“V” Episode 2 “There is No Normal Anymore”

“I’m told in Japan this conveys both a respect for tradition and the allure of submission.”

“I’m not sure that’s the message you want to send.”

“You still don’t understand humanity.”

The moments that held the most power for me in this episode all had to do with Anna. And the one with the most intrigue of all was the above mentioned scene between Anna and her minion Marcus. (Which is, of course, the perfect name for a minion.) This conversation holds in it the seed of truly engaging questions. Conversation topic:  In what ways is humanity a slave to itself? And it’s self created false sense of identity? Talk amongst yourselves.

This scene was also beautifully played by both actors. I love that Anna is a little doll to herself and how much fun she has dressing herself up. I really enjoyed the power play that poor Scott Wolf aka Chad Decker attempted. And the sinister phone call from asterisk, asterisk, asterisk Anna at the end. Hey you know what I always find? That the best course of action is to play a game of cat and mouse with an all powerful leader of an invading alien species. Is it possible that this poor fool doesn’t realize that she is (possibly quite literally) gonna have him for lunch? Delicious.

Question: When, exactly, was the last time that you found a working payphone on a deserted street just when you needed 911 but couldn’t risk your cell phone being triangulated?  Also, is there any possibility, at all, that older priest (artfully set against the younger, hunkier priest) and Chad Decker’s spunky assistant are not actually V’s? Finally how is it that the V’s are attracted to us? I like Morris Chesnutt’s character and I find his devotion to his lady romantic but somewhat inexplicable. I mean I know they are all designed to attract and confuse us with their beauty, but they are in fact green lizard people underneath all that splendor. I find it hard to imagine that their species would genuinely find our species attractive any more than we would want to snuggle up to their scales.

I did like the relationship between Morris Chestnuts character Ryan and the mechanic Angelo. He embodied the theme of the episode “trust no one”. I enjoyed the actors performance and I feel like theirs could develop into an interesting storyline and relationship. The areas that pulled my out this week were the same as last. I feel less drawn to the Erica and Tyler Evans storyline. I think the reason for that is because it lacks freshness, I can see every move, turn and development coming five minutes before it does and so I feel as though I am being forced to sit through something I’ve already seen and dismissed. Whereas I can tell that Anna is going to do something so I feel a sense of anticipation, but I am not sure what so I feel a sense of the unknown. I am intrigued to see where Chad Decker’s relationship with Anna will take him, emotionally and in terms of his own character. The Ryan and Angelo the mechanic storyline has the same feeling, I am unsure where it is going and therefore remain interested. I feel that the Erica and Father Jack story needs dimension and grounding, and that the rebellion needs some grit. But I am glad to see that Alan Tudyk will return next week, as he will make a very worthy opponent for Erica.

If the show can focus on the  themes Anna brings to the table, the Anna/Chad relationship and bring some of that same freshness and depth to the rest of the storylines the whole series will be elevated to a level that we can deeply engage with and enjoy.

 - Roth

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9 Responses to “V “There Is No More Normal Anymore” S1 EP2 Blog Review (VIDEO)”

  1. DeadpoolAndFriends Says:
    November 15th, 2009 at 9:32 AM

    Yeah i keep getting the feeling that the old priest is a V of some sort.

    (WARNING! I plan to nerd out here in a second) My Argument for the the V's being attracted to humans (and vica-versa) was going to be the Twi'lek women from Star Wars, but then i was like, "well they still look kinda Human". So then i start thinking through all the other Star Wars Races that sport attractive females, and all i came up with were humanoids who were basically human but maybe with some horns or a differences in skin colors. So that kinda blew that argument out of the water. The closest i could find was the Rodian singer in the remake of Max Rebo's band in Jabba's palace. Maybe the Vs and the HUmans are able to be attracted to what's on the inside, as that is truely what counts. How Shallow of Roth to only see the lizard people and ugly lizard people instead of the Caring, Cold Blooded, Loving people that they may be on the inside….For shame Roth! Doucheie Aliens have a right to be loved too.
    I'm looking forward to more of this series. I really wanted to see Erica's son get punched out. He just annoys me. Reminds me of a Dawn or a Connor… but not as cool as Connor. It's like he's meant to be the annoying teen character. But he just brings nothing to the table to make me interested in him. Well i take that back, the one thing about him i'm interested in is his relationship with Supergirl and if it will ever turn into anything.

  2. Kevin Jones Says:
    November 15th, 2009 at 11:44 PM

    I agree the level of interspecies attraction seems a little implausible. It could be explained for the Ryan Nichols character by the fact that he has been posing as human for so long, he has begun to see himself as a human. For the two kids, Lisa may have to act attracted per orders and Tyler doesn't know any different, as well as being a teenage boy.

  3. rothcornet Says:
    November 16th, 2009 at 12:23 AM

    Haha Ok – if you tell me that you would take one of em to bed without their human skin scales and sharp teeth and lizard faces and all – then – I'll take the shallow hit like a woo-man ;D

    Roth

  4. rothcornet Says:
    November 16th, 2009 at 12:26 AM

    Hey Kevin!

    Yeah I just think that a lot of attraction is chemical impulses that we can't really control – it's our DNA wanting to merge with other beneficial DNA it just seems counter-intuitive that you could be attracted to something that you are absolutely not genetically predisposed too…

  5. rey Says:
    November 16th, 2009 at 12:31 AM

    I didnt see the show from before, but i really love this new remake of the series. I am also suspicious of the older priest. who can you trust?!! also my favorite band OTEP has a poster in Tyler's room!! Now that is awesome!

  6. Kevin Jones Says:
    November 16th, 2009 at 12:50 AM

    I agree, it does seem counter-intuitive but humans are some horny monkeys!

    The interesting thing about the planned inter-breeding experiment we see coming into shape is that there seems to be some sort of purpose behind it. Hopefully it isn't some sort of supernaturally powerful baby like in the original series and the writers have a cool plan. If the child can control any ship with its mind, it will lose me permanently.

  7. Geekyfanboy Says:
    November 16th, 2009 at 10:02 PM

    Great review, I agree with you on alot of your points.. love, love, love Anna, and the feel of paranoia that Erica was feeling. I don't think the older priest if a V as that would be too obvious as with the special agent (Tori from BSG). Everyone thinks she's a V but again to obvious.. at least to me… Not liking the Tyler story at all, I understand why it's there but still not liking it. Over all I'm still enjoying it.. BTW.. love your "V" blouse, was that on purpose or a happy accident. Take Care…

  8. rothcornet Says:
    November 16th, 2009 at 10:26 PM

    Can you believe I hadn't worn that in months – pulled it out of my closet and when I got there to shoot I saw how perfect it was haha! Happy accident – but I love it!

    I agree that it is far to obvious on both of them so I sincerely hope they are not gonna go there!

    Exited to see where they go with it this week! Thanks for checking it out and for commenting!

    Roth

  9. rothcornet Says:
    November 17th, 2009 at 8:09 PM

    Thanks Rey! Cool! Let us know what you think of tonight's ep!

    All The Best!

    Roth

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