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From: bstempleton@watmath.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Subject: Invasion of the Space Nazis, the final battle
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Date: Sun, 6-May-84 22:24:10 EDT
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Posted: Sun May  6 22:24:10 1984
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We all know the problems with V, but what bothers me so much is that
the rest of it is not bad, and approaches high quality in places.
I'm talking about things like the effects, editing, production values
and that sort of thing.  Even the writing is a good suspense story.
No doubt done by highly trained, qualified cinematic technicians.

What I don't get is why they never asked their engineers any questions
about the plot.  With all the money they spent, they could have easily
hired one educated consultant.  Anybody with any knowledge of science would
say that the idea of aliens coming here to steal our water and eat us
is really silly.   Water the most precious substance around?  Give me a
break!  People with biotechnology like that needing to steel our bodies for
food, especially when they have to feed us?  Come on.
And lizards?  Sure.  (This one is the worst.  I am fully prepared to believe
human looking aliens with common ancesters to ours, but lizards in perfectly
molded body suits?

The point is that all these things have no reason behind them.  It would
make a far more intersting fascism story (which is the producers avowed
intention) if they were our cousins.  I am ready to go for imperialist
aliens out to enslave us, but take our water and eat us?

If they changed these things, V would be a fairly decent SF story, in fact
one of the best ever made for television.  And all they had to do was
ask somebody.  How can so much money be spent and nobody be asked?