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...really blame the actors for the failure of a raft of screenwriters to provide them with even vaguely funny lines. They were doubtless too busy helping invent the film's visual effects, which most prominently include the gigantic mechanical tarantula with which Loveless hopes to induce a post-Civil War U.S. to surrender its sovereignty to him. But like men in frocks or the doctor's steam-driven wheelchair, it is just a sight gag--a one-shot deal out of which you cannot build intricately sustained comedy. The movie is loaded with this junk, but it has no authentic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Westward, No | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...BUSH] "They did not invent prosperity any more than they invented the Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Fellow Americanos... | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...past 500 years, we had beengetting our information electronically and then amodern Gutenberg had come along to invent ways toput tin on paper and deliver it to our doorsteps,then we would marvel at what a great newtechnology it was," Isaacson says...

Author: By Walter S. Isaacson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Just in Time: Isaacson Delivers the News | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

...thus far broached to none but his inner circle: aliens on earth. "One type of alien looks like a human but has a nose made of a bone," he confided; others resemble ghosts. The extraterrestrials, who arrived circa 1900, have not been idle. "Everyone thinks that scientists invent on their own," said Li, "when in fact their inspiration is manipulated by the aliens." The aliens intend to replace all humans with clones, he added. "In terms of culture and spirit, they already control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man with the Qi | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...cola officials have often been asked about their 100-year rivalry with Pepsi-Cola, and they usually respond diplomatically, claiming to benefit from having a competitor that has seemingly fought them to a standstill for every drop of business worldwide. "If Pepsi didn't exist, we'd have to invent it," is the generous reply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pepsi Gets Back In The Game | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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