render@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA (07/12/85)
I know I'm going to regret this, but I have to say it in defense of all those
"oh so serious" people who complained about Kelvin Thompson's first few
reviews. I was taken in because, sadly enough, it was not hard for me to
believe that there are people dumb enough to write reviews such as his that
are meant to be serious. After living in a number of places, I have decided
that the limits of human ignorance knows no geographical or physical bounds.
Almost any idea or viewpoint to which the average person would respond,
"That's gotta be a joke..." is actually NOT a joke. I still don't find
Thompson's reviews that clever, let alone funny. I am, however, not as
upset as when I thought that Mr. Thompson was a crazed weasal with access to
a net port. Unfortunately I now have to contend with all of the people who
must publicly reveal that they were in on the joke from the beginning. It
must be the "Ha Ha, I got it and you didn't" syndrome. From now on, let's
all of us try to focus on the movies that are out and not on the opinions
of various reviewers, shall we? (Though I still miss Joe Bob Briggs.)
"Don't laugh, Monkey Boy!"
Hal Render
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