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Just watched the pilot. Thoughts and feelings:

At first I thought this show was anti-religion with its swipes at faith and devotion and even seeing a ceramic-Jesus crane down and try to kill that wheelchair-dude. But then I realized, half-way through the show, this series isn't anti-religion, it's anti-Obama. (I know, I know, I'm late to the party, but I'm just watching this show for the first time.)

Obama is an "other" in this culture by being black; he's so much an alien to much of bigoted, white America that they don't even believe he's from the US or are willing to believe he wants to kill grannies, etc. etc. The racial distrust is so palpable that anyone who sees Obama differently than an 'evil-negro' is a wacko "drinking the koolaid" that treats Obama like a "messiah." Truth is, Obama is essentially a black Clinton or Tony Blair.

And this show isn't only tinged with Obama-fear but also the growing fear and awareness of homosexuals in society. So it's no surprise that the head alien ambassador looked and acted like the biggest cliche lesbian in the book. And this whole subplot of aliens claiming to be good for society but secretly having a dark, double life with sinister motivations. Like, I'm sure if you peeled back a gay's skin, you'd see a lizard-dude there.


So, final verdict: This show is regressive, anti-Obama and anti-gay.