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ABC is planning to do a remake of V, the classic alien invasion mini-series from 1983 that spawned a second mini-series, a short-lived weekly TV series, and a series of tie-in novels (which I still have). No word yet on whether the remake will be a mini-series or a weekly series, but there is word on one major change TPTB plan to make to it.
Major spoiler and major ranting ahead.
ABC is planning to remove the Nazi and Holocaust allegories. I'll just repeat that: ABC is planning to remove the Nazi and Holocaust allegories. Umm, why? The Holocaust allegory was the whole point of V and what made the mini-series so special. Instead of a full-on military attack, the aliens mounted a slow and insidious infiltration of society, and you couldn't sit comfortably on your recliner at home and say that would never work, because it had worked when the Nazis had done it in our not too distant past. Without the Holocaust allegory, V would be just another alien invasion shoot-em-up, and there are plenty of those around without having to desecrate V to make another one. Why not just show another rerun of Independence Day instead?
Major spoiler and major ranting ahead.
ABC is planning to remove the Nazi and Holocaust allegories. I'll just repeat that: ABC is planning to remove the Nazi and Holocaust allegories. Umm, why? The Holocaust allegory was the whole point of V and what made the mini-series so special. Instead of a full-on military attack, the aliens mounted a slow and insidious infiltration of society, and you couldn't sit comfortably on your recliner at home and say that would never work, because it had worked when the Nazis had done it in our not too distant past. Without the Holocaust allegory, V would be just another alien invasion shoot-em-up, and there are plenty of those around without having to desecrate V to make another one. Why not just show another rerun of Independence Day instead?
