So, who is watching "V" ?

[Wuntvor]

The new series "V" starts tonight on ABC at 8:00pm.  I am going to take a look, was just wondering who else is interested.  If the hype can be believed, it should be a good watch.

[jaybug]

I saw some of this back in the early mid 80s. Do I really need to watch it again? And is Robert Englund aka Freddie Kreuger having a role in this one too? lol

Darn and I have a DVR now to have taped the show.

They come to meet and eat

[RemSaverem]

Probably me. Had not seen the original but big fan of Morena Baccarin & Elizabeth Mitchell.

[TomtheFanboy]

I saw some of this back in the early mid 80s. Do I really need to watch it again? And is Robert Englund aka Freddie Kreuger having a role in this one too? lol

Darn and I have a DVR now to have taped the show.

They come to meet and eat

The new version is worth watching. They are very quick to show you the differences and establish how this is a different story.

[jaybug]

You mena like they said about Battlestar Galctica? phbbbbt. Being a former navy man myself, I would have absolutely hated to have been stationed aboard such a ship. They are complete idiots! They lack professionalism that you need in a military unit.

So just because it's new, does not mean I trust Hollywood to make it worth my while.

WHich is why I watch so much anime in the first place, nuh?

[Wuntvor]

Well I watched it.  I think it will be worth following.  The effects are nice, and I think the casting was good.  So far, the acting is OK.  I will have to see how the plot goes to see how beyond belief the story gets.  They definitely have me hooked.

[RemSaverem]

I like (concur with) the underlying political messages, as I perceive them:
(a) media suck-ups are not only individually selling their own souls for personal adulation, fame, & fortune, but also thereby willfully condemning the populace to ignorance that could cost us our lives;
(b) appearances can be dangerously deceiving;
(c) visual allure blinds us to risk;
(d) insiders/ whistleblowers are the most important contributors to most major covert operations;
(e) devotion, & its invocation, when misdirected, when willfully led in the wrong direction by lies, coverups, media manipulation, false advertising, jingoism, claims of providing salvation, etc., is the most dangerous tool/weapon.

[TomtheFanboy]

So just because it's new, does not mean I trust Hollywood to make it worth my while.

I was speaking from personal experience as a person that was watching the show that very second and had watched the original V THE DAY BEFORE.
I think I can judge the differences pretty well.

The main thing I have seen is that they don't seem to be going for the nazi analog this time. It's much more of a classic invasion scam.

[RemSaverem]

I was speaking from personal experience as a person that was watching the show that very second and had watched the original V THE DAY BEFORE.
I think I can judge the differences pretty well.The main thing I have seen is that they don't seem to be going for the nazi analog this time. It's much more of a classic invasion scam.

Yeah I actually was holding my breath in the scene with Ty accepting the jacket, waiting to see if it would look something like Hitler Youth or there'd be a salute or something. I never watched the original *hides head in shame* but I had read online somewhere about the analogy....

[Trumby]

Watching it right now.

[jaybug]

I liked the John Carpenter film, "They Live" Best movie Roddy Piper made. Similar vein, aliens taking over.