So, my reaction to "V" last night was pretty much...

[agilebrit]

"Wow, how did THAT slip by?"

So, we've got these people promising us the sky, right? New technology. UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. Etc, etc. What do they want in return?

Well, in reality, I'm guessing they actually want to eat us (not having seen the original series, and not being spoiled at all for this one), because I'm a suspicious bitch that way. But they don't say that, oh, no. Just "some minerals that are abundant on your planet" (like the CALCIUM FROM YOUR BONES). And our love and devotion, too, let's not forget that. And your journalistic integrity? Yeah, let's just stick that in a lock box, you don't need that.

I thought the symbology of the crucifix getting smashed at the beginning was a little anvillicious, but apropos. Because, you know, we shouldn't cling to our religion. Or our guns, I guess, because that's not in the interests of "peace, always." We don't need that gun and religion stuff anyway, right? Not with them giving us everything.

So, yeah, I'm seeing parallels here, and I'm not the only one. Which is probably why a couple of people have been replaced already, although I'm not seeing any obvious conservative cred in their previous works.

We've got a good-guy priest. This is a dead giveaway to anyone who pays attention to stuff like this. It breaks the paradigm of "Evil Child-Molesting TV Priest who only wants power in his parish and to Use His Position for Nefarious Means." Yeah, you writers went too far there. Tch.

So. We'll see how this goes. I'm along for the ride.

Also, characters played by Alan Tudyk need to stop getting skewered through the chest. I'm just sayin'.

Comments

[modernelegance.livejournal.com]

I personally don't see a correlation between the exec. producer being replaced and that other guy and being "conservative" or "republican". If that were the case even BEFORE the TV show was aired they would have been replaced. If anyone should have been replaced for the show calling out Obama it would have been a script writer or someone that had to do with the storyline/lines...but really Obama is just taking his "ideas" from other world leaders that have come before him...and I'm not just talking about Hitler either. Hitler TOOK it to the extreme but having people devote themselves to you and hang on every word you say did not start with him...it just became obvious. I think that the show is helping people to see what kind of person Obama is because he uses these same tactics but I am skeptical to say that it is on purpose.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Except that the guy who wrote the script and the showrunner are the same guy, and he's the one being replaced. It may be that before the show aired no one actually saw the correlation because of those big ol' blinders they seem to wear in Hollyweird, but once everyone saw the previews and then the actual episode, it was so obvious that they couldn't avoid it.

I don't know if it's on purpose or not, but it's hilarious.

[modernelegance.livejournal.com]

WHAT?! That's nuts! You would think that since this episode was finished early while Obama was in office that someone would've seen the similarities...or are the left really THAT stupid?...oh wait they elected the guy...hahahahaha.

I wonder how much things will change...because I assume that they already have quite a few episodes filmed/written so are they just going to change the visitors into being republicans once they get a new writer in there or what?

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

oh wait they elected the guy

Got it in one. ;)

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Nin and I wondered while we were watching last night if the message we were taking away from it was what they intended. Maybe not, but I know what I was thinking about 'devotion' and the youth corp. Next up, school children singing the praises of the Visitors [g]

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

If they do the kids singing... OMG, brb, LOLing forever.

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who hasn't drunk the Kool-Aid. Are you going to the tea party/protest tomorrow?

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

In DC? Can't, I'm afraid, although I'd love to.

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

Man I wish I could! But I live in Dallas.

[bigsciencybrain.livejournal.com]

They skewered him ALREADY? WAH!

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

No, no, it's okay, he comes back next week. *pets*

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

I love my universal health care, and ain't nobody eating me.

Never was a V fan, though. Mom liked Robert Eglund.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what the original series was like, but I think I'm going to like this iteration.

[gates-end.livejournal.com]

I saw the original when it aired. =)
I liked the new show. Can't wait to see what else they do with it and where it goes. =)