New Series “V” Will Hold a Mirror Up To The Obots
The new TV series “V”, which is actually a remake of a 1980′s miniseries, debuts tonight on ABC at 8 pm. While the series will follow the storyline of the original – aliens come to Earth looking like nice people but turn out to be people eating lizards – the remake has a rather “yes we can” flavor to it.
TV critic and libertarian Glenn Garvin writes:
“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?”
“Welcome to ABC’s V, the final, the most fascinating and bound to be the most controversial new show of the fall television season. Nominally a rousing sci-fi space opera about alien invaders bent on the conquest (and digestion) of all humanity, it’s also a barbed commentary on Obamamania that will infuriate the president’s supporters and delight his detractors.”
And right on cue, the ever snarky Obama-loving gossip site Gawker is already denouncing the show.
“…There’s even a religious rebel named Father Jack, which is basically an anagram of George W. Bush.”
“The birthers will be lapping up a show about a foreign-born president who comes to snatch society out of their clutches, and Glenn Back (spelling anyone?) and his cronies will love to see a media that is overtaken by liberals and keeps the truth away from the “real Americans.” But what will everyone else think?”
“We find it hard to believe that thinly-veiIed conservative propaganda will find a strong foothold with the core sci-fi audience, and as for those leaning to the right, they tend to like their entertainment much more straightforward.”
But the real money quote from Gawker comes at the end…
“Our prognosis, keep picking on the president and the only letters that V will get are D.O.A.”
Awww. Does it make you angwy when people make fun of the pwesident, Bwian?
Here’s the trailer for the show:
