Project Blue Book continues to improve with its third episode, this time exploring the case of The Lubbock Lights. It also amps up the conspiracy and paranoia factor, which makes for entertaining television to say the least.
The Lubbock Lights took place in Lubbock, Texas in the late summer of 1951, and was one of the first reported cases of a mass UFO sighting. The case was officially closed and attributed to plovers, a kind of bird.
The show deviates in its explanation and facts, which is to be expected and accepted. I still think the real story is interesting enough that liberties don't need to be taken, but I'm having a fun enough time with the ride that I'm less concerned about this. Wanna fight about it?
Project Blue Book is becoming as much about the Soviet and nuclear scares of the 50s (pre-fab atomic bomb shelters, anyone?) as it is about UFOs and government cover ups. I'm OK with that. The layers of paranoia are pretty thick here, but it's adding to my enjoyment of the show.
I'm also liking the characters, and the actors are really coming into their own. Aidan Gillen and Michael Malarkey have an easy back and forth, and there's even an injection of humour into their characters' working friendship. I dig it.
And it was nice to see veteran genre actor Steve Williams of The X-Files, and many, many other movies and TV shows, turn up.
All in all, this is a fine addition to the series. There are eight episodes on deck now, and I look forward to them. A Good once again.
The Lubbock Lights took place in Lubbock, Texas in the late summer of 1951, and was one of the first reported cases of a mass UFO sighting. The case was officially closed and attributed to plovers, a kind of bird.
The show deviates in its explanation and facts, which is to be expected and accepted. I still think the real story is interesting enough that liberties don't need to be taken, but I'm having a fun enough time with the ride that I'm less concerned about this. Wanna fight about it?
Project Blue Book is becoming as much about the Soviet and nuclear scares of the 50s (pre-fab atomic bomb shelters, anyone?) as it is about UFOs and government cover ups. I'm OK with that. The layers of paranoia are pretty thick here, but it's adding to my enjoyment of the show.
I'm also liking the characters, and the actors are really coming into their own. Aidan Gillen and Michael Malarkey have an easy back and forth, and there's even an injection of humour into their characters' working friendship. I dig it.
And it was nice to see veteran genre actor Steve Williams of The X-Files, and many, many other movies and TV shows, turn up.
All in all, this is a fine addition to the series. There are eight episodes on deck now, and I look forward to them. A Good once again.
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