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My V rant.............

posted 15 years ago by MuggySphere
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I'm watching the Old V miniseries and the new V in bits..... Something I'm wondering. It's probably a budget thing but this thought occurred to me.

Sure warplanes can't fly near the motherships. Each series has established that but what about conventional rockets with no guidance systems onboard to jam or corrupt? And in both shows there are no shields on the ships and they are LARGE......... parachute bombs onto the hull and detonate........ Why not? Or they could have parachuted troops onto the top of ships with bombs, guns and ammo......

And where is the Army and the government did they all get pacified in both series?

In the new series we don't really know how much power the visitors have.... But in the old series it was clear the cops were pretty much up for sale and took orders from the aliens. Governments also took one up the rear and didn't object much to losing their power......

It did bug me still in the old series how did they convert the head of the UN in less then a few minutes at the start of V.... After that there was little to no resistance. Even the President bent over easy.........

[–] S.L.Fake 15 years ago

Not so sure they converted the UN Secretary General in his initial meeting in the shuttle craft on top of the UN Building. I think they were just laying it on thick and schmoozing him, and in the initial excitement of the meeting he spoke in their favor. At that time, there was no need for conversions... there were no suspicions and every one was wrapped up in inquisiviteness about the Visitors.

The conversions came a little later.

I didn't say Spoiler. The episode already aired! Why are you here if you haven't seen it?

[–] MuggySphere 15 years ago

I am so surprised that the army got pwned so early...... As did the Air Force and the Navy and all the others..... I mean the ships had NO SHIELDS what about conventional Rockets?

I find it hard to believe Donovan and his merry band were our only defense.

[–] noneedofaname 15 years ago

As Donovan quipped, they were all under house arrest.

You are making the mistake of thinking you are more important than you actually are.

[–] MuggySphere 15 years ago

I didn't think he meant that literally.......I thought he was being sarcastic

[–] noneedofaname 15 years ago

Well, maybe not literally under house arrest, but cooperating or being held.

You are making the mistake of thinking you are more important than you actually are.

[–] dpcole7 14 years ago

100% correct. :)

[–] exocrine 15 years ago

If they did manage to blow up a mothership, what was directly beneath them?

[–] MuggySphere 15 years ago

Colatteral Damage...... You'd warn people below as much as possible

[–] exocrine 15 years ago

Then the V's would know for sure. Any advance warning would make the plans fail.

[–] piggeek 14 years ago

I think they did convert the UN Secretary General on the ship at the first meeting. That scene of him disappearing into and leaving the ship was a metaphor for being reborn. Why else have him go on alone and then come out rather than just come out to meet him?

As for world leaders, John said they asked for their help with protection and were safely on board their ships. I think some conversion was involved there as well.

[–] iloveyourmind 14 years ago

Actually the original V does not focus on the government or the military because it was more about "ordinary" people.

Countless invasion shows focused on the military or the government so V was different.

The President is never seen in the original V nor is the Secretary General converted.

We do a get brief shot of a military airbase under visitor control and the impression is given the Visitors have converted high ranking people in both the government and the military. THese people simply told the army and the police to co-operate with the Visitors in their attempts to stop these "terorists" who are trying to stop peaceful co-existence .

As for the missiles, in the original V, I'm sure a newscaster mentions that all missiles or rockets fired at the ships just vere off course and denotate harmlessly. Also I don't think you could just stand on top of the mother ship hull, I imagine there would be huge air turbulance at that height. Besides the trick was they said they came in peace, and then slowly start to take over with a smille on their faces....

[–] roland-rockerfella 14 years ago

Yes it seems highly unlikley that all the armies of the world would quietly roll over to visitor control without a squeak, they brush over this very quickly. I understand this is a story about civilian resistance fighters and not standard military still it's pretty unlikley.