“The series premiere of “V” doesn’t waste any time bringing the Visitors to our doorstep, heralding their arrival with tremors, enormous ships in the sky, and finally a message of peace from their very sultry high commander. After all, these are aliens with a mastery of mass media, publicity and propaganda. Which makes their mission all the more deadly,” reports Jace Lacob for the Los Angeles Times.
“A word of warning: I didn’t go back and watch the original 1980s “V,” so I’m coming to ABC’s sci-fi series “V,” which launched tonight, completely fresh and without any preconceived notions about what the series should be,” reports Lacob.
“This iteration of “V,” overseen by “The 4400″ creator Scott Peters, is clearly meant to invoke our post-9/11 paranoia and our innate xenophobia – But the alien Visitors who arrive on Earth, their motherships hovering over 29 cities around the world like dark clouds, claim to bring not death and destruction but hope,” reports Lacob. “Of course, the skeptics among us know better, like FBI Counter-Terrorism Agent Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell) and the questioning Catholic priest Father Jack (Joel Gretsch). But for the most part humanity is welcoming these would-be saviors with open arms. After all, they’re spreading a message of universal health care, stylish uniforms, and an eradication of dozens of known diseases. All of which makes Earth ripe for the plucking, really.”
Read Lacob’s in depth review here
