I loved V in its first incarnation -- Diana, Robin who had the alien baby, the actor Marc Singer. Unbelievable that it was 25 years ago (geez, I am old!!). Tonight marked the Series premiere of V (circa 2009). The beginning is simple, NYC and several other cities around the world are shocked by the arrival or massive spacecraft lurking in the skies above them. The Visitors on board the space ship immediately send a global message of peace -- premise is simple. We are another intelligent life form who simply need a mineral from earth, and in return we will leave your world a better place. We come in peace.
Key characters missions are explained right off the bat. Juliet from Lost (sorry, I don't know her name yet) is a single mother FBI agent whose divorce looms large and whose teenage son is immediately enamored by the V's and their message. Scott Wolf is an anchor searching for his big story to lift him from just reading the news to creating it and is immediately tagged by Anna, the V leader (they changed Diana to Anna!) as the one she wants to tell her story and more. The priest whose church is ready to support the V's because their presence has driven followers back to the church who is skeptical of the true mission of the V's. Brian who is about to propose to his fiance but then reveals he is one of the Visitors but is opposed to their mission. The rebel leader who sounds like a crazy man with all of his theories but slowly builds the Resistance as his theories prove true.
Immediately there are those who believe their message and those who question it -- sides are taken right away by some. Such a clear plot, such clearly made characters, everything we remember is out on the table. And now we are drawn it to watch the battle between the Visitors and the Resistance begin. Plus love the elements of modernity -- the Visitors were working undercover as "terrorists," the Visitors promise universal healthcare in their messaging. The Visitor's message is spread online through the youth culture. The story still works today. Good start and I am in.
Can we please talk about Mad Men? Best season ever. Finally tons of the personal intrigue that I love. Don's secrets all come tumbling out right in Betty's lap and she listens and hears him, but underneath it all, his secrets, instead of bringing them closer, give her the justification to finally admit she doesn't love him. They don't fight, she barely cries, the cold wall between them is finally out in the open and understood by them both -- they finally have a reason for the wall. Don and Betty have really been on the forefront of the season and I do miss some of the office intrigue, and I really miss Peggy, but it is so satisfying to watch Don and Betty go through this season. Oh and January Jones is just stunning -- every outfit she puts on takes my breath away -- can we talk about her look in Rome? It really is beyond. And the JFK assassination episode -- with Roger's daughter's wedding and Pete's revelation. So smart and intriguing. Can't wait for Sunday.
Of course my TV watching over the past few weeks has been overwhelmed by baseball. What great games! Yes I love the Yankees, but I really think their games in the Division Championships, the League Championships and now the World Series have been so exciting -- real, live plotlines, characters to root for, cliffhangers (and Cliff Lee!) -- and as the Yankees head to the grand finale (yes they will win), I thank them for giving me the best TV so far this season!
Bloomberg is giving his acceptance speech in Spanish and it is hilarious!!
More soon my friends and remember...
don't be ashamed of your obsessions...
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