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M ay 12,1 8 • T he C lackamas P rint ma Hugh Jackman do many CGI scenes of Dracula’s brides flying around and screeching like- banshees, Van T he C lackamas P rint . Helsing finally manages to kill a vampire. Fans of the classic Universal Studios mon What follows is scene after scene of Van ster movies and Hugh Jackman fanboys alike Helsing and Anna being confronted by one will derive either great pleasure or terrible pain monster after another, including a werewolf that from the release of “Van Helsing,” a movie that used to be Anna’s brother Velkan (Will Kemp), proves long on potential but short on delivery. as they struggle to find Dracula’s lair and kill Jackman (Wolverine from the X-Men him before he can kill the girl (thus dooming her movies) plays Bram Stoker’s character Van family to Purgatory for all of eternity), find Helsing, a nineteenth-century monster hunter in ' Frankenstein’s monster and use him to unleash the employ of the Vatican. It seems Van Helsing a horde of his progeny on the world. has been doing their dirty work, killing all the It’s readily apparent that the monsters in Europe and gaining himself a rep film’s di utation as a murderer, while searching for clues Sommers to his missing past (oh, he has amnesia). Mummy,” When Van Helsing is told the answers he Mummy Returns," etc.), seeks can be found in Transylvania!, he accepts a spent the majority of the mission from the Church to free Romania from film’s budget on ambiance. The set the tyrannical rule of Count Dracula (Richard design and costumes of “Van Helsing” Roxburgh) and save the last survivors of a royal excellent; the only exception is the title charac family cursed to kill Dracula or never enter the ters ‘80s hairstyle and stupid hat. Sadly, the back- gates of Heaven. drops prove to be the only thing really pleasing So Van Helsing sets off, along with his friar/ to the eye (aside from Kate Beckinsale in form weapons inventor/sidekick Carl (played decent fitting breeches, of course), as the computer- ly by David Wenham). After receiving a less- rendered characters are nowhere near what than-friehdly welcome from the citizens of audiences have come to expect from Transylvania, including the vivacious and tight Hollywood. ly-clothed Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale), While overall “Van Helsing” does prove for princess and last surviving member of the fam an entertaining movie, the mostly mediocre ily Van Helsing was sent to save, the vampires visual effects and a story full of unanswered show up and start trying to kill the heroes. After questions detract heavily from its overall enjoy a tortuous action sequence involving way too ability. Robb Egan ¡Prepare yourself for Mac-attack PC. It lets a user run many Windows applications on a Mac and blows the compatibility argu From first-grade typing les ment out of the water. sons all the way to twelfth-grade After I rolled my eyes at his graphics class, I’ve worked with ill-informed objection, he con Macintosh computers. I’ve heard ceded that he would buy whatev all the objections, insults and er computer I wanted if it was stereotypes that go along with within his price range. After all, using a Mac, and I’m here to say he was talking to the computer that, despite it all, I’m a proud guru of the household. owner of an Apple iBook G3. However, once we got to Fry’s First of all, let me say that I Electronics, he began his ill- don’t mean this to be a rant informed questions again. about Microsoft products. I’m “Is Mac here to stay? Won’t it not particularly fond of get bought out by Microsoft Windows, nor do 1 really despise soon?” he asked the Fry’s it, but my work with Mac OS, employee. Objection number two: are Macs around to especially in recent years, has increased my affinity for the “T stay? alternative system. New editions J The simple answer is The complicated one is are not only more stable, but JMr yes. t also more efficient than certain th that while Apple only directs 5 .percent of the Microsoft products. In hfc. market, they have addition, Mac lap- I a strong market tops don’t have base. The entire the heating F Graphics Arts indus issues that , try runs on Macintosh wit I’ve in j because, of the great nessed software and hard other mod ware specifically even els, designed for high-end ones graphic arts. This like Toshiba F in particular was and Sony Vaio. especially important When I asked to my decision consid my dad for ering my major is Graphic Macintosh for my high school graduation present, he Design. “Is there a big price difference looked at me as if I were crazy. His objections were ones that I between Mac and Windows?” was my dad’s next question of had heard before. “Why would you wantxa Mac? the salesperson. Objection num They’re totally incompatible with ber three: price. ' everything else!” he said. - The one big concern to stu Objection number one: compati dents about Macintosh is, like everything else, the price of soft bility. With the help of CD burners,- ware and hardware.. I get around the Internet and a program called this problem by reminding Virtual PC for Mac, compatibili myself of an old business saying: ty is no longer a problem. “The bitterness of poor quality Almost every computer now stays long after the sweetness of comes with a CD burner, and all low price fades.” have had CD ROM drives for the In the end, after my dad had past ten years. With the Internet embarrassed me in front of the and e-mail, it doesn’t matter what unusually knowledgeable Fry’s OS created the file, since a pro employee, he bought me my gram’s format is compatible iBook, and all was well. I can across platforms as long as one honestly say that it’s something has the software to support it. that I never regretted, and I Therefore, major ' formats like would encourage anyone to PDF, DOC and JPEG are uni invest in a Macintosh if you versal. Greatest of all is Virtual enjoy quality and stability. 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