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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: Things presented in-story as Good Ideas that seem like really Bad Ideas
Date: 11 Sep 2024 15:34:14 GMT
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In article <0ad3ej1btsu8fag96cmemm27mfbpo8sftr@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>On Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:34:14 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
>Nicoll) wrote:
>
>>In article <hnr0ej9n73p041mlj8glqham0ca8mrq7go@4ax.com>,
>>Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>>On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 19:40:49 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
>>>Nicoll) wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article <vbnesl$r81$1@panix2.panix.com>,
>>>>Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>>>>>In article <lk79hhFp0bkU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>>>>Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:
>>>>>>Lucky Starr's "Council Of Science", the Venus Belt, the Federation's
>>>>>>"Prime Directive".  Things like that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Examples?
>>>>>
>>>>>When I watched SF as a kid, everybody had some sort of pocket communicating 
>>>>>device.  Kirk had a communicator, Napoleon Solo had a fountain pen, and 
>>>>>even Maxwell Smart had a shoephone.
>>>>>
>>>>>But not ONCE did any of them ever get a call about their car warranty.
>>>>
>>>>I read a review of NBC's Search (1972 to 1973) in which the reviewer 
>>>>was greatly distracted by the agents' scanners. These were communication
>>>>and information gathering devices compact enough to fit into a tie-
>>>>clip or a ring jewel. They seemed to have infinite range and nothing
>>>>appeared to block the signal. The reviewer speculated that perhaps
>>>>they used phased neutrinos. 
>>>>
>>>>Huh. Only 23 episodes. It felt like it ran longer than a year. 
>>>
>>>That's not, generally, a good sign.
>>
>>I have fond memories that I am sure would not be bitterly betrayed if
>>I found an episode or two to watch. After all, Columbo is standing 
>>up. OK, there is the issue I've able to spot the killer in every 
>>episode so far. 
>
>It's been a long time, but my memory suggests that some/most/all
>episodes were more about how Columbo figured it out. 
>
>IOW, the idea was that we would watch Columbo solve a problem that we
>already knew the solution to (ie, whodunit). This is not the same as a
>classic mystery, where the audience is given the same clues as the
>investigator and so may be able to solve the case on its own.

Whoosh!

Seems like about time for a Columbo reboot -- Falk has been gone long
enough to make it a respectful interval...
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