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I had never seen V until one of my college roommates subjected me to it. Wow, it was awful. The remake looks intriguing, though.
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That is your problem. V, like Knight Rider and Airwolf, is best appreciated before your age hits double digits.
That being said...weeee...I am so excited!! I had no idea that was Inara. Now I am doubly excited. I just hope it doesn't turn out like the Knight Rider remake. Posts: 2445 | Registered: Oct 2004
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The plot looks like Independence Day mixed with the Aschen from Stargate SG-1. They come to earth with supposedly good intentions and give us a ton of technology with the purpose of eventually wiping us out? The only difference is that they seemed to figure it out a lot faster in in this one. I'm guessing the plot is a lot older than Stargate's episode, but it looks really close to me.
However, that doesn't bother me even the slightest bit, since every time I saw that episode I thought "Huh, I wonder what it would look like if some of them fought back." Now I get to see it, and with a pretty sweet looking cast. I just hope Alan Tudyk ends up being a regular, despite the fact that he's only listed as being on the pilot episode. I swear, if they kill him off in the first episode, I'll crush something. I'll be sure to check this one out.
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In the original there was all this hype that it was a well balanced analogy of how people succumb to evil governments like the Nazis or the Soviets--how normal people would welcome and embrace cruelty, ostracism of others, brutality and even genocide, and how a few people discover the courage to rebel.
Instead it became a Lizards in Disguise average invasion story where the (SPOILERS) balloon flying heroes save the day and the alien with a conscience (Played by the actor who did Freddy Krueger) is whimpy but eventually happy with his conversion.
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quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: The plot looks like Independence Day mixed with the Aschen from Stargate SG-1. They come to earth with supposedly good intentions and give us a ton of technology with the purpose of eventually wiping us out?
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I'd say that Earth: Final Conflict's first 4 seasons were all pretty good but the 5th season is a mess! When something really sucks my brother and I refer to it as being "E:FC season 5 bad", but few things suck enough to achieve that distinction.
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I think it was a bit of a mixed bag myself. The storylines were pretty, ugh. However, I did like the art direction and the depiction of advanced technology and some cultural elements integrating themselves with our society. The music was great too, I once went to a concert given by the guy who played erhu for the show. The budget constraints clearly showed though, although there was amusement in the fact that I recognized so many locations from in and around Toronto.
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quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Looking good so far!
Edit to add: Holy crap!
And dammit! They killed Alan Tudyk!
I was hoping against hope that he'd be a good guy. My instincts reminded me, however, that blonde white men over the age of 35 are always, always alien sleeper agents.
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quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Looking good so far!
Edit to add: Holy crap!
And dammit! They killed Alan Tudyk!
I was hoping against hope that he'd be a good guy. My instincts reminded me, however, that blonde white men over the age of 35 are always, always alien sleeper agents.
Dan Vassar - Journeyman Sam Tyler - Life on Mars
So let's make that always alien sleeper agents or involuntary time travelers
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But I watched the upcoming scenes at the end of the show and Tudyk showed up in one of them. So he's (cough) not dead yet. Posts: 4344 | Registered: Mar 2003
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