X-Received: by 2002:ac8:4d4a:0:b0:425:7668:5e6e with SMTP id x10-20020ac84d4a000000b0042576685e6emr40073qtv.11.1702012967689; Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:22:47 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a05:6870:78d:b0:1fb:564:5c10 with SMTP id en13-20020a056870078d00b001fb05645c10mr4357990oab.3.1702012967407; Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:22:47 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: pgsql.interfaces.pgadmin.support Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 21:22:47 -0800 (PST) Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=216.131.82.11; posting-account=YW3duwoAAACoU6qNOFLYS4lL0C2ssH-Y NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.131.82.11 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: 's Story (1993) From: Natan Vogel Injection-Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:22:47 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 8826 Xref: csiph.com pgsql.interfaces.pgadmin.support:99 Roger Ebert gave the film a mixed two-and-a-half stars out of a possible fo= ur. He praised the "first-rate cast" and cinematography. Yet he wrote: "The= re are some stories you simply can't tell. The story of the Andes survivors= may be one of them [due to the] sheer enormity of the experience."[7] He a= lso questioned the realism of how normal the actors' bodies looked after po= rtraying two months of near-starvation.[7] 's Story (1993) DOWNLOAD https://cinurl.com/2wJ4k3 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story is a 1993 British-American animated adventur= e comedy film directed by Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, and Si= mon Wells from a screenplay by John Patrick Shanley. Based on the 1987 Huds= on Talbott children's book of the same name, it tells the story of four din= osaurs who travel to the present day and become intelligent by eating a "Br= ain Grain" cereal invented by scientist Captain Neweyes. The film was produ= ced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation studio and features the voices of Joh= n Goodman, Felicity Kendal, Charles Fleischer, Walter Cronkite, Jay Leno, J= ulia Child, Kenneth Mars, Yeardley Smith, and Martin Short. We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story was released by Universal Pictures on Novemb= er 24, 1993; it was marketed as the more family-friendly equivalent of Spie= lberg's Jurassic Park, which was released the same year. The film became a = box-office bomb, grossing only $9.3 million worldwide, and received mixed r= eviews from critics: while its animation, score, and voice performances wer= e praised, most criticisms targeted its story, pacing, and lack of characte= r development. In present-day New York City, an Eastern bluebird named Buster runs away fr= om his siblings and he meets an intelligent orange Tyrannosaurus named Rex,= who is playing golf. He explains to Buster that he was once a ravaging din= osaur, and proceeds to tell his personal story. A scientist, Captain Neweyes, wants children of the present day to see real= dinosaurs from the Mesozoic era. He and his alien assistant Vorb go back i= n time to collect dinosaurs, give them the cereal 'Brain Grain' to bestow t= hem sentience, and send them to the present day. The dinosaurs Neweyes has = collected include an orange Tyrannosaurus rex named Rex, a blue Triceratops= named Woog, a purple Pteranodon named Elsa, and a green Parasaurolophus na= med Dweeb. Neweyes welcomes them aboard his ship, explains his plan to take= them to Dr. Julia Bleeb, who will guide them to the Museum of Natural Hist= ory, and warns them to avoid Professor Screweyes, his nefarious twin brothe= r who causes mischief after having lost his left eye several years ago. In the United States, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story opened during the Than= ksgiving holiday with other new entries including Mrs. Doubtfire, A Perfect= World and a film adaptation of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker.[19] It = grossed $4.6 million on its opening week, well below expectations.[20] Its = opening weekend at the time was attributed to snow storms and weather patte= rns across the country and had also affected the rest of the film box offic= e that weekend.[21] In its second weekend, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story g= rossed $1.5 million, a 60% decline.[22][23] Its run ended with a total gros= s of $9.3 million,[24] with journalists quickly evaluating its run as a com= mercial flop.[25][20] Journalists called the commercial performance of the = film an indicator of how difficult it was to compete with Walt Disney Featu= re Animation, as from a commercial perspective at the time most of Disney's= animated features were commercial successes while other animated films rel= eased within those years had performed either disappointingly or outright b= ombed.[26][25] Steven Hulett of the union Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists= argued the low performances of these films, including We're Back! A Dinosa= ur's Story, resulted to a lack of focus on plot in a story-driven medium li= ke animation.[23] Several reviews found the story convoluted,[35][36][37] Robert W. Butler ca= lling it "complicated and superficial".[38] Butler and Asbury Park Press wr= iter Eleanor O'Sullivan found the flashback framing device pointless and ob= noxious;[34][38] while the Ottawa Citizen's Laura Robin reported inconsiste= ncies, such as with Rex's weight where a light raft holds him yet a bigger = dock doesn't.[36] Variety's Daniel M. Kimmel found the villain and his moti= vations not only convoluted but also ableist, as the film attributes his ma= levolence to his loss of an eye.[39] Jane Horwitz and Janet Maslin noted ot= her iffy moments, such as the police chase, drugging of dinosaurs, the scar= y circus scenes, and Screweyes' death.[2][40] The film was considered clich= ed, preachy, and unoriginal,[6][34][36] such as by Pamella Bruce of the Aus= tin Chronicle; she described it as a rip-off of The Jungle Book (1967) that= stole elements of the works of Tim Burton and Alfred Hitchcock.[6] Even a = favorable review from the Hartford Courant's Roger Catlin found recycled as= pects of the child characters, particularly Cecilia's "poor little rich gir= l" lifestyle, Louie's Bowery Boys-esque wise-guy attitude, and him running = away to join the circus.[41] Reviewers also felt the writing lacked humor a= nd imagination,[30][32] Pensacola News Journal's Marshall Fine claiming the= dialogue was more stuffed than witty.[33] Mixed opinions continued in retrospective coverage. Seventeen, in 2017, lis= ted it as one of the 18 best-animated films to view on Netflix;[44] and Cou= ntry Living, in 2019, included it in a list of the 15 best kid-friendly din= osaur films.[45] On the other hand, The A.V. Club placed it in its 2015 lis= t of the 14 worst dinosaur media;[46] and Paste, that same year, ranked the= dinosaur characters the ninth-worst in popular culture, calling them the "= silliest, most annoying of the animated dinosaurs".[47] The A.V. Club also = ranked Screweyes' devouring by the crows the 19th most terrifying moment in= children's entertainment.[48] /Film's Dalin Rowell felt that, despite its = poor character animation and bizarre writing, the incorporation of a horror= circus and real dinosaurs dancing on city streets would fascinate children= 's minds, and the character of Rex would appeal to young audiences looking = for a supportive and very fun friend.[49] Common Sense Media's Renee Schonf= eld called it "clever enough, visually appealing enough, and brisk enough t= o make it satisfying". He praised the "engaging" child protagonists, voice = acting, and parade scene, although felt it suffered from an "often tangled,= overloaded story" with too many characters.[50] In the months since the mass shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary schoo= l in December, the public is paying close attention to the topic of firearm= s; according to a recent Pew Research Center survey (Pew Research Center, A= pril 2013) no story received more public attention from mid-March to early = April than the debate over gun control. Reducing crime has moved up as a pr= iority for the public in polling this year. SCHINDLER'S LIST 29 03:17, color, 1994, UNIVERSAL A Steven Speilberg film and winner of seven Academy Awards. This film presents the true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer, and war profiteer who saved more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. SECRETS OF WILD CHILD 1115 00:55, color, 1994, NOVA The story of a girl who spent her childhood locked in a bedroom unable to walk or talk. The scientific community studies her and helps her cope with the therapies. eebf2c3492