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Re: ABC Prepares to Reboot 'V'
I liked the original but I'm not sure a xenophobic show is what we need right now.
On the other hand, maybe the lizards' exploitation of Earth will have some parallels to our own ways, rather than being a warning about "others".
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Re: ABC Prepares to Reboot 'V'
The new "V" has been kicked around for years now. There are a few threads on this going back a ways.
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| I liked the original but I'm not sure a xenophobic show is what we need right now. |
I realize the original was a Nazi Germany allegory. I'm just worried that they are going to make a new one and it's going to be some kind of contemporary political allegory that we are already being constantly reminded of.
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It doesn't matter which era they draw upon, just as long as the writing is good.
Science fiction draws on current affairs often too. It's a good thing if it is done well. |
You're right. I just would prefer if they just gave some of the "Hot Topics" like Global Warming, a certain recent administration, etc. a little bit of a rest since I'm pretty burnt out on all that stuff, but that's just me.
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Re: ABC Prepares to Reboot 'V'
On the other hand, it needs to be a conflict deeper than "we're mammals, you're lizards!"
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Re: ABC Prepares to Reboot 'V'
I think it should set after the first series. The Visitors have been packing by the human liberation forces, but then they re-invade after some time and it turns out a bunch of humans are actually Visitors in disguise, and some don't even know it. Then the humans all flee on a spaceship or something.
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| so if the new show comes about, I expect aliens to promise everything from clean air to cures for diseases |
I don't fully remember if in the original series it was ever specified what technologies the visitors were offering. It wasn't until the subsequent "The Final Battle" series that a cure for cancer was offered.
But even so, I'm fine if, say, the visitors said "we have technologies that can help you with what your scientists call "Global Warming" or something like that and surely, I would like to see some clever subtext in a new project. I would just hope they don't go for something that we are currently already being hammered with currently.
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Re: ABC Prepares to Reboot 'V'
I just auditioned for this. I was a fan of the original and would really love to be a part of the reboot.
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Re: ABC Prepares to Reboot 'V'
^^ cool
If they can make this reboot anywhere near the same caliber they did w/"BSG" I'd be a happy kid from the 80s again
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Re: ABC Prepares to Reboot 'V'
I loved this series when I was younger. As much as I think an updated version might be cool, I'm sort of sick of studios revisiting old series.
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Re: ABC Prepares to Reboot 'V'
I just watched that trailer and I think it looks pretty great. Lots of actors that I really dig too...Scott Wolf, Elizabeth Mitchell and especially Morena Baccarin from Firefly.
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Re: ABC Prepares to Reboot 'V'
I found it funny that Laura Vandervoort is playing yet another hot blonde alien from outer space. Talk about typecasting!!!
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Re: ABC Prepares to Reboot 'V'
call me underwhelmed with the promo.
i will still watch to see where it goes. and given some of the strengths of certain actors involved i hope that it does well.
also, i think making it a limited series is a good idea. if networks were smart they would do this often instead of dragging stuff out ala heroes or prison break or even the 4400. it still burns my britches that we didn't get to see where the 4400 ended up going.
there are many japanese anime that are 24-26 episode arcs that are engrossing to watch. but they are done at the end.
perhaps some suits of this side of the pacific could take note.
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Re: ABC Prepares to Reboot 'V'
I think they're using BSG as their model, not Knight Rider.
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