First look at the new V

[Ohio Joe]

http://chud.com/articles/articles/19512/1/THUD-YOUR-FIRST-LOOK-AT-THE-NEW-V/Page1.html

I'm looking forward to this.

[Deja Q]

1. Clip 2's spaceship background is all CGI

:wow:

Impressive, how the technology has developed. (it's not much different than static CGI, or scene-sync (developed by a private company for the BBC around 1980), except it's all computer models instead of a physical model keyed by multiple cameras to match the actors' perspective... as long as the computer models have the same perspective and lighting, and enough money is put in for proper rendering, it can be difficult to fool the viewer. (even then, there are still things one can look out for, but it is a very cost-effective solution and, when done right, supersedes old-sk00l model work.)

Given how many re-tellings of dug-up shows have failed, to say that I am looking forward to "V" is nothing less than the understatement of the century. Especially as the clips don't say much, but what they do say seems like something nasty aliens would do to infiltrate society. I mean, Reagan got (and still gets) a free pass, despite scores of web sites pointing out flaw after flaw after scandal he was related to (directly or indirectly).

Kenneth Johnson's original miniseries was fantastic; the followup "The Final Battle" being more action-oriented with a plot you don't want to analyze. I'll pretend the 1985 TV series (19 episodes plus an alternative of episode 2) never existed.

Kenneth also wrote a follow-up book a few years ago based on the continuity he wanted. I have yet to read it.

If they keep Kenneth's original vision alive, then they have a winner. If it's going to be campy/all-action-and-no-plot/topical-suggesting (the article with the clips mentions President Obama, by his initials - which seem unflattering in a certain light). Never mind that people were seeing McCain/Palin with the same trepidation that article puts Obama as.

[Ohio Joe]

4. Yeah, sorry about that

The site is, for the most part, pretty non-political. Some of the people that post articles lean right and some lean left but you don't often see which it is by what is posted. On occasion though, their leanings show, I always find it disappointing. I keep going because I find them really good for movie and gaming news though.

[oregonjen]

2. With Elizabeth Mitchell in this, must mean Juliet is truly dead on LOST?

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. I haven't seen LOST this season. Juliet is dead??

[Fleshdancer]

11. Not neccessarily....

She won't be a regular on LOST, but she will be on the show according to Entertainment Weekly:

However, before you go declaring Juliet DOA from last week's detonated hydrogen bomb, I should point out that this piece of scoop comes with a big but attached: Mitchell's Lost days are not done. Multiple sources confirm that the actress is expected to appear in an unspecified number of episodes next season, so it's entirely possible Juliet survived Jughead and her absence will be explained in another way. (Check out Doc Jensen's column this Wednesday for a comprehensive Juliet theorypalooza.)

[supernova]

3. Color me intrigued

and I am a huge fan of the original miniseries. One of the highlights of the 80s.

The smarm factor has been upped considerably. :P

[Orsino]

6. I still don't entirely understand the impulse to remake shitty old sci-fi.

The makers of the new BG, for instance, seem to have had a boatload of new and exciting ideas. Why they felt the need to hang them on the framework of that ludicrous seventies series is beyond me.

[Ohio Joe]

7. Shitty sci-fi is the best kind to remake

Why remake something thats already good, it just ruins the memory. If the original however sucks, go ahead and remake it, we might end up with something good.

[DS1]

9. Yeah. Out with the garbage, in with the good. That's why we have the new Star Trek

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[Ohio Joe]

10. Exactly my point

:rofl:

[DS1]

8. Yeah for hottest lost woman!

More than Fair. Wasn't that a prerequisite for some winger to go on ABC?