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From: abeles@mhuxm.UUCP (abeles)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Worst Movie Ever
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Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 20:47:52 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  7 20:47:52 1985
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My democratic right to express my opinion on just exactly is the
WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME is hereby used to nominate "The Monitors."
This is to my mind the pits of the pits.  I think it's so bad that
I love to see it, just to confirm my old opinion that it's the worst.
First saw it in '73, I think, back in Room 10-254 at MIT where LSC
had their summer movie series (never mind if you don't understand).

It's about an alien civilization which comes to Earth and dresses
up in derby hats.  They patrol the streets and invade people's
privacy just like Orwell told us would happen by last year.  It
seems these superior beings just can't stand the thought of any
kind of conflict!  If there's a fight, they'll stop it--immediately
and peacefully.  But there's no freedom.  It doesn't sound bad?
Well, then I challenge you to actually sit through it on a full
stomach!

Maybe this should be moved to net.flame, but the thing about it
is that the movie does kind of backhandedly get at the bullsh*t
of strategic posturing in which people are constantly claiming
to be peace-loving when they're really out to control the other
guy.  Kind of like the United Nations, or the Catholic Church
(did I say that?  Who was that masked man?).

Boy I can't wait till it's on the tube!

--J. Abeles