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  Amusements 10/09/98

   • j********o@***.com
     09/10/1998 00:00:000 UTC

     Movies: "What Dreams May Come:" not bad at all. Some very affecting
     scenes,

     a few surprises, and not as much New Age sap as the critics said. The
     end was

     disappointing, and reincarnation, an unpleasant concept to start with,
     doesn't

     really belong in a system with an afterlife. I wish the afterlife had
     been

     more systematic, as well as theologically involved, with less of a

     psycho-babble sefl-centrism. Heaven appears to be populated by retards
     content

     to amble about aimlessly, while Hell lacked organization and rationale.
     More

     Dante, less Bly, please. It does suggest some RPG potentialities...

     "The Devil's Advocate:" pretty good, although the end wasn't entirely

     satisfying. An interesting thought is that one can bridge the chartacter
     gap

     between the "Adversary" of the Bible (who is God's right-hand man but
     feels

     humanity is wicked and an irredeemable threat to Heaven) and the Devil
     of

     Christian mythology (who is God's adversary and man's corruptor) by
     suggesting

     that Satan has escalated his opposition to humankind into seeking to
     bring

     about *prematurely* the great conflict so as to ensure Man's defeat and

     Heaven's victory.

     Did anyone watch Mercy Point?

     Gorno