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Re: V: The New Series or Obama Takes Manhattan

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Originally Posted by JoMe View Post
Perhaps, but TV and movies are the idea medium for making a political statement since they usually have a wider audience than some other mediums. Also, unlike the news a writer of a tv series or movie is not expected to be "fair and balanced." They can just make their point, political or not, and let the audience figure it out.
No doubt, but the themes mentioned so far that are suppose to relate to Obama are rather universal. The idea of some benevolent force coming to 'save' mankind while having hidden and darker intentions has been done before many times over.

This is like people saying that the Emperor in the new Star Wars movies was a remark on George Bush, which I found just as much of a stretch (especially since The Phantom Menace came out in 99).
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