I’m Thinking Democrats Are Not Going To Like “V”

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I’m Thinking Democrats Are Not Going To Like “V”

Written By : William Teach

So, ABC does a remake of the 1980′s mini-series “V,” turning it into a weekly show. Cool. Space monsters. Classic formula.

Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care.

Actually, the up front leader is a she. And, she does make all those sorts of “we’re the space aliens, and we are here to help.” Of course, in the opening 5 minutes, a large Jesus on the Cross falls and nearly crushes a man in a wheel chair. And, in the first 15, two priests have thoughts of doubt about God, because the aliens came. The first 30 seemed more about hopenchange then the original hopenchange

The news media swoons in admiration — one simpering anchorman even shouts at a reporter who asks a tough question: “Why don’t you show some respect?!” The public is likewise smitten, except for a few nut cases who circulate batty rumors on the Internet about the leader’s origins and intentions. The leader, undismayed, offers assurances that are soothing, if also just a tiny bit condescending: “Embracing change is never easy.”

The leader offers an up and coming reporter a once in a lifetime interview. Right before it is about to start, he says he has to ask some tough questions. She says he has to show the V in a good light. He says that’s not the way it works. She says the interview is over. Then she tells him this could make his career, and that he really wants to cooperate. Unsurprisingly, he does. And, during said interview, the leader states that she wants health care for all. I actually groaned out-loud when the reporter says “you mean like universal health care?” Then I remembered something important from the original series

So, does that sound like anyone you know? Oh, wait — did I mention the leader is secretly a totalitarian space lizard who’s come here to eat us?

See, now that is the part that liberals will not like. I’d suspect that liberals are sending plenty of unhinged emails, and placing many unhinged, frothing, foaming phone calls, to ABC.

While those few nut cases are circulating rumors and banding together to fight back, the V actually attack them.

Of course, I am wondering what kind of trickery the producers, director, and writers will stick in to change the dynamics so it becomes Liberal Friendly, much as the big shots destroyed Battlestar Galactica.

To be honest, I wish they could have left the politics out of it. Ruins the atmosphere. Hopefully, they will change it up just a bit, drop the politics.

Crossed at Pirate’s Cove

Mike_M

Obama's like: "Dang I gotta get one of those flying saucers that can turn into a huge TV screen and show my face…. No, mega-teleprompter!"
Markus

Will, I'm with you… as I was watching it, I was surprised how many "conservative arguments" were put in there. (the falling Jesus was just the first I caught… the pamphlet was the other biggie that caught my attention too.)

I loved the shot with the reporter and the High commander after the second in command stated that they wanted him to be their public 'conduit' (for lack of a better word.). You could see how smitten he was with her… *cough*leg-thriller*cough*

To be fair though, Will

To be honest, I wish they could have left the politics out of it. Ruins the atmosphere

Let's not forget the original was highly "political" in it's own right… every movie/series had a note at the front, stating that the showing was for all the 'freedom fighters past, present and future'.
aharris

The original "V" was a replay of the fascist takeovers in Europe. That's why one of the characters early in the mini-series was an elderly Jewish man, Abraham, who had been through the concentration camps. He was there to highlight and illustrate the obvious parallels in the stories.

This one so far hasn't strayed too far off that track while having been updated to show relevance. If people are seeing similarities between the Obama Admin and the takeover of the "Vs," maybe there's a reason.
drothgery

I just hope the aliens have plausible goals in this version. If they turn out to want something they could get much more easily from unihabinted planets than from earth, or could get much more easily from open conquest than subversion (and they control space, so it's not like they can't conquer earth) then the show's going to lose me.
aharris

Of course, I just read the thread for this on my gamer forum. Only one mention of the possible political angle, and the person who posted it laughed it off saying "sometimes and alien is just an alien."

The hyper-political might be barking up the wrong tree.
http://www.reddirtdude.blogspot.com President_Friedman

I thought it was sort of like the Narnia books and Christianity… the political commentary was definitely planted in there very carefully, but is not required for enjoyment of the overall story. Unlike, say, Animal Farm or Atlas Shrugged, where the story is just means of delivering a political discourse, this story is more of a double entendre. Hard to pull off, but I gotta say they did a good job of it last night.

I just keep waiting for the Beastmaster to show up.
whats_up

I just keep waiting for the Beastmaster to show up.

Posted by President_Friedman

2009-11-04 11:22:30

ScyFy(sp?) showed the originial V yesterday, the Beastmaster was in rare form.
BIG

I think we have a better shot at surviving an alien invasion than we do the Democrats in Washington.
http://networdblog.blogspot.com/ Christopher_Taylor

I didn't see it but the New York Times reviewer hated it which is usually a good sign. The Chicago Tribune reviewer thought it was pretty good.

Lets face it, Sci Fi channel is pretty awful at original work. They've put out a really miserable series of adaptations and movies over the last ten years or so. I'd be amazed if they didn't suck it up with this.