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Subject: Re : Explorers and the 9-volt space drive
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 15:18:02 EDT
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From: Doug Monk <bro@rice.ARPA>

First, a micro-review :

I attended the movie with three friends.  I really liked it.
The two friends who were SF fans thought it was too silly.
The third just thought it was silly, but thinks all SF is silly.
I know, maybe it is silly, but I found it immensely entertaining :
it is humourous and takes unexpected turns, like a roller-coaster.

End of review.

*** mild spoiler warning for following discussion ***

In SF-LOVERS V10, #275, someone asks the very cogent question :

>where does a 9-volt battery get the energy required to dig 5'
>diameter holes in the ground?

I believe people who like a particular movie are more willing to
rationalize on its behalf, but just because you don't like one,
don't be nit-picky.  The circuit being used as a space-drive was
alien to the kids building it.   They didn't understand it, and neither
presumably would we.  The fact that there was a nine-volt battery in
the circuit does not necessarily mean that ALL the power being channeled
through the device comes from the battery.  If I told you to build a 
automobile without explaining to you all of the principles involved, you
might have some mistaken ideas about the end result. After all, my pickup 
has a twelve-volt battery in it, and still manages 55 mph on the freeway
quite nicely, thank you.

*** end mild spoiler ***

There is a sequence in the movie which has been made into a video, which
I have seen on MTV.  I thought it was quite funny, myself.

If you don't mind a little silly in your soup, you might like _Explorers_.


Doug Monk (bro@rice.arpa)