"V" ABC Re-Boot - (spoilers)

Geekyfanboy · November 03, 2009, 09:50:03 PM

Just finished V and really enjoyed it. It was alot of the same storyline as the original but with some twists here and there.. the biggest is that there are some that have lived among us. I think they put alot into this one episode.. maybe should have been two hours but I think they established each character, revealed the storyline and got a good start to the story.

I really enjoyed the sfx.. the shuttlecrafts were cool and the inside of the mother ships were like small cities in space.. a big difference from the original. I really like Anna (Morena)'s character.. some of the looks she gave sent shivers down my spine. Didn't like the son much but then again I understand why they have him.

Looking forward to the upcoming episodes but really bummed that they are only show four episodes in Nov and them waiting to March 2010 to show the rest of season one. I think it's a huge mistake that ABC is making and could spell disaster for the series. But I guess time will on tell.

billybob476 · November 04, 2009, 03:51:06 AM

I also really enjoyed it. I've seen the original but never really got into it. I'm starting to get really annoyed with networks and their tendency too show a few episodes then stop new shows for MONTHS.

I hate it when BSG did it, bothing me that it's happening to Dollhouse, etc etc.

Rico · November 04, 2009, 04:15:32 AM

I was ok with the first episode. The acting was good and it was nice to see some familiar actors in some key parts. I do have a few misgivings about it. Read on....

[spoiler]I have always had a little trouble with the concept and how quickly many people seem to trust the Visitors. I also have some trouble with the V saying they are here to replenish their resources (?) and to help us. With technology like they have it doesn't quite add up. Also, with things like the internet and camera phones, etc. it seems like it would be very easy to discredit them. I hope the ones that know try to do that. Don't get me wrong, it's an interesting show so far and I'll keep watching, but I can see maybe the signs of what some at ABC might want to "fix" on the show.[/spoiler]

Bryancd · November 04, 2009, 04:46:13 AM

I wasn't overly impressed with that first episode. Way too rushed, it all felt very forced. The effects were good except that crashing plane at the beginning. They very quickly established the entire show in one espisode, which didn't really work for me, I had no opportunity to get to know the characters and begin to be invested in them. I'll keep watching and hopefully they will settle down into better pacing, but I wasn't amazed by what I saw.

sheldor · November 04, 2009, 04:56:58 AM

I agree - this should have been 2 hours. There were too many jumps they need to fill in. How long have they been here? How did the resistance discover them? Why haven't we heard of the resistance? Rico's right - with the tech we have now, hard to believe this would be so easy.

X · November 04, 2009, 04:59:25 AM

Quote from: Rico on November 04, 2009, 04:15:32 AM
I was ok with the first episode. The acting was good and it was nice to see some familiar actors in some key parts. I do have a few misgivings about it. Read on....

[spoiler]I have always had a little trouble with the concept and how quickly many people seem to trust the Visitors. I also have some trouble with the V saying they are here to replenish their resources (?) and to help us. With technology like they have it doesn't quite add up. Also, with things like the internet and camera phones, etc. it seems like it would be very easy to discredit them. I hope the ones that know try to do that. Don't get me wrong, it's an interesting show so far and I'll keep watching, but I can see maybe the signs of what some at ABC might want to "fix" on the show.[/spoiler]

[spoiler] What doesn't add up for you? They say they need water and certain abundant minerals. Unless they have replicators, water is one of the big things that is needed to replenish a closed system during space exploration. Another point that was made in the show about trusting them is that they seem FAR more powerful than we are. I mean if they wanted our planet or something, it's not like we could stop them. Instead of taking over, they are "here to help". I think that words of peace greeting us without violence works better with building trust and if you can't build trust that way, would anyone ever be welcome on a new planet with existing intelligent life?

Don't get me wrong, the show wan't perfect, but they did try to cover them in the story. I enjoyed it, but I would have liked a little more action after re-watching the mini. I did love the reference to ID4 that was then referenced to the original mini.[/spoiler]

Serenity · November 04, 2009, 05:14:29 AM

Good show, I'm looking forward to more. I wonder if Alan Tudek is done now? Do the V's have copies or once they are dead thats it? I can't believe about the Dec-March delay!!! Thats really gonna suck!

Anybody else think Morena was way hotter on Firefly? Short hair doesn't really do it for me :)

Bryancd · November 04, 2009, 05:19:39 AM

I'm also having a problem with watching Scott Wolf and not thinking of "Party of Five". LOL! He still looks and acts like a teenager, I'm not sure I can buy him in this role. I also laughed out loud when the V's show up, say let's be friends, and everyone on the street start to applaud! That was silly.

Bromptonboy · November 04, 2009, 05:43:38 AM

Talk about real 'Change'..... ;)

X · November 04, 2009, 05:44:31 AM

Quote from: Bryancd on November 04, 2009, 05:19:39 AM
I'm also having a problem with watching Scott Wolf and not thinking of "Party of Five". LOL! He still looks and acts like a teenager, I'm not sure I can buy him in this role. I also laughed out loud when the V's show up, say let's be friends, and everyone on the street start to applaud! That was silly.

Are you saying that you wouldn't clap when they said let's be friends? Think of it as relief clapping. Big space ships all over the planet that already took out our air defenses just by arriving. I think I'd clap to hear they came in peace instead of just nuking our cities.

Bryancd · November 04, 2009, 05:49:11 AM

Quote from: Just X on November 04, 2009, 05:44:31 AM
Quote from: Bryancd on November 04, 2009, 05:19:39 AM
I'm also having a problem with watching Scott Wolf and not thinking of "Party of Five". LOL! He still looks and acts like a teenager, I'm not sure I can buy him in this role. I also laughed out loud when the V's show up, say let's be friends, and everyone on the street start to applaud! That was silly.
Are you saying that you wouldn't clap when they said let's be friends? Think of it as relief clapping. Big space ships all over the planet that already took out our air defenses just by arriving. I think I'd clap to hear they came in peace instead of just nuking our cities.

Dude, it was lame. They arrive, say a few words and everyone's like, "oh, well, that's a relief!" Why would anyone remotley believe them? Oh, that's right, because they said so. LOL!! Again, i ascribe this to them rushing this story along so fast in this first episode.

Rico · November 04, 2009, 06:00:56 AM

I actually didn't mind they got right into things. But I am with Bryan in the distrust factor though - especially these days. I wouldn't be clapping for them. Sorry, I've seen too much Sci-Fi to think that if aliens showed up and said we are here to help you and give you all this medicine and tech that I would be looking for what they want in return.

Feathers · November 04, 2009, 06:10:03 AM

They want our children! (Oh, hang on...that was Torchwood, sorry!)

Bryancd · November 04, 2009, 06:11:41 AM

I did like the interior shot's of the mother ship, but felt that the scenes in that external corridor where they did the interview were obviously done in a real building and it really felt and looked that way. It took me out of the spaceship into thinking, they set up a corporate HQ in lower Manahtten with great views of the Empire State Building! They must have an awesome realtor!

X · November 04, 2009, 06:42:59 AM

Quote from: Bryancd on November 04, 2009, 05:49:11 AM
Quote from: Just X on November 04, 2009, 05:44:31 AM
Quote from: Bryancd on November 04, 2009, 05:19:39 AM
I'm also having a problem with watching Scott Wolf and not thinking of "Party of Five". LOL! He still looks and acts like a teenager, I'm not sure I can buy him in this role. I also laughed out loud when the V's show up, say let's be friends, and everyone on the street start to applaud! That was silly.
Are you saying that you wouldn't clap when they said let's be friends? Think of it as relief clapping. Big space ships all over the planet that already took out our air defenses just by arriving. I think I'd clap to hear they came in peace instead of just nuking our cities.

Dude, it was lame. They arrive, say a few words and everyone's like, "oh, well, that's a relief!" Why would anyone remotley believe them? Oh, that's right, because they said so. LOL!! Again, i ascribe this to them rushing this story along so fast in this first episode.

I still think you aren't looking at it realistically if that's a good word. Why would they believe them? How about the simple fact that they didn't attack and kill us all? Sure we don't know the full extend of their weapons, but when someone that has 29 ships the size of cities with only they know how many weapons, what would you do in that situation when they say that they came in peace?

I mean you can either accept that they are telling the truth or not, but what could you really do about it? Wouldn't you side on the idea they might be telling the truth because you are still breathing when they could have just blown up a few cities and said they were taking over?