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It's a very watchable show, too, but it helps that its got a lot of very likable actors. #v
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More specifically, I remember Carla Gugino in "Threshold." #v
11/02/09
Yeah, she was really, really good in that. #v
11/02/09
hell... let`s just remake star wars and really make it a parasitic giant . #v
11/02/09
Beyond Carla Gugino being fairly hot, even. #v
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11/02/09
That said, the series really needed a remake. It could've been so much better with a larger budget and modern tech. Some of it is really dated, like the special effects during Julie's conversion, which were rather humorous in spots rather than being frightening (The giant iguana? Maybe if it had whipped out it's giant double penis . . .) Anyway, I assume this remake will be loosely based on the series, so I'm expecting lots of flash and a dumbed-down plot.
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what`s the fine line between remake and copying ? #v
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The Twilight Zone was written in the late 1950s and early 60s. TV was still a novelty and TV writers weren't sure how subtle they could be with it yet. And the audience was still getting a grasp of TV drama. By the time Johnson created V, TV had been around for 30 years, viewers were used to it, and TV writers were beginning to experiment with realistic dialog and subtle themes. Johnson wrote V as if he were writing it for a the original Twilight Zone. His Jewish character practically screams, "These aliens remind me of Poland in 1939, when the Nazis took over. Take special note of the parallels that Kenny Johnson has included such as their swastika style logo, uniforms, and rounding up of scientists. I am here as a Jewish character to remind you of the Holocaust. Remember the Holocaust?" It was dreck. Entertaining and high minded dreck but still dreck. The remake can't be lamer than the original. It can equal it but it can't be worse. #v
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Also, I would have liked to see where Threshold was going. It was the best of the three sci-fi shows that premiered that year, and canceled too soon.
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10/19/09
anyone know? It's not on hulu. #house
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Me? After explaining I was talking through some guy from beyond the beyond, I'd have to break out the boombox blasting the Farscape opening music while I did a variation on the John Crichton Narrative to just break the tension.
Completely serious too. Hey it definitely prove it was me.
10/19/09
*How many times has "Tabula Rasa" been used as a episode title?
10/19/09
a) Unfortunately, yes, she will be part of the cast, and I agree, she's way annoying. They should kept inviso-girl instead of killing her off for no apparent reason.
b) Far, far too often. Almost as bad as any title using "hunter" and "pray/prey" in the title. #house
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I haven't watched more than a few minutes of any of the previous SG series*, but are the cameos from SG alumni really important enough to force the viewers to swallow this bitter pill of an absurd plot device? The characters-confronting-family bit certainly isn't worth it.
[*I tried! but they were just too campy/B-movie-esque.] #house
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I like the show, but any sense of isolation and the struggle against the unknown is completely lost with the lame "communication stones". Just seems a cheap way to include past SG-1 actors in the show, and totally undermines the drama.
10/19/09
I would not take this bet. #house
10/19/09
I like how they didn't make a big deal about having them too, like it's part of stuff they they take with them when they set up off-world bases.
I think it really works the drama angle as well, since you're never more alone then when you talk to others, but they can do squat to help you. Also really like the "oh hey, gonna borrow your body so I can go say some good byes to my folks," it's creepy for everyone involved and depressing!
Also putting money in the pot that the sun dive is just an emergency recharge maneuver. It's so predictable I hope it isn't actually. #house
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Granted, I haven't been able to make it through either of the other SG series, so I thought getting in on the ground floor with this series would be good, but I haven't been able to get attached to any of the characters. Every time a character looks like he or she is going to die, my instant reaction is, "Well, that's one less person to keep track of," and that both makes me feel bad as a person, and screams "overcrowded cast of characters." #house
10/19/09
Also originally the stones were used/housed with some sort of looks-like-a-mini-hookah device, but it looks like it has been replaced/reverse engineered by the modded up mac mini or whatever they put them on now. #house
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