Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!mit-eddie!rh From: rh@mit-eddie.UUCP (Randy Haskins) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.movies Subject: re: sf at Filmex Message-ID: <2245@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Sun, 24-Jun-84 05:44:31 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.2245 Posted: Sun Jun 24 05:44:31 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 27-Jun-84 02:38:09 EDT References: <1945@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 34 >> From: Peter Reiher >> >> July 17 "Ring of Power" >> "Clive A. Smith's phantasmagorical animated feature about a >> diabolical, aging rock 'n' roll superstar is set in a >> post-apocalyptic metropolis and features the voices of Paul LeMat >> and Catherine O'Hara, and the music of Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Deborah >> Harry, Cheap Trick, and Earth, Wind, and Fire." >This sounds like a re-titling of ROCK AND RULE, which came out >a couple of years ago and ended up a disaster. I never got a >chance to see it (I think it lasted only a week in Boston), >but considering the reviews it got, I'm not sure that I wasn't >fortunate. > > --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard, MA) Yes, I would be willing to bet my reputation (such as it is) on it being Rock and Rule in a different package. Rock and Rule was probably a silly name, anyway. Well, one of the advantages of MIT (enter brag mode) is that our Lecture Series Committee does a good job of getting us sneak previews (we've gotten things like "Missing" and "Police Academy") when they are available, and we got to see this flick. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't great. The people who made it were there and had a little discussion after the flick, asking us what we thought about it and telling us a little about what was behind it. I would consider the animation to be pretty reasonable, and parts of the story are good. The bad things about it: the ending is kinda hokey (like Star Wars, etc.), and the characters are made unnecessarily cute. I was also rooting for the bad guy. Estimated entertainment equivalence (EEE): $1.75. I was very happy to see it for free. -- Randwulf (Randy Haskins); Path= genrad!mit-eddie!rh