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Michael Biehn and Charlie Sheen in Navy Sea Navy Seals By MICAH PORTER Staff Writer It was the end of a 40-hour work week. I was looking for some mindless entertainment. Navy SEALs filled about half the bill. The movie was mindless, but it wasn't very entertaining. The plot of the movie was fairly simple. Unfortunately, the writers still managed to screw it up. The viewer is first introduced to the SEAL team after they witness the kidnapping of an American helicopter team by Middle Eastern terrorists. At this point, it's SEAL team to the rescue. The group travels to an unspecified Middle Eastern country, into the heart of the enemy stronghold in order to rescue the prisoners. The rescue sequence itself is done well, but unfortunately the res* of the movie just doesn't maintain the intensity. The movie degenerates into a search for terrorist-held stinger missiles. Lt. Hawkins (Charlie Sheen) discovered the missiles while rescuing the prisoners; unfortu ! 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For instance, if SEALs are supposed to be a covert special for ces unit, why do they take over a passenger ship in international waters? And with all the military intelligence the U.S. possesses, why does the SEAL captain have to get his information from a beautiful television reporter? (By the way, would you believe they end up sleeping together!) Unfortunately, there are more problems with this movie. After the rescue, the action sequences become confusing, and the intensity just isn't there. Go rent any Chuck Norris movie, or one of the Rambo installments for better combat shots. And when Navy SEALs tries to stir patriotic sentiment, or empathy for a char^LAT FIVE POFNTSA^ 779-7979 636 Harden St. l OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK I ! WE DELIVER EVERYTHING ON OUR MENU! < Tannine | In Half! \ mm\ Stereo - Featuring Ifil ^ ie~ar! btds h \ sol 3u a darker fly S r Special 4 '13.95 { \ ! 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If the only other movies showing are Modern Love or Ishtar, you might want to consider seeing it. Otherwise, save your dollar. LIVE ENTERTAINMENT EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT! f ~ 1?e1>7lIvFrY* S\ $2.00 OFF j Expires August 31.1990 J May Not Be Combined With other Specials . Sharky's at Five Points 779-7979 S f Tree delivery* . I 2 CALZONES j j $6.95 Reg. $8.50 I | Expires August 31,1990 | May Not Be Combined With other Specials | ^^harky^ cr^Five Points 779-7979 J h. Tech Av Services av It's Monnt ^-i_ ' ",ww " 1-1 To Be > indSystpm^Jpr Bands Dund Reinforcement DJ's for Parties , CALL 77^-6688 \ Rm 310 - 3rd Floor^H. s Hidden me be blamed By DENNIS SHEALY Carolina Life Editor "Da dadada dada uh uh . . . ca me Doctor Feelgood, ooo yeah ... uh uh!" Oh, excuse me, I was just lister ing to my new Moltey Crue alburr I listen to a number of heav metal groups, and it hasn't affecte me at all despite what a lot of pec pie say about this type of mush but I will admit that I've had th strangest experiences while unde the influence of heavy metal. Take for example a few month ago while listening to Iron Maidei I became mesmerized in front c my stereo, and Satan himsel emerged from the turntable. That wasn't the strange pai though, with all the back masckin and subliminal messages, I wa was quite used to his unexpecte little visits. We had even gotte pretty close since I bought a CI player; his voice is so muc clearer now. The strange part was when h asked me if I would consider tie ing my mother up, smearing he with cream cheese and throwin her into a pit filled with rabi armadilloes. I told him that I had never reall given it much thought, but since h had suggested it, sure, why not Finding the pit of rabid armadil loes wasn't as hard as you migh think, but my mother turned out t be a pretty tough old bird and wa harder to get tied down an smeared with cream cheese than had imagined. Well, the deed is now done, miss mom and all, but I'm real! glad the jury was smart enough t realize that I had in fact beei coerced by the devil and my favo rite heavy metal musicians inti committing this dreadful crime. Uh-huh. As imnlanspahlp. as this scenerii sounds a legal case very similar ti it has reached trial. The rock group Judas Priest an* their record label are being sue* by the two families who clain their sons committed suicide be cause of lyrics and subliminal mes _ sages on one of the band's albums This column is in no wa; meant to belittle the tragedy o these two young men's deaths, bu the idea that a song on an albun ABC Regulations IN THE BAZAAR AT^ V Wednesday, July Thursday, July Friday & Saturda July 20 & 21 Monday, July Turesday, July Wednesday, July How to jjlPig about j while you beat the heat Come join us for a coo! interlude air-conditioned ballroom while y of blood that will help someone refreshing ice-cold drink courtes ; piece of pizza courtesy of Bom; you'll feel terrific. In addition tc you've given the gift of Ufe. 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I think drug "t abuse and maybe some other probg lem had far more to do with their is suicides than did a heavy metal d band, n 0 What's more, if lyrics, back h mascking and subliminal messages, have such an influence, why e aren't more teens committing sui5. cide or robbing or raping or >r pillaging? g The fact that millions listen to d heavy metal and are apparently unaffected, except for their poor y fashion tastes, give little credence a tft thf?. ir!<?a that mncir> IpH ?Iiaco g ?* %- <??VM MAM*. I11UU1V AVU HIVOV two youths to commit suicide. The parents of these two young lt men are probably just looking to 0 alleviate some of the pain they feel s by blaming the band, because if d they don't have an outside source 1 to blame they blame themselves, which is human nature. * And besides all of this, would y bands really want to kill off their 0 audience? n i_ It seems to me that if they were 0 going to put subliminal messages into the music, it would be to tell their fans to by more of the band's 0 albums and T-shirts, not kill 0 themselves. Heavy metal and rap have come A under a lot of scrutiny lately, 3 which is a shame since they are 1 merely a newer, harsher form of - self-expression for both the artist - and the audience. 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