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From: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five Works About Surviving Helpful or Indifferent
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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:00:45 -0800
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On 11/15/24 19:05, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 11/15/2024 5:20 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
>> On 2024-11-15, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> Even interactions with non-hostile aliens can be perilous for humans...
>>>
>>> The old V tv show was a great example of this.
>>
>> What?  No!  The aliens in _V_ came in order to exploit humans,
>> although they pretended otherwise.
>>
>>>      https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307824/
>>
>> That's a remake.
>>
>> Here's the original 1983 miniseries:
>> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085106/
> 
	The Porciniods of "To Serve Man" came to mind.
	
	bliss
> But the lizards pretended to be humans and offered to help us out. 
> Supposedly non-hostiles.
> 
> Lynn
>