vljohnson@watrose.UUCP (Lee Johnson) (10/31/84)
[] O.K. For the most part, I liked it. Not to say that I agreed with it all. Why kill Martin off in the first show? I *liked* Martin. He seemed to be the only 'good' Visitor with any solid substance to his character. The writers could have had a field day with Martin. <sigh> I would rather have had them kill William off. Now that Diana's on the loose, and the fleet may be on its way back, Donovan et. al. are going to need all the help they can get. It looks to me like they're back to Square One. Now, does anyone have any ideas about the failure of the Red Dust toxin? By rights, Diana and her rescuers should be quite dead. I'm sure the reason will be explained to us eventually, but it's nice to theorize. Here's two of my theories: 1. The Red Dust does NOT persist in the ecology, as was previously believed. (The obvious conclusion.) 2. The Red Dust was *engineered* to have a limited life span. By whom, you ask? Why, but none other than our man, Nathan Bates. By controlling the factor that keeps the Visitors away, he is in a position to make demands from We The People to keep them away. This fits in quite well with his apparent power-hungry nature. Well, time will tell. Regards, Lee Johnson (USENET: vljohnson@watrose)
halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE) (11/01/84)
How about this? The red dust effects have worn off, either through tolerence or just degrading. This would explain Diana's not being affected. The pilot didn't really have any exposure. (Also, maybe the pill would last 12.2 hours for Diana rather than exactly 12 hours.) Since it is no longer effective, Martin was not knocked off. He collapsed from the trauma of the fire, but his recuperative powers will enable him to survive. When he collapsed, it was just assumed he was dead; no one stuck around to find out for sure.
gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (11/03/84)
As was revealed last night, the red dust is less potent, although still po-
tent enough to kill the Visitors after a period of time greater than 12 hours.
In addition, the potency weakens as one gets closer to the equator.
Frankly, I don't think the show is all bad, but I'll be disappointed if all
the attention is focused on Elizardbeth and the "Lords of Light". The battle
scenes and the intrigue are enough for me, but this "Lords of Light" stuff
reminds me of a not-too-long-ago set of Lords (of Kobol) in a show (that aired
at 8pm) which will go nameless. I don't want V to go off the air, so I hope
all this stuff about "Lords of Light" will be background material.
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Greg Skinner (gregbo)
{allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!houxm!gregbomarc@pyuxd.UUCP (M Schare) (11/04/84)
Just some thoughts about "V"- The series.
1) What happened to the aliens voices. This was the #1 way of telling
Human from Lizard, but the voices seem to be the same.
2) When are they going to get around to Elizardbeth. She seems to possess
random powers- stopping bombs, starting engines and the like.
3) The second episode was not nearly as good as the first.
4) What kind of stories can keep us interested for week in and week out. Im
gettin kind of tired of watching lasers fly back and forth. Ever notice
what TERRIBLE aim the visitors have. They miss Donovan at least 10 times
per episode (Of course, Donovans aim is perfect).
5) Why kill Martin. I liked Martin.
6) Why kill the kids grandfather. I liked the kids grandfather.
7) What happened to the references to Nazism that were so prevelant
in the original ?
Oh well.. Maybe 16 weeks...
Marc.
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Marc Schare (pyuxn!marc)