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A Review Of ABC’s Alien Nazi-Lizard Sci-Fi Remake Pilot V!!

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ABC is expected to take to series its remake of the 1983 miniseries about Nazi-ish lizard extraterrestrials who invade Earth.

“M. Bison” says:

So I had the opportunity today to see the pilot episode of the reboot of V due to hit television this fall. I have to say it was pretty entertaining and I will definitely be giving it a look. The premise is still pretty much the same “Alien visitors show up claiming to be our friends, but have a hidden agenda that has grave consequences for mankind” and many of the characters will be familiar to you as well.

The pilot stars Elizabeth Mitchell, Scott Wolf, Morena Baccarin, Alan Tudyk, Morris Chestnut and Joel Gretsch.

Elizabeth Mitchell and Alan Tudyk play agents with the Department of Homeland Security who are investigating a terrorist sleeper cell operating out of New York . Morris Chestnut plays a businessman with a shady past that ties directly to the events leading up to the Visitors’ arrival. Joel Gertsch plays a priest struggling with his faith in the face of an alien appearance that shakes his core beliefs and is suddenly thrust into a conspiracy when a dying man in his church gives him info on the aliens. Morena Baccarin plays the enigmatic Anna, leader of the Visitors. Scott Wolf plays the journalist with high aspirations who sees the Visitor’s arrival as a way to further his career. He quickly befriends Anna and the two form a bond.

Overall the show has a good production value. The special effects were not the best, but at the same time they did not detract from the show. It certainly feels like the original V complete with their arrival as the large saucer ships show up over all the major cities of the world. It kind of had the feel of really wanting to be serious which I think was done well. The Sci-Fi is kept to a minimum other than the Visitors’ tech and it firmly kept itself grounded in reality as much as a show with this kind of premise could.

If the show can keep up the pace that the pilot set, it could be a very good show. It certainly has a JJ Abrams feel to it in the way it was shot. There is plenty of opportunity for sub-plots as well as all of the characters appear to have a certain depth written into them that is only very briefly touched upon in the pilot.

ABC announces its fall schedule Tuesday.





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WHERE IS THE FUCKING LOST TB?!
by Dhaemon
May 13th, 2009
12:22:04 PM
Herc opens the Fringe Talkback a day Early
by Dhaemon
May 13th, 2009
12:24:18 PM
The lizards turn out to be right-wing extremists
by fiester
May 13th, 2009
12:25:04 PM
Elizabeth Mitchell???
by x factor
May 13th, 2009
12:25:45 PM
what's this LOST you speak of?
by just pillow talk
May 13th, 2009
12:28:55 PM
Lost is where dreams are made of....
by Dhaemon
May 13th, 2009
12:32:23 PM
Morenna Bacarin
by Jor-El23
May 13th, 2009
12:34:15 PM
The lizards turn out to be right-wing extremists
by iakobos
May 13th, 2009
12:35:21 PM
So where's Sybil Danning?
by thegreatwhatzit
May 13th, 2009
12:36:06 PM
Jor-El23
by Hercules
May 13th, 2009
12:38:27 PM
Its very clear that the V-Lizards are Republicans...
by Fareal
May 13th, 2009
12:53:36 PM
Elizabeth Mitchell?
by kwisatzhaderach
May 13th, 2009
01:01:47 PM
Just so you know, Fareal...
by Erik J. Pflueger
May 13th, 2009
01:13:45 PM
Yeah except today's Repubs...
by Kid Z
May 13th, 2009
01:23:26 PM
That's weird, I'm not Republican ... (and Morena)
by chrth
May 13th, 2009
01:35:13 PM
Remake of a cheesy Sci-Fi TV Classic....
by zer0cool2k2
May 13th, 2009
01:47:39 PM
Great cast.
by HoboCode
May 13th, 2009
01:49:01 PM
Twist
by RenoNevada2000
May 13th, 2009
02:02:12 PM
what about the laser guns and shuttles??
by porkinz the x-wing instructor
May 13th, 2009
02:09:25 PM
Half as good as Ron Moore's BSG would make this...
by The Gipper
May 13th, 2009
02:32:48 PM
And Joel Gretsch ROCKS!!!
by The Gipper
May 13th, 2009
02:35:20 PM
that explains Gretsch's scifi thing
by oisin5199
May 13th, 2009
02:43:09 PM
If this show produces a full season...
by daggor
May 13th, 2009
02:44:08 PM
I like the cast...
by Hugh G Rekshun
May 13th, 2009
02:45:19 PM
Weapon Sounds
by HOTPEE
May 13th, 2009
02:47:05 PM
Alan Tudyk
by M Bison
May 13th, 2009
02:54:28 PM
As far as the "Sci-Fi" in the show goes...
by M Bison
May 13th, 2009
02:56:18 PM
Weapon Sounds
by M Bison
May 13th, 2009
02:57:18 PM
The 4400 > Heroes | Galactica 1980 > Ron Moore's BSG
by The Gipper
May 13th, 2009
03:01:04 PM
Sounds cliched
by FuzzyLumpkins
May 13th, 2009
03:28:38 PM
Wait, what?
by Raymar
May 13th, 2009
03:31:22 PM
right wing extremists?
by Himbo
May 13th, 2009
03:41:05 PM
Wait, there are still Republicans?
by fiester
May 13th, 2009
03:42:39 PM
Fiester
by Toonol
May 13th, 2009
04:13:49 PM
Nazis were Left Wing Extremists
by mistergreen
May 13th, 2009
04:17:39 PM
Morenna Bacarin AND Alan Tudyk
by skimn
May 13th, 2009
04:20:29 PM
So will this be promoted as
by skimn
May 13th, 2009
04:24:37 PM
Nazis believed in authoritarian chaos.
by kabong
May 13th, 2009
04:36:25 PM
Toonol
by fiester
May 13th, 2009
04:38:34 PM
And I didn't hear you wingnuts complaining about watchlists...
by fiester
May 13th, 2009
04:41:46 PM
The thing about the Nazis...
by Erik J. Pflueger
May 13th, 2009
04:45:08 PM
The hate of the liberal left...
by zacdilone
May 13th, 2009
04:46:43 PM
Tudyk AND Baccarin?
by xsi kal
May 13th, 2009
04:59:11 PM
Tudyk is a lizard. That's the big reveal
by Riley Martin
May 13th, 2009
05:45:09 PM
This guy...
by SSquirrel
May 13th, 2009
05:49:43 PM
AND THE CREATIVE DESERT CONTINUES
by rben
May 13th, 2009
06:05:09 PM
mmm Morena Baccarin is perfect
by aversiontherapy2
May 13th, 2009
06:07:50 PM
zacdilone...
by gavdiggity
May 13th, 2009
06:15:57 PM
In for Morenna Bacarin Swallowing...
by Domi'sInnerChild
May 13th, 2009
06:19:54 PM
The World is a Kindergarten
by RaRoMo
May 13th, 2009
06:49:58 PM
I'll watch anything that has Elizabeth Mitchell in it.
by 3D-Man
May 13th, 2009
06:52:36 PM
This remake will be yet another fuck up!
by scriptgirl_nipples
May 13th, 2009
07:04:31 PM
The Gipper - genrefanboy? Is that you?
by Kobaal
May 13th, 2009
07:14:19 PM
Wonder if there will be cameos
by MurderMostFowl
May 13th, 2009
07:55:55 PM
Yes, I was a fan of the "V" made for TV movies, but the...
by Fareal
May 13th, 2009
08:01:13 PM
Political Subtexts of the original
by Sgt.Steiner
May 13th, 2009
08:26:06 PM
Re: Patriot Act.
by chrth
May 13th, 2009
08:29:38 PM
As long as
by Goody2shoes
May 13th, 2009
09:06:04 PM
when will you learn
by frank cotton
May 13th, 2009
09:14:21 PM
sounded great, untill u mentioned jar jar abrams
by toguy
May 13th, 2009
09:25:15 PM
Fareal, about Cruise's character in Valkyrie...
by Erik J. Pflueger
May 13th, 2009
09:43:32 PM
All of you are wrong.
by Voice O. Reason
May 13th, 2009
09:55:31 PM
Voice O. Reason...
by Erik J. Pflueger
May 13th, 2009
10:02:48 PM
Voice
by nyj_et
May 13th, 2009
11:15:51 PM
wait...
by doubleARon
May 14th, 2009
12:51:03 AM
doubleARon
by Sgt.Steiner
May 14th, 2009
01:12:38 AM
V hasn't aged well.
by JumpinJehosaphat
May 14th, 2009
01:43:35 AM
"it isn't as bad as anything during Rush Week"
by oxblow
May 14th, 2009
01:47:19 AM
V Was Remade Already...It's Called Independence Day
by Media Messiah
May 14th, 2009
01:50:16 AM
Mitchell...(Spoiler for LOST)
by TOASTERslayer
May 14th, 2009
02:09:43 AM
Wasn't V dedicated to the Contra Freedom Fighters?
by kirttrik
May 14th, 2009
02:58:52 AM
THIS TALKBACK IS ABOUT LIZARD PEOPLE
by J-Dizzle
May 14th, 2009
02:58:53 AM
Wow, J-dzzle I just posted that.
by kirttrik
May 14th, 2009
02:59:49 AM
SORRY TOASTERSLAYER
by J-Dizzle
May 14th, 2009
03:00:04 AM
Left behind, Right up to their necks
by mulberry
May 14th, 2009
04:09:39 AM
I'd like to see Morenna Baccarin eat Elizabeth Mitchell....
by Midnightxpress
May 14th, 2009
04:24:56 AM
Mulberry..
by The Dark Shite
May 14th, 2009
06:16:39 AM
Another sign of Hollywood being creatively BANKRUPT
by Big Dumb Ape
May 14th, 2009
06:24:25 AM
Loved V as a kid
by Col. Tigh-Fighter
May 14th, 2009
06:38:57 AM
DS
by mulberry
May 14th, 2009
07:28:23 AM
Of course not, mulberry,
by The Dark Shite
May 14th, 2009
07:52:18 AM
Erik J. Pflueger, let us turn this into a political debate...
by Fareal
May 14th, 2009
07:54:13 AM
I liked V, so I'll give it a go
by Pistachio_Wildebeest
May 14th, 2009
08:26:08 AM
Kid Z
by Juemad
May 14th, 2009
09:26:35 AM
Did they miss the point?
by Yotsuyasan
May 14th, 2009
09:41:45 AM
I really hope it's good. The original mini-series was outstandi
by Mr Nicholas
May 14th, 2009
10:32:35 AM
Talk about an offer we can't refuse...
by Midnightxpress
May 14th, 2009
11:00:16 AM
Dick Cheney is able to suck his own cock.
by Fletcher_Hanks
May 14th, 2009
11:14:50 AM
Thought this was a V talkback....
by DrMorbius
May 14th, 2009
12:28:03 PM
Democrats/Republicans - Both the problem
by Maxwell Bishop
May 14th, 2009
12:45:38 PM
Democrats/Republicans - Both the problem
by Maxwell Bishop
May 14th, 2009
12:46:36 PM
"It certainly has a JJ Abrams feel to it"
by AsimovLives
May 14th, 2009
12:54:33 PM
I saw the original V show back in the day
by AsimovLives
May 14th, 2009
12:57:00 PM
Kobaal
by The Gipper
May 14th, 2009
12:59:57 PM
V was shit unless you were a kid.
by ElvisPresLeeHorsleyHarveyOswal dOprahWinFreeJackHorkheimer
May 14th, 2009
02:32:37 PM
There was no review
by whitty
May 14th, 2009
03:20:57 PM
Were you asleep for the last 8 fucking years, Maxwell Bishop?
by Fareal
May 14th, 2009
03:39:25 PM
nyj_et, do you even know what socialism is?
by Voice O. Reason
May 14th, 2009
06:57:29 PM
Hello? Lizards are NAZI's not Republicans
by GeorgieBoy
May 14th, 2009
10:04:40 PM
It's a pilot, not a debate...
by Gezoes
May 15th, 2009
02:05:54 AM
someone said Jar Jar Abrahams..
by TimMighty
May 15th, 2009
04:19:06 AM
JJ Abrams look?
by jarjarmessiah
May 15th, 2009
10:31:02 AM
No Marc Singer?
by jarjarmessiah
May 15th, 2009
10:31:52 AM
"...all of the characters appear to have a certain depth written
by RKDN
May 15th, 2009
11:43:13 AM
people bitching that Nader handed Bush 2 terms
by RKDN
May 15th, 2009
11:44:28 AM
Michael Ironside plays Dick Cheney
by Phil Connors
May 15th, 2009
11:59:34 AM
V was always kind of cheap looking
by lockesbrokenleg
May 15th, 2009
03:51:37 PM
Nader and Perot
by Voice O. Reason
May 16th, 2009
12:59:04 PM

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