Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rtp47.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!rtp47!owen From: owen@rtp47.UUCP (Karl M. Owen) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: New Totally Bad Movie ("Streets of Fire") Message-ID: <235@rtp47.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 20:43:17 EST Article-I.D.: rtp47.235 Posted: Mon Oct 28 20:43:17 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 05:43:01 EST References: <1568@bbncca.ARPA> <887@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Data General, RTP, NC Lines: 21 >> [Laura Frank Clifford recommends "Streets of Fire" for bad movie list] > > I confess to being entranced by "Streets of Fire"'s vision of the future as > a seamless quilt of urban neighborhoods, sort of like city/states, each with > its own private police force. It's kind of the ultimate deevolution of > the gang society, and works at least as a literary device. > > Byron C. Howes I too was fascinated by the atmosphere portrayed in "Streets of Fire," and have a few more good things than Byron to say about it. I didn't find the especially good, but in my opinion it was at least competantly (sp?) edited. I enjoyed the movie enough that I have (and will) see it again. Karl -- Karl M. Owen Data General, RTP, NC ...!seismo!mcnc!rti-sel!rtp47!owen