Word: supers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Intel's operating model so the firm can make money on sub-$1,000 PCs. That means taking more risks and finding new applications for Intel chips. Intel has also invested hundreds of millions to "seed" demand for PCs. The firm is betting on interactive multimedia (imagine watching the Super Bowl and clicking on a player to see his stats), cable modems that speed Internet delivery and audio software that makes your PC sound like the local THX multiplex. Grove has reviewed dozens of battle plans for the company and finds the same fault with them all: not radical enough...
...Tabasco: "Mosquito" The 130-year-old red-pepper sauce provided zest during a 1997 Super Bowl full of commercial clunkers. When a mosquito bites someone consuming Tabasco and explodes seconds later, you don't have to live on a bayou to appreciate the piquant sauce's power...
...next pay-per-view is the Starrcade on Dec. 28, which could push the Patriots further into the playoffs. And while there is no pay-per-view to accompany the AFC Championship, NWO Souled Out will air on the night of the Super Bowl...
Less marketable but much more intriguing are the diverse political implications of Starship Troopers. For one, rather than a picture like Star Wars, which pitted two adult and articulated ideologies of Good and Evil against one another, this picture features a kind of super-race of buff, soulless, undifferentiated humans against a race of beings who are denied any thoughts, feelings or social structures at all. The film is essentially two hours of watching apple-cheeked children squash anthills for sheer visceral thrill...
...makers of this super-animatronic clunker were so enamored with themselves for creating swarms of giant bugs, big fancy spaceships and massive explosions, and so sure the audience would be equally enthralled, that they neglected to make a passable movie. The special effects are unsupported by any semblance of plot, character development, directing, acting or editing. If you've seen the preview, then you've enjoyed it considerably more than anyone who actually had to sit through...