The Event 10/18/10
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BafflingBeerMan,
Posted on: 2010-10-18 20:56 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
My question - was Vicky really concerned about the kid she is raising or worried about the exposure and her superiors "terminating" her.
I just started watching the series the other day (recorded), seems like a decent show so far.
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Based on some comments from Thomas about not being able to "get back" with our technology, I'm even more convinced they're time travelers.
As far as the warm dress, not only was it appropriate for the weather, but also the time period. These guys are definitely from the future.
Thomas also made a comment about everyone dying anyway. I assume he wasn't being philosophical but meant some imminent disaster.
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Yeah, I am conviced the change in DNA/them constantly being referred to as E.T.s is just a red herring.
Add in the fact they speak perfect English and easily recognized vaccuum tubes, they at least knew a lot about where they were heading.
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The episode clinched it that it wasn't time travelers... Time travelers would not want to mess with time which Thomas does.
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Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
Based on some comments from Thomas about not being able to "get back" with our technology, I'm even more convinced they're time travelers.
As far as the warm dress, not only was it appropriate for the weather, but also the time period. These guys are definitely from the future. Thomas also made a comment about everyone dying anyway. I assume he wasn't being philosophical but meant some imminent disaster. |
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Point taken, but they could be A) Trying to prevent a great Chronoclysm by "any means necessary" or B) This could be a dead time-line that will cease to exist once they leave, so who cares if you get the nuclear age going a hundred years early, or C) ANGELS! (who also time travel for some reason).|
Originally Posted by Durakken
The episode clinched it that it wasn't time travelers... Time travelers would not want to mess with time which Thomas does.
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Also, it's pretty clear that Thomas cracked under the pressure of leadership early on, so we can't take his actions as representative of the motive of Sophia's people.
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Only really half-watched this, so I may be missing a few things. But my thoughts:
I got two big Lost flashbacks (heh) tonight: the Leila/Sean call reminded me of the Penny/Desmond call from The Constant and the Vicky situation, her refusal to kill a baby and then raising it as her own, and Sean trying to leverage her son against her reminded me of Ben, Alex, and Keamy's confrontation, with a little happier ending. While Vicky isn't as complex as Ben is right now, I wonder if the show is trying to slide her into that role, one where she is the villain and ends up playing up both sides for her own gain.
Has anyone commented yet on the fact that the aliens seemed prepared to crash in the cold, with their dress? They sure looked at least somewhat warm in their clothing. The definitely did not make a wrong turn at Albuquerque
Thomas was made out to be a wuss. Next episode looks like he'll get some of his bad mojo back.
Finally, the highlight of the episode (and last) was the dad from Boy Meets World playing evil as Bad Cop.
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