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From: alternat@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Ann Hodgins)
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Subject: REVIEW: PREDATOR II
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Date: 17 Dec 90 02:45:39 GMT
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				PREDATOR II
		       A film review by Ann Hodgins
			Copyright 1990 Ann Hodgins

Imagine two species:
 
Species A: 8 feet tall
Species B: 6 feet in lifts
 
Species A: probably a reptile, lays eggs
Species B: a mammal, completely dependent on its mother for years
 
Species A: thick scaly hide, like armour
Species B: thin soft skin, filled with nerve endings
 
Species A: eats an ox raw every 3 days
Species B: likes a steak rare with baked potatoes and sour cream
 
Species A: consumes human flesh
Species B: adores truffles
 
Species A: special features - claws and teeth for ripping flesh 
Species B: special features - large genitals and forebrain,
           ideal for [censored] and computer games.
 
Species A: heavily muscled but graceless hands good only for striking
           blows
Species B: agile, sensitive hands ideal for knitting 
 
Species A: long, sharp heavy claws
Species B: delicate nails for scratching puppies behind the ears
 
Species A: features of face mainly teeth grinding in every direction
Species B: big fringed eyes, delicately sculpted features, sensitive lips
 
Species A: heavily armed
Species B: not so heavily armed
 
Imagine pitting species A against species B.  It should make a short movie.
Bambi meets Godzilla.  
 
The crazy thing is, we are supposed to believe that Species B wins!
Armed with a strong sense of personal responsibility and love of
comrades, one member of Species B alone triumphs.  Impossible.  And
yet...  the moral is a good one.  

  a.h.