Comments on: Episode 232: The Parade

By: Smuggins

Smuggins — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 18:52:36 +0000

Great episode with a real sense of tension. While the idea of if Luchar is really a martian isn’t milked, the tension of when the Ad man figure out what is going on and when the Martians will attack is really good.

There is also the fun of watching a mildly unsympathetic character come to this realization of what is happening and his struggle to get help.

The moral is pretty on the nose, with American consumerism having become so rampant and advertising becoming so influential. It is still an applicable message and the irony of the Ad man having done his part in the downfall of the world is kind of delicious/cathartic, when he gets the ‘boy who cried wolf’ treatment.

By: David Thiel

David Thiel — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:05:12 +0000

There’s a great premise here, but it’s squandered on a story with no surprises. From the opening moments, we know that Luchar is a real Martian and that the “parade” will be a real invasion. And then…that’s what happens.

The marketing campaign is unnecessary. If the goal is to draw attention to a public mass execution, the Martians should be perfectly capable of attracting a crowd by, for example, landing a saucer in Times Square.

I felt that there was a more interesting satire lurking within. Instead, what if the campaign stoked interest in all things Martian, so that by the time the invaders arrived, they’d be so popular that they’d be welcomed into positions of power?