V - Season 1 - Page 12

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Originally Posted by Will_B 

Now it's more of a runway.

 

Bada boom.

 

oK not too funny. I tried.

I laughed.

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Originally Posted by TravisR 

 

Like I said before, it's not a big deal if you know that you have 13 or 10 or 6 or 2 episodes to tell your story when you start the year. However, when you're nearly done writing the season and they suddenly cut three episodes off (which is nearly 25% of the original amount of episodes that you had), it's a big deal.

While I'll admit that the timing of dropping the episodes sucks, I'm still going to go with losing 25% of the story is a good thing. The first season was such a bloated, padded mess that they could easily dump 3 hours out of this thing and not skip a beat. Sure it's a rush job, but if they head back to the editing room, trim down the fat from early episodes and reorginize things, they should be fine.

Just finished watching season one, and boy was I bored! Cue the crane shot of Anna on the ship. Maybe they'll show down her dress again. Yup. Cue the doctor walking around pensively. Maybe he'll talk to his glowing ball again. Yup. Cue the back and forth on where the teenage boy is going to live. Yup, it's whatever was the opposite of the previous week.

I liked the show, but it just isn't a show in the kind of league that I normally watch. I suspect I only kept watching because I liked the FBI agent when she was on Lost.

I'll resume watching the last half of the show (the upcoming episodes) only because of the new writers or new direction or whatever the rumors are.

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Originally Posted by Will_B 

I'll resume watching the last half of the show (the upcoming episodes) only because of the new writers or new direction or whatever the rumors are.

I've decided to give up watching crappy shows in the hopes that they get better (like The Event) and I'm willing to give V another chance but it better get good fast.

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Originally Posted by TravisR 

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Originally Posted by Will_B 

I'll resume watching the last half of the show (the upcoming episodes) only because of the new writers or new direction or whatever the rumors are.

I've decided to give up watching crappy shows in the hopes that they get better (like The Event) and I'm willing to give V another chance but it better get good fast.

The Event has been much better than V and in its last episode (before the hiatus) most of what has gone on before now makes sense.

So having seen neither the 1983 version of "V" nor the current version I have to ask, as I watched the pilot episode last night of this years "V". Which is the better series? The 1983 "V" or the 2009 "V". What is the general consensus?

Thanks,

Mark

V The Original Miniseries > V The Final Battle >>>>>>>>> V The Series  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> New V

That's my opinion anyway! ;) :)

I might get kicked in the head for this but I prefer the new version.

I still liked the original (83) mini-series, though.

V for Vendetta first, then the old miniseries, then the new series -- and then way way behind is the old series, and the old Final Battle, neither of which were even any good for their time, let alone now. (Possibly the old miniseries sucks too, if I were to watch it now. But at the time it was nice.)