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From: djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones)
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Subject: Re: Are Animals Patentable?
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Date: 22 Apr 88 23:36:29 GMT
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in article <2354@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, dlleigh@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Darren L. Leigh) says:

[ ... talk about genetic engineering, Frankenstien, and Bladerunner... ]

> 
> No, Bladerunner doesn't cut it unless you see it in 70mm.  It loses
> so much on video.  Well, if you're going to see it for the plot and
                           ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^
> not the special effects, the video might be OK, but that's probably
  ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
> a waste of time.

...

>


Egad.  Well... yeah.  That was the idea.  

Or part of it anyway.

Besides the plot, there's the acting, and the moods, and -- yes -- the
visuals (even on the small screen).  But mostly I was recommending it
because of its philosophical implications. It can be a very 
thought-provoking experience.

I turned a friend on to it (on video) a while back, and he was awestruck.

You may never get another chance to see it in 70 mm, but if you do, I
don't think having seen it once on video will spoil anything.  I can
enjoying seeing it repeatedly.



                  Dave J.


P.S.  Can anybody post the poem that is read at the end?  I would love
to know it.  Maybe I'll bet the video again and write them down this time.