Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukecc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!caip!topaz!packard!ihnp1!ihnp4!cbosgd!ukma!ukecc!edward From: edward@ukecc.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) Newsgroups: net.tv,net.sf-lovers Subject: Amazing Stories - Nov. 3 Message-ID: <311@ukecc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 21:31:54 EST Article-I.D.: ukecc.311 Posted: Sun Nov 3 21:31:54 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 07:20:42 EST Organization: Univ. of Ky. Engineering Computing Center Lines: 33 Keywords: Suspense Emotion Xref: linus net.tv:3279 net.sf-lovers:9870 Summary: A really *amazing* story this time! Well all you cynics, I hope you all saw NBC's Amazing Stories on November 3rd. The episode, "The Mission", is surely one of the best hours of television to be seen yet this season! Briefly, the story is about the crew of a WWII bomber. During a rather nasty mid-air collision with debris, the plane's landing gear is destroyed and one of the crew members is trapped in the belly gun turret. The episode, directed by Steven Spielburg, was swiftly paced and drew to a completely unexpected climactic ending. Spielburg, working without little kids and cardboard parents, gave us a story charged with true emotion and real suspense. All along we just knew that Jonathan would get out the turret alive, but how was a complete mystery. Anyone out there who claims to have figured out the ending before it happened is going to be lying. It was THAT amazing. The character development in the story was much better than I have come to expect from a TV show. I felt myself feeling the frustration and helplessness of the crew. And when that landing gear finally came down, I felt a rush of relief and happiness. A truly wonderful story. For those of us who held out a hope that Spielburg would get this series going, the wait was worth it. I know that it's too much to ask to have a story of this calibur every week, but this episode makes you want to. -- Edward C. Bennett UUCP: ihnp4!cbosgd!ukma!ukecc!edward /* A charter member of the Scooter bunch */ "Goodnight M.A."