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'V' prevails in primetime ratings
Variety ^ | November 4, 2009 | Staurt Levine

Posted on 11/04/2009 10:22:47 AM PST by C19fan

V” got off to an out-of-this-world start Tuesday night for ABC and put the Alphabet just a fraction behind CBS in the demo race. Eye edged out a win with new episodes of its “NCIS” franchise and freshman drama “The Good Wife.” But execs at ABC are all smiles as sci-fi skein “V” drew a 5.0 rating and 13 share, with 13.9 million viewers tuning in, making it the highest-rated series debut of the new season. Reviews for the Warner Bros. show were stellar and audiences clearly checked in at 8 o’clock to see what the hype was all about.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: obama; tv; v
Another "election defeat" for Obama. LOL!!!! There is a very interesting controversy. The show runner was replaced after execs saw 4 episodes. Was this due to Hollyweird freaking over the what can be intrepreted today as Obama = Visitor references???
1 posted on 11/04/2009 10:22:49 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Anti-Obama references? What anti-Obama references? (whistles innocently)

2 posted on 11/04/2009 10:30:54 AM PST by SlowBoat407 (Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
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To: C19fan

Once the V offered universal health care, most people stopped trusting them! It was great!


3 posted on 11/04/2009 10:31:19 AM PST by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: C19fan
Sorry, but without Jane Badler as Diana, the new show is worthless.


4 posted on 11/04/2009 10:37:59 AM PST by NRA1995 (Obama, when you lie, we're going to call you out)
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To: NRA1995

I don’t know, that Morena Baccarin is pretty easy on the eyes too. Great googly moogly.


5 posted on 11/04/2009 10:42:24 AM PST by VA_Gentleman (Everybody says they have a plan, until they get punched in the face. - Mike Tyson)
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To: VA_Gentleman

Mile long legs too ...


6 posted on 11/04/2009 10:44:24 AM PST by dartuser ("Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand")
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To: C19fan

My wife and I were laughing so hard at the Obama references that we probably disturbed the neighbors. When they did the press interview and the reporter is told they can ask any question except those that might show us in an unflattering light. When they did universal health care we just laughed and said, they aren’t even being subtle about who the “V” are supposed to be. And is it just me or does the chubby, manic, conspiracy crazed resistance leader remind anyone else of Glen Beck.


7 posted on 11/04/2009 10:45:59 AM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world, and they are all out to get me.)
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To: SlowBoat407
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8 posted on 11/04/2009 10:57:53 AM PST by Bad Jack Bauer (Fat and Bald? I was BORN fat and bald, thank you very much!)
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To: VA_Gentleman

“I don’t know, that Morena Baccarin is pretty easy on the eyes too. Great googly moogly.”

i have always liked her since firefly days. sh is one of the prettiest women on tv. jane badler is also hot. however, and this may be by design, anna does not exude evil like diana did.


9 posted on 11/04/2009 11:01:33 AM PST by bravo whiskey (If the little things really bother you, maybe it's because the big things are going well.)
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To: GonzoGOP
It's my understanding that the scripts and production go back to at least mid 2008 and so the parallels are all but accidental. The basic plot line of the book and original series was to have the V(isitors) be as close to perfect fascists as possible and their approach to attracting support (or apathy, at least) is supposed to parallel the Nazis in 1930's Germany.

The fact that everything matches the whole Obama approach should scare the living s**t out of everybody.

10 posted on 11/04/2009 11:10:23 AM PST by katana
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To: VA_Gentleman

Heck yeah, she can be my alien overlord anytime.


11 posted on 11/04/2009 11:20:33 AM PST by BJClinton (Hoffman, Baby, Hoffman)
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To: katana

The fact that everything matches the whole Obama approach should scare the living s**t out of everybody.


Down to the point that their symbol is a single letter:

V = Visitors
O = Obama


12 posted on 11/04/2009 11:23:48 AM PST by Brookhaven (http://theconservativehand.blogspot.com/)
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To: GonzoGOP
And is it just me or does the chubby, manic, conspiracy crazed resistance leader remind anyone else of Glen Beck.

Mrs. Slowboat and I were talking about that last night!

13 posted on 11/04/2009 11:27:22 AM PST by SlowBoat407 (Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
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To: katana
The fact that everything matches the whole Obama approach should scare the living s**t out of everybody.

Folks on this forum have known for months that Barry Hussein is a fascist.

14 posted on 11/04/2009 11:29:29 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: GRRRRR; upstanding; marine86297; kidd; Bokababe

V ping!


15 posted on 11/04/2009 11:34:18 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (Rush on Obama: "immature, narcissistic and inexperienced")
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To: C19fan

This episode is now available for free on Amazon’s Video on Demand.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002TNS012/ref=dv_twitter_freeV

FYI


16 posted on 11/04/2009 11:36:48 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: GonzoGOP

Did anyone else think that the reporter looked / talked an awful like George Stepanopholis?


17 posted on 11/04/2009 11:46:50 AM PST by kidd (Obama: The triumph of hope over evidence)
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To: VA_Gentleman

I ran across something else in the casting of the original “V” TV series in 1984. Diana’s cohort, Lydia, was played by June Chadwick, who’s best remembered as Janine, girlfriend of David St. Hubbins in “Spinal Tap”


18 posted on 11/04/2009 12:29:56 PM PST by NRA1995 (Obama, when you lie, we're going to call you out)
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To: NRA1995

Jane was really good.


19 posted on 11/04/2009 1:51:48 PM PST by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: C19fan

Why “V” is not racist - except for being pro-human
By Tamara Wilhite

• “V” is about an alien race; Obama is (probably) a member of the human race
• The resistance in “V” is slaughtered by the aliens. Obama isn’t killing his critics yet.
• Aliens in “V” offer universal health care to both control and cure us so they can eat more of us later; Obama only offers universal health care to control us.
• The health care of the aliens in “V” actually cure injuries and illness of the sickest. Obama’s universal healthcare is a denial of care to the sickest.
• Alien health care is free. Obama’s is free, but the tax rate will kill you if the waiting lists don’t.
• The aliens want to mine minerals and harvest water. Obama thinks the Earth should be unsullied and turning off water to save fish is more important than dying crops and unemployed farmers.
• The main interviewer in “V” was surprised when told to only ask softball questions. Mainstream media interviewers volunteer.
• The interviewer in “V” believed in the principal of fairness. In real life, the reporter wouldn’t have.
• The fascists in “V” are planning on world domination. Obama only wants to dominate one nation.
• The aliens in “V” have infiltrated major religious groups and seek to guide them to their views. In real life, religious groups not already at the altar are second class citizens if not “bigoted” and “hateful”.
• The fascist aliens in “V” are beautiful and friendly. Except for Sasha and Malia, there are neither such people in the US Wanna-Be Dictatorship.
• The fascist aliens in “V” have simple titles like “leader”. Obama’s regime picks more negative words like “czar”.
• The fascist aliens have infiltrated our democracy but want to continue the façade of freedom. In real life, judges publicly overthrow and then chastise those who vote against the political elite.
• The fascists in “V” actually like babies. Sautéed or raw, but like them. Is this better than being a burden?
• The fascists in “V” have a better slogan, though they are just as hypocritical.
• The scripts for “V” were written during the Bush Presidency, but carry the classic elements of fascism through the story. Thus it was intended to call the Republicans, not the Democrats fascists. But if the shoe fits …


20 posted on 11/04/2009 4:51:46 PM PST by tbw2 (Freeper sci-fi - "Humanity's Edge" - on amazon.com)
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To: NRA1995

I was flipping through the SyFy channel yesterday and came across the scene with Diana offering her protege a snack from out of the rat bowl. LOL!


21 posted on 11/04/2009 4:57:35 PM PST by rabidralph (http://www.thealaskafundtrust.com/ http://www.sarahpac.com)
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To: SlowBoat407

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/4074905247_3faedf8d6e_o.jpg


22 posted on 11/05/2009 11:18:46 PM PST by webstyr
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