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cyphrcyphr Registered User regular
edited March 2011 in Debate and/or Discourse
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ABC wrote:
"V" is a re-imagining of the 1980's miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for something more malevolent.

So apparently this is supposed to be good? I've never seen the original series, I dunno. Reviewers seem to like it. And I mean, it's got Inara. What else do you need?
Because if you need Wash, he's in the pilot too.

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Anyways, pilot is on ABC tonight at 8/7c.

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  • ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    The first V was a lot of fun. It's around on DVD if you want to track it down.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Oh man that haircut makes her actually look reptilian.

    Reminds me of the lizard fuckers from StarFlight.

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  • logic7logic7 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I loved the original. I remember the pilot movie for it and everything. Loved how Rober Englund went from playing an utter wimp in that show to Freddy Kruger.

    I imagine that this means a full on 80's revival will probably be in the works should this new series take off. We've already has a Knight Rider relaunch and now this. Miami Vice was remade as a movie.

    I wonder if they'll do a proper "Automan" remake... or maybe "Street Hawk".

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2009
    The Nashville ABC affiliate isn't letting me watch this, because they'll be airing the Jeff Fisher show. Fuck you, Fisher.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I'm really looking forward to this, hope it's awesome.

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  • KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    The original V scared the crap out of me as a kid. I still have a fear of the Lizard People on this basis

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  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I saw the pilot (mostly, they needed some edits like removing the sign from the Catholic Church that said it was Anglican) at Comic Con. It definitely has potential but I wasn't ready to call it great simply from the pilot

    Actual spoilers for the the pilot. For realz
    Wash is a reptile too, but his hair looks pretty much the same. The Vs have infiltrated society and there's an ongoing resistance movement that gets its ass kicked often. Our spunky FBI agent discovers this early on. However, there's also a friendly [strike]Skrull[/strike] who is helping the good guys!

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Seriously though I'd give this up for Kings staying on the air any day.

    I mean, I've already seen V, I doubt the remake will be much different except it'll be way less cheesy and no BeastMaster.

    Sure Kings was a modern retelling of the story of David or Solomon or whatever, but I've never read the bible so it was all new for me!

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  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    The one concern I have for the show is that given the original V, how closely are they going to adhere to that story and if it's even possible to do so and pace it properly if the series does get picked up?

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  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I'm excited. And mad that Hulu won't have it until Saturday. Maybe ABC.com will be different.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Original V spoilers meaning possible new V spoilers.
    And will they still have a Holocaust survivor give the rebels their iconic symbol? Or will it be a Palestinian?

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  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Kagera wrote: »
    Original V spoilers meaning possible new V spoilers.
    And will they still have a Holocaust survivor give the rebels their iconic symbol? Or will it be a Palestinian?

    Good question.
    It'd be hard to inject a person young enough for Holocaust, but Palestinian suffering pales in comparison.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    mrt144 wrote: »
    Kagera wrote: »
    Original V spoilers meaning possible new V spoilers.
    And will they still have a Holocaust survivor give the rebels their iconic symbol? Or will it be a Palestinian?

    Good question.
    It'd be hard to inject a person young enough for Holocaust, but Palestinian suffering pales in comparison.

    Rwandan?

    Iraqi? Afghani from the Northern Alliance?

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  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Kagera wrote: »
    mrt144 wrote: »
    Kagera wrote: »
    Original V spoilers meaning possible new V spoilers.
    And will they still have a Holocaust survivor give the rebels their iconic symbol? Or will it be a Palestinian?

    Good question.
    It'd be hard to inject a person young enough for Holocaust, but Palestinian suffering pales in comparison.

    Rwandan?

    Iraqi? Afghani from the Northern Alliance?
    PC Gamers at the hands of IW?

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  • polaris314polaris314 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I completely forgot this was already here until I heard an ad for it on the radio this morning. I will be checking it out for sure. I LOVED the original series, less now in retrospect, but for its time it was awesome. I don't think they will need to change much thematically, since on that level I think the original still does the job.

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  • ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Kagera wrote: »
    mrt144 wrote: »
    Kagera wrote: »
    Original V spoilers meaning possible new V spoilers.
    And will they still have a Holocaust survivor give the rebels their iconic symbol? Or will it be a Palestinian?

    Good question.
    It'd be hard to inject a person young enough for Holocaust, but Palestinian suffering pales in comparison.

    Rwandan?

    Iraqi? Afghani from the Northern Alliance?

    But none of them have the V as a symbol.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Woo! A reboot of Firefly!

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    mrt144 wrote: »
    Kagera wrote: »
    Original V spoilers meaning possible new V spoilers.
    And will they still have a Holocaust survivor give the rebels their iconic symbol? Or will it be a Palestinian?

    Good question.
    It'd be hard to inject a person young enough for Holocaust, but Palestinian suffering pales in comparison.
    It'd work, but you'd have to make him/her rather young at the time. Instead of a married man with a son at the time, you'd have to make him a child who witnessed the horrors.

    Actually, you could still do that, just make him married young

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    its funny seeing the chick that played Adria as another alien.

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  • CommunistCowCommunistCow Abstract Metal ThingyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Tomanta wrote: »
    I'm excited. And mad that Hulu won't have it until Saturday. Maybe ABC.com will be different.

    Mna, what the fuck. I checked this weekend and they said they would have the first episode up the day after wed nov 4th. I went and checked again after I read your post and now it says Saturdays.

    Curse you bastards!

    Edit: Also does the title really need to have that spoiler in it. Not all of us have seen the old series.

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  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    They had the original V on all day yesterday on Sci-fi. My parents rewatched it and I watched some. I am excited but I know it is dead in the water already. They are showing us 4 episodes and then the rest some time in March. So another sci-fi show killed before it even gets a chance.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited November 2009
    Oh hey, it has Joel Gretsch as well.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    They had the original V on all day yesterday on Sci-fi. My parents rewatched it and I watched some. I am excited but I know it is dead in the water already. They are showing us 4 episodes and then the rest some time in March. So another sci-fi show killed before it even gets a chance.

    " We're canceling this show because it can't get ratings "

    " is it because we show a few episodes then take 6 months off, loosing our audience? "

    " Of course not, its because YOU WRITERS SUCK AT WRITING WRITE BETTER YOU ARE CANCELED "

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I certainly hope this is good. It's been 20 years since I watched the original, but I remember it being quality.

    Also, fantastic music

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GccknBnFfTk

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  • cyphrcyphr Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    CommunistCow wrote: »
    Tomanta wrote: »
    I'm excited. And mad that Hulu won't have it until Saturday. Maybe ABC.com will be different.

    Mna, what the fuck. I checked this weekend and they said they would have the first episode up the day after wed nov 4th. I went and checked again after I read your post and now it says Saturdays.

    Curse you bastards!

    Edit: Also does the title really need to have that spoiler in it. Not all of us have seen the old series.
    I mean, neither have I, but the huge teaser pic on the front page of hulu.com is her with lizard eyes. It didn't seem like much of a stretch.

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  • CommunistCowCommunistCow Abstract Metal ThingyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    bah they didn't have that the other day. Oh well.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I'd rather they be crab people.

    Walk like crab, talk like people!

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  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Cherrn wrote: »
    I certainly hope this is good. It's been 20 years since I watched the original, but I remember it being quality.

    Also, fantastic music

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GccknBnFfTk

    The music was one of the best parts that also didn't wander into hokey corn ville. It's right up there with John Carpenter stuff.

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  • sterling3763sterling3763 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Excited for this. Hope they don't play the HopeNChange card to much.

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  • AeolusdallasAeolusdallas Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I just rewatched the original Mini Series. I had not seen it in about 20 years so I had forgotten parts of it.
    It's dated sure but it was a lot more compelling than I remembered. The old holocaust survivor made me tear up more than once. The second miniseries and particularly the series were cheesy as hell but that first one was great.

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  • VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Looking forward to this, but my skepticism alarm is blaring loud on this one. I'm just not expecting it to be even remotely as good as the original.

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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Okay, I kind of hate to say it but: didn't the original blow in classic 80's style?

    Or was it just because I was watching the series? I saw the same 2 dudes get kidnapped, then saved, then kidnapped, then saved for like 3 hours while I was painting the basement.

    Edit: Oh, okay. That makes me feel better.

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  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    durandal4532 wrote: »
    Okay, I kind of hate to say it but: didn't the original blow in classic 80's style?

    Or was it just because I was watching the series? I saw the same 2 dudes get kidnapped, then saved, then kidnapped, then saved for like 3 hours while I was painting the basement.

    The series sucked ass.

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  • VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    yeah the series sucked, but the mini series was awesome

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  • AeolusdallasAeolusdallas Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    durandal4532 wrote: »
    Okay, I kind of hate to say it but: didn't the original blow in classic 80's style?

    Or was it just because I was watching the series? I saw the same 2 dudes get kidnapped, then saved, then kidnapped, then saved for like 3 hours while I was painting the basement.

    Edit: Oh, okay. That makes me feel better.

    The original miniseries was great. The second miniseries and regular tv series were cheesy 80's

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Scott Wolf?

    They should call this Party of V

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  • AeolusdallasAeolusdallas Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Senjutsu wrote: »
    Scott Wolf?

    They should call this Party of V

    Well played sir Well played :mrgreen:

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    The original V creeped me the fuck out when I was a kid. I do remember it also had Michael Ironside in it.

    I'm not sure what to make of this new series.

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    These people are pretty blasé about the sudden appearance of alien spaceships

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Really? Kid's 17, and that girl alien has to be at least 25.

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