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more about #scifi more comments → Perhaps Not: "anagram?" Analog. An anagram of George W. Bush would be "We Bugger Hos." #lizardpeople more » lionboy: God forbid we let anyone human crawl under a border fence, but show up in a big shiny space thing, appear to be white and have impeccable eyebrows, an... more » Ken Hunt: Just repeat to yourself: "It's just a show, I should realy just relax." Sometimes a reptilian water-stealing alien is just a reptilian water-stealing... more » semiserious: Glenn Garvin, just to give some subtext, is a libertarian nutbag. He recently started writing some wingnut political column every other week for his ... more » miss_msry: Methinks you have overthought this and are now overwrought. #lizardpeople more » TedSez: Slate.com had the best line. Attractive alien leader: "I can see Alpha Centauri from my house." #lizardpeople more » i'm a bottle: With all of the amazing sci-fi out there that has room for a sexy and interesting cast, it's personally galling to me that the network is beating some... more » Spirit Fingers: Oh, urgh. I really don't want to politicize the show this much. I'm much happier when my television uses subtlety to refer to national politics, but i... more » Mo MoDo: I just want to see hot chicks eat live mice. #lizardpeople more » goetz: Will this Father Jack character have raped and murdered a girl in 1990? Because if so, the similarities are uncanny. #lizardpeople more » A Pimp Named DaveR: The only flaw in the theory is... this was the exact same plotline used in the original "V" miniseries 25 years ago. It's an example of a theme that ... more » tmp00: what's fairly hilarious is that the original was looked at as a swipe at the Reagan administration.. #lizardpeople more » Wrapitup: Oh but the aliens are coming, BriMoy. Only this time they have foreign birth certificates and they're going to take away your jobs. At a time when Re... more » TheMac: Never trust a Companion. #lizardpeople more » zombies.like.lattés.too: i thought this upcoming show was based on a miniseries of the same name from 1983. #lizardpeople more » -
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V as an Alien Allegory Attack Against Barack Obama
ABC's new sci-fi series V kicks off tonight. It concerns a charismatic leader who comes out of nowhere promising a bright future and a better life for all Americans. Is that leader Barack Obama or is it a space lizard? More » -
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Star Trek to Roll out Its Deadliest Weapon: Political Allegory
Remember when sci-fi movies were about blowing up aliens and attacking Godzilla? Those days are gone, my friend. Thanks to Battlestar Galactica and District 9, the genre now exists to please the intelligentsia. The latest victim, the Star Trek sequel. More » -
