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From: jim@sivax.UUCP (Jim Boman)
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Subject: Re: Computer Animation in Amazing Stories - Nov. 3
Message-ID: <157@sivax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 11:44:05 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 26 11:44:05 1985
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> In article <1231@teklds.UUCP>, davidl@teklds.UUCP (David Levine) writes:
> > However, this doesn't save the episode from its deus-ex-Disney ending.  The
> > episode fails dramatically (for me) because it spent 50 minutes building a
> > gritty, nasty, realistic WWII reality, then violated it completely for the sake
> > of a happy ending.  I mean, Spielberg broke the rules he'd worked so hard to
> > establish.  Ever read a story called "The Cold Equations?"  That was more
> > dramatically consistent (although depressing, and therefore anathema to
> > Spielberg).
> > 
>  
> > David D. Levine       (...decvax!tektronix!teklds!davidl)    [UUCP]
> >                       (teklds!davidl.tektronix@csnet-relay)  [ARPA/CSNET]
> 
> Personally, I liked this episode. After watching 50 minutes (or 55 as some
> have said) of this crew facing death, the last thing I really wanted to see
> was the bellygunner die. Why spend an hour on a show, showing the anquish of
> a person facing death, and then die a bloody death. This show is called
> "Amazing Stories" and I want something amazing to happen. If I want complete
> reality (as far a TV can present it) I can wait till Monday and watch one
> of NBC's Heart Wrencher of the Week movies. 
> 
> I was expecting Spielberg to come up with a more realistic way to save the
> bellygunner, but feel Spielberg stayed true to his personal style. Just
> about everything he directs espouses magic of this kind. Look at E.T.
> and Close Encounters for the best examples. Remember, the show is called 
> "Amazing Stories", not "Amazing True To Life Stories", and is supposed to be
> fantasy. Without the ending, the episode would have had no fantasy.
> 
> 						Scott A. Stewart
> 						LMSC - Sunnyvale
> 
> P.S. I also liked the show on November 11. It was fun and enjoyable. I felt
> that the Hitchcock episode after it was pointless and irresponsible. Why was
> the story even made?

  I think the belly gunner should have turned himself into a cartoon character -- you know -- the ones who can take 50 hits without injury, fall off cliffs and   live to tell about it. Then, he could have walked off into the dark, being      chased by a coyote, screaming MEEP MEEP  varooooooom!
  
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