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From: perelgut@utai.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut)
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Subject: Re: "The Earth's Children Series: Mammoth Hunters", Jean M. Auel
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Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 16:40:12 EST
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The 86-01-15 Good Morning America show reviewed the upcoming movie of
"Clan of the Cave Bear".  First, a few words about the reviewer. 
Joel Seagle (sp?) used to review everything as the best movie ever made.
I swore he'd give a sequence of unrelated billboards seen on the way to
work a 9/10.  A couple of years ago, he reversed this.  (Almost seemed as
if he worked out his old score and then took 10-rating - average 1/10).
Anyway, Joel has grown into a competent reviewer who I generally agree with.

He liked the book, and basically said much the same I did.  He hated the movie.
He pointed out how it doesn't even come close to "Quest for Fire" or
"The Emerald Forest".  Apparently it is going to be a soap opera ("stone opera")
He also likened it to "Little House in the Ice Age".  Lots of other nasty
turns of phrase and such.

The clips looked like the movie will cover both books (scenes of Ayla hugging
a full grown lion - Baby?).  Anyone out there want to confirm/repudiate this?
Unless I hear otherwise from a number of people, it looks like this is another
miss.  Just like Mammoth Hunters.  Hmmmm, anyone know if Jean Auel wrote MH
AFTER seeing what happened to the movie.  MH will definately make a good 
R- or X-rated movie.  That I'll NEVER go see!!!
-- 
Stephen Perelgut    Computer Systems Research Institute, University of Toronto