first couple times.
A hiliarous scene is when Han is verbally stumbling on the imperial
communicator after he and Luke gun down the prison guards.  And finally he
shoots it saying, "Boring conversation anyway."  That one is quite a chuckler!

How about in TESB when Luke gets underneath the AT-AT and destroys it from
within with his saber and a grenade?  More great heroics in the "one man can
make a difference" vein.
One that can always elicit powerful emotions is when Luke calls to Leia from
underneath Cloud City.  It's one of the most touching scenes in the entire
trilogy.

The standout in ROTJ is definitely when Luke is being prodded further along
the plank of the Skiff as he signals to R2, and then we all know what happens
next!  That's another scene with fantastic suspense and another great payoff
like the chasm swing in ANH.

I can't stop thinking of more examples from the trilogy, but I better stop
before I recount the entire saga scene by scene...

                                                 ---Eric

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From: wkl1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Wing-Keong Loke                                               the consummate chronic prevaricator)
Subject: Re: The "Emporer"
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 11:36:00 GMT

In article <1992Dec7.190312.28953@alf.uib.no> yngvar@novaja.imr.no (Yngvar Foelling) writes:
>I think I see this misspelling of "emperor" more often than I see it written
>correctly.  Enlighten me.  Is this a way of spelling "emperor" that I didn't
>know about, is it some kind of running gag, or is it just proof of the general
>illiteracy of Americans?
>
>	Emperor -- of an Empire.
>	Emporer -- of an emporium?
>
>

	I don't think it's a gag.  My history prof mentioned the same
thing in class (the spelling error, not Star Wars!).  And it was a senior
level history course (that anybody can take after a freshman level pre-
requisite, unfortunately).
From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Cool questions (was: why don't all you star wars fans get a life)
Date: 13 Dec 92 19:40:47 GMT
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Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu
In-reply-to: lars4752@mach1.wlu.ca's message of 13 Dec 92 16:14:03 GMT

>>>>> On 13 Dec 92 16:14:03 GMT, lars4752@mach1.wlu.ca (Bradley Larsen u) said:

lars4752> I am tired of reading all the crap about the lunitic who
lars4752> wrote this so I'll post some new questions.

Cool...

lars4752> In TESB, why the heck does Vader torture Solo?  Even Solo
lars4752> himself says they didn't ask him any questions.

So Luke would sense his pain and fly to the rescue. Remember when
Lando is in the cell, and say Vader doesn't want you, he wants someone
call Skywalker, and Leia says And we're the bait.

lars4752> In ROTJ don't you think Leia and Luke should have been a
lars4752> little more 'banged up' after they fall off their speeder
lars4752> bikes?  If I remember correctly the speeder bike can travel
lars4752> up to 200 mph (or 200 kmh? can't remember the units) Even if
lars4752> they were travelling at half the speed its likely they
lars4752> would've been killed.

Maybe they landed in a fluffy pile of moss :) Luke could have used the
Force to break his fall.

lars4752> In ANH, is Greedo considered to be a bounty hunter or just
lars4752> one of Jabba's 'henchmen'?

I would say he was one of Jabba's men (er, creature)

lars4752> In ROTJ, Luke struggles vainly to get Vader to the shuttle
lars4752> at the end of the movie.  Why didn't he use the force to
lars4752> levitate him to the ship?

More dramatic?

lars4752> In TESB, who is this Hobby that Luke keeps referring to
lars4752> during the snowspeeder scenes?  He's obviously must be a
lars4752> pilot, but why is he cut from the film?

I was another speeder pilot. He was mentioned in the script.

lars4752> In ANH, how does Porkins (Red 9?) die?  It is just a
lars4752> malfunction in his ship or did he get caught in some sort of
lars4752> magnetic field?

Malfunction. He reports he has some kind of trouble, and Biggs tells
him to eject. But Porkins thought he could control the failure....not!

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