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From: sas@leadsv.UUCP (Scott Stewart)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: SF on TV
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Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 11:45:45 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 11 11:45:45 1985
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In article <3945@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>, pugh@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU writes:
> 
> As for the Misfits of Science all I can say is that I liked Flag and 
> Ferretface together as the bad guys, but the show lacked a sense of
> reality.  It was all too hokey to even suspend disbelief.  Perhaps it
> needs the Batman/A Team outlook, i.e. complete camp.  We'll see, but
> if it is going to compete with the Twilight Zone, it will need some 
> strong scripts and not the old formulae.
> 
> Jon

Actually the Misfits of Science is going be on Friday's at 9:00.
So they will be competing with Dallas on CBS and Different Strokes
and Benson on ABC (This is according to the fall preview issue of TV
Guide.) I guess NBC is trying to fill their time slot with a show that
isn't trying to compete with Dallas for the same audience, but going for
the younger audience that may watch Different Strokes. Since NBC cancell-
ed Different Strokes, maybe they feel that it won't give them any competi-
tion. The head of NBC is excited about Misfits.  But all that aside, the
show would be a lot better if they put more camp into it. And they are
deffinately going to have to balance the team out better. The Shrinker and
the Freezer have very little effectiveness in life or death situations and
only showed their powers at a crucial time, while Johny B, the
Electro-Blaster, and the Telekinitic Teen were throwing there powers
around all the time. So far they're the only ones who used real teamwork.
I hope the rest will soon form a real team.

						Scott A. Stewart
						LMSC - Sunnyvale