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'Alien Nation' depicts vicious future
Craft center dispenses knowledge, tools
By Ken Nolan
Emerald Contributor
“Alien Nation,” the newest
“buddy cop" action flick, sure
does pack a wallop. With swift
pacing, excellent photography
and effects, not to mention two
terrific actors, James Caan
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(“The Godfather”) and Mandy
Patinkin (“Princess Bride”) in
the title roles, how could this
movie miss?
Well, it doesn’t miss. In fact
it hits so hard that you may
leave the theatre feeling like
someone gave you a belt in the
gut.
It is the year 1991, and al
iens, or "Slags” as they have
been crudely nicknamed, have
been living in our society for
three years in the slums of Los
Angeles. Cast adrift in outer
space, these alien "boat peo
ple” find refuge on Earth,
bringing with them their own
forms of crime, prostitution,
and deep, dark mysteries.
Caan plays a street-wise,
tough, butt-kicking cop from
L.A. who loses a partner to a
couple of two-bit Slags. Caan in
turn seeks the help of Slag po
lice officer Mandy Patinkin.
The plot sounds reminiscent
of dozens of recent buddy cop
flicks, but is the concept and
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combination of an alien-human
cop duo original or exciting
enough to keep the audience’s
attention?
You bet.
The team is as fresh, original
and lively as Danny Glover and
Mel Gibson were in 1987's "Le
thal Weapon."
It is a joy to see Caan return
to the screen in a role as tough
and brash as characters from
his acting heyday in films such
as “Rollerball” and "The God
father.”
This time Caan hits a
bull'seye, giving his character
all the gusto and vigor that an
L.A. cop teamed with an alien
must have.
Although “Alien Nation"
sounds a lot like a sci-fi genre
film, it should not be
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movie takes place only three
years in the future, and there
are no gadgets, spaceships, or
other sci-fi trademark parapher
nalia.
This film is a present-day cop
thriller with a plot that in
cludes a future-day problem: an
evil and highly concentrated
drug that could make addicts
out of the entire alien popula
tion.
Though the cop portion is
not a highly original premise,
the dialogue between the char
acters and action in the film is
original and captivating.
Mandy Patinkin. playing the
role of the alien/cop/husband,
is again the surprise of the
year, rebounding from his ex
cellent portrayal of Inigo Mon
toya, the Spanish swashbuckler
out to avenge his father in
"The Princess Bride."
Me is absolutely convincing
as the polite, subdued alien po
lice detective, taking punish
ment from Caan for (of all the
prejudiced reasons) being a
creature from another planet.
Even through layers of make
up, Patinkin nearly upstages
Caan in every scene, making
them birth work all the more
diligently to be convincing and
believable.
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fames Caan (right) and Mandy Patinkin (left) star as Sykes and George, po
lice detectives from different worlds who team up to catch a murderer, in
20th Century Fox's “Alien Nation." The film, which can attract science Fic
tion and action/adventure fans, offers a unique twist on the “buddy cops”
theme.
By Kyle Butts
Emerald Contributor
Walking into the EMU Craft
Center is like entering a world
full of creative tools, buzzing
sounds and unique creations.
The musty smell of wood fills
this center as students make
their way through the maze of
workshops.
With projects or equipment
tucked under their arms, most
of these students display either
a wide smile of pride or a grim
look of determination on their
faces.
“Anyone who comes here re
alizes it’s a great place,” Anne
Schneider said of the center.
Schneider, one of the center’s
three full-time directors, said
the craft center is a studio facil
ity and a center for workshops.
The center's non-credit work
shops range from woodworking
to ceramics and from sewing to
jewelry making.
The craft center has the room
to facilitate such a wide variety
of workshops. The maze of
rooms includes wood and met
al shops and areas for sewing,
throwing pots and painting.
The center also includes dark
room facilities for both color
and black and white film.
Workshops generally cost
about $30, and this fee usually
includes all supplies. A mem
bership at the craft center al
lows students and faculty to re
ceive a discount for these work
shops and to use the center free
of charge.
Membership is open to all
members of the community but
aimed toward students, faculty
and their spouses. For these
people, a center membership
costs $5 a term.
Community members, how
ever, must pay more. To re
ceive a membership, non-stu
dents must take a workshop. If
that class charges over $20,
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membership costs $8. If the
workshop fee is $20 or less, the
cost is $12.
Even non-members can use
the craft center. Students pay
$1 a day for the facility and
alumni, $2.
However, for people who
make extensive use of the cen
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bet, Schneider said. She point
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as an example of a person who
became very involved in the
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When Samuels arrived in Eu
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pamphlet about a ceramics
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From the time she signed up
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"They don’t come in here to
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“Even if one of these stu
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use one of the tools, they still
come in,” she said.
Samuels is one of about 25
students who work at the cen
ter through the work study pro
gram. These students run the
information windows, and
some supervise the wood shop.
One of the current projects for
these student staff members is
making additional weaving
looms for the center.
Schneider explained that the
workshop instructors constitute
a staff separate from the work
study staffers and the directors.
Although some of the 25 in
structors are graduate students,
many are professional artists
from the area.
In addition to providing
workshop facilities and classes,
the EMU Craft Center also con
tains reference books for use
while at the center. A bulletin
board across from the informa
tion desk advertises art con
tests, other classes and exhib
its.
The center is also in charge
of the ASUO’s tool library. Stu
dents can check out hand and
power tools on a 24-hour basis
by leaving their identification
card at the craft center. Hand
tools cost 25 cents and power
tools cost $1 each day.
With all of these programs,
workshops and tools to offer,
Schneider invited any interest
ed students to join the center’s
500 members.
“We really do encourage
people to come in here and
make use of what's available,”
she said.
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