KENNETH JOHNSON’S original "lizard aliens in disguise come to earth to
exploit it and us as their food" mini series V
(1983) is one of my favorite TV offerings of all time.
V THE FINAL BATTLE
(1984) and even the cheesy TV SERIES that followed
it also cranked my
dial. Yup, always been a big V fan! So I was in a tizzy when I heard that ABC
was
re-imagining the original mini series for today’s audience… that’s until I saw the PROMO
& TEASER
below.
Not that this new V THE SERIES (directed by
Canuck YVES SIMONEAU) looks awful or
anything, it just doesn’t feel "V" enough for this jerk. I miss the
Nazi parallels and the cool alien costumes. This update has its visitors look
like rejects from the O.C.or something. I don’t know… something’s “off”. But hey this is coming from somebody
that LOVES the original V, so I am biased.
With that yapped, I’ll definitely tap it when it airs in early
2010 on ABC, out of morbid curiosity and fanboy nostalgia. So what do you V and non V fans think? Will you
catch this new incarnation on the tube? Spit bullets below!
PREVIEW
TEASER
Alien temptress Anna (Morena Baccarin). Cute!
And the original alien temptress: Diana (Jane Badler). Man did I
have mucho fantasies about her when I was a young-Arrow… DAMN!