Mamba 18 ch05 Different Things
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different things seem to happen all
over the world...but it also seems
that nobody wants to inform us about
those events ?!
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in this column you'll find a
board review and a couple of
hot video-reviews made by deltar
and excell, who also gathered some
gossip on a flying visit of
another hollywood party; while
talking to tom cruise and kim
basinger. we heard one turtle also
showed up there...?!
again we keep on reviewing boards
all over the world, this time the
'terminal obsession' hit the jackpot!
board : terminal obsession
group(s) : nec/nei/censor
sysop : prodigy
number : XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
as usual here is first a little (?)
introduction, kindly made by the
sysop himself...
terminal obsession was put up on
2/1/91 (ed. 1.2 for the euros) with
a lot of help and support from tdo
who runs second to none and from
pudwerx. the number was posted on
2nd to none and forum and disk shoppe
and we had 30 users in the first
24 hours.
the board is runned by prodigy and
murdock mostly and spitfire is the
co-sysop representing action.
the board started out as nec+action
headquarters, but then when tdo quit
nec/nei, then terminal obsession also
became an nei hq along with the disk
shoppe...
at the moment there are ca. 80
members, that are all considered to
be among the best.
the board was put up with the plans
to have it for the best only; and
we've done a good job of keeping it
that way...we could have more users,
but that would lower the standards of
the board.
the board started off with 1 41-drive
for the subs and e-mail and 2 81-
drives for the transfers, but quickly
was brought up to 1 41 for the sys-
drive and 4 81's. one for the subs
and three for transfers.
there are 5 subs :
'type the talk' which is the general
sub and also 'uploads' and 'give em
hell'. later 'news and rumours' has
been added, sub 5 is the action+nei
sub.
terminal obsession went private the
19th of april, at that time the user
list has been weeded.
terminal obsession changed to nec/nei
and censor hq from 22nd april. check
news for more information.
calling the boards should be fun and
i hope that it always stays the same.
a lot of people chat with me to ask
if they can download stuff. my reply
is 'of course'. that's what it's here
for! if you are good enough to be on
here then you got n/a download
credits. so if you want to get an
account, then ask anyone who is
already on this board and post, down-
load and upload, write oneliners and
graffity and vote. but most of all
have fun. i don't play favourites and
i run the board objectively and
fairly !
...prodigy
as the board-story was quite
elaborated that there is nothing else
to add except that there is a
majority of europeans on the board,
ca. 63% to be exact, while most of
the other boards being reviewed here
had usually an equalized rate...
judgement
---------
users 78%
speed 89%
sysop's character 91%
subboards/posts 76%
total............^84%
please note that the final judgement
is the editor's own biased opinion.
other users might have got a total
different impression on all mentioned
points.
- dances with wolves -
starring kevin costner - mary mcdonnel
the film starts in the end of the u.s
civil war, the ground is covered with
dead and wounded soldiers, and the doc
is just about to operate on a young
officer, john dunbar, but needs a cup
of coffee first. when the doc leaves
the tent, the officer gets up, puts on
his boots, and walks away... this is
the start of a new life for a u.s army
officer. john dunbar moves to the last
outpost of the u.s army, and in the
frontline of the territory of the clan
of sioux indians. after having lived
in the desert for a while, he gets a
visit by some of the sioux warriors,
they come to steal his horse, but are
scared away when he shows no fear..
by an accident a sioux woman is hurt,&
john dunbar brings her to an indian
village, just to be sent away again..
but before long, he is slowly allowed
to join the indians as a visitor, but
after a heroic effort in a indian war,
he is allowed to join the sioux tribe,
and to select a wife.. he finds the
young white women (kicking bird) and
they fall in love, but by a fatal
accident john dunbar is caught by the
u.s army, who will shoot him as a
traitor, because he is living with the
indians, the enemy of the u.s army.
but john dunbars feelings for the kind
indians who took him in, is not to be
betrayed.. when john dunbar is to be
taken to the city for a shooting-
platoon, the sioux indians plan a way
to save their new brother known as:
"dances with wolves"....
rating: ******
a brilliant film that took no less
than 7 oscar's in the 1991 oscars..
the rating system goes from 1 to 6
stars (*) and is measured like this:
* (bad, not worth the time'n'money)
****** (a must, not to be missed) (+)
- king ralph -
starring john goodman - peter o'toole.
by a horrible accident (weather,high-
wires and a dumb photograph) the whole
british royal family is killed in a
huge flash!! not only is the whole
royal family killed, but what will not
make it any better, is when it shows
that the next in line for the throne
is a over-weight pianoplayer called
ralph jones from las vegas!
ralph is shocked when he finds that
the time with hawaiian shirts, drinks
and fast-food is over, and the time
for official dinners, problems and
real challenges are awaiting him...
lucky for ralph, he is apppointed a
servant who turns out to be the
perfect gentleman, a person that ralph
could learn a l o t from.. the servant
is played by peter o'toole, and is
also a person that makes the movie
worthwhile..the challenges are getting
bigger when ralph meets the pretty
striptease dancer, miranda, and a dumb
aristocrate called lord graves is
trying to overthrow him, and take
claim of the throne..
rating: ****
john goodman is known for his role in
the movie "arachnophobia" and as the
husband of "roseanne" in the series(+)
- white palace -
starring james spader - susan sarandon
max & jenny have known each other for
years in school, and after years of
love they finally get married..this is
supposed to be the happiest time of
max's life, but all fades when jenny
is killed in a car-accident.. max
stops living his life and slowly he
gets deeper and deeper into himself,
until the day he meets nora.. nora is
a 41 year old woman with a taste ofthe
old life, she thought that her life
would stop when she lost her only son,
but together the 2 of them start a
new life as lovers...but it's not an
easy relationship when max is a
young yuppie, and used to class and
money, and nora is working in the
local burger joint "white palace"
but never the less, they fall in love
but the people around them have a hard
time to accept the 2 very different
persons, and when nora is invited home
for dinner at max's parents house, the
story takes a turn...
rating: ***
ok, now it's time to check out some of
the new's and gossip from the wonders
of hollywood...
(+)
did you know that the million selling
movie "silence of the lambs" could
have looked very different... the role
as "hannibal the cannibal" was first
offered to gene hackman, but he turned
down the role, then it was offered to
robert duvall, but also he said no, so
what we end up with is anthony hopkins
and he is brilliant, and i have a hard
time to see robert duvall play the
smart, but sick cannibal.. also the
role as the f.b.i rookie, which is now
being played by jodie foster, but was
first offered to michelle pfeiffer.
funny how things get mixed up, but
still ends up with one of the best
movies of 1991.. so far! (+)
the follow up to "teenage mutant ninja
turtles" is as no surprise called;
"teenage mutant ninja turtles2"but got
a subtitle called 'the secret of ooze'
it's now the number one selling movie
in the states, and is due to hit
europe this summer..
another long awaited return is also
due for this summer, it's ofcourse
"the naked gun 2 1/2" also that movie
have a subtitle "the smell of fear"
here we have frank drebin (leslie n.)
fighting against pseudo-terrorists who
is planning to destroy the solarenergy
capability in the united states..
also a delightful "hello baby" is
going to the sexy prescilla presley
who also appears in the sequel..
look forward to the next issue of
mamba, where we hope to bring you the
review of "teenage turtles ii" and
maybe even a quick "cutting table"
review of "terminator ii - the judge-
ment day" maybe 'the' movie for the
summer of 1991.. so don't miss it, and
remember, it's only in mamba...
so untill next time, have fun!
(c) excell for mamba.
april 1991 movie reviews
the hard way - universal pictures
nick lang(michael j. fox) is an actor
that wants to play a cop. the cop that
gets tapped for the job of showing all
is not fun is john moss(james woods).
moss is currently working on a serial
murder case. having to drag lang with
him while doing his job does not bode
well! a form of comaradare seems to
appear, but with explosive results. it
never seems to fail that lang gets in
the way of the investigation, which,
of course, sets moss on edge even more
the "party crasher" is the villan (+)
of this movie within a movie. the best
scene of this universal entry comes
while moss is in a theatre looking for
the party crasher. langs face comes on
the screen, which is too much for moss
and he breaks. lang is also in the
same theatre, in the balcony section.
lang spots the crasher and yells down
to moss. the obvious chase ensues. at
one point the crasher grabs a curtain
rope and swings down, lang has to do
the same, only he swings in to his own
face which has just appeared on the
screen in the theatre. (sight gag, but
it works...) while lang is doing his
tarzan bit, moss is having a shootout
with the crasher & nails him... (+)
the ending is "corny" but fits the
rest of the film...
john badham(bird on a wire, saturday
night fever) does an excellent job of
putting these two together. there's a
lot of profanity in this offering...
this side of the pond gives it a * * *
some quick reviews without all of the
usual directors and star names. some
may appreciate these moreso than the
other, but deadlines must be met!
(+)
warloc - julian sands plays the warloc
lori singer plays kassandra, michael
redendere plays the witch hunter. the
son of satan has been captured but is
helped by ol' dad and transported to
the '90s along with his persuer. one
lands in one spot, the other elsewhere
the gist of the movie is that there is
a book that has been spread out over
the world and centuries that once it
is all put together gives that person
the true name of god. once spoken, we
see the end of life as we know it...
be aware that there are two versions
of this movie. one with gore(slight)
and another more gruesome. get the one
with the gore! (+)
teenage mutant ninja turtles ii:the
secret of the ooze. this really should
have stayed in its shell. my daughters
didn't even enjoy it(save for when ol'
vanilla ice popped on screen, thrill.)
not worth the effort of sitting thru..
class action - a typical hackman film,
but it shows that he's straining to do
more films with a plot than with a lot
of gun play. the dude needs a rest...
that's it from this side, see ya next
month reviewing "out of justice."
deltar/tsm<
the first reviews have been made by
excell, 'the hard way' and the
following ones were made by deltar...
it seems both guys didn't coordinate
their reviews, maybe they should try
that for the next time, eh ?
(+)
at last here is a little addendum to
the venlo-april meeting...
...the only cool thing about it was
that i entered the hall for free as
i was coming quite late to the place!
interesting people being present were
georg bo-sky, scorpie, 3dk, jihad,
max, airwolf and the titron-gang...
greatest event was the visit of the
snack-bar, as usual...
...burn to return
