bro@rice.ARPA (07/22/85)
From: Doug Monk <bro@rice.ARPA> First, a micro-review : I attended the movie with three friends. I really liked it. The two friends who were SF fans thought it was too silly. The third just thought it was silly, but thinks all SF is silly. I know, maybe it is silly, but I found it immensely entertaining : it is humourous and takes unexpected turns, like a roller-coaster. End of review. *** mild spoiler warning for following discussion *** In SF-LOVERS V10, #275, someone asks the very cogent question : >where does a 9-volt battery get the energy required to dig 5' >diameter holes in the ground? I believe people who like a particular movie are more willing to rationalize on its behalf, but just because you don't like one, don't be nit-picky. The circuit being used as a space-drive was alien to the kids building it. They didn't understand it, and neither presumably would we. The fact that there was a nine-volt battery in the circuit does not necessarily mean that ALL the power being channeled through the device comes from the battery. If I told you to build a automobile without explaining to you all of the principles involved, you might have some mistaken ideas about the end result. After all, my pickup has a twelve-volt battery in it, and still manages 55 mph on the freeway quite nicely, thank you. *** end mild spoiler *** There is a sequence in the movie which has been made into a video, which I have seen on MTV. I thought it was quite funny, myself. If you don't mind a little silly in your soup, you might like _Explorers_. Doug Monk (bro@rice.arpa)