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By MARK PENNY
Popular interest is rising in the
area of science fiction movies. Pro
ducers have recognized this and are
presenting more films of this genre
for the public’s entertainment (and
for an easier way to make a dollar).
20th Century-Fox and Paramount
have both made a major investment
in upcoming science fiction re
leases. Fox is presenting “Star
Wars” this summer while
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Paramount is waiting until De
cember to release “Star Trek.”
Animated films are also making a
comeback. The old Disney films and
“Winnie the Pooh” series are almost
running rampant.
Taking what 20th Century-Fox
hopes to be the best of these two
areas, they have released an ani
mated science fantasy film,
“Wizards.”
The tale winds around the story of
twin brothers, both wizards, who
are total opposites in their beliefs
p and personalities.
Avatar is a wise and benevolent
magician who rules Montagar, a
| land of fairies and elves. Blackwolf
has turned his subjects of goblins
and mutants into an army that seeks
to extend his evil influence outside
the land of Scortch.
All of this takes place on an earth
that has been destroyed by a holo
caust. Technology is outlawed in this
new world.
When Blackwolf resurrects the
old technology to equip his armies
and assassins. Avatar and a small
band of friends begin a quest to de
stroy the source of Blackwolf s new
power.
Summing it up in one sentence:
“Wizards” is about the never ending
black and whitt* film. From there
the animators ha n d-tinted the prints
to make monst^j. s out of the sol
diers. But the l^Qrns added to the
World War II fj e lmets get a little
monotonous.
“Wizards” reminds us again how
Hitler’s oratorical abilities could put
the backbone in his soldiers and fear
in the hearts of his enemies. The
source of Blackwolf s new power is
Nazi propaganda films.
throughout the scenes. I was ]
antly surprised with the wayfe!
mistakes were kept to a minimum
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battle between good (magic) and
evil (technology).
Ralph Bakshi, who wrote, pro
duced and directed the film, is the
film cartoonist who created “under
ground” animated films such as
“Coonskin,” “Heavy Traffic” and
“Fritz the Cat.” He is presently
working on an adaptation of the
“Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
This is a very refreshing film. The
animation is a welcomed change of
pace from the usual celuloid prod
ucts found on a movie screen.
The film’s major battle sequence
involves taking the negatives of war
scenes from “regular films,” and de
veloping them on high-contrast
War movie fa^ s are sure to recall
parts of “Battle of the Bulge,” “Pat
ton” and “Zulu.” This part of the
film becomes distracting if you
make a game of Being the one who
can identify the most film clips.
Much of the detailed artwork,
Blackwolfs castl e for example, was
not drawn by tlt e film’s animators.
Some of the wo^b came from Fan
tasy and Tolkeiq calendars.
The ending is also food for
thought — Blackwolf s death occurs
in the least suspected way.
The one item that displeased me
most was the appearance and disap
pearance of props throughout the
film. This is to be expected in an
animated film, where several artists
work on the drawings.
The larger articles are the
that the animators forgot tokeepuj
with. Swords and scabbards appei’
as needed.
It is excusable for small rocks an
shrubs not to be consistent
Weehawk, an elf traveling \
Avatar, will draw his sword to f
some great battle, during the I
die of which his scabbard will disap
pear. Once the foe is vanquisM,
he sheathes his weapon in a seals
bard that the animator suddenl)
remembers to draw in.
TV special on A&M
to be shown Sunday
At one point in the film Weelffll
receives a shoulder wound. Il
bleeds for awhile and later
away. I don’t blame the animate
for healing it because of thetroubli
it could have caused in trying tore
member exactly where to draw I
cut.
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The KDFW telecast produced
so much fav ora ble comment
through North, Central and East
Texas that we Wanted to give our
viewers the opp or tunity to see the
program,” Harry Gillam, KBTX sta
tion manager, s^fo.
In addition tq the KDFW video
tape, Gillam said the program will
include interviews by KBTX news
director Martin Sebastian with Dr.
Haskell Monroe, dean of faculties at
A&M; Robert Havery, 1977-78 stu
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cadet commander of the Corps of
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academic programs. Included are
interviews with many students who
were asked for their observations on
such topics as “Aggie Spirit” and the
quality of the education they are re
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Only, why does it reappears
eral minutes later... bleediai
again...on the other arm.
The other annoying error is til,;
existence of two mountain fain
kings. If the characters are goingt
have titles, let’s keep them straigk
Despite these difficulties the fib
should be seen and enjoyed b
everyone. The science fiction aril
animation fans should welcome4
attempt to explore their favorilt
medium in a new fashion.
A caution to parents of small ell
dren: The battle scenes are ver
graphic and the PG rating show
followed.
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