From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!David-J-Aronson-H@CMU-EE-AMPERE@CMU-10A
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: title query, ET query, Dark Crystal, new game
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.498
Posted: Sun Jan  9 20:37:12 1983
Received: Sun Feb 27 03:20:05 1983


1)	A friend of mine recalls a book that was made into a movie (starring
Robert Culp, I believe) in which a robot is created shortly before the sun
goes nova. The purpose of the robot is to store the personalities of all the
people on Earth. He winds up looking for his left little finger, which is
the crucial part. In his quest, he is chased through time by some apparently
evil types. (Obviously through time; he couldn't very well roam Earth after
Sol novas...) Anyhow, he wants to know the title, and I just plain forget.
Any answers?

2)	Believe it or not, I just saw ET for the first time. Now: Any
guesses as to why he revives after his "death"? Answers given so far include
the cold temperature they subjected the "corpse" to, whatever gas it was
they used to lower the temperature (perhaps they used cold CO2 and he was
lacking the breathing reflex due to lack of CO2), and (wierdest of all), the
proximity of the "others" of his race (no SW-TESB reference intended).
Support for latter is the funny red light in his chest which glows when 1)
he is with the others in the beginning, and 2) he revives.  (Proximity
meaning they are on their way, possibly near Earth already.)

3)	As for Dark Crystal: I thought it might be worth seeing, a serious
Muppet movie. Alas, I was disappointed. True, it was a good children's
story (and thus might qualify for the earlier discussion on kids' sf),
but for anyone over 10 I would not recommend it. Someone earlier complained
about Jen and Kira's almost total lack of facial expression. This was
quite a letdown, when one expects the same genius from he who put such
expression on Kermit's face. The least he could have done was give them an
occasional twitch, as he did with the Skexies (sp?).

4)	As for the critic who thought Ogra (sp?) was male:
	a) Huge sagging breasts, as pointed out before. Is he blind?
	b) The voice seemed female (though not necessarily feminine) to
		me. Maybe not to everybody, but...
	c) The name sounds female to me. Again, maybe not to everybody,
		but a critic who misses all three?
	d) I don't recall, but is she ever referred to as "she" or "her"
		at any point? Perhaps someone going to see it should
		listen for it.

	Perhaps I am picking nits with the critic, but he seems to have
a wit-ful of them...

5)	This is not really SF, but what the hell... I am attempting to
create a new role-playing game, with systems stolen mostly from Runequest
and In the Labyrinth. If you have any particularly good ideas that you'd
like to see incorporated into a game, or any general flames about extant
games (they help too...), please send me mail (preferably net-mail, not U.S.
Snail). If I use anything you send me, it will be noted in the book (which I
may eventually publish, in a few decades). Any help at all will earn a place
in the "thanks" section. (This includes help on what I have to do to make it
all legal, which it probably isn't right now.)



				Happy Randomizing,


				-Dave Aronson
				dja@ee-ampere@cmu-10a