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"V" Open Thread (It's hopey changey)
11/3/2009

Posted on 11/03/2009 5:00:08 PM PST by 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.


TOPICS: TV/Movies; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: scifi; v
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To: justlurking

The idea that the mainstream media is in the pocket of liberals and Obama himself, didn’t just sprout wings a couple weeks ago. They just outed themselves totally then. But, the scenes with the reporter could have been written just based on the way Obama has been treated for the last two years. Its as if those scenes HAD taken place and we just didn’t see them live. Until they lost it on FNC. Probably due to a narcissistic fit by Obama.


81 posted on 11/03/2009 6:40:13 PM PST by John W
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To: Publius6961
(Not much) More here about the change in "creative direction":

Showrunner shift at ABC's 'V'.

82 posted on 11/03/2009 6:41:30 PM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: higgmeister

I recommend trusting freepers over what you’ve read somewhere else. justlurking is exactly right about this.


83 posted on 11/03/2009 6:42:51 PM PST by John W
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To: kjam22

Your wife sounds like a smart lady :)


84 posted on 11/03/2009 6:42:56 PM PST by TheVitaminPress
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
Please add me to the ping list as well.

This seems to paint Obama in a negative light.

85 posted on 11/03/2009 6:43:37 PM PST by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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To: justlurking
The same columnist claims that ABC put further episodes on hold after they saw the first 4:

The script for the pilot was written after the election, Floyd. There's also some suggestion that ABC is not entirely happy with it. Production on the show was halted after four episodes for a creative overhaul. Exactly what that means is anybody's guess..

The aliens will be the heroes and the rebels will be just a bunch of crazy "teabaggers" (MSM term) waving Gadsden flags. After all, the aliens have health care, snappy slogans and near complete control of the press.

86 posted on 11/03/2009 6:43:46 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Any similarity between V and the Obama admin is just that of Obama and any other totalitarian regime)
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To: higgmeister
As I said, man-eating Lizards from space is not my idea of good Sci-fi.

I agree regarding the SciFi aspect, boring and predictable. But as political commentary? It was very surprising just how relevant the first episode was. I was prepared not to like it, but will probably watch the next episode. Unless obama has it canceled...

87 posted on 11/03/2009 6:46:13 PM PST by GBA
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To: TheVitaminPress

***Thanks for the heads up on this movie!***

I saw it on TV way back in the dark ages of 1968.


88 posted on 11/03/2009 6:46:32 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (The sword does not kill. It is a tool in the killer's hand.---Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
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To: Publius6961

***This is not about Huusein! ***

If the shoe fits, he might as well wear it!


89 posted on 11/03/2009 6:49:25 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (The sword does not kill. It is a tool in the killer's hand.---Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
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To: Publius6961
"This is not about Huusein! "

Someone who gets it! This is (was) about Bush. It relates to the popular misconception of what Bush was about.

The whole prospect fair drips with irony.

90 posted on 11/03/2009 6:54:00 PM PST by YHAOS
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To: KarlInOhio

After watching the show, I have to ask:

Has Obama ever released any medical records to CONFIRM that he has a skull?


91 posted on 11/03/2009 6:54:43 PM PST by RightStuff1
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To: John W
I recommend trusting freepers over what you’ve read somewhere else.

I haven't read a thing about this show anywhere else.     I remember the old series and that is enough for me to avoid the remake.

Just so you will understand more about my viewing habits, I don't watch drama, horror, mystery, thriller, or suspense movies.     "V" is to close to that sort of thing for my rather bland tastes.

92 posted on 11/03/2009 6:58:16 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: TheVitaminPress
Wash is in the show? Man they should bring Firefly back!

Last week, online, I saw a pop up ad for V, and it looked like Morena Baccarin was in it. Tonight, during the opening credits I saw Alan Tudyk.

God, Firefly was a great show.

I was really disappointed to see that ABC is making this a weekly thing, and not the classic miniseries format. I seem to remember back in the 1980's when a miniseries was scheduled it would be primetime for 3-4 consecutive nights. That was THE BEST!

93 posted on 11/03/2009 7:01:35 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: higgmeister

Same thing with my viewing habits-and I loved it. Didn’t think I would, but, it was very good.


94 posted on 11/03/2009 7:04:31 PM PST by John W
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To: SonOfDarkSkies; OneWingedShark; Army Air Corps; KevinDavis

I didn’t watch it yet, I recorded it.

Was it a bait and switch?? Was it really pro-liberal instead of anti-Obama some media led us to believe?


95 posted on 11/03/2009 7:09:23 PM PST by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com .... I am a rogue nobody. One of millions.)
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To: TheVitaminPress; DavidAccord

abc.go.com

ABC not post to Hulu


96 posted on 11/03/2009 7:12:03 PM PST by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com .... I am a rogue nobody. One of millions.)
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To: GeronL
Was it really pro-liberal instead of anti-Obama some media led us to believe?

The Visitors promised Universal Health Care.

I kid you not. And those specific words were used.

Does that sound pro-liberal?

97 posted on 11/03/2009 7:14:37 PM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: Rodamala

I must have been four or five when the original mini-series first aired, I remember it being a pretty big deal though . . . and those promo’s that ran for a few weeks before broadcast . . . scared me silly!


98 posted on 11/03/2009 7:16:48 PM PST by TheVitaminPress
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To: GeronL

Thanks for the info!


99 posted on 11/03/2009 7:17:26 PM PST by TheVitaminPress
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To: DouglasKC

1. First states she won’t do an interview unless he only asks easy questions, then starts the interview with “ask anything you like”.
2. Offers free cures, then offers “universal medicine”. They intend to control if not kill us, and universal medicine is a means to do so. The joke being “universal medicine” from interstellar aliens who mean to eat us. Not sure if that’s better or worse than Obama.


100 posted on 11/03/2009 7:20:00 PM PST by tbw2 (Freeper sci-fi - "Humanity's Edge" - on amazon.com)
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