Posted by Rob Neal on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/what-about-ufo-tp3939792p3941217.html

--- In [hidden email], Darth Garlic <darthgarlic@...> wrote:
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> Please stop with the whole "dumbed down so that US audiences 'get it'" - Its insulting and inaccurate. I for one an not stupid because I am an American and I believe an apology is in order.

Sadly, you are in the minority.

"UFO simply doesn't fit to a movie format. Its too big, too long, and too wide in scope."

Not quite right:
It doesn't fit into a *Hollywood* movie format.
As an example compare "Silent Witness" (British) vs CSI (American)
Exactly the same premise, but one is accurate and pulls no punches and the other is often totally fictitious in its portrayal, everything is covered up and the whole thing is layered with exposition, otherwise most idiot Americans won't get it, the ratings will fall and the networks will pull it. Look what Frakes did to "Thunderbirds".
I imagine Gerry Anderson still has nightmares about that one.