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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Movie Flame
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Date: Mon, 18-Jun-84 12:21:25 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 18 12:21:25 1984
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> I wish to reinforce several valid gripes that have appeared recently.
> Discussion of StarTrek MCMCXIII and Indiana Jones #13 should ALL be moved to:
>      net.movies.hollywood.juvenile.tripe
> Once established, net.movies.sw could be migrated into it.  It would also be
> able to cover all future Spielberg/Lucas releases, as well as Steven King
> "literature." Should they ever do Harold Robbins potboilers,this would be the
> perfect "forum." Also, "Friday the 13th" and its ilk.  In other words, I pro-
> pose nothing less than a permanent solution to this problem, since a permanent
> solution to the source of the problem is considered socially unacceptable in
> western society.

> This would allow a forum for the terminally infantile to jibber at will,
> leaving the rest of us to discuss films aimed at an audience with an IQ
> higher than an ET doll in heat.  If there are any left, what with boxoffice
> pressure of the above groups.
> 
> Brian Diehm
> Tektronix, Inc.

An equally viable solution would be to create "net.movies.snobs", the first
article of which would contain a list of topics that Mr. Diehm (in his
recurring role as the Almighty) finds appropriate for discussion amongst
truly dignified intellects (and, of course, those that were inappropriate as
well).  People who can't tolerate other people's tastes should probably
have their own newsgroup.  Why not net.movies.diehm??  I hope that no one
takes his fascistic elitist proposal seriously, and that we can continue to
discuss ALL movies in net.movies!

[I'll bet you thought I would draw an analogy to net.music.classical, didn't
you? ...]
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If it doesn't change your life, it's not worth doing.     Rich Rosen  pyuxn!rlr