seaquake
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Re: V - The New series
I just watched it and I think it has promise as a 2 to 3 year series...we'll see what happens. |
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Rook008
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I thought the premier was pretty good. I liked the opening sequence with the ships hovering over NYC (and other major cities) and Anna broadcasting her message. And the FBI and Church stuff was well done, without being too distracting.
While I would have preferred a slower pace when it comes to revealing the Visitor's true form and the idea of the Resistance, I don't think it would have happened. Most Sci-Fi fans already know that they are lizards, and that a Resistance will form, so it doesn't help the plot to beat around the bush about it. And I think most of the network people have some form of ADD that makes them inclined to insist on more action in a premier episode. 
Even though I know the the basic plot, I'll keep watching to see how they can tweak it.
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Wily_One
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said by Wily_One  :Gah! I was tied up with work and forgot to set my DVR. Anyone know if the first episode will be replayed? To answer my own question, they will have it available online (abc.com or hulu) on Saturdays (4 days after the live broadcast).
FYI in case anyone else missed it. |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
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said by lotusracer :If you remember, the reveal came pretty early in the mini-series as well.... Yeah, but that was a four hour mini-series. Even then you didn't get the big reveals until after the first hour. The original did a better job of establishing pace and story development with the time they had. This new V kinda let the cat out of the bag without giving us a real drive to even want to know this stuff. No buildup whasoever. This is supposed to be a series. They could have dragged out the lizard and evil alien surprise up until the fourth episode. That would then establish a nice cliff-hanger to get people watching after hiatus.
I'll still watch it, and I am hopeful the quick shoe dropping will mean better surprises later on. However I can't help but be a little disappointed by the treatment of the story so far. |
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Octavean
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| Well I don’t remember the original that well since I was so young at the time but my sister told me that the Visitors eat human flesh . Therefore if that is the case they can use that as a cliffhanger.
Assuming they don’t come up with something new in addition to what was in the original mini. |
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Homunculus
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said by SRFireside :said by lotusracer :If you remember, the reveal came pretty early in the mini-series as well.... Yeah, but that was a four hour mini-series. Even then you didn't get the big reveals until after the first hour. The original did a better job of establishing pace and story development with the time they had. This new V kinda let the cat out of the bag without giving us a real drive to even want to know this stuff. No buildup whasoever. This is supposed to be a series. They could have dragged out the lizard and evil alien surprise up until the fourth episode. That would then establish a nice cliff-hanger to get people watching after hiatus. I'll still watch it, and I am hopeful the quick shoe dropping will mean better surprises later on. However I can't help but be a little disappointed by the treatment of the story so far. I think there's a bigger surprise than them just being Lizards...
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Boricua65
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said by Octavean :Well I don’t remember the original that well since I was so young at the time but my sister told me that the Visitors eat human flesh . Therefore if that is the case they can use that as a cliffhanger. You are correct. I remember in the original that was revealed.
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TigerLord
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Apparently over 18 million people watched the premiere. That's quite a lot, considering House gets 9 mil at best of times, and shows like 24, Lost, Grey's Anatomy & the other big ones can get up to 10. American Idol gets over 22mil for comparison's sake.
I highly doubt this will remain so high though. With the hiatus of many months and the decrease of the hype over time it'll probably fall to half that, perhaps less. |
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JasonBourne
join:2000-05-22
Kansas City, MO | reply to TigerLord
Anyone else get vibes of Jericho watching episode 1? There's something about the pacing, shot framing, and the music that makes me feel like I'm watching a re-clothed episode of Jericho. |
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Octavean
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| said by JasonBourne :Anyone else get vibes of Jericho watching episode 1? There's something about the pacing, shot framing, and the music that makes me feel like I'm watching a re-clothed episode of Jericho. No I didn’t notice that. However that wouldn’t be a bad thing in my eyes,….  |
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PhoenixDown
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First episode was pretty well done. Not as captivating as the premiere of BSG but better than a LOT of other shows I've seen this year.
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Richard B
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I just caught the replay on Hulu. It has some potential but I have my doubts the show is worthy of a full season. I can see the show going into resistance act of the week rut. Once it goes same plot different day the show lost me. |
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Wily_One
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San Jose, CA | I think they hit that rut on episode 2. After the fast-moving plot development (some said too fast) of the pilot, tonight's seemed to drag. |
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Octavean
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| Well I didn’t honestly expect to see some of the same things from the first episode that made it exciting such as a CGI plane crash, the arrival of the visitors or the big reveal.
The introduction of the notion that no one really knows who to trust is interesting IMO. Cloned skin makes you think that potentially anyone could go missing and come back a v-wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Although, if they can clone human skin one would think that they would be able to clone entire humans thus allowing the Visitors a cloned food supply but I guess its best not to over think it,…. |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX | Could be these visitors have other reasons for infiltrating Earth. Maybe it's not necessarily a cloning process, but another organically (or inorganic) growing process. |
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TheRul
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said by Packeteers :I don't know how talented Morena Baccarin really is as an actress. She seems sort of typecast in these "superior begin" cosplay rolls. Christina Hendricks was a far better actress on Firefly then Morena. well, old BSG was REALLY old, while V was on a decade ago. still, you do have a point V was on in the 80s. I remember sitting around the TV when it first came on, and the countdown before the aliens started to speak, and when they reached on, my Cousin yelled BOOM. Scared everyone in the house.
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Octavean
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I could sure see that they may have other motives for visiting earth. However, I believe that they used the word “cloning” or possibly “cloned“ specifically and I don’t see why they would use it in any way other then what people typically think of it. If not, why not specify with greater detail?
I think it more plausible that the “cloning” process is too arduous or time consuming to serve as an efficient means to farm Human flesh (to meet the Visitors dietary needs,….. Eww). |
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Snakeoil
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It seems this is the 2nd sci fi series he gets killed on
He seems to play alot of "bad" guys of late. |
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TheRul
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Think about it, would you eat cloned meat, when there is a fresh source available?
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SRFireside
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Houston, TX
| said by TheRul : Think about it, would you eat cloned meat, when there is a fresh source available? Planting agents in the general population for decades while building up a giant PR campaign to win over the hearts and minds of the people? That's quite an extremely long term plan just to get tastier food. |
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