Page 8 - The Rehrend College Collegian Entertainment Thursday, October 3, 1996
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Tued of saying, "There's
nothing to do around here?"
Then how about a road trip?
Round up a carload of friends, and
head down to Franklin, Pa for
Apple Fest '96.
The festivities start today and
run until Sunday October 6. The
festival includes all types of
activities for all types of people.
One of the ongoing events is
the "Apple Fest Extravaganza."
This consists of an arts and crafts
shov and sale, food booths,
which of course include all types
of apple desserts, and a theatrical
production of "Joseph and the
Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
New releases
"Rated on a scale of one to four"
Twister
Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton
Rating 21/2
Twister has awesome special effects in an OK movie
Before and After
Meryl Streep and Uam Neeson
Rating 1
This movie had a disappointing storyline and was nothing
that I had expected from the previews.
E.T.
Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas
Rating 4
It's E.T.. what more do I need to say?
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson
Rating 3
A great movie for kids of all ages, it even includes a
great moral.
Movies to be released next week, October 8
The Craft
Neve Campbell and Rachel True
Rating 3 1/2
With cool special effects, this movie has a completely
different storyline.
Children of the Com IV
Naomi Watts and Brent Jennings
Rating 1/2
I would rather be forced to watch a Barney Marathon,
than have to watch this movie again. The only reason I
gave it a 1/2. was because of Stephen Speilberg.
"Reviewed by Sara Prosser. Collegian Staff *
OPEN
Mon. thru Fri. 9:3oam to spm
Sat. 9am to 4pm
Other activities that occur
through-out the weekend include:
Tours around Franklin, breakfast,
lunch and dinner specials, country
line dancing classes, a mountain
bike race, antique car show, and
all types of live musical
performances, including rhythm
and blues, and country.
It's the perfect opportunity to
just kick back, relax and forget
about classes for awhile.
If this doesn't sound like the
ideal roadtrip, then what about
the Autumn Leaf Festival that is
going on right now in Clarion,
Pa?
Activities for ALF include: the
homecoming football game, and
parade on Saturday over 300
Selling Quality Preowned items at low cost.
THE
New
Life
Center
“The thrift store with style!”
Besides, there isn't anything good
to do around here anyway, right?
There is nothing to lose and
lots to gain; bonding lime with
friends, time away from campus
and most likely five pounds from
all the great food.
MTV on computer
by Lisa Borgia
Contributing Writer
A combination of music
features, movie reviews, games
and animation, Launch is a
bimonthly entertainment CD-
Rom somewhat like having
Rolling Stone, MTV, and a
few comic books thrown in and
smashed together on the
computer screen.
The format is a city scape
with places like "The Hang,”
the music review feature.
"The Hang”, has interactive
interviews in which users pick
the topics they want to hear
about, with answers given by
the artists in a club setting.
"Vibreaker" is a jukebox
with five varieties of music.
Each type of music features
four groups, with samples of
songs, videos and text for each
one.
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and additional profiles with
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videos, music, and interviews
can be viewed.
Also included on the CD is
a single by the featured band
that can be played on a standard
CD player.
The movie review features a
look at two movies, with
interviews with the stars,
previews of the films, and
behind-the-scenes features.
Two animated cartoons are
also available on the
"Toontanic". These are not
Tom and Jerry type cartoons,
but serious cutting edge
animation.
Two games for PC and two
games for Mac are reviewed and
can be downloaded and run like
shareware versions. The user
needs to load these games
through DOS, which can be
cumbersome, but justifies the
price of the CD-ROM.
Downsides to Launch is a
"skippage" problem with the
audio, and a slight mismatch in
the video during the interviews.
I estimate ten hours or so to
completely explore the
features, so plan accordingly.
The CD-ROM takes about
twenty minutes to install and
get running. Disabling your
screen saver is a good idea,
since it pops on at the worst
times while exploring Launch.
Launch is fun, and I really
liked the exclusive
performances and interviews
with the musical artists. The
games were a big hit at my
house, too.
You can reach Launch by
email at mail@2launch.com or
on the web at
http://www.2launch.com or
hook into the user feedback and
investigate other interactive
entertainment from Launch,
"city.”
1213 State Street, Erie
- 454-4421