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...routine is the same in their big-screen debut, except that Best Brains chose a not-so-bad film, This Island Earth--Universal-International's 1955 space opera about American scientists kidnapped to a distant planet, where they are attacked by macrocephalous monsters. The MST3K prologue is a bit ragged, but once This Island Earth kicks in, so does the Brains' mother wit. It finds the absurd everywhere, from the studio logo ("Doesn't the fact that it's Universal make it International?") to the ethereal, annoying ringing sound that accompanies the aliens ("Now we know what the world sounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ROBOCRITICS TAKE FLIGHT | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

...planet can no longer afford cows, it's just another sign that the human population is becoming an unbearable burden for the planet. So long as exponential population growth continues, we can do away with all cattle only to postpone the inevitable catastrophe for a few years. AKSEL WALDORFF Frederiksberg, Denmark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 22, 1996 | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

...only with "back patting" on HotWired's Web pages. Look for a return volley on HotWired this week. In another online mud fight, ESPNET SportsZone unleashed a filtering program designed to keep employees of rival SportsLine USA out of its site (which is open to everyone else on the planet). Maybe it's time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Apr. 15, 1996 | 4/15/1996 | See Source »

...because we've taught the monks to scrupulously detoxify their dyes before dumping them upstream from the tiny, unspoiled Nepalese villages (whose honey-skinned children are so to die for that Jan and I actually adopted one), your purchase of our hand-stitched window dressing will help save the planet for future generations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TO OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS | 4/15/1996 | See Source »

Berry said he will also be in charge of the development of Anaheim Resorts, an entertainment complex of several large restaurants, including Planet Hollywood, and several luxury hotels...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: 'Mealtime Messiah' to Leave | 3/21/1996 | See Source »

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