.: Optical Impressions ~ June :.
At a re gular dinner at a girl-friend's, I encountered a passing reference to a television show called "V". I immediately enquired about it - as first having seen it at JB Hi-fi, I wondered if it had anything to do with the movie "V for Vendetta". I highly doubted it, seeing as it was in the Sci-fi TV section. The words "reptilian", "creepy" and "alien invasion" were thrown in and I was immediately intrigued. Having just sampled the pilot episode, I'm in absolute love. I do hope this series continues on for a while as it shows much promise. Right off the bat, you're faced with a scene ever so reminiscent of the much beloved (to me) '96 film, "Independence Day" - massive mother-ships hovering over major cities, worldwide. And the similarities end there, because here comes the age-old, but ever so deliciously effective posing-as-humans technique. I fell in love with the duplicitous and stunning "Anna",