Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-via!schuetz From: schuetz@via.DEC (DTN 381-2647 or system REGAL, GLIVET, or LAGER) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: re:RED SONJA Message-ID: <3069@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 11:10:18 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3069 Posted: Thu Jul 11 11:10:18 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 09:07:45 EDT Sender: lai@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 18 Basicly, I agree with Mark Leeper's assessment of the CONAN movies and RED SONJA too. These people spend so much money on sets and special effects, it would be nice to have actors and scripts to match. While I agree than Arnold's acting was better in this film, saying he was the best was going a bit too far. I thought the kid that played Prince Tarn was best. And the lead bimbo who played RED SONJA was mis-cast. Like Arnold, they should have hired one of the Miss Universe contestants; after all, RED SONJA was supposed to have super strength. Picture this, the poor disheveled Sonja is standing in the forest when the Vision grants her superior strength - our Miss Universe actor does a muscle flex and now really looks impressive. The current actress was not. Nothing in the plot or acting lead you to believe that she had any unusual strength at all, and this is what her legendary power was supposed to be, unless you count her being able to wield a sword at all. The sword play was boring and repetitious. Not having a convincine lead character killed off any chance of rating a 2. I'd give it a 1 on a scale of 0 to 4. Go see Cocoon, Pale RIder, Silverado, anything else first.