Spielberg's alien tale is 'Taken' to cable

cleveland.com ^ | 12/02/02 | Clint O'Connor

[spectre]

Vicking Chick and I have also discussed that it is a combo from yet another Twilight Zone..The one about the little boy named "Anthony" who willed people into the corn-fields. Identical powers.

The other thing different so far, seems to be the piece of metal tracking device or recorder. That's a plus for Spielberg, unless I missed this in another movie..

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[spectre]

"VIKing Chick"...a thousand apologies, girl. sw

[Fred Mertz]

That little girl plays her role extremely well. She's what is keeping me with the series. She's awesome.

[Calvin Locke]

Did it open with "It was a dark and stormy night..."?

[spectre]

Oh Fred. The little girl steals the whole show. She is an amazing little actress, much like Jodi Foster started out, only much sweeter. A little Doll.

sw

[Fred Mertz]

She truly is mesmerizing.

[IGOTMINE]

Did anyone else catch the conversation the four star general was having...kept calling the person on the other end of the phone "sir". After hanging up he said something to the effect that he had enough to do in the field than just cover "junior's ass".

Since the series is now set in present day time, obviously he was referring to President Bush. (Who sent me a very nice post card from Crawford! No kidding!)

[Fred Mertz]

Yes, I thought that's what he said..."Covering Junior's ass."

[Mulder]

That little girl plays her role extremely well. She's what is keeping me with the series. She's awesome.

She is quite talented. I'm looking forward to seeing how the series ends.

[Mulder]

Yes, I thought that's what he said..."Covering Junior's ass."

I caught that too. I guess he had to get a swipe in.... oh well.

I was sort of surprised, given the anti-gun tilt of hollywood, the one of the best "good guys" in the series was a hunter who kept a rifle on a rack in his pickup truck.

[GOP Jedi]

RE junior's ass:

Yep. I noticed a couple of nights ago that we glossed right over the 90s. A bit in 92, then one scene or so in 96, but as far as evil shadow gov dudes reporting to the president goes (not to mention snide comments along the lines of "Junior" and "pretty boy"), we sort of left someone out in our rush from 41 to 43, didn't we, Steven?

[vikingchick]

Vicking Chick -- ha ha! It's OK. Now everybody thinks my name is Vicki for some reason.

I missed the whole first hour of this latest, but I think that the little girl conjured up the whole alien crash scene, am I correct?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

You are correct.

I have no idea how it's going to end.

[vikingchick]

Me neither. And tomorrow is the last episode, so they'd better wrap this baby up!

[vikingchick]

LOL! Too late. Remember the old Twilight Zone where the guys landed on another planet and the Aliens recreated the visions of HOME and relatives that were in the astonauts thoughts?

I've never seen that one, but I remember a Lost in Space episode where evil aliens create a fake San Francisco Chinese diner that Dr. Smith had been to. They read his mind to trick him into believing he was back on Earth.

[spectre]

Hi Vickie! LOL, sorry about that.

Yep, she made it all up. Should have got the clue when the soldiers Mother appeared with a plate of Toll House Cookies to lure him into the craft. Now, how would the Aliens have known That?

Catch the first half before the show starts again tonight, if you haven't already.

You guys are great. Spielberg has taken a Black General, obviously a Democrat, who can't accept Bush as President and his Commander In Chief. Figures, sigh.

When the Astronauts landed on Planet X in Twilight Zone, they were being mentally lured by sweet memories of home, into a very horrible ending, which we never saw but could only magine. Not an unusual plot.

Spielberg is recreating many past events, but I guess there's only so much you can do when it comes to Aliens?

So how's it all gonna end up? Hummm? Maybe the little girl and parents go off in that Silver Spaceship and the loading "has begun..(I loved that song, LOL)..OR they are kind and wonderful and simply take back the piece of metal that gives her all her powers and telepathy. That simple. The end...LOL.

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[js1138]

Besides the apparent anit-US military bias I have enjoyed the mini-series so far.

The general referred to Bush as "Junior" last night. I got the distinct feeling it was an anti-Iraq remark. But they were equally rude to JFK during the Cuban missile crisis, so I can't say it is completely partisan.

[js1138]

If this turns out to be another "the aliens are here to help us" ending, I'll be dissapointed.

My bet: the girl will leave with the aliens. They are not here for any particular purpose other than exploration.

[js1138]

we sort of left someone out in our rush from 41 to 43, didn't we, Steven?

The 90s were when the shadow agency built up its ability to track every movement of every citizen. The president was not mentioned because he was busy.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Good call. Not a great ending, but with modern movies, I didn't expect a "Casablanca". Not bad.