V

[Manic]

Aren't these only the Winter Olympics? Do those even need to be aired on TV?

 

[Gilpesh]

Aren't these only the Winter Olympics? Do those even need to be aired on TV?

I needs to watch CURLING. Jackass.

 

[Sawyer]

I needs to watch CURLING. Jackass.

That's what ESPN8 is for.

 

[Gilpesh]

I wonder what V is going to do different than the original and also other alien invasions.

 

[Anubis]

Forced mating to shore up the numbers for consumption.

 

[Gilpesh]

Forced mating to shore up the numbers for consumption.

And it would still make more sense than the hookups in Stargate Universe.

 

[BlackLantern]

Aren't these only the Winter Olympics? Do those even need to be aired on TV?

I like them...I love olympic hockey and the other crap you don't normally get to see on TV like the ski jump, the bobsled, the skeleton....essentially all events that can end in a giant human car wreck

 

[Speedball]

I dunno... this whole thing feels like Battlestar Galactica now...
Instead of "Who's a Cylon?!" it's "Who's a V?!"... It gimmick that's been done before...

 

[starbreaker]

And.. what other mysteries are there to be revealed? They pretty much showed everything in the pilot.

 

[Manic]

Well, anyone could be a Visitor. That's a mystery. Of course, we already know the FBI agent and the priest aren't Visitors. The FBI agent's son can't be one, either. The media-****e news anchor isn't one, obviously.

Damn. Who's left?

The black dude who's really a Visitor-- his girlfriend likely isn't one, or she would've killed him for betraying their people by now.

That one fat teenage dude is obviously a Visitor, though. I mean, where did he get those tickets?

 

[Speedball]

Well, anyone could be a Visitor. That's a mystery. Of course, we already know the FBI agent and the priest aren't Visitors. The FBI agent's son can't be one, either. The media-****e news anchor isn't one, obviously.

Damn. Who's left?

The black dude who's really a Visitor-- his girlfriend likely isn't one, or she would've killed him for betraying their people by now.

That one fat teenage dude is obviously a Visitor, though. I mean, where did he get those tickets?

The old priest is probably a V, or the guy in the wheelchair. Scott Wolf's character could be a sleeper agent, like Boomer was in BSG.

 

[Manic]

Good god, sleeper agents? I don't think I could sit through another Boomer. I loved her character arc during season 1 of BSG, but good god do I not want to see it all over again.

 

[Sawyer]

Okay, people really need to stop trying to turn V into Battlestar Galactica... yeah, the "anyone could be a Visitor" thing is somewhat similar to BSG's thing with Cylons, but BSG isnt the first to do that. And I really doubt that sleeper agents will factor into the story. Any human that turns out to be a V will most likely already know they are one, I'm sure of it.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Are they trying to turn this into a full-fledged series or a One season mini?

 

[danoyse]

One nitpick I had with the show - the applause after the first appearance by Anna. I'm sorry, I've worked in Manhattan for 13 years...there is no way this would cause people to burst into spontaneous applause.

In fact, after about 3 weeks, we'd probably be annoyed at them for causing so much tourist traffic.

 

[Manic]

BSG wasn't the first to do this type of story, but it was by far one of the most well recognized and highly received science fiction shows of the past decade, and we're just afraid that someone is going to mimic it in a vain attempt to gather up its loyal fans.

 

[mastermindjcg]

BSG wasn't the first to do this type of story, but it was by far one of the most well recognized and highly received science fiction shows of the past decade, and we're just afraid that someone is going to mimic it in a vain attempt to gather up its loyal fans.

Well, if this was being done on the Sci-Fi(I refuse to accept SyFy)Channel or some other cable channel, chances are, they'd be doing something genuinely different with this. B-Star-G was a brilliant re-do of a mediocre, at best, series on the same network that the V remake is on, coincidentally, or is it? Anyway, I want to like the new "V", I dig any reason to put a grinning Morena Baccarin on the screen on the off chance she'll get naked, but given ABC's track record with this particular genre of show, something's bound to get f***ed up quickly.

-so sayeth the mastermind-

 

[GL1]

I enjoyed this. Isn't wasn't quite as uber as it seemed to be hyped as, but it had a LOT of good moments, and felt like I had gotten a full movie's worth of entertainment in 45 minutes. It's very nice to see a mix of sci-fi alums and newcomers. Maybe not the best pilot of all time, but it certain can walk amongst the greats, and did so in one hour, without needing a two hour premiere event.

Too bad Alan Tudyk is still playing Wash, even when he's playing an alien agent.

I really don't see how the resistance can hope to be a threat, and maybe that's the point. I love the idea of a female main, especially opposite a female main villain, if we'll written (and everything indicates they are) we should be on the road to some truly epic confrontations.

I still don't know the characters names though, and I'm usually good for picking that up. All I can remember is Anna, Tyler and Father something.

I also thought it was slick how they set up the Defector as high in government/business since he could get the Jewelry store to open early for him.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Pilot was pretty good. I didn't even know they were remaking this show and I never saw the original version, but I'll keep watching.

 

[tecnowraith]

Has anyone read in any articles or interviews that the new V will have actual laser guns and not their version of bullets?

 

[Manic]

I honestly don't give a crap whether this show uses lasers or bullets. Is that supposed to be important in some way?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, that gets a solid "who cares?" from me.

 

[Manic]

The last time a sci-fi show got a reaction out of me in regards to projectile weapons, it was when I noticed the lasers in Andromeda were just flashes of light-- something that made perfect sense, because a beam of light energy should be too fast for the naked eye to see travel.

 

[Ugfugly]

I honestly don't give a crap whether this show uses lasers or bullets. Is that supposed to be important in some way?

I'm guessing he is asking because they did in the original series. Back then "lazer guns" were all the rage. Even Kit had one fitted in at one point.

Not sure if they would this time.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Eh, a projectile is still devastatingly effective, as every extremely lethal Earth gun can attest. So there's no reason to assume that simply because an alien race possesses more advanced technology overall, they would've necessarily developed laser guns or abandoned projectile guns for them completely even if they did.