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Show n The Daily Utah Chronicle - Friday, November 9, 1990 Page Twelve Late Night at David Letterman's In New Canaan, Conn., David Letterman, whose house has been broken into six times by a fan, called the police when he found a pair of autograph seekers waiting in his 'Lensman' unevenly meshed M. Sean McBride Chronicle Film Critic By driveway. No charges were filed in the incident, which occurred about 2 a.m. Saturday, authorities said. Police said they didn't know if the fans got the talk show host's autograph. Margaret Ray of Crawford, Colo., was sentenced to a year in prison after breaking into Letterman's home for the sixth time in March. She told authorities at one point that she was Letterman's wife. Associated Press the eels may look Lensman m A Streamline Pictures release Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Kazuyuki Hirokawa Starting Nov. 10 for one week only CLIMBING SALE all Climbing Shoes , Lab and The Japan Computer A There are hundreds of other similarities to Star Wars series, but suffice it to say that in the end, Kim destroys the evil Devil Planet. Lord Helmet isn't completely destroyed, but rather sent careening off into space. I guess he'll be back in The Boskone Strike Back. Now, I haven't read any of "Doc" Smith's fiction, so I don't know whether Lucas stole from Smith, or the Lensman stole from Star Wars. It really doesn't matter. Star Wars, Dune, Blade Runner and Star Trek all more interesting problem is found in the storyline. When "Doc" Smith published the Lensman series in 1934 he had no idea that subsequent generations of science fiction writers would borrow and huge budget woes that appeals to the creative storyteller as well as the producer in me. You can see why a science fiction epic like Lensman might appeal to me. Not only does Lensman have E. E. "Doc" Smith's classic science fiction storyline, but it boasts of blending the best of computer animation with the more traditional eel animation. Unfortunately, co-pil- ot fare ('course, it standard still ain't Disney). The problem is that there isn't any attempt to blur the distinction between the two styles. When you cut away from one image, the effect feels more like switching TV channels than basic editing. Tadami Watanabe Animation by the New York Institute of Technology, Computer Graphics embellish his ideas. Motion pictures also rework the original Lensman. The similarities between Lensman and Star Wars, Blade Runner, Dune and Star Trek are amazing. Let's see if the plot doesn't sound familiar to you: Kim is a young boy who lives on a peaceful planet until came out in movie form before Lensman did. It is impossible not to compare. Lensman simply doesn't seem original. It is an inferior remake of some classic science fiction films. Lensman opens Friday at Gnema in Your Face. one day a planetary patrol ship "juxtaposing" might carrying military secrets is attacked and shot down by a pursuing Boskone (evil) armada. Before the Boskone can get the secrets back, Kim is chosen by be a better term than "blending" because the computer and eel animation never seem to match; one belongs in a university showcase like (sounds Spaceballs?) before he can take over the galaxy. Along the way, Kim is helped by his giant furry Fuzzkirk, an independent nurse who wears her hair in a bun, a master Lensman who teaches Kim how to use the lens and a small Wolfman Dick Clark on acid figure who has access to Boskone infrastmcture. after-scho- ol Produced by Akihito Ito, Mitsuru Kaneko, Michihiro Tomii and Helmet Lord lot like much more complex than the and characters without incurring TOUR no a lensman; a guardian of the galaxy. With the power of the lens to guide him, Kim sets out to battle the evil "RoboTech," but they are certainly Graphics Laboratories. Animation has always fascinated me. There is something about being able to create fantastic new worlds SATCH the a mystic force to become a while the other belongs to Saturday morning cartoons. This isn't to say that the animation isn't good. The computer generated animation is bold and menacing. And OFF 20-3- 0 Scarpa, Merrell, 5.10 All "Dry" Climbing Ropes 702 East 1st South SLCUT ON SALE 84102 Cousin, Beal, Edelweiss, Mamot Used Rental Climbing Shoes 359-936- 1 Honrs 9-- 7 ON SALE Mon.-Sa- t. SHOWS BEFORE ALL BARGAIN MATINEES 6:00 PM DAILY AT SELECTEO THEATRES CHECK TIMES BELOW " NOW OPEN " TEN COMPLETELY NEW Interior Elegantly-designe- Dolby Stereo Sound Completely Handicapped accessible Listening system lor the hearing Impaired Plentiful FREE parting AMERICAN 0 AVAL N (PG. DOLBY STEREO) AT 1:40. 4:30. 7:00. 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