"V" Open Thread (It's hopey changey)

11/3/2009

[SonOfDarkSkies]

It's starting in 3 minutes..."V"...the strange remake of "V"...the series that is so evocative of Obama's "hope and change".

Just starting a discussion thread as this serial opens.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Fiction and allegory are many times more damaging to the administration than is FoxNews.com.

Whenever Obama draws a crowd of sychophants...he also creates a vacuum.

And nature abhores a vacuum.

[C19fan]

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! The damn ABC affiliate in Richmond, VA cut out from the best part to show the stupid concession speech by the donkey loser for gov of VA.

[KevinDavis]

That is correct..

[null and void]

Apologizes for a duplicate.

Apologies!!!

Wow...there's that excitement factor!

I would have blandly said that this is the Central Time Zone thread...

[TheVitaminPress]

Man this is the first time I’ve regretted not having cable/digital tuner thingy. HULU better come through!

[bradactor]

I did hear one of the teenagers use the term universal health care that the female lead alien was promising. Interesting.

[TheVitaminPress]

Wash is in the show? Man they should bring Firefly back!

[SonOfDarkSkies]

It’ll be on the banned YouTube in a day or so!

[TheVitaminPress]

Haha . . . down the memory hole!

[higgmeister]

Thanks for the ping but I'm not watching. Man-eating Lizards from space is not my idea of good Sci-fi. I'd rather watch Kirk fight the Gorn a thousand times than watch this rehashed series that wasn't so good the first time.

[Lorianne]

“We want to provide all your healthcare”

Handpicked journalists

“Ask no questions that portray us in a negative light.”

Also the thing about the danger of ‘admiration’ turning to ‘adoration’.

[ClearCase_guy]

The promise of universal healthcare.
Favoring only media outlets that are uncritical.
Using devotion as a weapon, targeting gullible people.
Connections with terrorists and people who apparently have no traceable past of any kind.

Yeah. I see a few interesting connections to Obama.

[SlowBoat407]

The leader of the resistance sounded an awful lot like Glenn Beck.

[fanfan]

Great show Kevin.

[KevinDavis]

I liked it, however, it didn’t have the shock factor of the original (i.e. Diana eating a guinea pig) also I prefer the uniforms of the old V...

[marine86297]

Ping me please.

[TheVitaminPress]

From The Vitamin Press

[justlurking]

Thanks for the ping but I'm not watching. Man-eating Lizards from space is not my idea of good Sci-fi. I'd rather watch Kirk fight the Gorn a thousand times than watch this rehashed series that wasn't so good the first time.

Please reconsider. I remember the original series, too. This is a lot better. And it's unbelievably relevant.

The aliens promise "Universal Health Care". Yes, they even used those words.

And they invite a reporter to do a live interview. As he is setting up, they condition it that any question can only portray the aliens favorably -- or the interview is cancelled.

They got unbelievably lucky that the "war" between the White House and Fox News broke out only a couple of weeks ago.

[Bad Jack Bauer]

May I ask what is HULU?

HULU is a site that has all the currrent and quite a few old series episodes streaming on there. It is a good place to catch up on a series you watch regularly and miss an episode on. Here is a link HULU.

[Candor7]

V has become a crash course on how insidious totalitarianism, especially in its fascist guise, can really be. It points out the elements of fascism. Its a good reminder and educational tool.

And similarities to the Obama Junta are merely coincidental.

The Obama administration will ignore the series, unless discussion comparing his CZARs and CZARINAS to the V aliens developes legs.

Then V will be labeled rascist.