V has Landed
November 11, 2009
Like many children of the 80s, V is one of those television events that is forever burned into my mind and probably added to some hidden phobia of aliens and perhaps even reptiles. Nonetheless, when I heard that ABC was remaking the original NBC property, you could say I was definitely excited to see how it would shape up. I even took in the original mini-series and the TV series that followed when sci-fi aired them prior to the new episode 1 and while it wasn’t as scary as I thought as a kid, the original was still very cool. Yeah, the effects were marginal, but for 1983 they were pretty good. The concept and the story however was pretty amazing and that was the main thing I hoped would make the trip into the new imagining and after seeing the pilot and the first episode, I’ve got high hopes for the series.
Of course people are already making the Nazi, Obama and immigration references, and in all reality, how could they not? The story is ripe for creative misinterpretation and the blogosphere is having at it. All politics aside, episode 1 really should have been two hours as it moved way too fast – it was like the aliens had just arrived and before the first commercial we were all ready breeding with them. Spoiler alert! Just kidding. Episode 2 slowed up a bit, so perhaps they were a little too eager to get things moving. While the original storyline was tossed out, the key elements are all still there and the characters are interesting and diverse. Long gone are those turbo shield sunglasses, but the visitors are very easy on the eyes and quite stylish. The CG work is pretty solid, but that was to be expected, so I’ll keep watching and from the numbers so far, it sounds like many others will be as well.
Haven’t seen it? Learn more and watch full episodes on ABC’s official V site»
