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V is an upcoming television series which is based on the 1984 television series of the same title. It will premiere on ABC sometime in fall 2009. It is executive produced by Scott Peters, creator of The 4400.
The cast list was officially announced by ABC on May 19, 2009:[1]
* Elizabeth Mitchell as Erica Evans
* Morris Chestnut as Ryan Nichols
* Joel Gretsch as Father Jack Landry
* Lourdes Benedicto as Valerie Stevens
* Logan Huffman as Tyler Evans
* Laura Vandervoort as Lisa (an Alien)
* Morena Baccarin as Anna (the leader of the Aliens)
* Scott Wolf as Chad Decker (reporter)
* Alan Tudyk as Dale Maddox (FBI investigator); Tudyk stars in the pilot episode,[2] but was not listed as a main cast member by ABC.
Two clips from the V pilot episode |
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There are thousands of perfectly good science fiction epics that could be turned into bad mini-series. There's no reason to start with campy schlock unless you're going to reimagine it a la Battlestar Galactica. Why just turn camp into camp like the Andromeda Strain movie... and its remake?
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Reg
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The original Andromeda Strain movie was excellent science fiction for its day. The remake was stupid.
As far as the new V goes, as long as they swallow live rats I'm good.
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The original V mini-series was awesome for me as a 14-year-old sci-fi fan. I haven't watched it since like all the people who bought/rented it, so I just have vague memories of a big reveal, where you find out what these aliens are. Bit strange to remake it - it was done to death.
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Bet David Ike is going to watch this.
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For me, the original holds up just fine. I rewatched it a few years ago, and found it even more interesting than when I was a kid because I could appreciate what they wanted to do with it. If they can keep the focus on how people react to the oppression, rather than the oppression itself, I'll be thrilled. Otherwise...meh.
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Reg
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Yeah, as I remember it the V mini-series wasn't bad. It was when they turned it into a regular TV show that everything went to hell.
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Morena Baccarin looks awfully bad in the first clip. Unhealthy in the face I mean, maybe it's just the really bad hair. I mean, she was sexy in Firefly, here she just looks unappealing. Weird.
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Morena Baccarin looks awfully bad in the first clip. Unhealthy in the face I mean, maybe it's just the really bad hair. I mean, she was sexy in Firefly, here she just looks unappealing. Weird.
It's weird that she looked better when she was playing a high class space prostitute as opposed to now when she's playing the seemingly emotionless queen of the lizard people? |
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I remember that I thought the mini-series was scary and exciting (back when I was...10 or whatever). I'll be curious to see how this pans out.
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Morena Baccarin looks awfully bad in the first clip. Unhealthy in the face I mean, maybe it's just the really bad hair. I mean, she was sexy in Firefly, here she just looks unappealing. Weird.
I'd still bang her!  Anyway, the clips haven't looked too bad. I'm hoping it's good because there's a lack of sci fi goodness with BSG gone. |
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I remember that I thought the mini-series was scary and exciting (back when I was...10 or whatever). I'll be curious to see how this pans out.
I was about 10 when this aired. The birthing episode scared the living shit out of me. Srsly. I remember running downstairs and sitting with my parents at like 11 o clock. They were like wtf because I wasn't supposed to be watching TV. heh. |
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The birthing episode scared the living shit out of me. Heh. That is the very first thing I think of whenever I see V mentioned. Scarred for life! And yep- this is gonna blow. |
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Early 2010, the video's now saying.
I dunno, it doesn't look too horrific. My standards are low though.
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If this gets better ratings than Sarah Connor I am going to weep.
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If this gets better ratings than Sarah Connor I am going to weep.
It probably will just based on the fact it's on ABC as opposed to Fox. Doesn't look terrible. I like the scene with Anna and Scott Wolf's journo character. I'll give it a shot, as I loved the original in all its cheesy glory. |
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I have a bit of hope for it now. In one of the promos, they show a crucifix falling in a church, being all thematic and whatnot.
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That 3 minute trailer didn't look so bad. Doesn't mean it will actually be good or anything, but it looked interesting enough.
Nothing wrong with fighting off alien invaders who are already here and getting people on their side through various means.
Ok, it would be cooler if the good guys had transforming motorcycles and the aliens were Invid, but that's too much to expect.
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I thought it looked better than the original V. I'll download it just because by the time it airs it will probably be the only thing vaguely science-fictiony left on TV.
That being said, they should have developed They Live into a TV series. With the economy in about the same shape as it was in the movie, a series about skull faced alien republicans and their Terran lackeys manipulating the world in order to better strip it of resources would have been better. Plus it could get made with a much cheaper budget. The writing would have to be awfully good though.
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Bleh. V? Really? Ingmar's got it: scraping the bottom.
But at least this pilot looks more interesting than Caprica. I swear some of the folks in the video looked like stand-ins for Battlestar Galactica though.
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One week.
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One week.
If by one week you mean it starts tomorrow night? Or by one week do you mean how long it will last? The fact that they are airing just 4 episodes then you have to wait like 2 months for new episodes won't help the show at all. |
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They have been ariring the original on scifi for the passed couple of days. First time ive seen it while being an adult, there are tons of people in it i completely forgot about. Beastmaster AND Freddy Krueger being the most prominent. Looking forward to the new series.
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The old show was awful. I'll bet Lorekeep's ass twinkies that this one will be awful, too.
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The female cast is enough reason for me to watch. I mean Morena Baccarin, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Laura Vandervoort. |
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I just can't imagine sitting through a TV series because the girls are cute. It just makes no sense at all to me. They're just women. They're everywhere. It's possible to even meet them in person. I'm hoping people are joking when they say stuff like that. I stop watching a show when it stops being good. Everyone does that. Right?
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They don't put those cute girls on those shows for no reason. Also, men are shallow.
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Signe, you underestimate just how juvenile the male mind is.
That said, would I watch a really horrible show just for the attractive women? Well, the fact that I don't watch Melrose Place/Gossip Girl/etc. probbly means that I won't. But given a choice of two similar quality shows, I'll gravitate more to the one with eye candy.
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If it's a terrible show, even I will eventually give it up. However, the eye candy does increase the length of time I'll probably give the show to make an impression. Plus, at least the show is of interest to me, being a sci-fi show. I mean I have no interest in watching shows like Melrose Place.
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I just can't imagine sitting through a TV series because the girls are cute. It just makes no sense at all to me. They're just women. They're everywhere. It's possible to even meet them in person. I'm hoping people are joking when they say stuff like that. I stop watching a show when it stops being good. Everyone does that. Right?
I watched all of Firefly for Morena Baccarin, Jewel Staite, and Summer Glau. It wasn't Joss Whedon's awesome writing or Nathan Fillion's cavalier attitude that kept me going. |
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