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From: cb@solar.UUCP (C.BROWN)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Movie Previews
Message-ID: <308@solar.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 12:42:04 EDT
Article-I.D.: solar.308
Posted: Thu Jun 14 12:42:04 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jun-84 01:30:40 EDT
Organization: American Bell, Holmdel NJ
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Movie previews. This is the topic for my flame of the day.
Why do the producers (or whoever it is) use scenes from their
films that give away plot lines, or punch lines to jokes?
Sure, they have to show you something good to make you want to
see the film, but why ruin good scenes by showing them out of
context? Two recent examples. The previews for Indiana Jones
show the scene where Indy runs up against these two machete-swinging
guys, reaches for his gun, and finds it isn't there. The effect
of this flashback to one of the funniest scenes in Raiders, is
now lost in the film, because most of us have seen it before
we've seen the film. Another example is in Star Trek III. In
this one we actually see the Enterprise getting blown up.
It's no wonder some people come out disappointed after seeing
some films. They've already seen all the good parts in the
commercials.

			Charlie Brown
			AT&T Information Systems Laboratories
			Holmdel, N.J.
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