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Subject: ST: In Search of Spock - 2.5 stars - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 2-Jun-84 02:34:00 EDT
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uokvax!jab    Jun  2 01:34:00 1984

I just saw the "Star Trek" movie.

I'll try not to give anything away. It's another "second act" movie,
like "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" and "Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Doom" --- something that leaves you with the feeling that you haven't
seen the rest of the story, and might never see it.

Is this the way of the movie industry? Are movie studios so driven to produce
hits that they grab at every straw that goes by? How many not-as-good sequels
will we have to endure? Should I expect a sequel to "The African Queen,"
done in some mediocre styles, with the promise that "the next one will be
better"?

It's happened before. Look at "The Sting," a fine film that didn't deserve
the sequel that it got. (It didn't *NEED* a sequel.) Look at "SW: The Return
of the Jedi," which was like being denied ANYTHING after three years of
foreplay. How about the third "Superman" movie? The sequel to "The Black
Stallion"? Those *DREADFUL* ripoffs of "Casablanca" on the TV? "Airport"
sequels and ripoffs? "The Final Conflict" (and the fourth movie in the
series, which has hopefully gotten canned by now?)

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I saw several very good things happen in the new Star Trek movie; one
that I won't forget has the captain performing a strategy similar to the
"U.S.S. Reliant 'su' password" trick in "ST: TWoK". See it, but don't expect
much in the way of endings --- it had as much of an ending as "SW: TESB",
that is,
	"Until next time..."
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Sigh. Perhaps somebody will stop these teases.

	Jeff Bowles
	Lisle, IL

ps. If anyone mentions a sequel to "E.T.," I think I'll throw up.