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http://io9.com/5147422/green-alien-infiltrators-call-your-agents-now
Casting has begun on the revamped series, filming in Vancouver in March.
Basic character descriptions at link.
― kingfish, Friday, 6 February 2009 21:43 (9 months ago) Permalink
And behold a trailer:
No I don't think they're taking any inspiration from the Battlestar revamp or anything, oh no.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 June 2009 05:34 (5 months ago) Permalink
(It probably doesn't help at all that when the ships turn into broadcast screens and the alien leader starts talking to everyone watching that pretty much I just thought of the Vogons.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 June 2009 05:36 (5 months ago) Permalink
I wonder how much anti-fascist stuff this series will have, and if any of the original cast will do cameos.
― kingfish, Thursday, 4 June 2009 06:33 (5 months ago) Permalink
lol how many alien invasion shows can joel gretsch do?
effects aren't great but it still looks like it has a surprisingly huge budget for TV - aren't they all supposed to be scaling back right now?
― Roz, Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:25 (5 months ago) Permalink
What I read of the pilot script was decent enough.
― litcofsky, Thursday, 4 June 2009 10:20 (5 months ago) Permalink
Some great comments on that YouTube.
― CosMc (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 4 June 2009 11:17 (5 months ago) Permalink
good to know they're keeping the vllains as classic lizard people
― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:44 (5 months ago) Permalink
No doubt producers heard this a lot in 1983 too.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:49 (5 months ago) Permalink
fx in that trailer look decent imo
― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:49 (5 months ago) Permalink
Just thinking back on the original's special effects makes me think complaining about these effects is kinda crazy. (But expectations/standards shift, etc.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:52 (5 months ago) Permalink
The original's special effects hold up rather well, I think.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:53 (5 months ago) Permalink
Products of their time but there are a couple of the looming saucer shots that remain pretty imposing. (In contrast these new ships seem pretty dull and clunky.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:58 (5 months ago) Permalink
Stepping back a bit:
Not too surprising -- the guy behind The 4400 is also doing the revamp.
A newish fansite but little information. Lots of avatars from the old series though.
http://thevisitors.wordpress.com/
Io9's tag link will probably be the best thing for general tracking:
http://io9.com/tag/v/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:24 (5 months ago) Permalink
i hope this will be cool, this was one of the first "TV events" I was absolutely glued to as a kid.
― akm, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:26 (5 months ago) Permalink
Yeah I remember the ads for it vividly -- it ended up that my dad and I saw it because the whole family was on vacation (visiting Colonial Williamsburg of all places) and while my mom and sis turned in early we both weren't too sleepy and I got to see the whole thing. My dad felt it was interesting up to a point until it turned into a shoot-em-up, which is a fair criticism.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:31 (5 months ago) Permalink
That episode of HIMYM was right, Morena Baccarin has a serious case of the crazy eyes here.
― Hatfail of Hollow (Nicole), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:55 (5 months ago) Permalink
Or maybe that's supposed to read as "lizard".
lol that's where she's from. i was trying to figure it out earlier.
― Roz, Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:02 (5 months ago) Permalink
just watched it a second time and it doesn't seem as bad now but i dunno, still looks a bit... flat. thing that bothers me most about cgi on tv - it just looks light and depthless. the ships don't appear threatening enough. the rest of it seems like it could be good though - i'll watch anything if the characters/writing is interesting enough.
― Roz, Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:06 (5 months ago) Permalink
ummmmm ...
― Pull Slinky and Make Me Fart (Eisbaer), Friday, 5 June 2009 00:48 (5 months ago) Permalink
I did that last week.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2009 00:57 (5 months ago) Permalink
HAHAHAHAx100000
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 June 2009 00:58 (5 months ago) Permalink
Agreed. You can't really can't go wrong with the classic Ginormous Flying Saucer even if it's been done dozens of times (Childhood's End, Alien Nation, Independence Day, etc.
― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 5 June 2009 01:00 (5 months ago) Permalink
Juliet! Does this mean she's really gone from Lost? (I guessan H-bomb'll do that to ya.)
I liked the original and will surely give this one a chance.
― nickn, Friday, 5 June 2009 05:21 (5 months ago) Permalink
omg that diana clip hahaha
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Friday, 5 June 2009 10:28 (5 months ago) Permalink
tonight
― luol deng (am0n), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:03 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
been catching a bunch of the old series (mostly the '84 season) -- man this show is painfully dated now
still gonna try to catch the new one, which has its own thread finally:The new ABC TV series of "V"
― Nhex, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:21 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
left out - they've been marathoning the old V series on Scifi the last few days and still right now, if you're curious
― Nhex, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:22 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah caught some of it over the weekend. megalolz at alien baby birth scene
― because I used to be a nuclear physicist (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:28 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
also so weird how the original series couldn't really decide what it wanted to be - Falcon Crest? Holocaust allegory? Gross-out horror? Action movie? Let's just do all of em!
― because I used to be a nuclear physicist (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:29 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I'm gonna watch this, cuz I'm a sucker for sci-fi, but I don't have high hopes...
― schwantz, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:54 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
"Yes, they are lizard people who are trying to establish UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE and in so doing destroy the human race"
Ohhhhhh maaaaaaaaan. Whaaaaaaat the fuuuuuuuuuck.
― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 06:06 (2 weeks ago) Permalink