3db Subj : Re: C'mon, old timers - you gotta admit To : alt.tv.er From : Hunter Rose Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 22:32:42 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:01:20 -0400, shawn wrote: > On 23 Sep 2005 12:43:44 -0700, "galt_57@hotmail.com" > wrote: >> My God, just how many "Alien Invasion" shows are there? > Three new ones so far this season. I've no particular interest in any of them. I was at my neighbor's last night and he showed the pilot episode of "Threshold". Ye Gods!!! When they pulled the pursuit-blocked-by-a-truck- and-suspect-nowhere-to-be-seen-when-it-passes cliche (" They didn't just... They did!") I turned to him and said, "You can just delete it now." I left during the opening minutes of the playing of the second episode. One of the bigwigs asked his team leader "What do you need?" and immediately the reply "competent writers" came to mind. HR . 0