The Sunday Herald’s TV critic, Damien Love must be a sci-fi lover because he reimagined the Trump inauguration as an episode of the popular TV show. While obviously untrue, and grossly “fake news,” the review is still as funny as (You know what). Read it for yourself:
President Trump: The Inauguration
4pm, BBC One/ STV
“After a long absence, The Twilight Zone returns with one of the most ambitious, expensive and controversial productions in broadcast history. Sci-fi writers have dabbled often with alternative history stories – among the most common is the “What If The Nazis Had Won The Second World War” setting – but this huge interactive virtual reality project, which will unfold on TV, in the press, and on Twitter over the next four years, sets out to build an ongoing alternative present.
The story begins in a nightmarish version of 2017 in which huge sections of the US electorate have somehow been duped into voting to make Donald Trump president. It sounds far-fetched, and it is, but as it goes on it becomes more and more chillingly plausible. Today’s feature-length opener concentrates on the gaudy inauguration of President Trump, and the stirrings of protest and despair surrounding the ceremony, while pundits speculate gravely on what lies ahead. It’s a flawed piece, but a disturbing glimpse of the horrors we could stumble into if we’re not careful.”
CBS News adds that while late-night television has had a field day with satirical sketches of Donald Trump, one media reporter has joined in the fun, along with thousands of Twitter users.
Twitter users have had a great time commenting on the TV preview, calling it “Brilliant,” “Funny,” and praising the Sunday Herald for having a “terrifying sense of humor.”
The BBC is reporting that the Editor of the Sunday Herald, Neil Mackay, tweeted: “I would like the good people of the world to help me get @realDonaldTrump to read this from today’s Sunday Herald. Love from Scotland x.”
The Huffington Post is reporting the “businessman and former reality-TV star will be inaugurated as the 45th President on Friday. The huge “interactive virtual reality project” will unfold on TV sets across the world, and that is the reality.
