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To: epicure who wrote (24603)	5/16/1999 10:10:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 71178

I think my sister and I are going to see "Midsummer Night's Dream" tonight. Maybe. It's her husband's birthday, but the plans seem pretty loose. At least I know her well enough to say no when she wanted to go to New Orleans with me to see the Degas show. I don't want to have to rush coming back. Dog burglar alarm works satisfactorily, he woke me up to warn me of impending vicious joggers running around the lake out front. He did not, however, eat the rat that comes every night to gnaw on the poppy seed muffin I have left as an offering, to persuade said rat to leave the rest of the food alone. It's working, but the muffin is getting disgusting. I was hoping Buddy Max would care for a midnight rat snack, but it was not to be. Movie list looks intriguing.

To: epicure who wrote (24603)	5/17/1999 1:29:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Or it could just be bad. Star Trek insurrection was bad- and I love Star Trek (I even watched the old ones with Shatner whom I loath detest and generally cannot stand). We saw Star Trek: InchErection on Thursday and were quite disappointed. Jonathan Frakes (Number 1) directed, and the movie came off like a two-hour TV episode. It even had a shoestring feel to it. Why do I think that any second Mr. Frakes will turn into the camera and "guarantee it" that he'll find me a cheaper suit? I downloaded the Phantom Menace trailer at work. Looks decent I must admit. And I heard a review on NPR (just happened to - was easing the car into the garage, doors and all) wherein this woman was saying "You may have heard that the movie stinks. Well I really liked it. So long as you realize that Star Wars isn't high literature but rather a broadly-applied saga of basic themes, like the Arthur story - get ready to kick back and enjoy a simple pleasure." I'm with her. I don't want Lucas doing Jane Austen. But if he could have retained Lois McMaster Bujold as a story consultant - it would have been fabulous. She is my second favorite writer, bar none, of the last twenty years. Her sci-fi, while technically very good, is technically unobtrusive. It's the human story (now on its ninth or so volume) that has me riveted.