# "V" — s1e2 — 11/10/09 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039 "2009-11-10T14:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/81 "2009-11-13T15:09:37Z")
That looked like an autopsy to me, but you could be right. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/82 "2009-11-13T15:12:53Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > That looked like an autopsy to me, but you could be right. I could swear he opened his eyes… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/83 "2009-11-13T15:20:58Z")
> [@Todderbob](#): > > I could swear he opened his eyes… I thought he said something. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/84 "2009-11-13T15:26:00Z")
I’ll fire up the DVR and recheck. If he’s alive, then I hope it just means Erica didn’t quite kill him after all. Having the invading humanoid aliens be able to reincarnate would be just a little too monkey-see-monkey-do. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/85 "2009-11-13T15:44:58Z")
Hmmm, ok, you’re right. What was shown does not necessarily equal resurrection, however, whether he was “dead” or not, he’s back now. He definitely opened his eyes on the table. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/86 "2009-11-13T16:43:08Z")
It could just be that they can reuse the costume on a different lizard. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/87 "2009-11-13T17:39:46Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > It could just be that they can reuse the costume on a different lizard. Yes, sew up a few tears, patch a couple of holes, some spot remover…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/88 "2009-11-13T18:11:26Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > It could just be that they can reuse the costume on a different lizard. His piece will be rubbing inside of your armor! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/89 "2009-11-13T22:58:53Z")
> [@Todderbob](#): > > His piece will be rubbing inside of your armor! “It’s used, which is why you’re getting 20% off. Don’t worry, we hosed out the last guy. Happy human’ing.” -Joe ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/90 "2009-11-14T15:26:16Z")
One thing about the Lizard’s “Spikey Death-Orb” thingies, they sure make shotguns seem like high-accuracy firearms, they’re useful for clearing a crowd of Rebels, but against a couple mobile targets , over 50% of the flechettes (the rear arc facing away from the targets) are wasted… you’d think an interstellar alien race would have antipersonell weaponry that could target single targets more accurately, using a FlechetteBall brings up too many chances of collateral damage, if FBI Lady is running from a FlechetteBall through a crowd, the inability to target accurately means it could take out Little Amy, Johnny, Innocent Bystanders number 42, 99, and 35, Fluffy the annoying rat-dog, and flatten a bunch of tires on any vehicles in the vicinity, while FBI lady ducks behind some conveniently placed hard cover perhaps the Lizards should update the FB firmware to support single-targeting, shooting one flechette at a time, instead of the default “Ring-O’-Death” mode (would a fully-automatic FB be subject to Federal regulations on automatic weaponry anyway? 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/91 "2009-11-14T15:31:49Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > (would a fully-automatic FB be subject to Federal regulations on automatic weaponry anyway? 😉 ) I would guess that it would be an “infernal device.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/92 "2009-11-14T15:36:59Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > you’d think an interstellar alien race would have antipersonell weaponry that could target single targets more accurately Yeah, but you’d think an interstellar alien race would also have mastered video resolution that at least matched that of 1950’s television. Hell, 1890’s motion pictures would be an improvement over the craptastic thermography they get from their remote sensors. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/93 "2009-11-14T15:59:31Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Hell, 1890’s motion pictures would be an improvement over the craptastic thermography they get from their remote sensors. Maybe it looks great to those beady little reptilian eyes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/94 "2009-11-14T16:07:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Maybe it looks great to those beady little reptilian eyes. 🙂 Good point. 🆒 \<== hides beady eyes ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039/95 "2009-11-14T21:18:11Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Hmmm, ok, you’re right. What was shown does not necessarily equal resurrection, however, whether he was “dead” or not, he’s back now. He definitely opened his eyes on the table. While she did a number on his human exoskin, we didn’t actually see any damage to his real head. It’s possible he was just knocked out by the blow and only the ‘suit’ got torn open and bled. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-s1e2-11-10-09/517039.md?page=4)