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   BTR1701 to arthur@alum.calberkeley.org   
   Re: What Did You Watch? 2026-01-04 (Sund   
   05 Jan 26 17:35:59   
   
   From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Jan 5, 2026 at 8:55:59 AM PST, "Arthur Lipscomb"   
    wrote:   
   > Waterworld (4K disc) 1995 post-apocalyptic movie starring Kevin Costner   
   > as a man with gills in a world that's covered in water.  I don't think   
   > the people who wrote this movie understand how evolution actually works,   
   > but whatever.  A baby isn't going to be born with working gills because   
   > it's born on a boat!!!  Alright let me climb off my soap box.  Anyway,   
   > Dennis Hopper chews the scenery as the villain who spends the movie   
   > chasing after a young girl Costner is protecting because the girl has a   
   > map to "dry land" drawn on her back.  I'm not sure but this is another   
   > one I might not have watched since the 90s.  It was OK I guess, in a   
   > turn your brain off and do other stuff while the movie plays in the   
   > background sort of way.   
      
   The live action Waterworld stunt show at Universal Studios is much better than   
   the movie.   
      
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