Comments on: V: Science Fiction as an Allegory for Obamamania

By: Mark Amagi

Mark Amagi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:40:50 +0000

And then the target was apparently fascism. What’s amazing to me about the new V is that it is so transparently an allegory for Obamamania. How did that ever get through the MSM filters?
By the way, for all the political establishment and MSM’s hatred of Reagan, all the name calling and smearing of Reagan, and despite the fact that they thought his “Tear down this wall, Mr. Gorbachav!” speech was so offensive, the world is a freer place, on balance, since the fall of the Soviet Union. That’s the way I see it anyway.

By: e. nonee moose

e. nonee moose — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:42:15 +0000

Original V series broadcast during the Reagan years…. Just sayin’

By: Mark Amagi

Mark Amagi — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:06:27 +0000

Yes, I don’t much like propaganda myself, but I think the story here is: how did this slip through the MSM with its incessant Obama worship? I’d wager on how long it would last if it wasn’t for the fact that it is only a miniseries.
By the way, I think Garvin was right: it isn’t so much a skewering of Obama as it is a skewering of Obamamania, and to my way of thinking, that is the more interesting question. I just read Canetti’s Crowds and Power and I’m currently reading MacKay’s 1841 classic, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. One can only conclude that most crowd phenomena are in fact delusional.

By: GM Roper

GM Roper — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:24:29 +0000

I have always loved science fiction, and “V” certainly is that. I love science fiction that explores culture (Voyage of the Space Beagle) but to be honest, I’m not sure that I’m ready for mass market science fiction that skewers a given real life individual…even if it is Teh Won because that speaks of propaganda. And propaganda is always a tool used to “fool” or “incite” the masses. It just seems odious to me in the long run.