Alias Discussion

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God, I hope you're kidding or I'm going to go outside and take a 15 pound sledge to my Alias DVDs

Not only that. It turned people into what could be most aptly described as zombies. If you watch any of the recent episodes, that's the disease they keep referencing Sloane's daughter has.

Oh, and the one word message Sloane recieved simply said, "Peace."

Jam it back in, in the dark.

You know, early in season one there was a man similar to the man in the prison who gave Sydney The Rose artifact. He was suppose to be an impossible number of years old. It wasn't outright said but there were obvious hints. At that time I assumed the ultimate secret of Milo Rambaldi was that he held the key to eternal life.

It's not exactly a horrible revelation. It really does give motivation to the strained actions of the main villains. But how do you stretch a story arc out for five years when the idea behind it is so basic?

I know a big reason why the show could never decide whether or not it wanted to be about Rambaldi or just an ordinary espionage show was that the ratings were always on a gradual cool down and there was pressure to mix up the focus to draw back viewers. In the end, things became pretty tangled. This show should serve as an example that if you want to do something elaborate with a tv program, you better have a good idea where things are headed in advance, not to mention a core team that sticks to their project.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

My problem with it was less that it was cliche (though it was) but that it was inconsistent. They touch upon it early but then everything else shifts to something that would be apocalyptic, something involving Sydney. The end of the world slant turns out to be an off to the side deal and not even to do with a Rambaldi device. On top of that, nothing catastrophic actually happened! There was a threat, but it was foiled. The guy's so infallible until it comes down to the major one?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.