Howdy Kids, Don't hate me for seeing Hollow Man. Personally, I could never tell if Paul Verhoeven was the genius that his early art-films seemed to make him out to be, or a sell-out making typical Hollywood trash (Robocop, Starship Troopers, Showgirls.) But after seeing Hollow Man, I realize he's a genius... Kevin Bacon's character is named Sebastian, and his pet gorilla is named Isobelle. Yes, she's his lab-animal... but still, she plays an important catalyst to the plot. No joke! They made Isobelle a gorilla. Not necessarily a monkey-butler, but a gorilla nonetheless. This could be no coincidence. I think Paul is trying to tell us something. He's been heavily criticized for being a misongynistic, homophobic pornographer... and I think he's trying to let a certain few of us know that all of his films are done a bit tongue-in-cheek. I mean, you can't necessarily be a homophobe, and a Belle and Sebastian fan at the same time, can you? I think he's giving the typical movie going masses exactly what they want- violence and sex basically. I think it's all a game to him. Anyways... You guys have fun. Curtis p.s. Don't see the movie. It's really bad. Send your favorite photo with any online greeting! http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/redirects/americangreetings.rdct +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+