{"id":34,"date":"2008-04-16T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/04\/16\/bates-versus-lord\/"},"modified":"2008-04-12T00:47:08","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T04:47:08","slug":"bates-versus-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/16\/bates-versus-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates versus Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"253\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/bates.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Bates\" height=\"189\" \/>So I&#8217;ve been watching the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086822\/\" title=\"V on IMDB\">&#8220;V&#8221; TV series<\/a>.\u00a0 Boy does it stink.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve mentioned it here before, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085106\/\" title=\"V on IMDB\">original mini-series<\/a> was really good.\u00a0 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086823\/\" title=\"V The Final Battle on IMDB\">The Final Battle<\/a>&#8221; was okay.\u00a0 And the regular TV series is almost unwatchable.\u00a0 However, as I continue to plod my way through the TV series (why, I really don&#8217;t remember anymore), I keep coming back to the same thought.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/max.jpg\" alt=\"Maxwell Lord\" height=\"222\" \/>I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m completely wrong, but every time the character of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collaborators_%28V_TV_series%29#Governor_Nathan_Bates\" title=\"Nathan Bates on Wikipedia\" class=\"broken_link\">Nathan Bates<\/a>&#8221; (played by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lane_Smith\" title=\"Lane Smith on Wikipedia\">Lane Smith<\/a>) comes on-screen I think this character must have been the visual basis for &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxwell_Lord\" title=\"Maxwell Lord on Wikipedia\">Maxwell Lord<\/a>&#8221; from the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Justice_League_International\" title=\"JLI on Wikipedia\">Justice League International<\/a> comic. \u00a0The hair, the suits, the cigars, even the jaw line.\u00a0 Nathan Bates first appeared in October 1984 and Maxwell Lord first appeared in May 1987.\u00a0 So I guess it&#8217;s possible, but I would hope the artist <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_Maguire\" title=\"Kevin Maguire at Wikipedia\">Kevin Maguire<\/a> had better taste in television than that.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Maybe all corporate-types from the 80&#8217;s had this generic look; I don&#8217;t really remember.\u00a0 I just know as I finish watching the &#8220;V&#8221; TV series that sooner or later\u00a0Nathan Bates is going to bust out with a, &#8220;Bwah-hah-ha&#8221;.\u00a0 That&#8217;ll be the clincher.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Crazy &#8230; I know.\u00a0 But that&#8217;s me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-34\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/16\/bates-versus-lord\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-34\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/16\/bates-versus-lord\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/16\/bates-versus-lord\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/16\/bates-versus-lord\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-34\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/16\/bates-versus-lord\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve been watching the &#8220;V&#8221; 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