@GodofMonkeys: Not at all. A lot of people will stop to gawk at a trainwreck. Unexpected ratings on a first episode really mean very little -- look at the Bionic Woman remake. #v
If the numbers hold up over the next few weeks it will create an interesting situation. If the viewers come back the networks will feel they can get away with anything. Long hiatuses for cable shows (BSG, Sopranos) will confirm this.
If it tanks on return, what will they think? Unfortunately, I doubt that their egos will allow them to learn. they will either blame unfaithful viewers or a drop off in the shows quality.
I can even see them moving it to another time slot - either to compete with something or as a tent pole which would further confuse the issue. #v
Start each episode with Morena Baccarin talking to some minion Visitor and saying "You know, this reminds me of that time we invaded an Earth in a parallel dimension, and I had that long hair and 1980s evil bitch mask" before cutting to the original episode. Then, at the end, cap each episode off with Baccarin laughing and saying "Now, that was a sticky situation!"
I would watch that. Then again, I think you could throw out the actual episode and have Morena Baccarin just talk about anything and I'll watch it. #v
I watched, it was horrible. It was like they tried to compress a season's worth of shocking revelations into 47 minutes. The Vs are reptiles! The FBI agent's partner is a V! The Black Guy is a V! (but he's a good V!) The FBI Agent's son is going to forge his mom's signature!
Any one of the above revelations would have been good if they had been paced well, like each in the last two minutes of a separate episode, you know, like Lost does. Instead they are all crammed into the first episode. The Vs walk into the UN, and the next scene it's three weeks later? #v
Am I weird in that I have never seen an episode of Lost? I feel like I am missing out on something. If the main lady from V is a big character on Lost, I can see myself watching, because she is quite attractive (and a good actress).
@cylon_conspiracy: I missed that whole train myself and once I missed the first season I felt I didn't have the time needed to start the whole thing from the beginning, which seems required. #v
@cylon_conspiracy: I've never seen an episode of Lost either (ok, I half saw one one time, but I don't count that) and while I have heard people say good things about, I never had the time to pick it up, as I didn't hear big things about it until around the end of the second season. Now the same went for BSG, by the time it hit my radar as being good, it was almost done (I have since updated my radar), so I figured I'd wait until it's done and then streamline the whole thing. But when it did end, I heard the end absolutely sucked and made no sense, so I decided "Damn, no point it watching it if it doesn't have a solid ending". And so I've since decided that given Lost's twists and turns and the fact that nobody knows what's going to happen and that it's almost done, I'm just going to wait for the end, gauge everybody's reaction, and go from there.
Interestingly I had ZERO interest in BSG until its second season. I thought they were messing with one of the shows I loved from childhood and I didn't like the idea of making a show like that "modern times", I thought they were just using the name but disrespecting the original.
But one day for the hell of it I tuned into one of the marathons they were showing on sci-fi and from there, I decided to start watching from scratch.
But BSG was only four seasons and a short miniseries. LOST is just this huge behemoth. #v
@comics0026: I had zero interest in lost, but still managed to catch half episodes here and there. Thanks to the miracle of streaming netflix and a lack of anything to watch tv im almost all the way caught up. If there is nothing else on TV you want to watch and dont mind getting sucked into a show for 2-3 hours a night it's totally worth it #v
@cylon_conspiracy: I was never interested until it got REALLY popular. Then I saw an episode here and there, but it didn't make any sense. Then, listening to the fans who watch every episode, it seems it doesn't make sense even then, so I never saw the point to seeing more unless you think it's all about to click into place... #v
ABC should acquire the rights to the BBC's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy TV series. They should then tack the first episode of that series onto V. They can record new dialogue with the Vogon leader berating the "Vees" for trying to conquer a planet scheduled for demolition. It could include two new Hitchhiker's Guide entries:
ABC Executives: ABC Executives are slimy empty suits who seem to always manage to muck up even golden opportunities and will be the first with their butts against the wall when the revolution comes.
Visitors: Visitors are a loathsome race of space lizards, stupidly conquering planets through needlessly complicated schemes rather than the direct approach of blowing stuff up real good with their obviously superior technology. They are used as ham-handed stand ins for whatever American TV writers currently hate about their country.
If they can't show V again until March, they could resurrect Defying Gravity, though the sets have been dismantled already. The last few episodes are actually quite good, and they haven't been shown in the US yet, so ABC might show them. #v
@Roklimber: I'd like them to finish showing the episodes they shot, at least. Getting the shows online is easy, but it'd be even better to see it on my TV properly.
Do they literally not have any episodes ready to put on the air after the fourth episode? They can't just put up an additional episode or two ahead of schedule?
Also, does anyone know if they are going to hurry up and get rid of references to "aliens", shots of ginormous space ships, and other sci-fi trappings they told us audiences hated in prime time, in order to keep momentum going?
I mean, they got a hit on their hands, they need to do some serious corrective CG surgery to remove all the elements that will alienate future viewers who want to see what all the buzz is about.
The faith they have in the sci-fi audience is truly heart warming.
@cylon_conspiracy: No they stopped producing episodes altogether, sent everybody home, closed the sets, etc. It was completely idiotic move to make when the show hadn't even started to air yet. #v
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This show got high ratings? Boggles the mind. #v
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If it tanks on return, what will they think? Unfortunately, I doubt that their egos will allow them to learn. they will either blame unfaithful viewers or a drop off in the shows quality.
I can even see them moving it to another time slot - either to compete with something or as a tent pole which would further confuse the issue. #v
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I would watch that. Then again, I think you could throw out the actual episode and have Morena Baccarin just talk about anything and I'll watch it. #v
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@Jesse Astle: If she does with her typical demeanor and elegance, then I would... #v
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Any one of the above revelations would have been good if they had been paced well, like each in the last two minutes of a separate episode, you know, like Lost does. Instead they are all crammed into the first episode. The Vs walk into the UN, and the next scene it's three weeks later? #v
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Why wait 20 years for a cast reunion? Bring together the cast to reminiscence about the first four episodes. That should waste an hour. #v
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Interestingly I had ZERO interest in BSG until its second season. I thought they were messing with one of the shows I loved from childhood and I didn't like the idea of making a show like that "modern times", I thought they were just using the name but disrespecting the original.
But one day for the hell of it I tuned into one of the marathons they were showing on sci-fi and from there, I decided to start watching from scratch.
But BSG was only four seasons and a short miniseries. LOST is just this huge behemoth. #v
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ABC Executives: ABC Executives are slimy empty suits who seem to always manage to muck up even golden opportunities and will be the first with their butts against the wall when the revolution comes.
Visitors: Visitors are a loathsome race of space lizards, stupidly conquering planets through needlessly complicated schemes rather than the direct approach of blowing stuff up real good with their obviously superior technology. They are used as ham-handed stand ins for whatever American TV writers currently hate about their country.
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*Wants Alan Tudyk on LOST now* #v
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Steve the Pirate. #v
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Also, does anyone know if they are going to hurry up and get rid of references to "aliens", shots of ginormous space ships, and other sci-fi trappings they told us audiences hated in prime time, in order to keep momentum going?
I mean, they got a hit on their hands, they need to do some serious corrective CG surgery to remove all the elements that will alienate future viewers who want to see what all the buzz is about.
The faith they have in the sci-fi audience is truly heart warming.
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