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...suffered from a lack of structure (_Snake Eyes_) or moments of utter incomprehensibility (_Mission: Impossible_), and the trend isn't stopping anytime soon. Not if his latest effort, _Mission to Mars_, is any indication. What De Palma improves on his previous problems is negated for rampant use of overdone sci-fi conventions...

Author: By James Crawford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mission Aborted: A Space Travesty | 3/10/2000 | See Source »

...aliens who have crushes on them. Separately, writer Peter Bagge (Hate) and artist Gilbert Hernandez (Luba) have well-deserved reputations as creators of some of comics' most complex female characters. In Yeah!--drawn with a clean line and lively colors--they have collaborated to produce a pop-culture, sci-fi, mainstream comic that finally offers an alternative to Archie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comics: Yeah! | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

...JEAN: He looks like he could possibly be doing Ec, but he might be into Hist and Sci...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Wearing It Way Out: Another Fashion Dialogue | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...placed a moratorium on executions 22. A new South African museum has been named for him 24. "__ evil ... " 25. Day-__ paints 26. Paul's Exodus role 27. A Senate bill has been introduced to increase their number 30. Name conspicuously absent from Senate campaign posters 34. Copernicus' sci. 35. Sennett lawman 36. Franklin's mom 37. FICA funds it 38. Cartoon voice __ Blanc 39. Sporty VW 40. Kurdish rebels have given up the fight here 42. Congressman Charles, a leading Democratic fund raiser 45. Sidestep 46. Drive forward 47. __ Wide Shut 48. This company offered PCs to all its employees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword Feb. 28, 2000 | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...latitude lines, so it stands in easily for the earth. But see it from the side, within sight of the floating models of Jupiter and Saturn, and it's the sun. Get underneath, next to the giant tripod that supports it, and it's the underside of a sci-fi space pod. Stand back in a properly reflective mood, and it suggests the expanding bubble of creation itself. And maybe also that famous perisphere at the 1939 World's Fair--not all the associations here are cosmic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How It Stacks Up Architecturally | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

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