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...time Updike has come to his final take, "Atlantises," the need for him to take a stand, to interfere in the stricken human landscape, to rip out his earplugs, is excruciating. But Updike settles for the absurdist message of ex-family man Mr. Farnham. As he speeds down the Connecticut highway he spys a huge gray tower, used for training submarine operators how to escape from their sunken vessel by blowing oxygen out of their lungs. The image is as oppressive as the tower is tall. Worse, though, Mr. Farnham is moved by the tower's presence to utter homage...
...peek at the statistics sheet indicates that Dartmouth held the ball for almost 37 of the 60 minutes, much of this on extended drives that failed to produce scores. Most disturbing, however, was the ease with which a Dartmouth offense that had been doing a collective impersonation of Rip Van Winkle all season moved the ball both in the air and on the ground in an unspectacular fashion...
...turn around, face their comrades on the railroad tracks, and start dancing a Rockettes kick-step. Much cheering. Ever mindful of the press, a protester shouts, "Media! Media! Photo opportunity!" The demonstrators also make sure the photographers are ready when, a few minutes later, the police grab the demonstrators, rip off their face-masks, and mace a few for effect...
...Russia go up in foul-smelling smoke. But Soles breaks into the principal's office and, with the P.A.'s aid, turns Lombardi into "Rock and Roll High School." The kids go wild, the Ramones break into "Do You Wanna Dance," and in a scene of mayhem they rip the school apart--in the end actually blowing...
...E.D.T.) Late last season all three networks hatched Animal House sitcoms only to end up with a short-lived trio of turkeys. Three strikes and out, right? Wrong. In television, bad ideas don't fade away; they become cottage industries. The Last Resort is yet another Animal House rip-off - just as silly and doomed as its predecessors. If nothing else, it is easily the season's bravest kamikaze mission...