4 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 1988 Orbison dies at 52! Jfvwt0 Zaa iwo- accidint 7vO adw oa? /(feet L.A9, lecnx of at sc~a (A zt) A it Zenith's battery p The portable that -,- r - xL d ' l I It owered takes y REUNA _ .: .J iiI 1 I SuperSport. - you where you're going. 11W data systems 8088 Portable PC i _ A ; .a i' r. Roy Orbison's (far left) last major project before his death was Volume One, an album he recorded with fellow classic rockers (from left) Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and George Harrison. Singer-songwriter Roy Orbison, aged 52, died of a Perfect paeans for dedicated romantics, these ballads heart attack on Tuesday night in Hendersonville, have had an enduring appeal and fascination. David" Tennessee. Orbison was most famous for melancholic Lynch used Orbison's greatest song, "In Dreams," in ballads such as "In Dreams," "Only The Lonely," and his movie Blue Velvet, eliciting all the obsessive- "Crying." Elvis called him "the greatest singer in the connotations of the song. world," and Springsteen saluted him in his song This interest in his work produced a revival in hiss "Thunder Road." He was a member of both the Rock T'nder Ro.' Hallf e wan the Hall of Famef the career. Orbison re-recorded his hits canon, and also had n' Roll Hall of Fame and the Hall of Fame of the . igerlaedo h T aeli nln.I- Nashville Songwriters Association. a single released on the ZTT label in sngel . Orbison, who grew up in Wink, Texas, had his first September 1987, he gave a concert at Los Angeles'- major recording break with Sam Phillips's Sun record Coconut Grove nightclub, called "Roy Orbison & label in Memphis. He was one of the first proponents Friends"; the friends included Springsteen, Elvis of rockabilly, recording such classics of the genre as Costello, Tom Waits, and T-Bone Burnett. Earlier this "Ooby Dooby" and "Domino." year Orbison collaborated with Bob Dylan, George But his most influential material was recorded for Harrison, and Tom Petty on a supergroup album billed the Monument label in the '60s. These records made as The Traveling Wilburys -now number eight or perfect use of his unique three-octave voice, which the Billboard Charts. squeezed out every painful moment from each song. - Nabeel Zuberi with AP reports Child's Play i 1S a + +f 1 " 8088 processor " 814.77 MHz dual speed " 640K memory expandab " Dual 3.5" 720K floppy or " 1 serial, parallel, RGB & " 5.25" floppy interface " 10.5" diagonal backlit LC " Expansion chassis conne 0 Rechargeable-detachable " MS-DOS* included Dual floppy Prices start at $1528.00 (, - - - - ' s-- ) _ : __ 1,1 ta le to 1.64Mb with EMS 20Mb hard drive numeric keypad port D Supertwist screen ctor battery 20 Mb hard drive Prices start at $2242.00 I I d, a fun recess BY GREG FERLAND Ok. It's Saturday night and wrestling is on television instead of Saturday Night Live., so you decide to see a movie. You don't want to strain your brain, and you want to have the bejeezes scared out of you. Child's Play fits this requirement perfectly. It's a fun and scary film that doesn't stand up to close scrutiny, but is still entertaining. The unoriginal story is about a murderer, Charles Lee Ray (as in - Manson, -Harvey Oswald, and James Earl-), who transfers his soul via voodoo into a "Good Guy" doll before he is shot by detective Mike Norris. A little kid named Andy gets the doll for his birthday and then mayhem and murder ensue. This plot has been done more effectively and with more style in such films as Magic , Trilogy of Terror ,and in a scene from Spielberg's Poltergeist , but this is not to say that Child's Play is a failure. Director Tom Holland effectively builds suspense by not revealing the doll as the true killer for the first 45 minutes. Murders happen, but in an interesting twist, six- year-old Andy is suspected of committing them. When we finally see the doll Chucky come to life, it is truly scary. He changes from a cherubic little doll who will be Andy's "friend 'til the end" to a balding, twisted doll who comes to life kicking, biting, and swearing a blue streak. Most of the scary scenes are done with a lack of gratuitous gore - quite remarkable for a film of this genre. Child's Play does take some cheap shots in order to scare the viewer though. For example, Andy, played by "cute-as-a-button" Alex Vincent, is subjected to forced innoculations and various harras- sments from Chucky which rival the electro-shock treatment Dorothy receives in Return to Oz . A six- year-old in peril will make anyone uneasy. Let's just hope that Alex 4 Lx\N-,V .t*-\A*\'N \X'.A\., rffvzjvdata THE QUALITY GOES IN BEFORE THE NAME GOES ON For more information about eT" 's full range of computers from the 8088 desktops, 286 desktops, 386 desktops, contact: Computing Resource Center 3113 School of Education 764-5356 Monday-Friday 9am-5pm Chucky, who ain't no Cabbage big wet one on his new owner Play. Vincent is not so scarred from being in this horror movie, as Linda Blair was in The Exorcist, that he will resort to making a future movie akin to Blair's Roller Boogie . Alex Vincent, in his first film, is really quite good, as are all the other supporting characters. Catherine Hicks (Star Trek IV ) portrays Andy's mother in a cute and realistic way - the type of mother who would give her kid lots of TwinkiesTM. Chris Sarandon (The Princess Bride ) is the detective on the case and aptly plays his part without flash or cliche. Under close scrutiny, however, there are a few major faults that keep this film from being com- pletely successful. The gaping plot holes disrupt the mood that the movie attempts to create. For example, Chucky tells Andy to leave his day care center and take a bus to skid row. No adults or teachers see him leave, and the bus driver lets him out on a remote street by an abandoned house. Also, Patch Kid, is about to plant s Andy, in the new film Child's it is never explained how Chucky, gets around town. Does he use public transportation, too? Child's Play also falls prey to common affliction in recent film( ,- the "Terminator Ending." This is defined by a concluding horrifig. event followed by foreboding musiS which is interrupted by somethins scary and unexpected. This technique can be permitted in Carrie and Th&* Terminator but Child's Play litW erally "ends" five or six times. BX, the last segment, Chucky is no more than a few scraps, but, like the Black Knight in Monty Python '& The Holy Grail , he still has spunkt Child's Play makes no prey tenses to being a cinematic classiog+ It knows what the audience wants - action - and it delivers i! quickly and colorfully without taking itself too seriously. Child's Play is a worthwhile time-(ands people-)killer. CHILD'S PLAY is showing aC Briarwood and Showcase Cinemas. Stevens Continued from Page 7 After the breakup in the summer of '87, Stevens returned to L.A. and worked on projects with various cut of the door and not only do they charge you like three bucks a beer when you're in the band, but then they say 'well, we didn't make enough money, so you're not going to make any money, so get lost."' Ctpipn C nnn rina..-n .A .o point I'd go for a new-kid-on-thu- block independent and I'm not ruling out a major label. Stevens is looking forward to a return to recording, but in tie meantime he is "writing a lot of new