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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-28 (Saturday)
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 17:21:34 -0000 (UTC)
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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>On 12/29/2024 8:24 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

>>>Beastmaster (4K disc) 1982 sword and sorcery movie written and directed
>>>by Don Coscarelli.  Marc Singer stars as a man who can talk to animals.
>>>Rip Torn stars as the villain who murders the king and takes over the
>>>kingdom.  Singer is the young prince/hero who has to rescue the princess
>>>and save the kingdom.  Mostly background noise with the commentary track.

>>This is not terrible, and the tv series was not terrible. If they tried
>>a little harder, it could have been much better entertainment.

>I remember when I was a kid this movie was really good, and really 
>scary.  Not so much now.  From the commentary it sounded like the 
>director was having constant battles with the producers.  They also had 
>issues with what was written in the script compared to what was actually 
>possible with the animals they had on set.  He also mentioned everyone 
>was very excited when they managed to get Tanya Roberts a playboy 
>centerfold because they thought it would help promote the movie, but 
>then the magazine issue came out a couple of months after the movie's 
>release so it didn't help.

What a gorgeous woman. It's amazing she hadn't already been asked by
Playboy while she was on Charlie's Angels.