Joshua Mazess on Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:59:02 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] Kill Switch


Ok, you caught me. The X-Files episodes are usually only written by one or a
few people. I didn't check on this one, but should have known better. Anyway,
you haven't argued against anything else I wrote. It's computer fantasy for
the masses. I might have tried to make the story a little more believable.
--Josh

Andrew Brennan wrote:

>    "room full of writers" ??
>
>    While I agree the facts are "facts" and the show exists as a form of
>    entertainment ... you might want to double-check the writers of that
>    particular episode.  In fact, I'll help you:
>
>         http://www.thex-files.com/epi511.htm
>
>    andrew.  (brennan@auhs.edu)
>
>    HAL's last concert ('Daisy Daisy') in October!  Buy your tickets now!!
>
> On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Joshua Mazess wrote:
>
> > Not likely... definitely not with the background they gave him, which
> > was loosely knit anyway. He was supposed to be this computer software
> > genius who helped "invent" the Internet and wrote some of the first
> > computer viruses. The story was concocted by a room full of writers.
> > They used every mainstream buzzword they could fit into the one hour
> > show. The Internet. AI. Viruses. Bill Gates (excuse me for repeating
> > myself). Not to say that I didn't like it -- the X-Files is one of my
> > favorite TV shows -- but you must understand that that's all it is -- a
> > show. To entertain you. I just sit back and chuckle at their silly,
> > exaggerated view of the electronic world. Unfortunately, the real world
> > is too boring for the mainstream.  --Josh




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