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Yesterday, I sat me down and watched the new version of V, one of the most popular miniseries in TV history. I absolutely love the fact that V is being redone. My fear is that the remake will be all about action with little of what made the original miniseries so compelling to watch. (Or for that matter, the second miniseries and the weekly series–all due to popular demand)..
My thoughts after seeing one episode:
The casting is a bit..strange. The Visitor’s leader “Anna” is an updated version of “Diana” from the original. While “Diana” was an attractive woman, it was in a more, almost-not-quite masculine and powerful kind of way, while “Anna” is more demure and “sweet” looking. “Diana” had the look of a commander, which was probably intentional due to the strong Nazi/holocaust overtones of the original miniseries.
Additionally, Scott Wolf is a fine actor but I’m not sure I am liking the “updated” version of Kristine Walsh, in this case named Chad something or other. “Kristine Walsh” was taken in by the Vs for a little while anyway but “Chad” isn’t cool with it from the start?? The whole point is that the Vs are fooling people for a little while at least..
I’m also wondering about whether or not the FBI agent is going to be doing the part of the female leader of the resistance..in the original, Faye Grant plays Julie, a wanted scientist who is very young, yet commands the entire resistance and quite capably at that. Hmm perhaps some background on the original series is needed here.
Additionally, already we have a Vistitor “traitor” show up and he has saved the lives of the preacher and FBI agent, who were betrayed by her partner who turns out to be a bad V. I know where this went (obviously) in the original but I’m not sure I’m liking the “jumping right into it” feel that this has. There seems to be very little background history going on between the time of the Visitor landing and the formation of the resistance movement. who cares? Well it was very relevant for the original series..okay I have to do a background now.
Background of the original miniseries:
The original series starts out the same, the Visitors come to Earth and seem all helpful and nice (by the way, it was a nice nod to Marc Singer from Scott Wolf when the latter says, “Aren’t there any ugly Visitors?”) at first, then slowly gaining power and influence. Also, the top minds (scientists) in the world are being “arrested” as part of a conspiracy plan (that wasn’t true) to subvert the Visitors and cause them harm, so the Earth police forces jump on a global bandwagon to arrest all scientists. But then they start disappearing altogether. One of the main characters is a retired Jew and his adult children who live next door to a scientist who is being hunted and is trying to escape with his family. The old man convinces his son to hide the family through a story about how he (the adult son) was saved by someone helping them get out of Nazi Germany.
Right from the start, V is very much a commentary about Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. It shows, with aliens, how easy it would be to fall into the type of behaviours and patterns that led to the Holocaust. These Beautiful Visitors (reference to the blond haired blue eyed superior race mentality) come to Earth and claim that they will change everything for the better while the only people who would have been able to figure out what they were underneath (Nazis) were being arrested and then disappearing (Jews/holocaust). A resistance is formed, under the leadership of a young female scientist who is crippled after being shot by a V. This is important to the series, showing the important concept of female empowerment, something still in its infancy at the time. And of course, the Resistance is formed, much as it was in Nazi occupied countries in WWII.
Marc Singer as Mike Donovan makes the story more relatable through his charismatic, “hero with flaws” character. He is the reporter that gets passed up in favor of Kristine Walsh to be the Visitor’s liaison. His son is kidnapped by the Vs in order to bring him in later on. In fact, much of the show’s likeability factor comes from the Marc Singer/Faye Grant duo, as well as Robert Englund’s great performance as Willie, the somewhat “special” V who falls in love with a human..I guess the actor in the updated version is a far more intelligent update but Willie was very likeable and also important to the series.
Also a very important factor concerning the Nazi/holocaust aspect of the original series is that of collaborators. Hitler couldn’t have done any of the things he did without followers, people who jumped on the bandwagon for their own reasons. In the series, there are human collaborators who actually turn in scientists and citizens in favor of the Vs.
So, so far, I was entertained by what I saw, but I’m not sure if I like it as the show V. Maybe as something other than specifically being V, called something else maybe..we’ll see..hopefully it gets some kind of relatability factor going for it otherwise I think that the only people who are going to watch it are people who never saw the original series.
Burger King is going all out in their sponsorship of Tony Stewart. I love it!!! I freakin love Whoppers!! Tony couldn’t have a better sponsor and they are offering free downloads too! Wallpapers, mobile walls, icons and more!!! Enjoy!
That’s right, Tony Won At Kansas!!!! Go Tony!!!!
Haven’t been on much, doing a lot of art work and such..have to move my website for the hundredth time, work, sleep, and text..so much to do so little time…
Today marks the opening day, so to speak of NASCAR on ABC and the first Chase race of the post-season. So how did my man do?
Great, to start off with. Qualifying is not Tony’s strong suit, so I knew that when he qualified second (after Mark Martin) that he was sitting on one fast car. Smoke didn’t disappoint there. He led laps twice in the beginning of the race.
Then later on, a loose axle cap gave him the issue that I believe kept Tony out of the top 3. First, I gotta say that Darian Grubb probably didn’t make the right call not telling Tony IMMEDIATELY about the issue. Hey, Grubb, Tony’s no puppet driver, he’s the boss!! Not to mention, Tony is one of the sport’s best problem solvers–he should have been told immediately. Nor should Grubb have made the call to wait to fix it. Yes, I know, waiting for a caution sounds good but he still had to sit there and have the cap replaced and if he had done it during green flag condtions you can bet your asphalt they would have fixed it quicker. Not to mention, in the resulting caution, Tony could have stayed out for track position.
In other news, Kasey Kahne got a DNF when his engine blew. Junior, whose woes have followed him over to Hendrick, was having a great day, in contention for the lead wih a great car when he was taken out by the 00 car of David Reutimann, who is probably the most unpopular guy of the day right now.
Pablo Montoya made history by being the first foreign born driver to make the Chase and nearly won today but he just couldn’t beat Mark Martin. Of course, he said he could have nudged him out of the way but that he wouldn’t because of his respect for Martin (as well as due to the help Martin has given Montoya in the past) but that next time, he was going to bump him if he had to. Montoya is famous for his aggressive nature in the sport.
In the end, Mark Martin won the race at Loudden, his first time ever at this race. Congratulations to Martin who is first in the points standings by a margin of 35. Tony Stewart slips down to 6th place due to that damn axle cap..heads are going to roll on that one, no doubt. Good luck, Tony at next weeks, race..I believe it’s at Dover.
I have made a few wallpapers for Gnome-look.org and Linuxmint-art.org and I can’t believe people like them!! lol.. My 3D one has been downloaded over 200 times!! wow!
My first attempt at making a gradient wallpaper with the Mint logo is now at 127 downloads!
My grungy Gnome I just uploaded yesterday and it has 37 downloads already..I am starting to feel like an artist! lol
hmm for some reason WP is not letting me insert links :O
well they can all be seen at Pariah’s Art Enjoy!
I keep seeing this commercial on the idiot box advertising for services that enable people to fight the IRS and settle their tax debt for pennies on the dollar. I figure all the people on there who talk about owing 3 million dollars but paying less than 1 million..so that’s over 2 million dollars the government could have had to use in various programs, projects and all the whatnot that keeps the country going. All those smiling happy douchebags that don’t feel like paying their taxes so they settle out of court instead, leaving the rest of us to foot the difference..Thanks, assholes!
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I can’t wait!! September the 12th is the day for Sprint Cup Racing to come to ABC. This means I can actually watch lol..I can again for the rest of the Chase, root on Tony Stewart and watch as he makes himself a 3 time champion!! GooooooooTony!!
