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...moviegoers' newfound fascination with female action heroes. A hit could generate a succession of sequels, just the way Bond has. But the history of video-game transfers from the computer screen to the big screen is dismal. Remember "Wing Commander," starring Freddie Prinze Jr.? How about "Super Mario Bros." with Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper? Probably not, or at least not fondly. Hard-core game fans, more familiar with controlling action than with merely observing it, are liable to sit in their local cineplex with itchy trigger thumbs. So Paramount is pulling out all the stops to make its flick...
...MARIO Meet Conker. He's a squirrel, he swears a lot, he has a drinking problem, and he's the star of Conker's Bad Fur Day ($70), a new video game for the Nintendo 64. Conker is Nintendo's attempt to shed its wholesome image (think Super Mario Bros.) and pull in some grownup dollars. In one scene Conker defeats his foes by drinking beer and then--cover your eyes, kids--urinating on them...
After long absences, two of the biggest-name "alternative" titles happen to have both returned this past month. Peter Bagge's "Hate" ran for 30 issues from 1990 to 1998. "Love and Rockets," by Los Bros. Hernandez (Gilbert, Jaime and sometimes Mario), ran for 50 issues from 1981 to 1996. Now "Hate" has returned in the first of a series of annual editions, while "Love and Rockets" begins a new quarterly schedule...
...Love and Rockets" can be found at better comic shops, or even third-rate ones, with a bit of luck. There are many collected volumes of both series. I recommend the first three "Hate" collections, and throw up my hands at selecting any of the 18 volumes of Hernandez Bros. work. Any of them will be worth reading. Better to start at the beginning, I guess...
DIED. WARNER LEROY, 65, New York City restaurateur and Warner Bros. scion whose fantasy-land establishments drew the rich and famous; of lymphoma; in New York. Among his lavishly designed eateries were Maxwell's Plum, Tavern on the Green and the revamped Russian Tea Room...