Orange County Register

Miami Herald TV reviewer Glenn Garvin at least thinks it’s possible. Money quote:

Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care.

The news media swoons in admiration — one simpering anchorman even shouts at a reporter who asks a tough question: “Why don’t you show some respect?!!” The public is likewise smitten, except for a few nut cases who circulate batty rumors on the Internet about the leader’s origins and intentions. The leader, undismayed, offers assurances that are soothing, if also just a tiny bit condescending: “Embracing change is never easy.”

So, does that sound like anyone you know? Oh, wait — did I mention the leader is secretly a totalitarian space lizard who’s come here to eat us?

I think I saw perhaps one episode of the original V back in the 1980s, and I hadn’t planned to watch this one. But maybe I’ll take a gander.

UPDATE: Here’s a link to the Slate article rlh referenced in comments, which argues that it isn’t subliminal anti-Obama agitprop because it’s too incoherent to have much of a theme.

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