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From: jmi@devsim.mdcbbs.com (JM Ivler - MDC - Douglas Aircraft - Long Beach, CA)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: renewed Call for Discussion: rec.arts.cinema
Message-ID: <508.25a331af@devsim.mdcbbs.com>
Date: 4 Jan 90 11:21:19 GMT
References: <50326@bbn.COM>
Organization: McDonnell Douglas M&E, Cypress CA
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In article <50326@bbn.COM>, rshapiro@bbn.com (Richard Shapiro) writes:
> REC.ARTS.CINEMA
> 
> A moderated group for the serious discussion of movies. Any movie,
> regardless of its artistic stature, is fair game for discussion, as is
> any substantive approach to the subject. Explicitly *excluded* from
> this group are the following:
> 
> 
>   Any kind of trivia questions/answers/games: use r.a.m instead
> 
>   Simple lists (eg, movies made by director X): use r.a.m instead
> 
>   Simple factual queries (eg "Who starred in x"): use r.a.m instead
> 
>   Movie reviews (as opposed to analysis): use r.a.m.reviews instead
> 
>   Queries/Reports of video availability: use r.v.software if it passes
>   
>   Flames: count to 10 instead
> 
> 
> Moderator: Manavendra Thakur
> 

What can I say? This is exactly what I was hoping for. No limits as to what can 
be discussed, just limits on the type of discussions. Excellent! So, when can 
the voting start?

[If there is anyway that I can be of help, please let me know]

JMI   jmi@devsim.mdcbbs.com