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Wed Nov 25
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12:37 PM
And while he's on this journey, if he's anything like me, he'd be making up nonsense songs to keep himself entertained. "Fucking shit fuck, gonna fuck the V girl, maybe her mom... mAYBE her moommmmm, yeah", then of course there's that next red light coming up.
That's maybe 35 minutes of screentime, give or take? But at least it's realistic. Actually to make it even more realistic, just get rid of the spaceships. And, the Visitors. I'm not buying that this could happen in real life.
And did you notice how they never use Mac software, when they are using macs? What am I supposed to think, that right now in NYC there's this whole other OS that I've never even heard of, that's way more polished than Mac OSX? That is fucking insulting.
On top of that, the V technology... don't even get me started. It just floats there? And it's all in RED? Why, because red is the "evil" color? Yeah I really believe that.
Oh and one more thing. You mean to tell me, that on some distant planet, a species of life evolved that is the EXACT size, and shape, of the human body, works the same way, is a freaking lizard species nonetheless... yet, all they have to do to blend in is create some synthetic skin that makes them look human? HELLO? This shows how LAZY the writers are.
So, obviously this show is a huge failure. I hope it bombs.
But, don't get me wrong, I'm a HUGE fan of science fiction, and I definitely want to support the genre, but THIS garbage? Hell to the no.
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I also like that the scale has been ramped up from the original mini-series. The whole invasion fleet seems so much more menacing.
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Plus if they'd shown it, we'd probably get a dose of sub-par ABC special effects which would totally ruin the mystique...
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The writing shows absolutely no nuance whatsoever. I'LL BLOW UP THE WAREHOUSE. MY MOTHER'S NEVER HERE. ARE YOU A PRIEST OR A SOLDIER? I'M PREGNANT. (what, the alien doctors couldn't tell it was a half-alien fetus?) HE TOOK A SUICIDE PILL. I'M THE RESISTANCE'S LOOSE CANNON.
So as not to be a total hater, things I did like:
1.) The scene of Anna trying to find and then ultimately making the real guy punish the traitor. Great pascing and outcome. But even THAT's ham-handed. One sentence on why the taking off of the human skin is so awful, or one small reveal of what's underneath. We already KNOW they are lizards, would it have killed them to give us a foot?
2.) The pull-back to the alien home planet and oncoming invasion force. But I'm a sucker for that anyhow.
3.) I'm being optimistic that they are setting up something very interesting about how this "bliss" thing actually works, and why, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
I'll tell you what I WOULD love. It turns out that Anna really IS the good one and the Fifth Column are the evil ones. I'll keep watching, and I'll keep hoping it will get good. I'm skeptical, based on the evidence of these four episodes.
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P.S. - Your statement about the fifth column has me reeling from the memories of reading Arthur C. Clarke's Sixth Column the first time. So random.
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I hate that I'm dumping on the show so hard. There are good things. Maybe I'm expecting too much, I just really want it to be interesting, and it's not.
Baccarin, however, is utterly hypnotizing, I think she's playing the leader just right.
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As MST 3000's theme song said"Repeat to yourself it's just a show and just watch it and relax"
10:47 AM
..and I bet that what Tyler saw in the ship will help the resistence later.
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Why is this crap taking so loooooong to play out? By the end of the original four-hours of "V," the stakes we SO much higher and the threat was SO much more explicit, at least to those in the know. The characters seemed much more vivid and better-drawn, and with a much larger cast to juggle, too.
Now here it is four hours into the new "V" and the lead characters don't even know for sure what the Visitors are or what they want, we've had no "watercooler / schoolyard" moment like the rodent-eating or face-ripping, and the Visitors are just left seeming vaguely sinister, but not much more than that. Where's the urgency? Where's the drama? Where are the GUTS?
Was rather nice that the final image was a callback to the end of the original "V," which showed motherships massed on the dark side of the moon, waiting patiently.
But...do I care?
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I have to agree with SeeingI, they're just throwing "current events" to see what it looks like when it hits the wall, and it's just so sad.
I am amazed at how this show is able to portray urgency while stalling out. Hey, it's gotten farther in 4 episodes then Heroes ever did.
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I love the idea that she is getting the entire planet as well as her people hooked on The V equivalent of heroin aka Bliss. Just a planet of strung out junkies willing to do anything she asks in order to get their next fix. It's a great new twist from the old series.
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I guess, in short, I just really wanted a show about evil aliens that get beat back by righteous humans. By showing the "two-sides to everything" stance, they make the Vs more human. And that is what they are not...human.
Keep in mind, this is all in theory and/or all in my head. I have yet to see the show. I am just talking. :)
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how was ABC able to steal my dreams?
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The intro was around 10 minutes without an ad, but in the second half of the episode it seemed like there would be 3 minutes of show, and then 3 minutes of ads. It made it much harder to enjoy the show.
I'm really happy that the ratings held steady at a 3.1 for 9.2 million viewers, that means only 2 weeks of drops and possibly a bright future for the show. On the other hand, waiting until March 2010 - wtf? That is bound to reduce the viewership.
The ending was very cool, with the thousand or so V ships at a distance of a few tens of light years. I wonder what's going on. Obviously they don't need that many V ships to invade Earth, with that kind of technology they need 1 at most. I think perhaps the V's we see are a breakaway faction from the rest of their species, and they're hoping to recruit humanity to have more "manpower".