Series Premiere: V on ABC @ 8:00 EST

[devilwrites]

I'll be honest with you: I've never seen the original V. Not a single incarnation of it. For starters, I was too young when it premiered, and even if I hadn't been, I doubt my grandparents would've wanted me watching it. ;) Be that as it may, even now that I'm old enough to know what the show is and what it means for the SF genre, I've never had a

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[chickosaurusrex]

I wasn't born when the original V miniseries aired, but I did watch it a few years back with my friends. It was pretty good, if occasionally cheesy. I liked that not all of the Visitors were evil just as not all of the humans were good.

I'm interested in the remake, although still skeptical. At the very least, I love seeing reimaginings of stories to see what themes the new writer wanted to keep, and how the story changed to fit the time period it's set in. Sometimes I even like remakes better than the original, if they expand a bit more upon concepts or allow events to unfold more naturally.

It's funny, though. I saw the preview of the new V last week, and it seems as though they completely changed the "cast" of characters. I don't remember a priest character or a police type character being in the old one. I wonder how that will affect the story.

[devilwrites]

I remember when the new BSG came out, I was really curious about the original. Then I started doing research on the original, and then I saw clips of it, and I wasn't impressed at all. Some remakes don't stand a chance of overshadowing the original, but others, like BSG, do. I'm hoping V is in that latter category. :)

Hey, I've been meaning to tell you, I love your icon. No idea who it is, but it's very eye-catching!

[chickosaurusrex]

Pffft, the original Battlestar Galactica! When my boyfriend I and first started going out we had the crazy idea of watching that. After all, we loved the new one, and it would be interesting to its roots in action.

Man, that show was horrible! We couldn't even make it past episode 3, I believe. I mean, on the very first episode all of humanity is wiped out, so they go to a casino planet to chill? And there's all these other aliens at the casino planet who apparently didn't care enough about to intergalactic scene to go, "Why are there so many humans here today? Wait, all their planets were just destroyed? What kind of a psycho would do that! Could they do that to us?" I also feel that blinky flashy lights took the place of characterization for the Cylons.

Rant done!

Oh, thank you. It's from this picture here. It pleased me to see an awesome fantasy lady fairly appropriately dressed for battle, hanging out with her orc(?) BFF. :)

[jonaskaite]

OMG, so how was it? No, don't tell me! :-D It's sitting on the DVR; I'm waiting for my housemate to get home from work so we can watch it together.

I am just *that* much older than you; I watched V as a kid, but don't really remember anything except that Diana was so gorgeous and so evil, and the spaceships hovering over the cities were creepy, and there was a half-alien baby, and I loved it all. Everything else is hazy. So the remake is automatically tinged with nostalgia, but not marred by a critical, comparative eye.

My housemate, who is fifteen years older, watched it as a young adult and WILL be picking it apart. It should be entertaining.

[devilwrites]

When you watch it, come back and let me know your thoughts! I'm going to keep watching. :)

[p2c2e]

I'm really looking forward to V as well. I can't remember much of the original series (I think I was too young, but my dad was a sci-fi and horror nut who wasn't very good at censoring things for his kids), but I do remember that I loved it. And that it was deliciously creepy at times.

This promo picture kind of reminds me of the poster for "District 9" though.

[devilwrites]

This promo picture kind of reminds me of the poster for "District 9" though.

That's the irony: District 9 paid homage to Independence Day, which paid homage to the original V, all using that very same image of the ship hovering over a major city. :)