Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:54:20 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Take that Darth Vader, thwack! , was  Sith and before

> twhite8 at cox.net 6/13/2005 12:33:19 PM >>>

>
>Yes, I recall the first STAR WARS, and you're right.  The "Chapter IV"
bit
>wasn't originally in it.  I saw that movie in a screening room and my
>review (in the UNICORN TIMES) was the first negative review that
movie
>received.  (The one in the VILLAGE VOICE was the second.)

How go the indian Wars General Custer? <g>

Here's The New Yorker on the flick:
http://www.newyorker.com/goingson/movies/#now_playing - scroll about
halh way down, it should be easy to locate.

Snippet:
"For devotees, it will signal a fond and snuffling farewell, as they
bid adieu to a vast parade of clones, Ewoks, Darths, tragic hair styles,
noble knights, and strangely fastidious androids. For the rest of us,
there will be nothing but inexpressible relief."

Decidedly YMMV <g>

So... what good SF films have there been this year?

mjw

>
>--Ted White
>