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<text id=92TT2902>
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Dec. 28, 1992: Don't Just Sit There!
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Dec. 28, 1992 What Does Science Tell Us About God?
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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THE WEEK, Page 18
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Don't Just Sit There!
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<p>The first interactive movie asks its audiences to get involved
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<p> It certainly isn't art--more like a big-screen video game.
The first ever interactive movie, I'm Your Man, which opened last
week in New York, is a high-tech picture puzzle that allows an
audience to pick its protagonist and plot the action. Choices
come along every 90 seconds or so in this campy 20-minute
caper, and viewers vote with a three-button pistol grip
installed on their armrests. The on-screen tallies are
instantaneous, thanks to laser-disc technology, and the majority
rules. This first film (soon in seven more theaters), has 68
possible permutations. The result is a high-decibel headache...or funfest, depending on your age and inclinations. And if
you don't like it the first time, just keep your seat. Maybe
next time you'll pick a winner.
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