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From: edward@ukecc.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Amazing Stories II
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Date: Sun, 6-Oct-85 20:05:57 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct  6 20:05:57 1985
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	I think we should give an award for "Biggest Improvement in
One Week" to NBC's Amazing Stories. The series made a much-needed
improvement over last weeks sappy Spielburgish episode.
	This weeks episode, the name of which I've already forgotten,
concerned an ego-driven high school athlete/stud/BMOC who gets
magnatized by a meteorite. Silly you say? Well, yeah, but the story
was told well and it was FUNNY! The problem was, IT HAD NO ENDING!!
The story was moving along nicely, it had just reached an important
point in the plot's development....and it just ended. The problem
of the magnatism was never resolved. There was a potentially
humorous interaction implied between the stud and the 'wall flower'
girl character that was left hanging. Sure, you can say, "the hero
got the girl in the end", but that's a pretty cheap rationalization
of the ending.
	If anything is to blame here, it is surely the half hour
time factor. Maybe the writers are just trying to squeeze too much
story into too little time. (I should probably mention that the
segment was directed by Mathew Robbins (I think). Has anybody ever
heard of him before?)
	NBC has reaffirmed my faith in them as a quality network.
While this show had its problems, I liked it. It made me laugh out
loud, something that I rarely do while watching TV. If NBC can
maintain the quality of 'Amazing Stories' at or above this week's
level, the show is destined to a ratings winner.

	BTW, Alfred Hitchcock just ended. That was GOOD! (He was my
husband. BANG!) But that's another review.....I'll let Jeff Meyer do it.

...well...gotta go watch 'The Long Hot Summer'...

-- 
Edward C. Bennett

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