Hope, change, universal health care, the press in the tank
No, I’m not talking about the Obama administration. I’m talking about the TeeVee show V. I watched that show and had quite a few belly laughs over how it’s tied to some current events. Some spoilers so don’t read more if you don’t want to know.
But the leader of the aliens, Anna, is a charismatic speaker who people get really into. Some characters compared the devotion to the visitors to religion and messiah figures. Anna spoke of hope and change. The visitors offered universal health care to the people. And the press agreed to ask questions that would not portray the visitors in a negative light. I don’t know if the writers of the show did that on purpose but a lot of the things were rather similar to criticism of Obama and some things were definitely similar to Obama. I laughed.
Update and bump: Also, seriously, 29 spaceships enter the atmosphere and hover above major cities. And people don’t bug out? If giant space craft landed over Maryville, me, the wife, and the kids would be hitting the back forty with lots of guns, skinning bucks, running trot lines, and doing other things from Hank Jr. songs. I wouldn’t be hanging around to see what happened.
Update: From Bitter, similar thoughts at the Chicago Tribune.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:50 am
First it was FOX news now this!!! Barry is going to be pissed, I think the writers are just a bunch of racist.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Sounds like you would love this Chicago Tribune review then.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Don’t worry, they have replaced the producer, things should get back to being worshipful of the Obamasiah soon.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
YES V CAN!!!
(Stolen from a chat room, it is my new favorite thing.)
November 5th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Hank Jr. or Hank III?
They’re doing, um, DIFFERENT things…
November 5th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Does it end with, “It’s a COOKBOOK!”?
November 5th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Spit some beach nut into that aliens eye?