evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (11/11/85)
I have a feeling that most people did not like this Amazing Stories (Fine
Tuning was the title). I loved it, but to do so, I had to compromise some
things that I look for in TV like logic and intelligence. It was SO
Spielbergish, viz the kid, his parents, the aliens, the too happy ending,
and the ridiculous premise. And while I hated The Mission, I thought this
episode worked perfectly. The odds against the kid tuning into just the
right signal, and their displaying everything so he could understand it
and it being 'tonight', and their finding them in Hollywood, are all pretty
outrageous. But I don't mind, because we were fed this all along. And it
was funny. The Mission was melodramatic, and a little spooky, and not fun
at all. I knew to expect hokey from this one, and I got it, so it's OK.
I think that Fine Tuning did what Amazing Stories should always do: the
smile didn't leave my face from the beginning of the story until about 3
minutes into Hitchcock. What more can you ask from TV?
OK, now who hated it? Edward Bennett? :-)
--Evan Marcus
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Who messed with my anti-paranoia shot?ins_adlk@jhunix.UUCP (Darren Lee Kadish) (11/13/85)
This was the first amazing stories I have ever seen. Not too shabby! ( You look mahvelous!) It was rather stupid, and yet I like it because it was so cute/funny. When the three little aliens started humming/singing the theme song to Bonanza I could have died! It was hilarious! Lots of fun...but inane... -- Darren Kadish