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651.1 | one way to kill an evening | NOETIC::KOLBE | The diletante debutante | Mon Jul 18 1988 20:23 | 8 |
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The only part I liked was the very end when the girlfriend finds the
love letter in the library book he gave her. It did give me a
frightening potential series feeling though - like we could see
dozens of episodes of whats-his-name trying to get back. These
were such non-interesting people that I can't remember their names.
Oh well, it gave me something to watch while I saddle-soaped my boots.
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651.2 | I predict..... | SCOMAN::BOURGAULT | | Tue Jul 19 1988 03:02 | 19 |
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Hang onto you headgear, folks... with the current status of
writers' strike, and networks dredging (with all that the
word "dredge" implies...) up ancient scripts to redo and rerun,
I can practically GUARANTEE this will be a series!!
I taped it - with my (third shift) schedule, I have to,
and still get 5 or 6 hours sleep a day. I may even save it...
and tape the first few of the series.... and file it as
"better than nothing". (Well, really, with such things
as "Hardy Boys" scripts, "Mission: Impossible" scripts,
"Richie Brockelman, Private Eye", etc. etc. being
trotted out again, this may actually be IT for new stuff
this Fall.
Besides, my two kids (7 and 11) liked it. Some rainy
Saturday morning I'll probably be glad I have it....
- Ed -
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651.3 | | TFH::MARSHALL | hunting the snark | Tue Jul 19 1988 10:12 | 19 |
| re .0:
Well, here goes what little reputation I have (if any), but I didn't
think it was all _that_ bad. I agree wholeheartedly that it was
terrible science-fiction, but I also got the impression that *they*
knew it also, and "went with it". And so it did not come off so
pretentious as "V" and "Something is Out There", etc.
I would not watch it as a series, but it did get a few laughs out
of me (I mean genuine laughs, not laughing at effects)
I too thought it was neat how he managed to get a note to his
girlfriend.
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651.4 | ... | CYRUS::SANKAR | MicroHacker: You buy it, I fry it. | Tue Jul 19 1988 16:29 | 18 |
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Couple of things I thought of...
What was that "great library fire of '46" he talked
about? I would hope by the year 2046 all the books would not
have been placed in the same library with no fire protection!
The thing that got me was how Maxwell whatever was
in reality a dweeb. I fully expected him to be the perfect cop
who would just keep cuffing the new guy until he got rid of
him...
Damned if this becomes a series....
sam(17)
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651.5 | | TFH::MARSHALL | hunting the snark | Tue Jul 19 1988 19:29 | 14 |
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> I fully expected [Max] to be the perfect cop who would just keep
> cuffing the new guy until he got rid of him...
I fully expected Max to be dweeb. Too much hype about him in the
beginning. It was obvious to me that the reality would be no where
near the myth.
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651.6 | Hello, out there!?!?!?!? | RAIN::WELCH | Suk 'em! | Thu Jul 21 1988 13:30 | 7 |
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Where are you from? ... Because I missed the show and if it's possible
would ask to borrow the tape. I'm at Enfield, CT. Sounds like
what I expect from TV Sci Fi - good entertainment, but incomparable
to reading a book. Sometimes it's a welcome change.
-John-
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651.7 | Even the Sounds Were Cliches! | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | | Fri Jul 22 1988 18:41 | 10 |
| I don't have a TV so the only time I get to watch any is when I'm
away on a trip. Well, this weekend I was away and I caught "Out
of Time". I thought it was amusing in a dumb (i.e., "cute") kind
of way. What struck me most about it was the extensive use of
the Roland D-50/550 synth on the soundtrack. I just got a D-550,
and the other people watching with me wondered about my muttering
patch numbers for the factory presets they used in the soundtrack...
len.
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651.8 | | DOOBER::MESSENGER | An Index of Metals | Mon Jul 25 1988 13:33 | 8 |
| re: .-1
> of way. What struck me most about it was the extensive use of
> the Roland D-50/550 synth on the soundtrack. I just got a D-550,
Len, you _would_ notice this... :-)
- HBM
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