V

[Melikon]

Tonight's the premiere episode.

It's Sci-Fi, so I'll give it a go.   Enjoyed the original V and V: The Final Battle miniseries.   The regular series kinda sucked though...and was short-lived.
Still hoping to see Juliet back on Lost...just to prevent the return of more "SKATEr" bullchit.

[JHero]

I am super psyched for this show, like, more than I've been psyched for a show in a LONG time. FlashForward was a huge letdown for me, so here's hoping this one's a lot better!

[Melikon]

This show moves at Warp Speed!!   Ludicrous Speed for you Space Balls fans.   In the original mini-series, you didn't see green until well into the middle of the plot.   This is V for the modern American youth, the majority of which are afflicted with ADHD and arthritis in the fingers. 

[Wombat]

The pilot was good enough to keep me watching to see how it unfolds.

It is great to see Morena Baccarin in a starring role again.
I'm not a fan of the short hair but I can see why they did it.
Looking like Inara it would be hard for Anna to pull off the Evil lizard commander.

Do you think Anna will eat a Guinea Pig like Diana did in the original? See video below for reference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObQfWMgmIM
At least the special effects would be more realistic these days 

I will be interested to see what direction the writers take the series.
The original was an allegory for Nazi occupation of Europe before and during WW2.
I was expecting terrorism and events since 911 to influence the modern retelling of V
but from what they've shown so far it is sticking to the original story.

SPOILER WARNING below: (If you haven't seen the pilot)



I am going to expect Alan Turdyk to be a baddie every time I see him now.
This is the second role in a row he has fooled me. (Alpha in Dollhouse being the other)

[malcolmreynolds]

My mom actually knew the girl who played Dr. Parrish on the original (Faye Grant). They graduated high school together, so we were watching the old miniseries on the Syfy channel a couple weeks ago (which was horrible).

I checked out the first episode, which wasn't that horrible, but I really despise that Laura Vandervoort person, so that was distracting. Also the Alan Tudyk thing ... /spoiler/ why can't he just be nice again?! lol

[lpearl]

but I really despise that Laura Vandervoort person

You're wrong

[malcolmreynolds]

I'm wrong? Is that not her name? lol It's not that I hate the character, its just one of those... I couldn't say why but I just dislike the actress. I had the same problem with her on Smallville too, although that may be more due to the fact that her role didn't really seem to have a purpose on there.

[lpearl]

You're wrong because she looks great in less clothes. It has nothing to do with her acting "skill" lol