Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!fortune!rpw3 From: rpw3@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Dark Star - (nf) Message-ID: <2581@fortune.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Feb-84 04:04:58 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.2581 Posted: Sat Feb 18 04:04:58 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 02:55:51 EST Sender: notes@fortune.UUCP Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 26 #R:sri-arpa:-1634400:fortune:9900029:000:966 fortune!rpw3 Feb 17 23:47:00 1984 Just because I'm an SF junkie, I stopped in the neighborhood theatre to see "Battle Beyond the Stars", starring Robert Vaughn, among others. Lasted 20 minutes, almost throwing up it was so bad. Started to walk out, but... ...didn't. Started laughing instead. Hilariously. It's an incredibly camp spoof (B--) on all of the "Seven Samurai" takeoffs. Boy from farm planet goes to look for help in repulsing the raiders... you know the rest. Spaceships with horns, like cows. Warriors unsure of their bravery. Etc. &c &c. Side-splitting scene of Vaughn being lowered into his grave and being covered with a sumptious 12-course banquet. "...why are you wasting that food? He's dead! [Ans] Well, we promised him a hot meal." (No, I don't recommend it, unless you're feeling wweeeeeeiiiiirrrrrdddd.) Rob Warnock UUCP: {sri-unix,amd70,hpda,harpo,ihnp4,allegra}!fortune!rpw3 DDD: (415)595-8444 USPS: Fortune Systems Corp, 101 Twin Dolphins Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065