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MinM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:16 PM Original message |
'V' aims at Obamamania -- chicagotribune.com |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Its the same as the old V. I wouldn't read too much into it. |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Exactly |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Give me a break.. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Did they use the term "universal health care" in the original while the nation was going through a |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Back then, nobody needed to latch onto current, hot topic issues to try to tell a story... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I don't believe they were trying to tell a story in this case so much as demonize by association the |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Are you trying to say that those of us who are supporting |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Yes, they had the cure to cancer, etc etc etc.. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Not cures for cancer, etc etc. etc. or miraculous healings, but specifically "universal health care" |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is crap |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Scy-fy has been running the original ... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. It was originally a story about the rise of a fascist movement in the US. |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. the original series must have been prescient. this one does |
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MinM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. nut cases who circulate batty rumors on the Internet about the leader's origins and intentions... |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. A story so old it was written when Obama was graduating HS |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. I remember reading a book by Poul Anderson at least 35 years ago that featured |
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alc (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Taitz is preparing her next law suit |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. The original 'V' had comparisons to the Nazis, and was shown when Raygun was pres. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. As was said, no hot-button issues were vocalized by the aliens in the original miniseries. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. No chance competing with CBS NCIS, NCIS-LA |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. So Hawaii is off planet now? |
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makeanoise (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. just remember this peeps.... |
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MinM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Absolutely! |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. V is what it is. Putting an Obama spin on it is idiotic. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. Remember, remember the fifth of November! |
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StopTheNeoCons (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. V is more like the colonial conquering of America, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Nonsense! We all know the simple fact: It's more like one of those ribald PETA productions... |
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MinM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. Nuance... |
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NikolaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Oh Puhleeze! |
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Mr. Sparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. I would have said it more resembles the Bush Administration. You couldnt say a bad word in the media |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. They rather explictly take aim at "Hope" |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
21. Episode just finished, took aim at conservatives. |
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conturnedpro09 (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
45. No, no it did not. It took clear aim at the left.. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. You clearly weren't paying attention during the warehouse scene where they spelled it all out. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. It's a parable that warns against the dangers of fascism. |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Not only was the Obama allegory there, it was clumsy. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I never saw any intent to poke at Reagan either... |
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Mr. Sparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. I have just seen the episode and have changed my mind, they are taking a swipe at Obama. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. It seems the same as the one from twenty years ago |
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psychmommy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. i enjoyed it |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Law and Order opens up discussions that I approve of - and others that I don't. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
38. I don't watch dumb shit....just cause someone says it's popular..... |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
39. Sometime a rose is just a rose... |
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conturnedpro09 (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. The show is indeed anti-Obama, but so what? |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. I disagree. |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
44. too funny |
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