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From: davidl@orca.UUCP (David Levine)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Another REALLY bad SF movie - "Trog"
Message-ID: <1324@orca.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Jan-85 14:09:37 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 23 14:09:37 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 25-Jan-85 05:18:54 EST
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Reply-To: davidl@orca.UUCP (David Levine)
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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Summary: 

Let us not forget John ("See You Next Wednesday") Landis' homage/parody to
"Trog", called "Schlock."  "Schlock" was the Schlockanthropus, played (as I
recall) by Rick Baker, later to portray Dino De Laurentiis' King Kong and
many other great apes before graduating to make-up professional.

"Schlock" has basically the same plot as "Trog," except that it's played for
laughs.  At the beginning of the film, a scientist (wearing a protective helmet
made of a piece of air-conditioner duct) is descending into Schlock's cave on a
rope when Schlock appears from another cave entrance.  The workman holding the
rope naturally lets go, sending the scientist plummeting into the hole, never
to be seen again.  The movie is full of "Ariplane"-style humor.

In the end, the Schlockanthropus is killed by a line-up of National Guardsmen 
reminscent of the line-up at Kent State.  The last scene (after the credits) 
shows the scientist finally crawling out of the cave with a baby
Schlockanthropus, promising a "Son of Schlock" (which, unfortunately, never
materialized).

This little film came out years and years ago, and it seems to have vanished
without a trace.  Perhaps memory has made it seem better than it actually was.
The last time I saw anything to do with it was a poster at the theatre at the
beginning of Michael Jackson's "Thriller," along with posters from all of
Landis' other films.

David D. Levine  (...decvax!tektronix!orca!davidl)          [UUCP]
                 (orca!davidl.tektronix@csnet-relay.csnet)  [ARPA]