gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (02/03/85)
Please respond by MAIL ...
I missed V last Friday (Jan 25). I understand that Nathan Bates is dead. How
is it that the Visitors are able to walk the Earth? I thought that the gizmo
attached to his wrist was going to cause Science Frontiers to self-destruct,
causing the release of enough red dust into the air to kill all the Visitors.
What happened when he died?
Also, I missed the first half of Otherworld (Jan 26). How did the family arrive
on that planet? Where were they when they fell into the time warp?
adTHANKSvance
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Greg Skinner (gregbo)
{allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!houxm!gregbotankus@hsi.UUCP (02/07/85)
>> Munch Line <<
As much as I hate to admit it (I love V) the series has the same kinds of twistsand turn in plots and sub-plots as your typical soap.
To recap, the release of the red dust would act as a doomesday device polluting
the atmosphere and disrupting the Earth's food chain for centuries (it would
kill them lizards too, thus ending the series). The device on Nathan Bates'
wrist is simply used as a deterrant to an all-out alien attack on Los Angeles
(see US/USSR arms race for reference).
Therefore, to wit, etc., even though we saw Nathan Bates' get "killed" (shot by
his faithful companion and enforcer Mr. Chang) he must still be alive as the reddust has not been released. Thus he will "miraculously" reappear in a future
episode.
As for Otherworld, I just started watching the show (Feb. 2) and think its
premise is interesting but no judgement yet on quality. I'd still rather watch
E/R!
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