DonProvan%CMU-CS-A@sri-unix.UUCP (05/25/84)
First of all, I don't think that these problem are all nearly as obvious as y'all think. I understand all of the complaint raised, but I only spotted one or two of them. I don't think mister Joe American would even understand what you're talking about. We all know there are huge chunks of ice out there because we've read books about ice mining and followed the voyager space shot closely. Most people don't know these things. But this is really beside the point. Frankly, I think they could have done all of these things right and it still would have been a shitty show. The problem with the posion dump at the end wasn't anything about the delivery system or the nature of the bacteria. The problem was that it was a clear case of Duo Ex Machina (excuse my spelling, but I can't find it in my spellerama): the writers obviously got to that point and then said "now let's make the rebels win." It's exactly like the end of War of the Worlds, by the way. Not even much originality. And it all showed that kind of lack of quality. Who cares if the science was wrong. It still would have been bad.