Slashdot Mirror

I agree that Zardoz has no place in a "least influential" list. I could see it in a list of "most far out" or "worst", but that movie, which I saw on TV when I was a kid, is one of a dozen or so that leave me still today with a sense of mystery, of "what the hell was that?", of "wow". This is a result of growing up in the '70s, when everybody's getting high except you. Oh, nice intertextual title, too.

The problem is that some kids will decide to have a make-out party in a mall furniture store (or something like that, this is *ahm* hypothetical of course) and when the robots go berserk they will be massacred.

Not that it ever happened before.
Andrew Borntreger

I run an online movie review site and include multimedia clips, only once in two years has a representative of some studio wrote me to remove a film review.

Granted most b-movie distributors are delighted to have the free advertisement, even if it is negative, but I was prepared for someone to complain. While deciding how to start the site I watched television reviews, especially Siskell and Ebert, to see how long the video clips were. In addition, before a review was ever posted, I put up a page about the Fair Use Law.

Armed with that I sent the studio rep a reply, pointing him to my Fair Use Law page. It has been over a year, either they're a bit behind on email or dealing with anyone of an informed nature scares them. Plus it is hosted off a Linux box in a friend's house, hanging off a DSL line, which prevents a nervous webhost from ditching me at first sign of trouble.

Final thoughts...why does going to the movies cost $8.50 these days? The modern league of actors and directors came about due to, among other reasons, producers wanting "professionals." With someone like that box office returns are guarenteed right? Unfortunately "Batman and Robin" and "The Avengers" pretty well disprove that idea. Let me pay $3.00 to watch the efforts of some New Zealand kid (filmed over a period of 4 years on 16mm) and my chances of being entertained are pretty darn good.


Andrew Borntreger