Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site mtgzz.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtgzz!leeper From: leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Another view on _The_Emerald_Forest_ (spoiler) Message-ID: <1038@mtgzz.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 01:43:46 EDT Article-I.D.: mtgzz.1038 Posted: Mon Aug 19 01:43:46 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 21:51:11 EDT References: <135@uw-june> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Middletown NJ Lines: 17 >Another inconsistency was the father's actions toward the >dam. As soon as he finds out destroying it has a chance of >saving his son, he blows it up. Come on! The guy has been >building this dam for 10 years, do you really think he's >just going to casually blow it up on the first advice of his >son? Minor correction here. If you look closely, the father fails to blow up the dam. There is no explosion when he pushes the button that would blow up the dam and seconds later the force of the water does what he failed to do. Your point is well taken that he might not be so willing to destroy his own work as he is shown to be, but FATE saves him from actually doing the deed. Mark Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper