"V" on ABC

#1

"V" on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 1:03am

Did I just see a promo for a new series called "V?" As in "visitors" from outer space? Is this a remake of a remake of the series that was based on the mini-series in the mid-80's? The one where they looked like humans and acted all nice, then turned into lizard people and tried to take over, and one of the girls had twins, including a normal blond baby and an alien baby that climbed out of the womb itself???

Yep, I remember. Cool, bizarre stuff. Yet somehow I don't understand that if the series failed once, why they'd spend all that SFX money on another one, now...

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#2

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 1:16am

Yes, it's a remake of that. I don't know why, either.

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#3

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 2:18am

Cause the original was totally awesome. Awe. Some. Okay, the first movie was awesome, the second movie was good enough and the series was crap.

At one point, there was talk of a "V - Twenty Years Later.". It was going to disregard the second movie and focus more on what a world in which the earth was occupied by aliens was like.

I fear that the remake will be crap,but I thought the preview was decent so i'M going to give it a chance. For nostalgia, if nothing else.

#4

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 2:31am

I'm not sure why they're remaking it. That said, it stars Elizabeth Mitchell (aka Juliet from Lost), so I'll definitely be watching.

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#5

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 2:45am

They are remaking it because V is awesome.

#6

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 7:53am

I'm not a huge sci fi person but I know I'll be watching this for Elizabeth Mitchell. Hopefully I'll end up enjoying it.

#7

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 8:46am

I'm a pretty decent Sci-Fi fan, but I can't imagine this will get the sort of ratings they want.

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re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 9:03am

I saw that promo also and thought it in itself was awesome!

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#9

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 9:49am

If they know whats good for them, they will give Jane Badler a call, the woman who played Diana. She was so deliciously evil. It will be hard to top her. She's still very sexy. Even though Im gay, I always though she was white hot.

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#10

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 10:03am

This is the series premiere that I am most excited about.

#11

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 10:49am

The original V was awesome. Marc Singer. Nuff said.

#12

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 11:34am

I'm not familiar with the original, but the show has gotten good early reviews. And yes, I'll be seeing it because of the wonderful Elizabeth Mitchell.

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#13

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 11:49am

Also, it will probably be influenced by the darker Battlestar Galactica re-imagining. In other words: awesome.

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#14

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 11:57am

Man, it is so wonderful that some of my favorite people on here think the same thing I do. A-W-E-S-O-M-E! I was OBSESSED with this show in like the 3rd grade. lol

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#15

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 12:01pm

There are some of us for whom an unhinged jaw and a guinea pig is an iconic image.

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#16

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 12:06pm

Oh Diana... one of my earliest crushes.

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#17

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 2:48pm

"There are some of us for whom an unhinged jaw and a guinea pig is an iconic image."

Yes...and don't forget while wearing a red satin kimono.

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#18

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 3:14pm

Remember when that lizard baby crawled out of Robin's vagina?

#19

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 3:18pm

I remember the promos reminding folks to tune in for "the birth of Robin's baby" and showing shots of Robin just screaming in horror as her baby is delivered. God, I was so hooked on V.

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#20

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 3:24pm

I had such a crush on Faye Grant who played "Juliet Parrish" on the original "V" so much so that when she went on to play "Lina Lamont" in the broadway production of "SINGIN' IN THE RAIN" I went to see it 4 times!

#21

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 3:50pm

And let's not forget Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund as Willie, the nice alien.

#22

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 3:53pm

I was obsessed with this show when I was a kid. There were a million different tie-in books (like "V- East Coast Crisis" and "V- The Pursuit of Diana") and I snapped up everyone I could get my hands on.

I always wished they hard marketed to V toys that Mike Donavon's son (Sean?) played with in the first movie.

#23

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 4:01pm

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#24

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 4:02pm

That lizard baby made poor Robin eat a whole bunch of raw hamburger when she was pregnant.

#25

re: 'V' on ABC

Posted: 10/7/09 at 4:04pm

meh...rosemary ate liver...that was grosser. Was Robin cross eyed too?

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