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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1996 PAGE 29.
For Teens, By Teens
Coasters across the continent
One reason we consistently tune
into our favourite TV shows are the
characters. Here are 10 favourite
TV characters:
10. Ellen - Ellen -A quirky sense
of humour, a lovable lead character.
9. Homer - The Simpsons - Head
of TV's best dysfunctional family.
8. Joey - Friends - A bit of a
male ditz. But he's cute.
7. Sally - 3rd Rock From the Sun
As a male alien stuck in a female
human's body, Sally shows life as a
woman in a humorous light.
6. Tommy - 3rd Rock From the
Sun - Tommy plays an alien who,
on earth, is a teenager.
5. Richard - Caroline in the
City - As a cartoonist's grouchy
employee, he makes some of the
best insults on TV.
4. Harry - 3rd Rock From the
Sun - As on most TV shows, there
is one really stupid character. On
"3rd Rock" it's Harry.
3. Wilson - Home Improvement
- Wilson is Tim's knowledgeable
OFF THE
WALL
Appwiak natiar
By Erin Roulston
After only a month and a half,
here I am getting into the routine of
school, hating it, and counting the
days until it's over (142 if you don't
include exams or snow days).
My body has already adjusted to
getting up early in the morning and
I have a hard time sleeping in in the
morning. And I'm so busy. From
band practice to Driver's Ed to
goodness knows what else, every
night I'm off to something else.
But today, on this gloriously
beautiful Thanksgiving day, I
finally sat back and relaxed.
In these hectic days, with
homework and tests and hockey
and basketball and Drama club and
Students' Council, do you ever sit
back and relax? Do you ever go for
a walk and smell the fresh autumn
air and look at the beautiful leaves
in every colour, or listen to the
birds or feel the warm wind on
your face? It seems that the busier
we get, the more we tend to forget
about the important things and the
older we get the less we appreciate
it. Soon the old winter weather will
come and we'll all wonder: what
happened to the fall?
Well, it was here, in full bloom,
but we seemed to have passed it by.
neighbour. Too bad you never see
his face.
2. Chandler - Friends - You
never know what Chandler's going
to say next or who he's going to
make fun of.
1. Phoebe - Friends - Naive,
dim-witted, or ditzy. Phoebe's the
favourite of those surveyed.
Some similarities were noticeable
in this list. All the above are sitcom
characters. Also three-quarters of
3rd Rock From The Sun's alien
crew is here. So are half of the
Friends.
By Erin Roulston
The Chamber is a film about a
small Mississippi town, a big racial
conspiracy and a bias fourth
generation Ku Klux Klan member
caught in the middle, who just
happens to be on death row.
Gene Hackman, plays Sam
Cayhall, who was sentenced to
death after killing two Jewish
children in an Anti-Semetic
bombing 16 years earlier.
Chris O'Donnell plays Adam
Hall, a young lawyer trying to save
his grandfather from the gas
chamber. Having never had a death
Co •
Upcoming movies that actually
look good are to be released this
month.
On the week of Oct. 18 is
Sleepers starring Brad Pitt, Jason
Patric, Robert DeNiro, Kevin
Bacon, Minnie Driver, Brad
Renfro, Dustin Hoffman and
directed by Barry Levinson. This is
a story of four friends who suffered
brutal abuses from sadistic reform
school guards reunite when one of
the guards is murdered.
The week of Oct. 25 is The
Associate starring Whoopi
Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Tim Daly
and directed by Donald Petrie,
about a financial genius who
invents a fictitious Wall Street whiz
to climb the corporate ladder and
High School high starring Jon
Lovitz, Tia Carrere and directed by
Hart Bochner. This is an inner city
comedy about a teacher who gets
assigned to Marion Berry high; the
row client, and working with only
28 days for a man who is
admittedly guilty and very unco-
operative, Hall has his job cut out
for him.
Faye Dunaway, Sam Cayhall's
alcoholic daughter, is ashamed of
her father. Bo Jackson is a security
guard who grants Cayhall's last
wish; to see the sunrise and to eat
an Eskimo Pie.
My first question when I watched
this film was why on earth is Hall
defending this murderer? The man
bombed many homes and
businesses that the Jewish and
high school from Hell.
The week of Nov. 1 is Larger
Than Life, starring Bill Murray,
Janeane Garofalo, Linda
Fiorentino. This is a tale of a dying
man,who bequeaths an elephant to
his son. Mad Dog Time stars
Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum,
Ellen Barkin. This comedy is about
a mob boss who wreaks havoc on
his family after being released from
a mental hospital. Romeo and Juliet
stars Leonard DiCaprio, Claire
Danes, John Leguizamo and
directed by Baz Luhrman in a boy-
meets-girl tale where tragedy could
have been avoided if they'd just had
e-mail.
The week of Nov. 8 has Ransom
with Mel Gibson, Rene Russo,
Gary Sinise and directed by Ron
Howard. This is a story about a
tycoon's son who is kidnapped. The
counter-measure is shocking.
Found on the Internet.
So, did you go to Canada's
Wonderland this summer? Go on
all the roller coasters? My personal
favourite is The Bat.
Maybe next summer you'll want
to check out these roller coasters, at
amusement parks across North
America.
Mindbuster at West Edmonton
Mall, Edmonton, Alberta, drops 47
meters, goes 90 km/h and has three
loops.
Raptor at Cedar Point, Sandusky,
Ohio drops 46 meters, goes 110
km/hr.
blacks owned. And even after 16
long years in jail Cayhall didn't
regret it was still as racist as ever
and shouted racial slurs at guards
and inmates. He had never been a
grandfather to Hall, they had never
even met. But as the movie unfolds
and we see Hall's determination to
find a human inside this beast we
begin to have faith too.
If you want to leave the theatre
smiling, this is not the movie for
you. If you want to leave the
theatre shaken and lost in your
thoughts, this movie will definitely
do the job.
I found myself disgusted with
humans and just how evil they can
be. But I also learned that the world
isn't just black and white; even the
most evil person has a good side.
Texas Giant at Six Flags Over
Texas, Arlington, Texas drops 46
meters goes 120 km/h.
Kumba at Bush Gardens,
Tampa, Florida drops 48 meters,
goes 120 km/h.
Viper at Six Flags Magic
Mountain, Valencia, California,
drops 63 meters goes 190 km/h has
three loops.
The Beast at Paramount Kings
Island, Kings Island, Ohio, drops
48 meters, goes 130 km/h.
Steel Phantom at Kennywood
Park, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
drops 75 meters and goes 160
km/h.
Drachen Fire at Busch Gardens,
Williamsburg, Vermont drops 49
meters, goes 120 km/h.
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