mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (07/22/85)
From: utcsri!mcgill-vision!mouse@uw-beaver.arpa (der Mouse)
There has been a lot of argument (flame? |-) recently here about
spoilers. I recall one person who picked on a review of LadyHawke which
gave away the nature of the curses as something which should have been
labeled spoiler but wasn't. Well, LadyHawke came to our local repertory
theatre and I quote from their programme (for July 15):
7:00 LADYHAWKE
D: Richard Donner (1985 U.S.A.) 121 min. (14)
Michelle Pfeiffer, Rutger Hauer, John Wood,
Matthew Broderick.
Set in the Middle Ages and based on mythology of that time. A
beautifully photographed tale of a romance between a Princess (bewitched
into becoming a hawk by day) and her suitor, Navarre, who is cursed to
be a wolf by night. An impish, Puck-like boy theif (Matthew Broderick)
is the go-between for these 'bewitched' lovers. A magical, fun-filled
adventure that is refreshingly well done.
So it seems sf-lovers reviewers aren't the only guilty ones.
der Mouseleeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) (07/24/85)
I have never seen a review that didn't give away the curse. Mark Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper
MTHOME@BBNG.ARPA (08/01/85)
From: Mike Thome <MTHOME@BBNG.ARPA> Fer Gawd's sake! The name of the movie gives away the curse! Also, Anyone want to speculate on how much co-incidence was involved in the level of resemblence between (1) the two "little people" in Black Cauldron and (2) the two types of Gremlins?... It was almost too much for me - but then, wasn't BC started significantly before G? What's the explanation? Spies? Common ancestor(s)? Blind coincidence? Mike Thome mthome@bbng :-) 8-) :-) -------