Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!rick From: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: notes on Remo Williams Message-ID: <1573@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 13:50:09 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1573 Posted: Thu Oct 17 13:50:09 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Oct-85 07:20:38 EDT References: <13100144@ism70.UUCP> Reply-To: rick@maccunix.UUCP (Rick Keir) Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 19 In article <13100144@ism70.UUCP> steven@ism70.UUCP writes: > See, we've got bad guys out there >who are screwing up this country, and every once in a while our >poor overloaded Justice system needs a little help (you'd think >Guy Hamilton and Chris Wood, who have various Bond movie credits >in their portfolios, could have come up with something a little >more original). Gee. Maybe the reason Hamilton and Wood didn't come up with anything more "original" was because "Remo Williams: The Destroyer" is the main character of an extremely popular set of 30 or more (sorry, don't have exact number) pulp novels which have been coming out for more than 20 years. Not that people who write James Bond movies have shown much any respect for Ian Fleming's abilities ... -- Rick Keir -- right next to the Oyster Tank -- UWisc - Madison {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!rick