jab@uokvax.UUCP (06/02/84)
#N:uokvax:3900038:000:1584 uokvax!jab Jun 2 01:34:00 1984 I just saw the "Star Trek" movie. I'll try not to give anything away. It's another "second act" movie, like "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" --- something that leaves you with the feeling that you haven't seen the rest of the story, and might never see it. Is this the way of the movie industry? Are movie studios so driven to produce hits that they grab at every straw that goes by? How many not-as-good sequels will we have to endure? Should I expect a sequel to "The African Queen," done in some mediocre styles, with the promise that "the next one will be better"? It's happened before. Look at "The Sting," a fine film that didn't deserve the sequel that it got. (It didn't *NEED* a sequel.) Look at "SW: The Return of the Jedi," which was like being denied ANYTHING after three years of foreplay. How about the third "Superman" movie? The sequel to "The Black Stallion"? Those *DREADFUL* ripoffs of "Casablanca" on the TV? "Airport" sequels and ripoffs? "The Final Conflict" (and the fourth movie in the series, which has hopefully gotten canned by now?) --- I saw several very good things happen in the new Star Trek movie; one that I won't forget has the captain performing a strategy similar to the "U.S.S. Reliant 'su' password" trick in "ST: TWoK". See it, but don't expect much in the way of endings --- it had as much of an ending as "SW: TESB", that is, "Until next time..." --- Sigh. Perhaps somebody will stop these teases. Jeff Bowles Lisle, IL ps. If anyone mentions a sequel to "E.T.," I think I'll throw up.
emjej@uokvax.UUCP (06/08/84)
#R:uokvax:3900038:uokvax:3900040:000:471 uokvax!emjej Jun 8 09:25:00 1984 /***** uokvax:net.movies / uiucdcsb!channic / 2:22 pm Jun 5, 1984 */ Addendum: I had always thought Spielberg was above an E.T. sequel but after IJatToD, I'm not so sure... /* ---------- */ But what I really want to know is: do gremlins eat Reese's Pieces? BTW, I noticed a Gremlins children's book the other day; the eyes peering out of a shoebox drawing is trademarked. "the greatest advertising campaign the world has ever seen..." James Jones