Take me to your dragon lady
What struck me most about V is that despite a few scenes of dated special fx, it looked remarkably good. The pace and energy of the story pulls you so far in that the lame 80s parts of it almost disappear. The scene where Diana eats the guinea pig and the birth of the hand puppet alien baby are really the worst of it. Maybe the hair too. Oh man did I cringe at most of the hair.The series covered some pretty heavy themes about human history and society. They weren't trying to be subtle in making a direct comparison between Nazi Germany and the Visitors (the aliens). Yet, the characters I found myself hating the most were the humans. Those stupid, stupid, humans. I almost couldn't blame the Visitors for thinking Earth would be an easy target. First, you have Daniel. Hands down one of the most irritating and power hungry jerks to ever grace television. Daniel is a wayward young man with nothing going for him and when the Visitors establish a youth ambassador program to spread their propaganda and might, Daniel signs up. His family is Jewish and his grandfather was a survivor of the holocaust so Daniel is a total disgrace. He aligns himself with the aliens and betrays his own species all for the power. I guess the bigger message is that even with all the atrocities of something like the holocaust, we as humans, never seem to learn from history. We repeat the same mistakes. And if someone like Daniel, whose family was so deeply affected by the holocaust, can fall into line with fascism and injustice, then perhaps our selfish drive is stronger than our memories and sympathy. I really wanted Daniel dead so when he gets his in the end, it's not completely satisfying. I wanted him to pay. I wanted to see him really suffer but we just see him get carted away to become lunch.
I'll have the Daniel burger with fries, please!
