10 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 9, 1998 Strange film is horrifically bad the title of the series' first episode. Liaisons," this time exploring the By Laura Flyer This past Monday, George Lucas sexual tricks young adults play on Daily Arts Writer definitively released the title of the each other. Twisted Sister's Dee Snyder has appar- film, due to bow May 21, 1999 in a Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, ently switched genres of artistic expres- stateof-the-art theater near you, on Ryan Phillipe, Reese Witherspoon sion, but is still remaining loyal to his the film's official Website. and "Dawson's Creek"'s Joshua style. He has transformed hard-core "Star Wars: The Phantom Jackson, the film's title was official- music-making into hard-core movie- Menace," as has been widely report- ly changed this week, according to making, in his gruesome horror/suspense ed, stars Liam Neeson as a Jedi Entertainment Weekly, to "Cruel film "Strangeland." master, Ewan McGregor as a young Intentions" from the oh-so-different Despite Snyder's horrifying, captivat- Obi Wan Kenobi, Natalie Portman "Cruel Inventions." ing appearance as a schizophrenic sadist, as a young queen who happens to be The reason for the change was faulty character development and the Luke and Leia's mom, youngster not officially given but the film's mere idiocy of the protagonist himself Jake Lloyd as Anakin Skywalker, director speculated to EW that the drives this move into the depths of the artist soon to be known as Darth original title may have sounded like patheticism. Vader and Samuel L. Jackson as an "science fiction with a gynecologi- Criminal investigator Mike Gage undisclosed character named Mace cal toy" (Kevin Gage) has the weighty burden of Windu. In other gynecological news, tele- finding his daughter and friend who have It's still anyone's guess as to what vision it-girl Keri Russell gave birth been missing for two days. Finding the these characters will be up to in a to a respectable hit show, with the dead friend is the galaxy far, far away and to what the premiere of "Felicity" besting last easy part. Gage is title means. Whatever it means, it's January's premiere of "Dawson's . . clueless, and he lit- certainly causing controversy on the Creek" in the key 18-49 demo- erally has a lot of Web as sites like Ain't It Cool news graphic, making it the WB's high- trouble putting are abuzz with rumors that this is est-rated premiere ever, according Sfrangebi together the clues not the official be-all, end-all title to Variety. of the case. What The Lucas camp vehemently The WB is claiming a block- is he going to do denies this, reinforcing in a state- buster with "Felicity"'s Tuesday At showcase with apieceofevi- ment on the Website that "The night numbers, but back in the real dence such as a Phantom Menace" is, indeed, the world, the show only received a 4.8 large, metal nose name you'll be seeing on the mar- rating and 8 share, placing it near ring? When intelli- quee come May. the 100 mark in the weekly Nielsen genre fails, luck Those who just can't wait that ratings. . steps in: The tow- long to feel the Force can check out - Compiledfrom the truck operator who www.starwars.com for the latest Entertainment Weekly-and Vanity pulls an aban- news and images from the film. Fair wires by DailyA rts Writer doned car out of a Also coming to a theater near Bryan Lark. lake (with the dead girl in it) just happens to be an expert in body-piercing and sadisticrituals, andknows wherethe local understand the value of a screen name as an important clue. With lots of help from his friends, Gage finally reaches the home of the killer, and, to his horror, discovers grue- somely tortured victims; including Genevieve. Naturally, many horror/suspense films depend upon a certain amount of grotesqueness to induce fear and, well, horror. On the other hand, when the grue- someness is not used sparingly, nor does it have a purpose (to achieve a particular effectataparticulartime), it becomes dis- turbing. But Gage's idiocy and the overly dis- turbing scenes are minor flaws compared to one huge glitch in character develop- ment. Not only is he the father of the abducted Genevieve (Linda Cardellini), but he is in charge of the search for her torturer. His lack of emotion in this situa- tion is a bit ludicrous. Secondly, one does not see any affection between Gage and his wife, Toni (Elizabeth Pena), so that suspicion (perhaps unnessarily) arises that there may be something unhealthy about their relationship. The audience doesn't, however, get an idea of Genevieve because she remains a completely uninteresting character throughout the movie. The worst part about "Strangeland" is that we aren't real- ly introduced to anyone else who's excit- ing enough forus to care aboutthem.And then these poor guys are all tortured, and we are left with a sort of too-bad-l-didn't- get-to-know-such-and-such feeling. At one point, there is a glimpse of hope for the movie. But just one glimpse. Captain Howdy (Snyder), having been found not guilty, is released from a men- tal hospital after being held there for four years. He is apparently a changed man -no more body piercings covering every inch of his skin, no more black eyemakeup, no more wild hair. Potential for a turnaround in the film could have happened. Key words: could have. Unfortunately, like the rest of the multitude of complete flops in the horror genre, "Strangeland" fails to make any entertainment connection with the viewing audience. The University of Michigan School of Music Friday, October 9 Symphony Band H. Robert Reynolds, conductor music by J.S. Bach, Bassett, Copland, Smetana Hill Auditorium, 8p.m. Friday, October 9 - Sunday, October 11 Theatre and Drama Samuel Beckett: Endgame Philip Kerr, director Trueblood Theatre, 8 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.); 2 p.m. (Sun.) Admission $14; for more information phone 734-764-0450 Sunday, October 11 Stearns Collection Virginia Martin Howard Lecture "Louis Elbel & The Victors: What Really Happened 100 Years Ago?" by R. Michael Montgomery, Elbel historian Britton Recital Hall, E.V. Moore Bldg., 2p.m. Guest Recital and Master Class William Ludwig, Prof. of Bassoon, Louisiana State University Britton Recital Hall, E.V. Moore Bldg., 4 p.m. Octubafest Recital Mike Russo, student of Fritz Kaenzig, tubist Britton Recital Hall, E.V. Moore Bldg., 8 p.m. Monday, October 12 Octubafest Guest Master Class John Griffiths, professor and tubist with Regina Symphony Britton Recital Hall, E.V. Moore Bldg., 4:30 p.m. 38th Annual Conference on Organ Music Carillon recital by Todd Fair, UM Acting Carillonist Burton Memorial Tower Carillon, 7:30 p.m. Organ recital by Professor James Kibbie " music by Tournemire, Gigout, Purvis, Milford, Visser " Sweet Sixteenths by William Albright in special tribute Hill Auditorium, 8 p.m. Tuesday, October 13 38th Annual Conference on Organ Music Carillon recital by Dennis Curry, Kirk In The Hills Carillonist Burton Memorial Tower Carillon, 7:30 p.m. Organ recital by Thomas Trotter from Birmingham, England " music by Bach, Howells, Parry, Schumann, Liszt, Prokofiev Hill Auditorium, 8 p.m. Octubafest Guest Recital John Griffiths, professor and tubist with Regina Symphony Britton Recital Hall, E.V. Moore Bldg., 8p.m. University Chamber Orchestra Kenneth Kiesler, conductor " Schubert: Symphony No. 2 " Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto Rackham Auditorium, 8 p.m. Thursday, October 15 Octubafest Student Solo Recital Britton Recital Hall, E.V. Moore Bldg., 8 p.m. Thursday, October 15 - Sunday, October 18 Musical Theatre Cole Porter: Anything Goes Gary Bird, director; Linda Goodrich, choreographer Mendelssohn Theatre, 8 p.m. (Thurs.- Sat.); 2 p.m. (Sun.) Admission $18 & $14; for information phone 734-764-0450 Thursday,dOctober 15-Sunday, October 18 Theatre and Drama Samuel Beckett: Endgame Philip Kerr, director Trueblood Theatre, 8 p.m. (Thurs.- Sat.); 2 p.m. (Sun.) Admission $14; for more information phone 734-764-0450 Friday, October 16 University Chamber Choir Theodore Morrison, conductor; Julia Olson, assistant conductor Scott Hanoian, organ; Jack Chan and Rudolph Heinrich, bassoons Andrew Anderson and David Stearns, contrabass Ed Sarath, flugelhorn; Ellen Rowe, piano; Eric Roth, drums " music by J.S. Bach and Brahms " world premiere of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva by Ed Sarath on poems by Rabindranath Tagore Hill Auditorium, 8 p.m. Octubafest UM Euphonium and Tuba Ensemble E. Todd Fiegel, guest conductor film music arranged by Dr. E. Todd Fiegel Britton Recital Hall, E.V. Moore Bldg., 8 p.m. Events are free and wheelchair accessible unless otherwise specified. The E.V. Moore Bldg. is located at 1100 Baits Drive, North Campus. For more information phone (734) 764-0594 Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. goth-freaks hang out. Again, Gage's intellect is nonexistent. He assumes that he would be able to sin- gle out the killer in a popular club. Soon, Gage learns that his daughter, Genevieve (Linda Cardellini), accepted an invitation to a party from a guy through an online teen chat room. Experts on the case could only discover the screen name of the killer, and Gage considers this worthless information. For some reason, Snyder decides to make the Gage character not only unin- telligent, but completely ignorant. The investigator has no idea whatsoever how to work a computer, and hence, does not 1999-2000 Residence .Staff information Meetings These meetings are an excellent opportunity to learn about the residence staff positions and the application process. Application materials wiii be available: Coutesy vtFidiy ecords Takn'the show on the road: The String Cheese Incident Cheesy act to jam the Michig an tomorrow By Chris Kula these shows time and time again is For the Daily the exhilarating performance that Don't let the name fool you: SCI delivers. It's a daunting task to String Cheese Incident is no simple describe the rich sound of the band, dairy product. but Moseley broke it down to its Tomorrow night, the Michigan respective elements. Theater will play host to SCI, "Well, me and Billy (Nershi, gui- arguably one of the most creative tar) used to play in bluegrass bands. and exciting live acts to come Kyle (Hollingsworth, keyboards) has through Ann Arbor in recent months. a big jazz background. Mike (Travis, Affectionately dubbed "Incidents," drums and percussion) has a lot of the Boulder, Colorado-based band's experience in Afro-Cuban rhythms, concerts are night-long excursions and does a lot of hand drumming into various musical styles including stuff. And Michael Kang (mandolin - but certainly not limited to - and violin) is classically trained. bluegrass, Latin jazz and rock. When we started playing together, all Apparently, there's no elaborative of these different styles just rolled explanation for the origin of such an together and that combination eclectic sound. became our sound." String Cheese bassist Keith The show's setlists are always Moseley con- changing, new segues are always said, "We didn't evolving and the jams are constantly really go out of growing in diversity. "It really is like our way to try to a new show every night," Moseley String Cheese create this or said. "A lot of the times we don't incident follow some even know where it's going, and Michigan Theater master plan; it that's a big part of the excitement." Saturday at s p.m. just kind of Fresh off the release of their third came out that independently produced album, way." The band "Round the Wheel," Moseley and actually had SCI say they are excited for the much simpler future. "Yeah, our new CD has only beginnings. "We been in the stores for about two came together weeks and it's already sold more through our love than 2,000 copies. So we're really of the outdoors. happy about that." We were all living in this small ski New improvements to the touring town in Colorado called Crested production are also cause for enthu- Butte, basically just being ski bums. siasm. "We've got a brand new PA We started jamming together just for this tour - really nice quality - so she fun of it, and when we started we know that the sound is always playing more and more shows in going to be how we want it, no mat- these other resort towns, we began to ter where we're playing. Also, we're think that maybe we could make a touring with a full lighting system living out of this. So we hit the road this time around, and we have a new and started souring." lighting director with us too, so the SCI has yet to slow in its rigorous show's as much a thing to see as i is touring schedule, playing more than to hear now." 200 dates per year. "The road has On SCI's reputation for stirring been really good to us," said concerts filled with three to four Moseley. 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