From: utzoo!decvax!genrad!linus!philabs!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!sdcrdcf!mike
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: Re: V on TV....
Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.250
Posted: Wed May 11 11:41:20 1983
Received: Fri May 13 20:58:34 1983
Reply-To: mike@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Michael Williams)
References: <pur-phy.756> <758@pur-phy.UUCP> <239@sdcrdcf.UUCP>


	Being one who tries to see all sides of an issue,
	I thought about "V" trying to come up with a way
	to like it.  I finally came across an idea which
	I think allows me to have some respect for it.
	If you view the show strictly as a suspension of
	reality and science, rather than an extension
	thereof, it begins to make some sense.  For example,
	when you watch Superman you don't groan when he
	spins the Earth the other way to give Lois a second
	chance.  You've suspended your requirements for the
	Man of Steel to obey currently understood laws of
	Nature. (If you're is a real die hard, I suppose you
	do groan, or try to rationalize the phenomena in some
	way).  

	The writers of "V" made it quite clear in the credits
	and their advertizing that the whole concept was
	decidedly allegorical.  Perhaps their constant violations
	of "common sense" seemed just plausible enough to be
	interpreted as attempts at reality, rather than fantasy.
	Or maybe the manner in which bogus things occured
	was not quite "fantastic" enough to convince us that
	we should let go of physics and biology, and concentrate
	on psychology and morality.

	It seemed to me that the director took care during the
	scenes where humanane values were being degraded, and
	glossed over the action and adventure aspects.  The filming
	(jolting cuts to various profile shots) during the scene
	where the son who joined the Visitors youth gang phones
	headquarters to find that he has been betrayed (lied to)
	was particularly effective.

	Well, sorry for the diatribe.  Just thought that viewed
	from certain angles, the show had merit.

	Mike Williams
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