'V' aims at Obamamania

The Chicago Tribune ^ | 11/3/09 | Glenn Garvin

[TitansAFC]

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.

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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 Vatican’s embrace of the V’s as divine creations: “Rattlesnakes are God’s creatures too.”

He does a lot of SF, and is William Shatner's son-in-law ... sort of like it's the family business or something ...

[Avid Coug]

I love it! Let’s watch as Obambi and his minions whine and complain about a fictional tv series. Getting a little paranoid, aren’t we, Dear Leader?

[F15Eagle]

Oh, wait — did I mention the leader is secretly a totalitarian space lizard who’s come here to eat us?

a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere

Great, just great. Now Axelrod will show up on "Meet the Press" with a book titled: "To Serve Man".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtInaXXzqlA

[rjp2005]

Yes but this series is about a female dictator, as the original one was.

[a fool in paradise]

John Carpenter’s They Live is a more appropriate analogy.

Barack Obama’s personal propagandist, Shepard Fairey, lifted the propaganda items “OBEY” and “This is your god” from John Carpenter’s film.

There is no truth in the Pravda Media. Open your eyes.

PS, there is a planned remake of They Live.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1334105/

[F15Eagle]

Yes but this series is about a female dictator, as the original one was.

[subterfuge]

I don’t get why the resurrection of the old “V” show? It’s a completely different show, it seems, so why not name it something else?

The only other question is, which of us would the Vs eat first?

Oh, and my wife is planning to watch it (?) because there are actors from “Lost.” I don’t get that one either.

[Smokin' Joe]

Oddly enough, I have noticed an increase in movies with a resistance theme, and even caught a Movie Industry information flick late one night discussing how the 20% tax on theater gross proceeds was killing the industry in the late 40s and early 50s.

That on one cable network I did not necessarily expect to be planting seeds of defiance, you know, the guy whose ex was a prominent war protestor...

The general theme is interesting, and perhaps some of the media elite have realized they have created a monster and don't quite know what to do about it.

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

Wasn’t there a show called “V” back in the 80s? I didn’t watch it but it sounds familiar.

[Artemis Webb]

yup...this is a remake.

[kb2614]

PS, there is a planned remake of They Live.

NOOOOOOOO!! You can't plan perfection!! That movie was the AWESOME!!! The greatest fight evah!! Roddy Piper vs. David something! It must have lasted 20 minutes. I'm hopeful about V, but I suspect I'm being set up. If they make to many sly references about President Unicorn, it will surely get cancelled as thin skinned as he is.

[Thinkin]

“To Serve Man”.

Yep..
With drawn butter, fava beans and a nice bottle of Chianti….

[Rastus]

Message aside, the alien chick and Elisabeth Mitchell are teh hot. :D

[F15Eagle]

Keith David. And don’t turn your back on Meg Foster; especially with those steely gray eyes.

[montyspython]

fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa......

[longtermmemmory]

Whenever Hollyweird tries to attract conservatives you can pretty much guarantee the product is pointless.

ABC must have focus grouped and found they have a turkey.

Calling this an attack on Obama is just their way of making a good trailer for a bad movie.

[SkyDancer]

Wasn’t there also a Twilight Zone episode where these aliens came with the same theme and had a book titled “How To Serve Man” which turned out to be a cookbook?

[longtermmemmory]

(s)ahhh but that was sexist because the WOMAN realized it was a cookbook...(/s)

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Let's End This FReepathon Tonight!!

[SkyDancer]

I don’t remember - dad brought home a bunch of old TV stuff and the Twilight Zone was some of them. Thought they were pretty good for the time - but I thought it was a guy who figured it out ...

[Stormtrooper79]

0bama isn’t effimnate enough for you?

[Riley]

Wasn’t there a show called “V” back in the 80s? I didn’t watch it but it sounds familiar.

I cannot hear that show mentioned without hearing Cyndi Lauper's 'Time after Time' in my head; both were big at around the same time.

[mosesdapoet]

Yep and it was fun to watch..._ ..._ ..._

[Callahan]

I made this photoshop as soon as I read this article:

[vetvetdoug]

Kool aid drinkers got to watch something.

[subterfuge]

Ha! Awesome and well done!

[tbw2]

Or only women read cook books by nature?