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  • GameboyRMH

    Nov. 3, 2009 9:16 a.m. GameboyRMH UltraDork

    The upcoming remake has prompted some channels to start showing the old one. My dad's always been a big fan of it and wanted to get me to watch, but from the first or second episode the ultra-obvious Nazi metaphor was so in-your-face it seems to insult the viewer's intelligence...right off the bat you know the aliens are evil and have a pretty good idea what to expect, and there are few surprises. That totally ruined the old series for me. So you figure in the new series they'd address this huge obvious flaw.

    http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/11/review-v/

    Oh, wait, no, it looks like they've just done a little find-and-replace:

    Nazis --> Democrats

    Orange suits --> Gray suits

    80s special effects --> Present-day special effects

    Wow, way to class it up. Cash in on US political divisiveness.

  • 914Driver

    Nov. 3, 2009 9:47 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork

    Original V series:

    "Never let them see you eat".

  • HappyAndy

    Nov. 3, 2009 9:55 a.m. HappyAndy Reader

    My wife is a huge V fan, I just don't see whats so special about it....She says the same thing about Top Gear.

  • Vinz Clortho

    Nov. 3, 2009 3:42 p.m. Vinz Clortho MegaDork

    They get one shot at earning my viewership tonight. Morena Baccarin is lovely to look at but she ain't wiping Trevors ass and she ain't teaching Tanner how to read... so she better come with some real game.

  • Gimp

    Nov. 3, 2009 4:36 p.m. Gimp Dork

  • littleturquoiseb

    Nov. 3, 2009 4:40 p.m. littleturquoiseb HalfDork

    Gimp wrote:

    LOL ... Diet Coke all over my Keyboard!!

  • Gimp

    Nov. 3, 2009 7:54 p.m. Gimp Dork

    From tonights episode:

    Wash: "I'm a leaf on the wind..... damn it... in the chest again!"

  • Will

    Nov. 3, 2009 8:48 p.m. Will Reader

    Am I the only one who thought it looked as if the thing was filmed at about 20 frames per second? Just enough to notice that motion wasn't completely smooth?

  • patgizz

    Nov. 3, 2009 9:45 p.m. patgizz Dork

    damn i thought cadillac was coming out with something even more badass than the v series STS with the blower and all wheel drive.

  • Osterkraut

    Nov. 3, 2009 10:09 p.m. Osterkraut Dork

    GameboyRMH wrote:

    http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/11/review-v/

    Oh, wait, no, it looks like they've just done a little find-and-replace:

    Nazis --> Democrats

    Wow, way to class it up. Cash in on US political divisiveness.

    You really like to find the boogieman in everything, don't you?

  • kpm

    Nov. 4, 2009 7:24 a.m. kpm New Reader

    Gimp wrote:

    From tonights episode:

    Wash: "I'm a leaf on the wind..... damn it... in the chest again!"

    OLOLOL

    That was exactly my thoughts !

  • Gearheadotaku

    Nov. 4, 2009 8:44 a.m. Gearheadotaku Reader

    patgizz wrote:

    damn i thought cadillac was coming out with something even more badass than the v series STS with the blower and all wheel drive.

    yeah me too.

 

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