V

Mark Dygert

No not V for Vendetta, V as in the awesome mini series from the 80's about a race of lizard aliens that umm... come in peace... You'll probably recognize the lead actress, I don't know what kind of impact that will have on Lost? A other familiar faces too.

Official Trailer:
http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/index?pn=v&partner=rm&cid=rm+google+v+v_abc

Two Other Clips:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41130


It looks like the networks might be getting back to doing some interesting shows?

JohnnyRaptor

oh shit oh shit oh shit! are you saying theyr remaking it?!?! *clicks the links*

OH SNAP! i cant wait!

Bal

Damn, loved that show.
Hope it lives up to the original! I remember the build-up to the discovery of them being guinea-pig-eating-lizard-monsters was quite long, but here they showed it right away in the trailer, dunno what to think about that.

Looking forward to it!

notman

I wonder how close they'll keep it to the original. I know many people liked Battlestar, but I hated how they tried to 'modernize' it.

Steviant

They've got a bunch of actors from my favourite shows in there (Lost, 4400 and Firefly), and it sounds like my cup of tea. Will be keeping an eye out on this one I think...

bounchfx

watched it, looks really interesting.

I was more excited when you said they come in peace, because I thought 'wow, new, and original! not like every other fucking alien story where they come to kill us', and then bam end of the fucking trailer and it looks to be just that. ugh.

why can't they come in peace then it's all happy and sitcommy like mork & mindy + seinfeld or something.

blah.

dehebo

bounchfx wrote: »

why can't they come in peace then it's all happy and sitcommy like mork & mindy + seinfeld or something.

3rd Rock from the Sun

Xenobond

Wow. Makes me want to start eating ants again.

bounchfx

dehebo wrote: »

3rd Rock from the Sun

yeah...that too.

Blaizer

err where are the red soldiers?

Josh_Singh

It's got the Hot Chick From Firefly, thus it has me.

pior

Where's beastmaster!!

Gmanx

Haha, I bought the original series a couple of months ago and have just got through it. I'm old enough to remember it first time round so it'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

shotgun

there are people who do actually believe in a reptilian race who lives and breeds amongst us, controlling humans behind the scenes...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctIpUmJjkAs&feature=related[/ame]

Tulkamir

Hmm... definitely looks like it could be pretty sweet. Hopefully it is. I love me some good sci-fi.

dolemite

reptilians are the bomb. I'm netflixing the old V series now so that I can prepare for this.

PolyHertz

sweet! Saw all the series back around the mid 90s. Was already old by that point but still very entertaining. Will be neat to see how they go about modernizing it.

edit:
though thinking about it, their are a lot of things that make me wonder if this series will be remaining very faithful to the original. In the original the aliens came for water and food (humans). They wore sunglasses and doned uniforms reminiscent of the nazis. The nazi aspect permutated throught the series, even having their own version of the nazi youth play a part in the story.

The new one however seems to be dealing more with religion instead though. They are no longer a righteous military might with a hidden agenda, but instead a benevolent and serene race with a hidden agenda.

Lee3dee

so Juliet is killed off to star in V, interesting.

The old series was awesome, I watched it every weeknight. The VFX looks pretty good for a TV show, hope they can compete with the same quality as BattleStar. I'll give it a chance

TWilson

Cool ....could be good.

That chick in Lost:

Is like dead now.

rolfness

I grew up watching V and mork and mindy...


it better be good..

Rory_M

loved the original, although my mom thought it was too scary for me at the time. Also like the ufo designs better back then too, although they can't beat a giant tv screen underneath.

ElysiumGX

don't read Lee's post if you haven't seen the Lost finale yet.

But yeah, I don't think it'll be a problem.

Look interesting. Good fx. Nice cast. Yay Inara!

man_o_mule

this show looks pretty sweet. kinda wish this wasn't a remake so everyone wouldn't know they want to eat us. would be much cooler if it was still a surprise.

Shotgun: the first guy in that video looks way too much like Heman. yay 80s hair!!!!

Joshua Stubbles

Loved original V. This looks tight.

JULIETTE IS DEAD, BITCHES. BOMB WENT BOOM BOOM

o2car

Cool! But they should have kept the 80s style when it comes to clothing and the design of the ships. Thats what made the series so awesome in the first place.
This new version looks just like any other generic sci-fi tv-series nowadays.

Andreas

So the losties caused the accident, instead of preventing it then. :P

Looks cool, I'll be tuning in.

hyrumark

Vassago wrote: »

Loved original V. This looks tight.

JULIETTE IS DEAD, BITCHES. BOMB WENT BOOM BOOM

Why would she be dead, but not sawyer Sawyer or half the other cast in the vicinity of that bomb?

Jeremy Lindstrom

hyrumark wrote: »

Why would she be dead, but not sawyer Sawyer or half the other cast in the vicinity of that bomb?

Because she fell like 300 feet straight down.... possibly?

Wells

I completely missed the original, so I've no fond memories to fall back on. Looking at this with fresh eyes, it looks kind of terrible. The dialogue is goofy and all the main characters look like actors, if that makes sense. They make the world seem incredibly manufactured.

Hope I'm wrong and it hits all y'alls happy buttons

Mark Dygert

Dekard wrote: »

Because she fell like 300 feet straight down.... possibly?

How funny would it be if they are dead.

In the after life:

Faraday: So Jack you did know I was going to rig a timer and get away to a safe distance?

Jack: umm no I thought:
- Bomb go down hole
- If no go boom, toss Juliette in (bitch dumped me for scruffy)
- She bang bomb with rock
- If Juliette died on the trip down, toss sawyer (bitch gave me a fat lip and a headache).
- Bomb goes boom, I wake up a hot shot surgeon again.

Faraday: What if that didn't work?

- I plug hole with Hurley, apologize to Dharma guys for shooting them, also ask for old mop jockey job back"

Faraday: Solid plan, worked out well for ya...

Ok back on track. So V...

Tumerboy

seriously, quit ruining Lost for me!

o2car

Sectaurs wrote: »

I completely missed the original, so I've no fond memories to fall back on. Looking at this with fresh eyes, it looks kind of terrible. The dialogue is goofy and all the main characters look like actors, if that makes sense. They make the world seem incredibly manufactured.

Hope I'm wrong and it hits all y'alls happy buttons

My happy buttons are all connected to the 80s vibe they had going in the original.
But I will stay tuned.

moose

lol shotgun, ive been watching those videos for the past day and a half now.

seforin

shotgun wrote: »

there are people who do actually believe in a reptilian race who lives and breeds amongst us, controlling humans behind the scenes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctIpUmJjkAs&feature=related

my old boss was one of those people, also believed the government had a device in the chips used in passports to alter the chemicals in the human brain to control them (seriously I wish I was making that up)

moose

this shit is brilliant, lol i love it, its so creatively awesome. You never know what to expect, i just got to the part where they talk about a city underground because if you hit the mountains with a hammer it sounds hallow.

kat

Even though I *know* what they are.. they shouldn't have had that little reveal right at the end of the first clip. The theme fits the times though, them saving us from buggering up the planet.. hope it turns really nasty later.

Andreas

What was that show called...I think it was written by Gene Roddenberry. The freakiest creepiest aliens ever. Had a similar storyline...but with really human looking aliens.

Mark Dygert

Thinking about "Alien Nation"?

Andreas

Definitely not. The human in that pic is creepier than the alien.

Maybe it wasn't Roddenberry. I know that the show followed a government group that was put in place to liase with the aliens. And a series or two in, the transporters the aliens 'donated' to the human race started redirecting humans to their hives. The aliens had freaky bright blue eyes.

Anyone know it?

motives

Rory_M wrote: »

loved the original, although my mom thought it was too scary for me at the time.

haha yea, i hear this