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New mo Terminator 2 By AARON SHEININ Carolina Life Editor On August 29, 1997 anyone not wearing sun-block is going to have a very bad d what Sarah Connor tells us and what provi premise behind Terminator 2: Judgemer new blockbuster movie from James Camei nold Schwarzenegger. Three billion lives will end in the nuclei called "Judgement Day," and as Connor tells us, those who survive will face ar against the machines. Linda Hamilton revives her role as C years after she destroyed the first cyborg st future to kill her and her unhorn ehild Th son has been bom and is a little delinquent foster parents. He lives with foster parents mother tried to destroy a computer lab she be connected to the future and the produ< Terminator. She was shot and put in a mer after she started telling everyone about the the end of the world and her savior-son. Well, the machines are going to try a send a new and improved killing machi 1994 Los Angeles to find and kill John C > rebels manage to send back a lone warrior time, it's a Terminator also, only an eai The older model has more leg-room, th packs a big punch. Like most sequels, I didn't like it as n original. However, I did still like it. How not? The action and stunts were incredible, Patrick was perfectly cast as the T-1000 i nold, however, was sort of a disappointr Bill, Ted tak By KIPP SHIVES and Staff Writer desti t t i j and unpreceueniea. _ , Tea Bill S. Preston, Esquire, and Ted and "Theodore" Logan first graced the silver screen four years ago with ^ their debut Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Now they've re- * turned with the sequel, Bill and g(XX Ted's Bogus Journey. snea are Last time, the two traveled mak through time in a phone booth to COve collect famous people from the past so they could get an A on B their history project. This time, Am< there is more of a plot as they ^at make their way through the under- Per^ world and back to save the women Ted they love and Earth from the for- T1 ces of evil. Sear (Bill This flick is truly hilarious and the i spoofs Terminator 2 as an evil Bill Goe Living ] n r L in v^omion Discover how healthy and ^ comfortable your feet can be in original Bi'rkenstock footwear. And discover the fresh new look of Birkenstock ? sandals ^ and shoes in exciting new <colors and styles. ^ Blikcniiock j "j Available At: Footloose in Five Points (across from Andy's Deli) 2002 -B Greene St. I 771-7961 1 The CI Find Time I What you get back is ir You may be think time to make a dil the Office of Com / challenges you to Whether it's one f month, we can he For more informa Community Serv Activities Center, ivies ei opens wii get me wrong, he of actor. But comp; a 2 million lay. This is guess that he is nc a to be the bl0","g,hlC0PS . r? ,hn protect them. it Day\ the ^ moyie was X)n an r nold to show his cc , , of one-liners. He re ir ho ocaus and mannerjsms> j s narrative Qn adds tQ lother war, machine Linda Hamilton 1 Connor, ten mn for his money. >nt from the this movie. Her she is time, her ripped with form, i living with she wanted to get a because his vie. She succeeded, believed to her body like the b ;tion of the waste. Hamilton cos ital-institute she takes charge, t coming of The only annoyii He was very annoj igain. They was the only one), he back to another mark agair lonnor. The movie goes along a again. This himself off as a futi lier model. The movie cost lough. And make. It is normallj vie must make one ao u'v oreaK even, inai cc ' could you tickets. But if any i and Robert see it at the theatre cyborg. Ar- video. The effects ; nent. Don't tice on the s :e bogus j Ted are sent from the future to oy the real Bill and Ted. Bill Ted construct good Bill and robots to battle the evil Bill Ted. 'hat could be more classic than inrr thn ririm Roorv?r in o nomo **'5 UIV lwupvt aii a gaiuv Battleship? Or mugging the ily at the gates of Heaven to k past St. Peter? Bill and Ted so undeniably cool that they :e Pauly Shore run for his :rs. ill and Ted capture that true jrican spirit of carelessness embodies every young person, taps there is a little Bill and in each and every one of us. bis adventure is directed by the 1 Penn look-alike Alex Winter 1) who's other movies include first Bill and Ted saga, Rosalie s Shopping, Squeal of Death, Room for all f>75 Security dej ^ocated just minutes fror )n Greystone Blvd. Turn Call (SfaSt Today VT"c lalleng to Give. rimeasurable. ing you do not ha^ :"ference in someon Qnrx ti pn Prr IA LCAA 11 \.y v^tA V AAV show yourself yov lour a week or an ? Ip you take the chc tion, call or stop b; ice Programs, 777Lower Level, Ruse + itertain,: it a bang I is still the perfect Terminator-type By ired to the first one, he didn't have Edi istinct. But then again, one must I >w too big of a star to go around in nd killing kids. So he decides to geu cra< another wonderful vehicle for Ar- saf( jmedian-side with his usual barage sh0 ally steals the show with his jokes nizj lis strength, which seems bound- j the image of the indestructible iifce Boj looks like she could give Patrick a $oii She has really gotten in shape for ulders are huge and her biceps are 'h0 She had said in an interview that cha "Madonna-like body" for this mo- ? . Now I just hope she doesn't use oy-toy uses hers. That would be a jjj-y mes across as "Rambette" the wav ~..i. * tuil blac ng part of the movie was the kid. mal ^ing and didn't even get shot (he j. He also listened to Guns-n-Roses, aim ist him. He does improve as the devi nd he calms down enough to pass abo ire world-leader. Aim an approximate $100 million to Tre f known in the industry that a mo- p i-and a-half times what it cost to war >mes out to $250 million. A lot of l0Uj movie can do it, this one can. Go . Don't wait for it to come out on g^t, and explosions can't be done jus- ous" mall screen. Grade: A. j liqui ourney " Haunted. Summer and The Lost Boys. Keanu Reeves, who plays Ted, has appeared in Point Break with actor Patrick Swayze, Dangerous Liasons and River s Edge as well as Paula Abdul's "Rush Rush" video. Although this movie begins well and contains many classic scenes, the ending is a ludricrous return to the silly attitude of the first movie. Perhaps this is a bit too critical since we are talking about two completely lost guys who travel though time in a phone booth. But based on the begining, I expected better from Bill and Ted. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey is highly recommended for those with a love of Monty Python, Mel Brooks or Police Academy movies. Ar It is a most triumphant comedic Te achievement. your stuff... * ' 1 & 2 Bedrooms ) ^ Available Excellent Roomate Floorplans I Pool, Tennis Court b & Clubhouse with ^ ^r?^ramS Dosit per person n USC. Exit 1-126, right right at the first light. 779-2373 rp* /e enough e's life... 1 Dgrams J 1 do have time. r ifternoon a 6 g illenge to give. Y the Office of 5780, Campus ;ell House. raise consciousness ?ilm evokes thought, violence - O ' ' DAVID BOWDEN ter likeable with his dirty sense of humor and loyalty tor in Chief to his friends. The ending of the film shows Doughieing a WASP, I don't know what it's like to live ^as a sensidve side as well, i neighborhood where there is a real danger of my Writer and director John Singleton has created such ting shot every day. I don't see gang members or a well-crafted movie, it is hard for me to praise all of ;k dealers on the way to school. I live a relatively die movie s good points. I especially liked that Single; life. Seeing a great movie like Boyz N The Hood *?n did not create cardboard characters. He made none ws how America can be just as brutal and dehuma- diem totally good or bad. All have flaws. The moing as the worst war-zone. vie is also not sexist, as it includes several strong wo7ew movies really make the viewer feel what it is men characters (especially Tre s mother). ; to live in a different place, to live a different life. Finally, this is not a white-bashing film. An abusive >z is one of those rarities. The movie is set in C0P diat threatens Tre at the point of a gun is black, ith-Central L.A., but it could be any urban ghetto. no* white. Where the film does address black-white ^ j _l_ ! tt _ .? ralotinnc 11 1 o in o Kri 111or?t- Atv*ninn cnan/i in o aIqpo uic iaic cumcuidu rs.uoiii narns says, mis is a ?? ? " u ^ 111 ? v""OJ" od where "the cost of living is going up and the r??m, where a white teacher lectures an all-black class nee of living is going down." on the Pilgrims. Never before have I seen so elo\oyz touches on all the modern problems of Black quently demonstrated how irrelevant white-dominated erica, including gang violence, teen pregnancy, education can be to black students, g addiction, alcohol abuse, police harassment, B?yz N The Hood marks the debut of a visonary urally-biased education and the gentrification of new black film-maker. Singleton will inevitably be ;k neighborhoods, where the poor are kicked out to compared to Spike Lee, but for all the hype ot Lee s ce room for richer, paler folks. work, he has never created a film this deep and lowever, even with such a wide agenda, the movie thought-provoking without being antagonistic to white ost never seems preachy. The reason for this is the people in general. Compared to Boyz, Do The Right elopment of characters that the audience can care Thing seems racist and cartoonish. ut. There are three teenagers that the plot of the But comparing the two most important black filmI riOnriPnfrQtPC r\n* TV\iirrKKnv /nlatm/1 Kt/ T/^o -?t -?i- - 1 ' -* * . ?? yyiujv-aj uj maxers louay is liscn racist, implying mat uiey are (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) and Rick (Morris Chestnut). their own little category. Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert ick wants to be a football star in the NFL. Tre rightly compared Boyz to Martin Scorsese's Mean its to get out of his crummy neighborhood. Ire's Streets, another slice of ghetto-life, this time dealing ?h father Furious (played by Larry Fishbume) with Italians instead of blacks. Despite the different ?s Tre in line by emphasizing education and inte- skin colors, the message, of course, is the same: If i- Some of the best scenes in the movie are Furi- poor people don't get more opportunities in society, dialogue with his son. they will become frustrated and violent at being kept he third friend, Doughboy, is a trash-talking, malt- in place. This message needs to be brought out in or drinking, gun-toting loser who is Rick's half- more films the quality of Boyz N The Hood. Grade: her. Despite his faults, Ice Cube makes the charac- A-plus mU H ypSPf^ ^\^j|jf m .?p '**' ^ .J^*jj|^R ?**.. jflBd^HHfllBMM | B ." JjP cjfl- ' IfH*;. ?' A?il^rife * ' ' ^^sflliP .- 1L| ? nold Schwarzenegger returns as The Cuba Gooding Jr. (right) and Nia Long star in rminator Boyz N the Hood WELCOME TO THE USC! 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