Re: The water thing -- X-PHILES WORLD-TV Watchers Room

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, [2], 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 14:49:17 11/11/09 Wed
Author: BDM
Subject: Re: The water thing
In reply to: detoured 's message, "The water thing" on 10:19:03 11/11/09 Wed

The original V mini-series was supposed to be about a fascist take over of America & the resistance that followed. The network balked and asked for the baddies to be aliens instead. People could take it if it was aliens.

Yes, the V was spray painted on the visitors posters. This was used by resistance groups during World War II as was the first 4 notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (da-da-da-DUM!).

The mini had on it's credits a dedication to all past, present and future resistance movements. Doubt we'll be using that on this one! The world has changed, in fact they should have thought harder about it back in '83.

Water is going to be a problem like oil in the future. Some have predicted wars over water access. We have plenty on the east coast as we had a very rainy spring & summer. Perhaps we could send Cali some? Just a slight mark up.

I think the writers should have thought of a new approach, perhaps even the visitors not wanting anything-just being magnanimous. Would we look a gift horse in the mouth? Would we be to scared not to welcome an obviously superior culture that we'd assume could destroy us with ease?

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]