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8 total messages Started by Icee Sun, 14 May 2000 00:00
Battlefield Earth.
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Author: Icee
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 00:00
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Ik heb nu aardig wat recensies gelezen en de boek heb
ik me ooit�ns een keertje doorheen geworsteld. Vraag me
niet hoe. Als ik een vrijkaart zou krijgen voor Battlefield
Earth is het nog jammer van mijn tijd.
Tijd voor een boycott van de secte-verkoper Travolta
door de filmindustrie.
Al met al heeft de tam-tam rondom de film $cientology
alleen maar slecht gedaan. Een hoop venijn over de
criminele secte is in ene losgebarsten in de americaanse
pers. Ben bijzonder tevreden weer:-)

Heri,
Icee.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0185183

Unbelievably bad  May 10, 2000

 Reviewer: A viewer from Dallas, Texas
I was not expecting great cinema, but even my meager expectations
were shattered. This movie was so bad that it defies explanation.
The book wasn't great, but it certainly deserved better treatment than
this - I thought JohnTravolta liked Hubbard! Bad acting and a script
whose best feature was horrible dialogue were not saved by the
special effects. Seriously, the effects were nice, but the suspension
of disbelief required from this movie left many of the twelve-year-old
audience members laughing aloud at the screening I saw. I went for
free and still wish I hadn't seen it. Don't waste your time.


Shameful  May 3, 2000

Reviewer: A viewer from Atlanta, Georgia
The plot was thin and tired. The special effects, while very expensive,
were stolen from so many better Sci-fi genre films, they would be too
numerous to list here. The acting was deplorable to such an extent
that I found the CGI actors performances questionable. I predict a
swift descent of John Travolta's career, the likes of which has not
been seen since "Urban Cowboy". This movie if for people who
thought "Independance Day" was too high brow. I saw this movie
for free and I paid too much. Really, really awful.
Re: Battlefield Earth.
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Author: Michael 'Mike' Gormez -- www.b-o...
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 00:00
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"Meer science fiction in Scientology als Scientology in 'Battlefield
Earth"  :8)

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http://www.al.com/movies/?/entertainment/ap/2000-05-12/revbattlefieldearth.html

Logic and originality are alien to 'Battlefield Earth'
By Stephen Whitty 
Newhouse News Service 
5/12/2000 

'Battlefield Earth' (PG-13) Warner Bros. (117 min.) 

Directed by Roger Christian. Stars John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest
Whitaker. 

L. Ron Hubbard must have put an awful lot of thought into Scientology. 
Because judging by "Battlefield Earth," he didn't leave anything for 
his novels. 

....

Luckily, it's not only good things that come to an end in this world, and
eventually "Battlefield Earth" winds down, too. Don't expect people to
stop talking about it, though, even when it time-warps out of here. Since
the project was announced, critics have been decrying it as
Scientology-fi; like Travolta's otherworldly "Phenomenon," it's been
denounced as pop-cultist propaganda. 

That's unfair. Actually, there's a lot more science fiction in Scientology
than there is Scientology in "Battlefield Earth." And a lot more
imagination. 

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Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/nw-srv/tnw/today/as/mv/mv_b.htm#Battlefield%20Earth

'Battlefield Earth' (5/12/00)
Directed by Roger Christian
Starring John Travolta, Barry Pepper

The second, and hopefully last, of John Travolta's Scientology
movies, "Battlefield Earth," like "Phenomenon," is religious propaganda
masquerading as sci-fi fun. A cross between "Independence Day" and "Mad
Max," though not nearly as amusing as either . . . 

The message is that learning and mental clarity are the way to 
humanity's salvation; coincidentally, Scientology believes the same 
thing. Besides the scenery chomping from Travolta, who at times seems to
be doing a Dr. Evil impersonation, there is nothing to recommend in this
tedious, cheaply made dirge. The dialogue is inane, the acting wooden, 
and Roger Christian's directing choices are a lesson in sci-fi film
clich�.

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Re: Battlefield Earth.
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Author: Michael 'Mike' Gormez -- www.b-o...
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 00:00
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In article <8fksp1$pvk$1@spectra.a2000.nl>, "Icee" <icee@chello.nl> wrote:

>Ik heb nu aardig wat recensies gelezen en de boek heb
>ik me ooit�ns een keertje doorheen geworsteld. Vraag me
>niet hoe. Als ik een vrijkaart zou krijgen voor Battlefield
>Earth is het nog jammer van mijn tijd.

Het is werkelijk een slachting. New York Times, CNN, ABC, CBS en nog 100+
publicaties zeggen dat de film troep is. Ik had wel kritiek verwacht op
het wanproduct "Battlefield Earht" van Scientology oprichter L. Ron
Hubbard, maar wat er nu allemaal loskomt. Dit is echt heel erg. Dit gaat
Scientology centen kosten omdat zij geld zouden verdiende aan de BE
speeltjes. Net zoals ze al hebben verdiend door de licentie te verkopen
voor het gebruik van Hubbbards boek. Okay, het is dus een wanstaltig
product maar kranten die Hubbard een "crackpot" noemen, en de film zou de
"slechtste van deze eeuw" zijn en een "stapel stront". Nee, dat had ik
niet vewacht. Hier zijn wat korte stukjes uit de internationale pers. Ben
er trots op :-)

Deze pagina heeft onderstaande recensies en nog veeeel meer.
http://www.lermanet.com/reference/BatEarthfaq.htm


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N.Y.Times-05-12: Worst Movie of the Century...
http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/051200earth-film-review.html
FILM REVIEW

`Battlefield Earth': Earth Capitulates in 9 Minutes to Mean
Entrepreneurs From Space
By ELVIS MITCHELL

Man is an endangered species," announces one of the titles at the
beginning of the sci-fi lump "Battlefield Earth." And after about 20
minutes of this amateurish picture, extinction doesn't seem like such a
bad idea. Sitting through it is like watching the most expensively
mounted high school play of all time. The film is stocked with evil
aliens who, in their padded body stockings, plastic armorlike fittings
and matted hair extensions, resemble nothing so much as members of
GWAR, the metal-rock parodists that Beavis and Butt-head loved. It may
be a bit early to make such judgments, but "Battlefield Earth" may well
turn out to be the worst movie of this century.
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The Montgomery Advertiser", 5/11/2000:  "Battlefield Earth" review
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/go/movies/battle_earth.html

By Marshall Fine
Gannett News Service 

Memory fails to summon the name of a movie as ludicrous and
unintentionally funny as "Battlefield Earth," John Travolta's act of
career hubris in service to the late Scientology crackpot, L. Ron
Hubbard. 

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Worcester (MA) Telegram: `Battlefield Earth' a waste of time
http://www.telegram.com/features/time_out/battle.html

By Daniel M. Kimmel
(Worcester, MA) Telegram & Gazette Reviewer

"Battlefield Earth" is a very, very bad movie, and yet
there is a certain pleasure to be had watching it.
Realizing it is the worst movie of the year means that it
can only get better after this. 

This movie is a career-wrecker along the lines of
legendary bombs such as "Ishtar" and "Showgirls." It will
be used to frighten young children and aspiring
filmmakers for a generation to come.
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CNN.com review 05/12

http://www.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/12/review.battlefieldearth/index.html

May 12, 2000
                  Web posted at: 1:10 p.m. EST (1710 GMT)

                  By Reviewer Paul Clinton

                  (CNN) -- Let's get one thing straight.
                  "Battlefield Earth" was only made because
                  John Travolta wanted it made. It's been his
                  baby from start to finish.

                  It's not a pretty baby.

                  There has been much speculation about this
                  film because it's based on a science-fiction
                  novel by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of
                  Scientology. Travolta has been a longtime
                  member of the sometimes-controversial
                  group. Some feared the film would contain
                  subliminal religious propaganda sending
                  thousands racing into the arms of the nearest
                  Scientologist.

                  Fear not! That stampede you'll hear will be
                  audiences racing to the box office for a
                  refund, because this attempt at a sci-fi action
                  epic fails on just about every count.
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ABC News web site "Battlefield Earth" review, 5/12/2000
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/entertainment/DailyNews/Diehlreviews_000511.html

Travolta has said he has wanted to do this movie for a long time, not
because of Hubbard�s Scientology, but because his novel "is a great
piece of science fiction." Maybe so, but Battlefield Earth, is nowhere
near a great movie. In fact, it�s a pretty gruesome mess.
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Harry Knowles (Aint-It-Cool-News): BE is a Log of Sh*t
http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=5937

BATTLEFIELD EARTH review
BATTLEFIELD EARTH is that amazing turd in your toilet bowl. That log of
shit that has colors that you can't understand the reason for being
there. It also has a weird shape... it somehow resembles something
familiar. You almost want to take a picture of it to show friends late
at night, when the blinds are drawn and have a dirty filthy thing you
want to disgust someone with, but... you have this inate
curiousity... "Have you ever seen anything quite like this?"
Your friend will inevitably take a look and say, "Whoa, what a piece of
shit!"
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Mikey
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                  Why are these people dead Scientology?
                       www.b-org.demon.nl/scn/deaths
Re: Battlefield Earth.
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Author: Icee
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 00:00
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"Michael 'Mike' Gormez -- www.b-org.demon.nl/scn/deaths" <mgormez@chello.nl>
wrote in message news:3921fc23.7676419@news.a2000.nl...
> In article <8fksp1$pvk$1@spectra.a2000.nl>, "Icee" <icee@chello.nl> wrote:

> Harry Knowles (Aint-It-Cool-News): BE is a Log of Sh*t
> http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=5937
>
> BATTLEFIELD EARTH review
> BATTLEFIELD EARTH is that amazing turd in your toilet bowl. That log of
> shit that has colors that you can't understand the reason for being
> there. It also has a weird shape... it somehow resembles something
> familiar. You almost want to take a picture of it to show friends late
> at night, when the blinds are drawn and have a dirty filthy thing you
> want to disgust someone with, but... you have this inate
> curiousity... "Have you ever seen anything quite like this?"
> Your friend will inevitably take a look and say, "Whoa, what a piece of
> shit!"
> =====

Dit is mordend!!! Niet te kort! Xenu, wat heb ik gelachen. ROFL, ROFL.

Heri,
Icee.
                   Why are these people dead Scientology?
                        www.b-org.demon.nl/scn/deaths
Re: Battlefield Earth.
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Author: E. Can
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 00:00
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"Michael 'Mike' Gormez -- www.b-org.demon.nl/scn/deaths" <mgormez@chello.nl>
wrote in message news:39239ff2.9464900@news.a2000.nl...
> "Meer science fiction in Scientology als Scientology in 'Battlefield
> Earth"  :8)
>
Hahahahahaha
Re: Battlefield Earth.
#11
Author: E. Can
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 00:00
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"Michael 'Mike' Gormez -- www.b-org.demon.nl/scn/deaths" <mgormez@chello.nl>
wrote in message news:39239ff2.9464900@news.a2000.nl...
> "Meer science fiction in Scientology als Scientology in 'Battlefield
> Earth"  :8)
>
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Re: Battlefield Earth.
#12
Author: MisterX
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 00:00
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"Michael 'Mike' Gormez -- www.b-org.demon.nl/scn/deaths" <mgormez@chello.nl>
wrote in message news:39239ff2.9464900@news.a2000.nl...
> "Meer science fiction in Scientology als Scientology in 'Battlefield
> Earth"  :8)
>


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Re: Battlefield Earth.
#13
Author: E. Can
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 00:00
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"Michael 'Mike' Gormez -- www.b-org.demon.nl/scn/deaths" <mgormez@chello.nl>
wrote in message news:39239ff2.9464900@news.a2000.nl...
> "Meer science fiction in Scientology als Scientology in 'Battlefield
> Earth"  :8)


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