The following contains spoilers, so if you haven’t seen last night’s premiere of V and want to see it without spoilers, go watch it then come back to discuss. 
When I was 13 or so, the original TV version of V came out and I remember really liking it. So when I heard they were doing a remake, I was intrigued. With the advancements in technology, graphics, special effects, etc., since then, it should be visually much better and hopefully less cheesy. Of course, when I’m 60 I might look back on this new incarnation as cheesy. That’s the way technological advancements work.
I wasn’t able to watch last night’s premiere until this morning because our local affiliate ran it delayed after midnight. It is visually impressive, and Morena Baccarin portrays Anna, the leader of the Visitors with a classy cool that is peace and love on the outside but with hints of something sinister beneath. It’s odd seeing Morena play one of the bad guys since I so loved her portrayal of Inara on Firefly. I am excited, however, that more people will hopefully get to see her performances now.
In fact, it must have been “let’s make Firefly alums bad guys” night. When I first saw Alan Tudyk (Wash on Firefly), I let go a little squee. He was cast as the FBI partner of LOST alum Elizabeth Mitchell’s character, Erica. I was so excited that I’d get a weekly dose of two of my faves. Alas, Alan is playing a bad alien. Still, I think he’ll show up some more based on the “rest of the season” previews they did at the end of the episode. Still, it’d be nice to see him back in a good-guy role where he can show his funny sense of humor.
I thought it was interesting, and a good tie-in with current, real-world fears, that there had been Visitors on Earth for awhile working as an alien sleeper cell. Thus, Erica’s FBI world and the larger world issue of the Visitors crashed into each other.
I’ve already manually set my TiVo to capture next week’s delayed broadcast. So, what did you all think of the debut? Were you a fan of the original?
November 7th, 2009 at 8:02 am
I loved Alan Tudyk’s character and the relationship they had as partners. I’m quite dismayed at what he turned out to be, though of course it was brilliant. Ryan being a good visitor shocked the heck out of me, too.
I liked it! I don’t know if I’ll be as devoted to it as I was to the original, but then, I’m not a teenager with no social life anymore. LOL
November 18th, 2009 at 10:04 am
I watched the original back in the day and liked it. Hubby & I are really enjoying the current day version too. I recognized Alan Tudyk as a Firefly cast mate, but I didn’t realize Anna was Inara! How cool!
We’re going to keep watching cause I’m officially hooked after only 2 shows.