Arts ©Entertainment
Tuesday, October 31, 1993 Page 9
Classifieds
need return
of personals
Boo Boo, Friday night was groovy.
Let’s do it again real soon. Call me?
Love — the Ricker.
That is what you call a good per
sonal.
Three or four (maybe five) years
ago when I was a freshman here at the
U, the best part about picking up the
DN every morning (besides reading
“Jim’s Journal”) was the chance to
peek into the personal lives of about
10 to 15 students a day in the Person
als section of the classifieds.
Yep, those were the days.
Sometimes those personal mes
sages even took the place of my new
found fondness for soap operas.
But since then, the fun has stopped.
Not because I don’t enjoy reading
them; it’s just that for some reason,
they aren’t there to read anymore.
And I wish they were.
Ricker, you are a two-liming,
Pacer-dri ving, pizza-faced pig! I never
want to see you again, and don’t call
me Boo Boo — eat @!*&% and die,
Lucy.
it was great!
Talk around my dorm’s dining hall
sometimes revolved around the trials
and tribulations of poor Boo Boo and
the Ricker, and in between bites of
“roast beef,” questions arose on if
they would ever get back together
again.
(And if Jim would hit it off with his
new McDonald’s co-worker, Ruth.)
It was true, mysterious, uninhib
ited college drama.
But now, since those little lines of
love and disgust are dwindling from
the pages of the DN, the only remotely
close pleasure I get from the classi fieds
comes from reading the cute little notes
the greeks send to each other — each
and every day.
AKAK, Thanks for the groovy week
end. We dig it the most. The women of
Phi Mu. (I did not make that up.)
Nevertheless, it’s still true college
drama.
More times than not during the
week, we have no personals at all.
Sure, that one guy tellingall the women
of UNL that he is their Mr. Right
appears everyday, but that doesn’t re
ally count anymore.
l mon people, aenu an icky love
note to your sweetheart, or rag on the
little bitch who mashed with your man
over the weekend—anything. Let the
entire university in on your little se
crets or inside jokes. Get in on the fun
the personals can provide! (Wow. That
sort of sounded like an advertisement
didn’t it? — sorry.)
Wacky riddles, requests for nude
models, dates or even D&D partners
— I don’t care. Just give me some
thing juicy and mysterious to read.
Even I get tired of reading the same
old boring news, sports and entertain
ment.
Wouldn’t it be nice to bring Boo
Boo and the Ricker back to life? For
no other reason than making little ol’
me happy.
It will give us all yet another reason
to pick up the DN—and it might get
you a date (or D&D partner) in the
process.
Taylor is a junior news-editorial major
and a Daily Nebraskan staff reporter.
Monster picks
Locals recommend choice Halloween flicks
By Gerry Beltz
Film Critic
It’s Halloween, and instead of a pick-of-the
week, several familiar faces on campus and in
Lincoln have offered their picks for your Hallow
een viewing pleasure.
But first, there’s only one new release this *;
week. It’s a doozy, but it fits right in!
“Batman Forever” (PG-13)—Finally, Batman,
has a chin. The world is good. $
Batman (Val Kilmer) must contend with the .
deadly duo of the Riddler (Jim Carrey) and Two
Face (Tommy Lee Jones), put the moves on ar
beautiful psychologist (Nicole Kidman), as well '
as teach his youthful ward Dick Grayson (Chris
O’Donnell) that violence is not the answer.
Too many storylines, but still oodles of fun.
Tommy Lee Jones’ talent is wasted, and
Kidman is so wooden she’s a fire hazard. But
everybody else is terrific.
Quick, Robin! Use the Bat-Remote!
And now, on to the Halloween picks:
Dave Livingston, president of Douglas The
atre Co.: The original “Halloween” and “Carrie.”
“Definitely kept me out of my seat until the last
hurrah.”
John Chism, chairman for this year’s “Cham
ber of Terror”: “My number one favorite —and
Alice Cooper’s favorite — is ‘The Evil Dead.’”
Chism also recommends “Demons” and “Mon
ster Dog,” which features an appearance by Alice
Cooper.
Wheeler Dixon, UNL Film Studies chairman:
“I earnestly recommend watching a classic hor
ror film rather than some contemporary piece of
junk.” Dixon recommends “The Innocents,” a
Victorian ghost story with demonic infants, “Hor
ror of Dracula,” with Christopher Lee, and “Dead
of Night.”
Ben Nelson, Nebraska governor: Nelson said
he was more of a traditional fan, recommending
movies like “Psycho” and “The Birds.” Of the
modern-day genre, he suggests the first “Hallow
een” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street” films.
“The sequels in these series don’t quite live up to
the first ones,” Nelson said.
Dan Ladely, Mary Riepma Ross FilmTheatre:
“The Addiction” and “Nadja,” a couple of inde
pendently made vampire films, and “Alien.” “I
remember jumping out of my seat a couple of
times,” Ladely said.
Shawntell Hurtgen, ASUN president: Hurtgen
said she didn’t see too many horror movies.
“They get me too scared. I saw ‘Child’s Play’ this
weekend.” For a change of pace, Hurtgen recom
mends “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”
James Mehsling/DN
“I stick to the kiddie films. I can handle those,”
she said.
Mike Johanns, Lincoln mayor: “Those movies
drive me nut's. I went to ‘Psycho’ and haven’t
been to one since.”
And finally, yours truly, Gerry Beltz, Daily
Nebraskan senior Arts & Entertainment reporter:
Check out the original “Invasion of the Body
Snatchers,” John Carpenter’s “The Thing,”
“Hellraiser” and “The Fly” from 1986 with Jeff
Goldblum. If you want to hit the big screen, catch
“Seven,” “Copycat” or if you want to laugh a
little, “A Vampire in Brooklyn.”
Courtesy of Hollywood Pictures
With the unique ability to transfer energy, Powder (Sean Patrick Flanery) funnels
the experience of a dying deer into the nunter who shot it in “Powder.”
‘Powder’ powerful until finale
By Cliff A. Hicks
ttlm Critic *
If it hadn’t been for the last
two minutes, “Powder” would
be an excel
lent film.
The story
centers on
Powder —
a boy with
albinism—
who is
found in the
basement
of his re
cently de
ceased grandfather.
In addition to being an al
bino, Powder has no body hair,
has an IQ off the charts and can
channel energy.
All other things aside,
“Powder” is the story of any
one who has ever been labeled
“gifted.” It is perhaps to the
gifted what “Forrest Gump”
was to the mentally disabled.
Which makes the ending so
disappointing.
With his speech, his stance
and his manner, Sean Patrick
Flanery (“The Young Indiana
Jones Chronicles”) absolutely
See POWDER on 10
Film: “Powder”
Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery,
Mary Steenburgen, Lance
Henriksen, Jeff Goldblum
Director: Victor DeSalva
Rating: PG-13 (language,
mild violence)
Grade: 13
Five Words: Great film
with lousy ending
Famedartists
enter rock’s
Hall of Fame
The Associated Press
CLEVELAND—The psychedelic sounds
of the 1960s and pioneering performers of the
’70s mark the 1996 inductees into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
The class of ’96 includes Jefferson Air
plane, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, the Velvet
Underground, Gladys Knight and the Pips,
Little Willie John and the Shirelles. Early
influence Pete Seeger and FM radio pioneer
Tom Donahue will also be inducted in a Jan.
17 ceremony in New York City.
Rock Hall Director Dennis Barrie and Rock
Hall Foundation Executive Director Suzan
Evans, announced the inductees Monday.
“I think it’s a great list,” Barrie said. “It
shows the breadth of rock ‘n’ roll. The fact that
it goes from a Little Willie John to a Pink
Floyd ... shows how vigorous the music has
been over the years.”
To be eligible for induction, a rocker must
have recorded at least 25 years ago. Some 800
musicians, critics and other rock experts voted
on the inductees from among nominees se
lected by a committee.
Bowie, who began as a cult phenomenon in
England in the 1960s and later emerged as a
leading performer of the ’70s and ’80s, al
ready is represented in museum displays.
Pink Floyd, best known for its surreal stage
shows and phenomenal “Dark Side Of The
Moon” album — which spent 741 weeks on
the Billboard chart — has also donated arti
facts to the museum.
Jefferson Airplane emerged from the San
See HALL on 10
