Following on from the ending... (SPOILERS)
Did they ever explain how the visitors gained immunity from the Red Dust when they returned in the 1985 TV series? This has bugged me for years!
shareIt was expained near the start of the series that the Red Dust works for a while, but dies out in certain parts of the world. Had something to do with the temp and weather in the area.
I THINK it was hot areas killed it while cooler and cold areas preserved Red Dust. Some areas still had Red Dust present, but it was thinned out and took a few minutes to kill the Visitors. Why the Visitors didn't just wear gas masks, I'll never know.
More Red Dust could have been released and killed more Visitors, but it was discovered with more research that exposing more Red Dust to the atmosphere could cause high levels of cancer in humans, so it was kept as more of a "last resort" thing.
OK, c*ck s*cker. *beep* with me and we'll see who sh*ts on the sidewalk!
Yeah, that part about how they couldn't release any more realy bugged me. I realize they needed to keep the series going, but when the Visitors launched their attack in the second episode, all the humans had to do was release one last batch to take them out completely, starting with Diana.
They had been living with the red dust for a year at that point, so the options were: a lot of death and destruction caused by the Visitors, or breathing in some more dust in order to eliminate them. Maybe Nathan Bates was lying, he could probably make more money by having the Visitors around.
More Red Dust could have been released and killed more Visitors, but it was discovered with more research that exposing more Red Dust to the atmosphere could cause high levels of cancer in humans, so it was kept as more of a "last resort" thing.Well the cancer thing doesn't make sense given the fact the Visitors supposedly gave humanity a vaccine that resists all forms of cancer.
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