Comments on: Stars of Sea and Space http://www.showbits.net/2008/02/11/scheider-alvin/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:07:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: kgagne http://www.showbits.net/2008/02/11/scheider-alvin/#comment-7840 kgagne Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:50:47 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2008/02/11/scheider-alvin/#comment-7840 <A HREF = "http://www.starwars.com/community/news/family/news20080213.html" TITLE="John Alvin Remembered">StarWars.com</A> posted a nice tribute to John Alvin yesterday. (Hat tip to <A HREF = "http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Artist_John_Alvin_Passes_Away_112134.asp" TITLE="Artist John Alvin Passes Away">TheForce.net</A>)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7840','kgagne'); return false;"><small class=\"commentmetadata\">Reply</small></a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7840','kgagne','<A HREF = \"http:\/\/www.starwars.com\/community\/news\/family\/news20080213.html\" TITLE=\"John Alvin Remembered\">StarWars.com<\/A> posted a nice tribute to John Alvin yesterday. (Hat tip to <A HREF = \"http:\/\/www.theforce.net\/latestnews\/story\/Artist_John_Alvin_Passes_Away_112134.asp\" TITLE=\"Artist John Alvin Passes Away\">TheForce.net<\/A>)'); return false;"><small class=\"commentmetadata\">Quote</small></a></div> StarWars.com posted a nice tribute to John Alvin yesterday. (Hat tip to TheForce.net)
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]]> By: GeneD http://www.showbits.net/2008/02/11/scheider-alvin/#comment-7836 GeneD Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:50:36 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2008/02/11/scheider-alvin/#comment-7836 <em>Jaws</em> is a classic. While the special effects and pacing are dated, the overall suspense and acting are solid and show why Spielberg et al. became such big stars. <em>SeaQuest DSV</em> started out as a promising <em>Star Trek</em> analogue under sea rather than in space, but later seasons suffered with the choice of younger and younger cast members and less and less realistic plots, ranging from postapocalyptic to time travel fantasy. I didn't know about the death of movie-poster artist John Alvin, several of whose posters I've owned.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7836','GeneD'); return false;"><small class=\"commentmetadata\">Reply</small></a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7836','GeneD','<em>Jaws<\/em> is a classic. While the special effects and pacing are dated, the overall suspense and acting are solid and show why Spielberg et al. became such big stars.\r\n\r\n<em>SeaQuest DSV<\/em> started out as a promising <em>Star Trek<\/em> analogue under sea rather than in space, but later seasons suffered with the choice of younger and younger cast members and less and less realistic plots, ranging from postapocalyptic to time travel fantasy.\r\n\r\nI didn\'t know about the death of movie-poster artist John Alvin, several of whose posters I\'ve owned.'); return false;"><small class=\"commentmetadata\">Quote</small></a></div> Jaws is a classic. While the special effects and pacing are dated, the overall suspense and acting are solid and show why Spielberg et al. became such big stars.

SeaQuest DSV started out as a promising Star Trek analogue under sea rather than in space, but later seasons suffered with the choice of younger and younger cast members and less and less realistic plots, ranging from postapocalyptic to time travel fantasy.

I didn't know about the death of movie-poster artist John Alvin, several of whose posters I've owned.

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