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Title:Arcana Caelestia
Notice:Directory listings are in topic 2
Moderator:NETRIX::thomas
Created:Thu Dec 08 1983
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1300
Total number of notes:18728

465.0. "STARSHIP" by COMET1::TIMPSON (Religion! Just say no.) Fri Apr 17 1987 13:42

    A movie is opening today here in Colorado Springs called "Starship"
    Anybody know anything about it?
    
    Steve
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465.1badCSC32::M_BAKERFri May 15 1987 21:313
    I went to see it.  It was bad.  Don't waste your money.

    Mike
465.2RE 465.1EDEN::KLAESThe Universe is safe.Fri May 15 1987 22:004
    	Well what was it about, in any event?!  
    
    	Larry
    
465.3Stop me when you've heard enoughCSC32::M_BAKERFri May 15 1987 22:5615
    I think it was British made.  A mining colony on a distant planet.
    Malcontents from earth are dumped there as labor.  An underground
    group is trying to rebel.  The manager maintains his authority 
    with the help of humanoid robots.  The plot was difficult to follow.
    The scenes were filmed very dark.  The weapons carried by the robots
    were thinly disguised m-16's.  The robots were people wearing silver
    colored masks and worn army fatigues.  The management decides to 
    replace the workers with robots and kill them rather than ship them
    back to earth.  If you really want to see it, rent it or go to
    a budget matinee.  I don't think it is golden turkey quality.
    Silver maybe.  The one good scene was when the hero is fighting a
    bounty hunter on one of those huge trucks used in open pit mining.
    It's moving at the time.  Never seen that in a film before.

    Mike
465.4quelle originalitySPMFG1::CHARBONNDMon May 18 1987 10:262
    HMmmmm. That premise sounds familiar. Maybe Mike went
    to Hollywood. :-)
465.5Blame the Aussies, not us Brits :-)RDGE00::BURRELLyou want it by WHEN !?!?!?!?Mon May 18 1987 14:029

	If the film is the one I'm thinking of ( well the plot's the
	same, but that doesn't mean anything ); then it was _definately_
	Australian.

	It was also awful/unbelievable and not enjoyable.

	Paul.