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From: barry@ames-lm.UUCP (Kenn Barry)
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Subject: Re: Invasion of the Space Nazis, the final battle
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Date: Tue, 8-May-84 16:52:28 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  8 16:52:28 1984
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	"V" is a very sore subject with me. I looked forward to the showing
of the first "V" TV-movie, even though it was a network production. Not
expecting much, but hoping.
	The very first episode was excellent. The secret of the aliens and
their nasty intent was not yet revealed, and I was hooked.
	And then I saw the second half (of the first "V", remember - we're
not talking about the new one here). Friends, if someone had asked me to
make up the stupidist, most impossible 'explanation' for the mysteries, I
could not have topped the sheer incredible idiocy of what they came up
with. I was (am) more than disappointed, I was (am) genuinely angry about
"V", and have avoided the sequel in righteous indignation.
	I, too, have wondered how such stupifying nonsense makes it to the
air waves. It's hard to believe that anyone could be so completely
ignorant of the laws of nature, but we're talking TV producers here, and
they are a breed apart, thank God. Not only do many of them think that
'physics' is what you take for constipation, they also frequently have
complete contempt for science fiction, and for the audience which
science fiction attracts. Frankly, when I see the high ratings which "V"
enjoyed, I start wondering if they're right.
	By the way, I think there is more wrong with "V" than the science,
or the illogical plot. When I saw our heroes starting out to organize the
resistance movement, I nearly fell out of my chair from laughter. Even a
poorly-run tyranny would have had those comic-opera revolutionaries up
against the wall in a week.
	Yes the production values were good. Big deal. Even "The Starlost"
(remember *that* turkey?) had some nice mattes and models. I'd still
rather watch a John Davidson telethon than see any more of "V".
                                                Kenn Barry
                                                NASA-Ames Research Center
                                                Moffett Field, CA
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