From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!pyuxjj!rlr
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: A complaint about Sneak Previews
Article-I.D.: pyuxjj.386
Posted: Sun Jan  9 16:58:37 1983
Received: Mon Jan 10 01:48:57 1983
References: rocheste.374

I find the fact Jeffrey Lyons and Neal Gabler have strikingly
different personalities to be a positive thing.  Personally, I think that
Jeffrey Lyons tends to be on the wimpy side, and Neal Gabler leans toward
the other extreme (cocky, jackass-y).  Having opinions from the two extremes
tends to cause a balanced view, and their interplay is often amusing and
insightful as to what type of person will like which film.  (JL:  "That movie
was gross and icky.  How could you like it, ugggh?"  NG: "But, wow, the
violence was great, and when the guy's head was split open... neat!!  Besides
when you see a movie like this, you're not looking for great acting or deep
meaning... you're looking for blood!" <-- paraphrased liberally from their
reviews of, I think, "Class of 1984").  The difference in personalities works
well for Siskel and Ebert, maybe not as well for Lyons and Gabler.

One interesting thing about Lyons:  He appears on syndicated TV and
radio broadcasts (Independent Network News on TV, CBS (??) on radio), giving
the exact same reviews *word for word* as on Sneak Previews.  (When I heard
his closing remarks for his "Class of '84" review on WCBS radio in NYC, the
words "Class of 1984.  Class dismissed!" struck a chord.  He had used the
same closing remarks on S.P.)  I guess it's pretty reasonable for him to write
something up about a movie and record it three different times for airplay,
but it just seemed odd to me hearing the same review again.