“V” TV show exposes Obama Worship!
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‘V’ aims at
Obamamania
By Glenn Garvin
November 3rd, 2009
McClatchy/Tribune News
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.
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.”
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?
Welcome to ABC’s “V,”
the most fascinating and bound
to be the most controversial new
show of the fall television season.
Nominally a rousing sci-fi space
opera about alien invaders bent
on the conquest (and digestion)
of all humanity, it’s also a barbed
commentary on Obamamania
that will infuriate the president’s
supporters and delight his detractors.
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“We’re all so quick to jump on
the bandwagon,”
observes one character.
“A ride on the bandwagon,
it sounds like fun.
But before we get on,
let us at least make
sure it is sturdy.”
The bandwagon in this case is
conspicuously saucer-shaped.
“V” starts with the arrival of
a couple of dozen ships from
outer space,
piloted by creatures who look
like humans except a lot prettier.
“Don’t be frightened,”
says their luminously beautiful
leader Anna (Morena Baccarin,
“Serenity”).
“We mean no harm.”
The aliens —
who become known as V’s,
for visitors —
quickly enthrall their wide-eyed
human hosts.
A handful of dissidents hold out
against the rapturous reception
given the V’s. Some are simply
uneasy, such as the youthful
priest Father Jack
(Joel Gretsch, “The 4400”),
who sharply criticizes the
as divine creations:
“Rattlesnakes are God’s creatures
too.”
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With or without the political
sheen, “V” is sweeping television
storytelling at its best.
Whether you choose to view
it as a blood-and-guts war story,
a spy thriller
(unlike the original show,
these V’s are perfect replicas
of humans, so you never really
know who might be sitting beside
you at the bar), a high-stakes
family drama (as households
divide over the intentions of the V’s),
a religious allegory
(the V’s make a crippled man
walk, filling up churches again)
or just a sci-fi throwback
to the days of “Earth vs. the
Flying Saucers” and
“The Thing,”
“V” is irresistible.
This bandwagon is definitely
worth jumping on.
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Too bad you missed by a mile.
V is just a re make of the origional
moni series with updated effects
and a younger cast.
It was, and still is,
a fictionized account of the Hoopla
surrounding the Coming to power of Ronald Ragan,
in the 80’s when it was written.
Maybe you should have watched
the original when it was presented
over the weekend on Syfy.
If you had you might have realized the charazmatic
leader was based on “The Great Actor”, not Obama.
rwheflin - November 4, 2009 at 10:25 pm |