Posted on 11/04/2009 3:41:33 PM PST by FromLori
The producers better forget about getting any NEA grants!
Chicago Tribune:
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?
Some of you may be too young to remember this, but the original "V" was an awesome miniseries in the early 80's. I'm looking forward to the remake.
Hope and change and enslaving a fawning populace!
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As I recall, most of these elements were present in the original miniseries, so the real story here may be not how the new V's charismatic totalitiarians resemble Obama, but how Obama resembles the old V's charismatic totalitarians. Art imitates life imitates art.
It’s funny that when they released the movie version some years back, many argued that the government in the story resembled Bush Administration.
V ping!
I think you’re confusing “V” with “V for Vendetta.”
OK, what’s this “V” thing?
I wonder. When Obama speaks his sentences don't flow like normal conversation, he speaks in a very jerky cadence like a robot or something. Maybe he's not a robot at all, he's a totalitarian space lizard!
That would explain alot.
You are right...! My mistake... now I remember that lizard V... Wait, isn’t it an old series?
It’s fun to watch life imitate art.
It’s a remake of the old series.
Aw, ya think?
Who would believe a bunch of reptiles could be infiltrating all our institutions for years, working themsleves into positions of power and trust, then suddenly, one day, just fundamentally change everything. And do it by giving us all health care, and compromising every conviction we ever had, and recruiting our youngsters to be “Patriots for Peace” - I just don’t see any parallels at all.
I look for this series to be shut down as an “enemy of the people”. Surprising, that ABC would have even put it on in the first place.
Zero is a lizard. Drain the lizard!
There’s a V Ping? Sign me up please.
Watched it this morning on the internet - was really good!
bttt
Sign me up to for the “V” ping, if it’s not already under sci-fi ping.
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 …
At least twenty years old.
At least twenty years old.
Yur on it!
Oh that’s good.
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