Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!csin!cjh@CCA-UNIX From: cjh%CCA-UNIX@csin.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: A BOY AND HIS DOG Message-ID: <16008@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Jan-84 11:12:13 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16008 Posted: Thu Jan 26 11:12:13 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 2-Feb-84 01:46:35 EST Lines: 12 rground city run by velvet-gloved tyrants is far more plausible---if the middle-American middle class is as witless as described by Ellison they'd have a hard time making a going concern of an underground city. Granted, the original story had more emphasis on violence and less on sex; the section in the [movie house], where a XXX film is just a prelude to the adventure feature, is amusing. But Ellison was less unhappy about the film \when it came out/ (emphasis important, as he's always trying to abandon his past) than about any other film or TV project I've read/heard him talk about. The one thing he really didn't like were some of the dog's lines; the dog was modeled on a pet of his (see "Deathbird") and was [supposed] to be a complete gentleman, without the MCPish traits he shows in the film.