# NBC's "The Event" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494 "2010-09-21T02:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/241 "2011-05-28T01:24:03Z")
> [@Saganist](#): > > Finally was able to watch the last episode. As much as I despised this show for creating an interesting premise and then stabbing it in the face, I would support it continuing on in some form. They basically wasted an entire season on trivial bullshit to only now create a setting in the finale that is _interesting_. Everyone on Earth knows these guys exist and we now need to figure out how to integrate the two populations. Plus there’s still the mysterious stuff about the Event itself and the sentinels. Now _that_ ought to be good tv. > > I think it’s still about “making room”, they just now will have to do something like use old school concentration camps. > > What is totally absurd is this whole idea of needing to make room in the first place. From all this talk about how it’s us or them, us or them, there’s only 2.5 billion people we’re talking about here. Does no one working on this show realize that the Earth could easily hold way, way more people, especially with the aid of advanced technology? Heck, we ourselves are supposed to hit 9 billion just by 2050. It’s been bugging me for half a season now. a) they were here first b) soon they will morph into purple people eaters, and apparently the morphing itself is like a really bad trip, man. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/242 "2011-05-28T01:58:05Z")
Even with advanced tech, a global population of 9 billion feels crowded if everyone expects a first world standard of living. Even 2.5 billion might feel a bit crowded. If I were the aliens, I’d just culture some more of the deadly virus from the lung tissue of the corpses on the mall shuttle bus or from the infected Russians who were on the Irina Bogdovnof. This time, I’d continuously release bits of the virus as I incubate more. Once the genie is out of the bottle, it can’t be contained anyway, so who cares how it’s released? Or I’d use my teleporter to insta-swap the planetary populations. If feeling merciful, put the Earthlings on the alien planet. Otherwise beam them onto the moon or into deep space. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/243 "2011-05-28T04:20:04Z")
It’d be interesting if the creators of cancelled scfi dramas like these, after getting an early cancellation, continue the story at least in paperback form. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/244 "2011-05-28T11:57:43Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > Even with advanced tech, a global population of 9 billion feels crowded if everyone expects a first world standard of living. Even 2.5 billion might feel a bit crowded. > > If I were the aliens, I’d just culture some more of the deadly virus from the lung tissue of the corpses on the mall shuttle bus or from the infected Russians who were on the Irina Bogdovnof. This time, I’d continuously release bits of the virus as I incubate more. Once the genie is out of the bottle, it can’t be contained anyway, so who cares how it’s released? > > Or I’d use my teleporter to insta-swap the planetary populations. If feeling merciful, put the Earthlings on the alien planet. Otherwise beam them onto the moon or into deep space. The original form of the virus worked _too_ well- it’s incubation period was next to zero, so it burned out before it could spread widely (utterly impossible irl, but hey..) Re. having enough room, it’s not the carrying capacity of the planet, it’s cultural and political conflict. Think Israel/Palestine multiplied by a thousand. ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/245 "2011-05-29T17:08:22Z")
> [@Saganist](#): > > … and we now need to figure out how to integrate the two populations. Been there, done that: [Alien Nation](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096531/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494.md?page=12)