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From: root@trwrdc.UUCP (Lord Frith)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: "Amazing Stories:" A Positive Review
Message-ID: <1061@trwrdc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 22:08:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  5 22:08:00 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 7-Oct-85 06:22:38 EDT
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In article <821@vortex.UUCP> lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) writes:
> Within the first 5 or 6 minutes the entire plot of the "Choo Choo"
> episode was immediately clear even to the simplest minds.  There was
> no attempt at surprise, twist, or amazement.  As usual, Steven operates
> on the assumption that audiences are SO STUPID that they can't
> figure out anything if it isn't put out on a platter and drummed into
> them continuously.
> 
> The old anthologies (TZ, Hitchcock, One Step Beyond, etc.) got most of
> their punch from the twist at the end.  There was no twist in 
> "Choo Choo."  I don't think Steven feels audiences capable of understanding
> other than simple plots and cardboard characters.

I think the problem was worse than that.  Without an amazing twist...
there was simply NO STORY to tell!  The entire episode did nothing
but parade typical Spielberg characters about on the stage emoting
the same tired-out mystical lines ("I still AM that little boy Brian").

The whole time we were watching the Choo Choo episode, my friends and I
were coming up with far more interesting twists and plot endings.
What a disapoinment!  The train arrives and takes Opah away.

Wow.... that's simply AMAZING.
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