hofmann@AMSAA.ARPA (06/11/85)
From: James Hofmann <hofmann@AMSAA.ARPA> In response to all those who are putting down the new Bond movie, ' A View To A Kill ' with apparently not having seen it, I thought I would straighten out some misconceptions being as I have seen the movie. First of all, the title has very much to do with the plot. I can't give it away but suffice to say that the character played by Christopher Walken is psychotic enough to want to be able to see mass destruction from his personal blimp. Second, Duran Duran provided only the title cut. And if you are just too sophisticated to listen to DD, I suggest you hide out in the bathroom until the tune ends. Don't miss the exciting first scene, though. Bond does some fantastic skiing once again. Finally, it seems whenever a new Bond movie is released a slew of critics sit on the sidelines ready to skewer it. I've heard many comments that this is the worst Bond movie. It definitely beats Moonraker and Never Say Never in my opinion. Thank You, Jim H
schneider.WBST@Xerox.ARPA (06/17/85)
From: schneider.WBST@Xerox.ARPA J Gomez at OSU writes: >The movie version of "A Boy and His Dog" is one of the most faithful adaptions >of a wirtten work Hollywood has ever done. The ending is just as it is in the >story, virtually word for word..... Spoiler warning.... While the movie version has Vic and Blood walking off into the sunset with Blood comment on the girl's intellegence "although she did have good taste," the Ellison work has Vic's thoughts as the ending: "I kept hearing her voice in my head, asking me if I knew what love was. Sure I did, a boy loves his dog, doesn't he?" The different endings change the whole context of the story, I think the movie is rather barbaric and callous toward women, with no point made, while the book shows a clear conflict with some interesting resolutions. The moral is see the movie, but read the book too. Regards- Eric Memory is a funny thing, I just had mine upgraded...