Comments on: V Review – “There is No Normal Anymore”

By: Fozzy_Bear

Fozzy_Bear — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:16:13 +0000

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So far this is reminding me as much of “Earth: Final Conflict”
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I was getting that vibe a little… right up until they pulled out the E:FC Global. (that comm device with a flexibal screen that unwinds from the side of the device.) After that, the parrallels started popping to mind fairly quickly.

By: TwistyHat

TwistyHat — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:21:20 +0000

Clearly I wouldn’t marry my hamburger! Might marry some spinach though – yuck *g*

By: Vulch

Vulch — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:16:25 +0000

So far this is reminding me as much of “Earth: Final Conflict” as the original, even had the fly standing up with a backrest instead of seats in the shuttle last week although I didn’t spot the pilot waving his arms to fly it!

By: TheAngryMob

TheAngryMob — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:51:52 +0000

Good call. We have not seen any evidence of what they want, but we do know they’ll kill to get it.

By: J_W_W

J_W_W — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:27:32 +0000

As far as this series goes, the actual motives of the V’s are not known. This time they may not want people for food….

By: `Lex Pendragon

`Lex Pendragon — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:34:07 +0000

I just figured he was a V.

By: zocalo

zocalo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:28:44 +0000

Two words: “Tentacle Porn”, or “Hentai” if you want the more Japanese version. If some humans can fantasize about sex with creatures with tentacles, then might not some aliens fantasize about sex with pink skinned meatbags? Going one step further, might some of those not want to “experiment” when presented with the opportunity? It does bring a whole new depth to the term “going native” though…

In any event, they have a couple of ways to spin this that would get around the whole “ewww” issue, if not the genetic one, depending on which way they jump – *if* they jump. The obvious couple is Tyler & Lisa, which I suppose could use a rape scenario as a motive/explaination, but there is also the relationship between Ryan & Valerie, which at least gets the genders the same way around as the original, and probably makes a similiar outcome more likely too.

By: Uncle Coffee

Uncle Coffee — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:06:07 +0000

Not trying to be creepy, but I hope the writers go where Ray Bradbury triumphed and Gene Roddenberry — and everyone since — has dropped the ball, namely: “Inter-Species Love?? Really???” I mean, the Vs are, what? Lizardmen from the planet Mongo and they’re here to eat us like we eat chickens, right? So… I can understand playing with your food while it’s on your plate, I can even understand growing attached to your pet turkey, but… MARRYING your hamburger? C’mon. There’s got to be a whole mothership full of xeno-anthropological reasons why that traverses the merely icky and enters the WTF. Call me geckophobic if you must, but I’m OK with the notion of a fleet of lizardmen traversing the galaxy in search of lunch, just don’t expect me to believe they can fall in love with the hors d’ouevres when they finally arrive.

By: Fez

Fez — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:43:12 +0000

I was also surprised by the rapid change of Erica’s boss’ demeanor. However, given the explanation and the evidence at hand, that seemed the most logical choice.

I have a feeling he suspected something wasn’t right, given what he knew about the tape, but wasn’t sure about her being involved with whatever her partner was into. Once she started talking, he probably was more comfortable agreeing.