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   danny burstein to Arthur Lipscomb   
   Waterworld, was: What Did You Watch? 202   
   05 Jan 26 18:24:43   
   
   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In <10jgqev$31o14$2@nntp.eternal-september.org> Arthur Lipscomb    
   arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> writes:   
      
   [snip]   
   >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.   
      
   Brings to mind my "Waterworld" story.  Warning, PDA and TMI...   
      
   A movie on tv is bad if you change the channel.   
      
   It's even worse if you're in a movie theatre which you've   
   paid to enter and you walk out.   
      
   Now... imagine just how bad it's got to be if you and   
   a significant other are at a drive-in and, well, looking   
   forward to the next couple of hours...   
      
   and then 15 or so minutes into the show, putting the car   
   into gear and driving away.   
      
   Yeah. That bad.   
      
      
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