jay@npois.UUCP (Anton Winteroak) (10/16/85)
I like "Death Race 2000", I think it was a clever cheap movie. It's premise was new and original, and it's point system has spawned an amusing addition to our driving culture. How many points do you get for hitting a pregnant nun pushing a shopping carriage, without disturbing the carriage? Anyway, the totally bad list should not include it.
ewa@sdcc3.UUCP (Eric Anderson) (10/18/85)
In article <439@npois.UUCP> jay@npois.UUCP (Anton Winteroak) writes: > > I like "Death Race 2000", I think it was a clever cheap movie. >It's premise was new and original, and it's point system has spawned >an amusing addition to our driving culture. How many points do you get >for hitting a pregnant nun pushing a shopping carriage, without disturbing >the carriage? > Anyway, the totally bad list should not include it. Yes, we use the point system out here (my high score: 4,830 in 1985). The spoof on Howard Cossell (sp?) is funny too. Plus the total casualness with which the characters deal with the concept of running people down. And then there's the nursing home... (technicality - yes, it's in. Race officials are fair game) I'd love to see it again. Eric Anderson, UC San Diego {elsewhere}!ihnp4!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc3!ewa Home: (619)453-7315 Work: (619)586-1201 White House: (202)456-1414
martys@ISM780.UUCP (10/18/85)
I saw Death Race 2000 as part of a triple feature at a drive-in back in high school. I, too, feel that it should not be part of the WORST MOVIE list. It was amusing, and we got a laugh out of it. The movie that was shown after Death Race, though was bad. It was They Came From Within. I nominate this for the WORST MOVIE list. We are talking this movie is bad.
ccc@bu-cs.UUCP (Cameron Carson) (10/18/85)
Not only does "Death Race 2000" have a cute premise, but it also gave Rambo-lovers a sneak preview 8-10 years before the fact: Scene: up to the starting line drives Sylvester Stallone with his navigator in the passenger's seat and several automatic weapons in the glove compartment. After being soundly booed by the audience, he stands up in his seat, and taking a machine gun under each arm, proceeds to empty their contents into the grandstands. This demonstration, accompanied by authentic Rambo-style facial contortions, made the entire movie worth watching. -- Cameron C. Carson Distributed Systems Group Boston University ACC UUCP: ...!harvard!bu-cs!ccc ARPA: ccc%bu-cs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa