Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!waltt From: waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Saint Elmo's Fire Message-ID: <5490@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 15:05:53 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.5490 Posted: Wed Jul 3 15:05:53 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 07:21:55 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 30 I saw "Saint Elmos Fire" recently in a double feature with "The Big Chill." Good pairing of films. I enjoyed both, and they went together nicely. I'd seen TBC before, but enjoyed seeing it again. I kept threatening to leave TBC, as it was getting late, but told myself "I'll go after the funeral scene. I'll go after the kitchen scene. I'll go after . . ." I ended up staying for the whole movie. After viewing TBC a second time, I'm almost motivated to go buy the sound track. But, I digress. I would recommend SEF on a discount night or in a double-feature (I paid $4 for both), but it depends on your value on this sort of thing. For once, the actors in SEF get to play their real ages. You will probably enjoy SEF more if you are nearing the end of college or have recently left college for employment in the "real world." I didn't really think of this when I watched SEF, but a later review I read postulated that SEF looked as if it could be TV sitcom fodder. After thinking about it, I'll have to agree. SEF does not come across as a made-for-TV movie, but the potential is there for a series, much the same as movies such as "9-to-5", "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", or "M*A*S*H" had similar potential. I'd rate SEF **1/2 on a **** scale if seen by itself and having graduated a long time (x > 10 years) ago, or *** with a pairing with TBC or recently college graduated. -- Walt Tucker Tektronix, Inc. Dale: Kirby, How are you? Kirby: Obsessed, thank you.