sharp@kpnoa.UUCP (06/23/84)
Oh yes indeed a real film. Ugh. It was filmed here on the University of Arizona campus this spring. Since the place is full of large red letter "A"s, the mythical college is called Adams College, and is purportedly a mid-west academic establishment (whatever mid-west means), despite all the palm trees which will have to be evident in the film. Doubtless it will be a local success as all the students try to spot themselves in extra slots, and try to recognise the locales correctly. Sigh. -- Nigel Sharp [noao!sharp National Optical Astronomy Observatories]
hull@trwspp.UUCP (08/07/84)
If you don't mind another extremely stereotyped view of the "nerd," _Revenge of the Nerds_ is a pretty funny movie. You know what I'm talking about -- old-style glasses, shirt hanging out, calculator on the belt. It's a lot like _Animal House_ in it's extremely unrealistic view of life at college. The movie starts out with two guys (Gilbert and Louis) arriving for their first year of college. Not long after that, the jock fraternity burns down its house, and manages to convince the dean that it should get to stay in the on-campus housing instead of the imcoming freshmen. The freshmen have to stay in the gym for a while. Pretty soon though, every- one but outcasts have been picked into fraternities. So what do the outcasts do? They find a house and try to start their own fraternity.... Everything that happens is pretty predictable, and there are a couple of pretty obnoxious stereotypes (Lamaar, the homosexual; Booger, the John Belushi (sp?) type; ...) but I enjoyed myself. It was certainly better than _Cloak and Dagger_ which I saw at the same time in a "special sneak preview." I would give it a 5 out of 10. trwspp!hull David Hull
rose@uw-june (Scott Rose) (08/15/84)
major proportions, a problem in which the media plays a role, a problem in which we, as movie-goers play a role by supporting films in which such images are presented. I have no desire to aid in the propagation of attitudes that support rape, that enable people to rationalize rape. In this particular case, however, it is too late for me. Hopefully, not too late for some others who haven't seen it yet; I urge you not to go. Am I over-reacting, or what?