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The Clarion
Album returns fans to the classic jxmgle
BY CHRIS FREDRICKSON
GNR fans welcome back to the
jungle. Guns N’ Roses are back with
their first album since 1993. Live Era
‘87-’93 brings back classic GNR
favorites and puts to bed the first
chapter to the old phenomenon known
as Guns N’ Roses.
This two CD set goes back to
the club days when they were known
as Hollywood Rose. This album
features an extended introduction to
“November Rain,” where Axl
showcases his talent not only as a
front man but also as a pianist.
Some of the tracks feature old
club tracks, such as “Move to the
City” and a Black Sabbath cover,
“It’s Alright.” Axl clarifies his
intentions behind the song, “I Used
To Love Her” with a colorful but
typical response that you would
expect from a band like Guns N’
Roses.
Throughout many of the songs
Axl proves why he used to be
called, “the world’s greatest front
man” with jokes and his successful
attempts to get the crowd involved
in the songs. However, the live
version of “Don’t Cry” isn’t as
powerful as the version on Use
Your Illusion I or II the background
vocals of Shannon Hoon will sadly
be missed by many fans of this
song.
This album features massive
intensity by both Axl Rose and Slash.
Many GNR fans will love Live Era
‘87-’93. Although the first chapter of
Guns N’ Roses has ended the chapter
II will start in the spring of 2000, with
an entirely new lineup. The new
single “Oh My God” has just been
released on the “End Of Days”
soundtrack and if you like Godsmack
you will like the new GNR. If you
liked Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions you
will like Live Era ‘87-’93.
I give Guns N’ Roses Live Era
‘87-’93 3.5 earrings out of 4. The
music is great and it’s a album that
you continuously keep putting in your
CD player. However, they should
have also included their big hit
(originally written by Paul and Linda
McCartney) “Live and Let Die.”
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Omega Code stresses historical apocalypse
BY LENORA MOODY
John F. Kennedy’s assassination
Princess Diana’s horrible death and
Hitler’s cruel attack against the Jews:
Did the Torah foretell these events?
The movie,“Omega Code,” discusses
the connection of the Torah to these
events and others.
Omega Code opened in Octo
ber at two theaters in Texas and
Hollywood. The first week of sales
placed “Omega Code” in the
number one slot of gross movie
sales. Considering this
film’s low budget and the
small bookings, high
sales were surprising.
When I saw Omega Code
only 30-40 theaters in the
country were showing
the movie. With the high
sales and attendance,
Omega Code is now
showing in many mainstream
theaters. The Fall’s Landing of
Brevard will be showing the movie
sometime this winter. The date has
yet to be announced.
Various locations provided the
scenes for this movie. Trinity
Broadcasting Company, producer of
the movie, wanted to use high-tech
special effects. However, the budget
became too extravagant when pricing
these computer-generated images.
Trinity planned less expensive effects
to replace the costly computer gener
ated ones. These cheaper effects did
not cheapen the movie at all. The
action, suspense, effects, actors and
everything in between made this
movie excellent.
The actors of this movie are
incredibly talented. Casper Van
Dien plays the part of Gillian Lane.
Van Dien’s represents a motiva
tional speaker and a future assistant
to the antichrist. Van Dien’s acting
seems a little fake when he portrays
the motivational speaker. He over
emphasizes the energetic nature of
this speaker. However, I did like his
acting in the action scenes toward
The FalVs Landing of Brevard
will be showing the movie
sometime this winter...
the end of the movie.
Stone Alexander (Michael
York) is the apocalyptic antichrist. I
would be an idiot to say his acting
was horrible. I found his character
imaginaUve and lifelike. I
would give this man a
score of ten or more on
his ability and acting.
Dominic (Michael
Ironside) is the antichrist’s
assistant/hit man. Ironside
demonstrates the egotism
and jealousy found in evil
when he attempts to destroy the
antichrist and take over the world.
His acting seemed life-like and
showed general dislike against the
antichrist.
Catherine
Oxenburg plays
Cassandra Barris, a
reporter. I found
Oxenburgs character
surprising toward the
end of the film. She
seemed to be the
rescuer of Gillian
Lane, only to turn against him and
his beliefs.
The movie starts with an aged
Jewish Rabbi searching the Torah
for the past and future answers of
the world. The Rabbi enters the last
connection onto his computer disk.
Then he takes a piece of paper and
writes down a code, which is
revealed later in the movie. The
Rabbi inserts the paper into his
front coat pocket for safety. The
Rabbi goes back to work and sees a
small beam of light hit his chest.
Dominic, dressed in Rabbi
garments, pulls the trigger of his
laser gun and kills the aged Rabbi.
I like this movie for one
reason: the realism.
Dominic grabs the disk and Torah
and runs out the door. He runs
through the corridors and halls,
until he sees two men in front of
him. Dominic stops and looks for
The movie starts with an aged
Jewish Rabbi searching the
Torah for the past and future..
an escape. However, one of the men
now stands behind him.
The men are the witnesses of
the final days and have come to
deliver a prophetic message to
Dominic. They let Dominic go, but
only temporarily. Dominic takes the
Torah and disk to Stone Alexander.
The antichrist inserts the disk to
begin the final days of the world.
The plot unfolds throughout
the movie, beginning with the
deciphering of the Torah, which
tells of the final days on earth and
corruption of the antichrist. Then
when the antichrist comes to power
over the entire world, he announces
himself god over everything. The
plot ends dramatically with the
• destruction of the world and
antichrist.
I like this movie for one
reason: the realism. I felt like I
walked away from an event that
really took place on earth. The
characters, action, plot and
everything seemed realistic.