Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!hoyme From: hoyme@umn-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: V on TV (NBC) - (nf) Message-ID: <267@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 21:15:49 EDT Article-I.D.: umn-cs.267 Posted: Sun Jun 5 21:15:49 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 22:27:40 EDT Lines: 18 #R:ccvaxa:22100001:umn-cs:2200001:000:792 umn-cs!hoyme May 4 14:27:00 1983 I thought that the V pilot was one of the more promising SF pilots in recent years. I, too, thought that the reference to a meteor in our distant past was weak, however, that kind of innacuracy must be expected from a 'mainstream' source. For once we have a post 'Star Wars' SF show without some character that is cute and short. It is an undisguised parallel of Nazi Germany, but that story is worth repeating (as long as they don't get preachy al la Quincy). The effects were very acceptable (I liked the effect when Diana ate the rat....ummmm good). Now let's wait and see if the pressures of a normal budget and weekly shooting schedule will ruin the writing and the effects. Good SF is more expensive than "Three's Company". Ken Hoyme University of Minnesota