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V for very tempting
The remake of V indicates it is no longer the campy, 80s schlocker but something morphed from the Disaster genre.
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It’s a bit War of the Worlds, Independence Day, maybe even The 4400.
V is a remake of the campy alien schlocker from the 80s and the trailer for the new ABC series. Now it looks like something from the Disaster genre.
The trailer looks pretty darn tempting, with a cast including Eliabeth Mitchell (Lost‘s Juliet). Party of Five‘s Scott Wolf also appears, all grown up.
Of course sci-fi remakes, reimaginings and revisits rarely have any long term success. Dr Who, Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica are three of those that sit at the top of the heap.
V premieres in the US in the Fall season.
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I think this show looks good, but i don’t think it will last long. At the max 2 seasons, and the second season will be given as an act of faith in the series, not due to it’s success.
campy: something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, self-consciously artificial and extravagant, or teasingly ingenuous and sentimental.
I’ll tell you something for free David, V was better than any of the rubbish dished up by free tv these days
as a 5-6yr old when the original aired, the only thing i can remember was the budgie eating scene – and some faces being ripped off. Yeah, I had a few dozen sleepless nights after that lol
@RichoTB apparently V will screen mid season, so you can probably expect a Jan-Feb 2010 debut (short season, something like 13 eps). Hopefully it will rate as well as it did the first time around. Apparently the only reason it was cancelled after just one season (after the 2 mini-series) is that is was so expensive to make. Let’s hope that that’s not a reason this time around, cos it looks pretty expensive to me!
Loved the original, really look forward to this. I hope Sci Fi gets first show rights, then an FTA 2nd. If 9 have 1st rights, then like others have said, it will be mistreated, like everything else they put on. Hopefully 7 so we can see in HD as well.
David it’s interesting that you mention The 4400 as the new V features The 4400 lead actor Joel Gretsch.
The trailer is excellent.
Been a fan of V ever since Independence day prompted nine(I think) to re-run the miniseries. Kinda surprised it’s on ABC. The original was on NBC and since 2004 they had been in talks to make a new series of V.
Yeah this show is definitely slated for mid-season, (Jan-May). Where it will go in the ABC schedule is yet to be determined. However if one of the other new shows fail ABC might bring it in earlier. It sucks though that Channel 9 has this because i know they will probably ruin it like they do every other damn show. Still they will have the promotion during the Winter Olympics but of course who knows how they will cover those also.
Brilliant!!! I cannot wait!!
Fall season US, so we might get it in, oh say 2011; about a year after it’s cancelled in the US…
Are you sure V is slated for the fall season David? Its not on the schedule they announced in the upfronts, the new shows they slated are Shark Tank, The Forgotten, the 4 new comedy shows on Wednesdays, Eastwick and Flash Forward. I reckon it’ll come out midseason unless one of the new shows flops.
Brilliant, loved the original! Hope it goes to payTV actually – at least they’ll play out the full season without interruption. Can’t see this working the way Merlin is for the FTA networks
@ Craig: V is produced by Warner Bros. and HD Films. Therefore Channel Nine will get the rights as part of the output deal with WB.
Wowser. That trailer has me hooked.
Oh dear. I’m pretty sure this one’s heading to Nine. I’d give it two weeks on that network.
The various trailers look fantastic! I can’t wait! I was a big V fan back in the day, and got to meet Jane Badler on Cluedo when I was the winner of one of the eppys. I was disappointed when she wouldn’t swallow a rat for me!
don’t forget to mention joel gretsch from the 4400, morena baccarin from firefly and laura vandervoort from smallville, looks very appealing. lets hope one of the FTA’s picks it up since lately all the good stuff has gone to foxtel, and if they do pick it up dear god let it not be 9.
Looks mildly interesting which meens it should be better than most of the crud out there.
This along with Cougar Town looks like 2 great shows for the Fall season. BTW I loved the original, it was recently on SciFi.
Do we know how has local right, please not Nine as we know it would be on for 2 weeks before being bumped!
i’d watch that!
Lock up your hamsters!!
This looks pretty cool! Hopefully it will get some traction in the US and we’ll get a full season of it down here…
As long as Jane Badler makes a cameo I’ll be watching
There is only one Diana you know!!!!
Battlestar did incredibly in the reimagining. I was really impressed with all the seasons and I’m glad that they ended on top rather than badly.
I got high hopes for this one