psc@lzwi.UUCP (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (10/22/85)
< Oxygen is for people who can't take New Jersey > "Alamo Jobe": teleplay, first broadcast on AMAZING STORIES, Sunday, the 20th of October, 1985. AMAZING STORIES has caused some discussions at the Leeper and Chisholm households. Evelyn, who time-shifts shows to her convenience, has threatened to stop even that if the season's third show wasn't better. And my better half insists that if you miss the first half-hour of MURDER, SHE WROTE, you may as well skip the rest. (It'd led me to briefly consider getting - shudder - a VCR. I got over it quickly.) Well, I bet Evelyn has one less event to program her VCRs for. Certainly Sherry and I will go back to watching Jessica Fletcher find whodunit . . . until someone can really write an amazing story. I can't tell you *anything* about "Alamo Jobe" without giving the whole thing away. There's just so little to it. Spielberg doesn't know the difference between a story, an incident, and a clever idea. In this case, the idea (Spielberg's) is how a boy at the fall of the Alamo suddenly stumbles into modern San Antonio. The incident is a kid wearing weird clothes, carrying an old rifle, and riding a horse through San Antonio. The story must be on some other channel. My nine-year-old liked it, though. As to my wife's opinion: "When we discovered AMAZING STORIES and MURDER, SHE WROTE were both on at eight on Sundays, we thought we might need a VCR. Now, we're not sure we need a TV." -- -Paul S. R. Chisholm The above opinions are my own, {pegasus,vax135}!lzwi!psc not necessarily those of any {mtgzz,ihnp4}!lznv!psc telecommunications company. (*sigh* ihnp4!lzwi!psc does *NOT* work!!! Use above paths.) NOMINATE MARK LEEPER: HUGO AWARD FOR BEST FAN WRITER IN 1986
barb@pyuxa.UUCP (B E Nemeth) (10/23/85)
All I can say is that like everyone else, I'm very, very disappointed in this series! I expected so much more, and got even less!!