[desertcry]

Besides Crawford has one redeaming value....He is concerned about the safety of America. Yes, very clever of spielberg to really demonize the military. Notice how spielberg portrays Crowford pretending to save his wife, then shot her in cold blood in the back, a real gem!

[BikerNYC]

Yes, very clever of spielberg to really demonize the military.

But in the UFO coverup conspiracy, the military and the government in general are the enemies. It can't be any other way.

[scouse]

Besides Crawford has one redeaming value....He is concerned about the safety of America. Yes, very clever of spielberg to really demonize the military.

You will also note that Crawford (i.e.The Military) is allied with a German scientist (An unrepentent NAZI). Also in order to save the boy from being killed by the military, he is spirited off to Canada.(Shades of Viet Nam). Speilberg also reaches back to his early years when he has the truck chasing that kid on the bicycle. Remember Denis Weaver being chased by that truck across the desert in that old Speilberg TV movie.

All in all I think the show is childish, but it gives Speilberg some catharsis by allowing two women to be brutally murdered whiiich pprobably gives him some subliminal revenge against his ex-wife.