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Re: 80’s miniseries “V” Could Become Movie Franchise

jfcarr — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:59:36 -0000

I enjoyed the original mini-series right up until the Deus Ex Machina ending. The follow-up series, well, stank and stank bad.

My guess on a remake would be that they would push the political undertones of the original to the forefront in this one. While the underlying 'good guys' in the original series were communist insurgents in Centeral America the ones in this revision would be radical Islamist terrorists.

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Mike — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:42:20 -0000

I think my parents watched it, but I have a feeling they wouldn't let me or my brother join them :(

Anyone remember The Martian Chronicles? I have no idea what it was or what it was about. I just have a memory of a scene in it that freaked me out as a kid and still sort of does.

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BIM — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:15:29 -0000

Do I remember seeing it? Is the Pope Catholic?

I watched it and read all of the books based on the series. I still have them.

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The Trousered Ape — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:15:48 -0000

I remember that show. It came on Friday nights and I so looked forward to Friday's when it would come on!!!

This should be interesting. One thing that I do know is that stuff I loved as a kid, when I re-watch them now, I just don't get what attracted me to it. The nostalgia just never lives up to reality.

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Mike — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:24:45 -0000

Never heard of it??? Wow...now I feel old.

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Jason — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:14:52 -0000

I think Ana is patronizing us.

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Ana — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:01:03 -0000

I never saw the original mini-series, actually, I've never heard of it. If Jason was nine at the time it came out I was three. BUT it sounds really cool and it'll have an entire new audience of young people...not to say that you all are not young. :)

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Cap'n Schwartz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:15:53 -0000

Sure, why not, he could play a character called Freddy... you never know, it could happen..

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Jason — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:13:03 -0000

Do we really need a cameo of Robert Englund?

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Cap'n Schwartz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:07:43 -0000

Wonder if they would give some kind of cameos to some of the originals...could be intersting.. just as Apollo on Battlestar is Zerrick (sp?)

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Robert — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:03:33 -0000

Robert Englund played the kinda dumb but gentle alien who became a traitor because he thought the humans were cute and cuddly (Love Humans, Don't Eat Them) and because they didn't make fun of him quite as much as his fellow aliens, who of course knew him much better.

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Mike — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:59:03 -0000

This might be a reimagining too :)

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Cap'n Schwartz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:51:45 -0000

Well Battlestar wasnt a remake, it was a reimagining...which seems to be the trend AKA The New Star Trek movie as well. Which means they take the premise and do whatever they want with it disregarding any history of a series or movie that you already know.
I loved this series when it came out, a movie version could be awesome for sure, I would go see it!!

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Steven — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:51:11 -0000

Loved it as a kid and hope this comes to pass. If I remember correctly, wasn't a pre-Nightmare on Elm Street Robert Englund in V as well?

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Robert — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:45:26 -0000

The FX were pretty good for the time. I still remember the swish of the lasers. :) Dunno about a remake (kinda tired of all the remakes) but maybe an extension. I seem to recall a subplot involving sending a call for help to the lizard people's enemies. That would at least provide a way to move forward instead of just re-imagine something somebody already did.

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Kory — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:27:52 -0000

I would be up to checking it out as I loved this show when I was a kid.

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Mike — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:16:26 -0000

Steve, good point about Battlestar Galactica...if they could remake it in that kind of way, this seems like an intriguing project.

I watched a few episodes of V back in the day, but never really got into it. So I'd definitely check this out.

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Steve McGrath — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:59:34 -0000

I general, I'm against remakes. But in this case(Sci-Fi), I don't mind at all because the technology is now better than the cheesy special effects of the show. And with BG being a successful remake, V can also be good if they make it darker like BG.

I remember when Diana(alien scientist) would swallow a live rat. That got a lot of publicity for the mini-series back then. And yes, human were on the menu too. ;)

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R.A. Porter — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:58:54 -0000

But...without the Beastmaster? Or Michael Ironside's gravelly voice?

Yah, I too would be thrilled to see this come back to TV or the big screen.

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Scotty Dub — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:49:59 -0000

I loved this as a kid when it was originally on. I'd be curious to see what they could do with a movie version. I'd like to think it would be good. Time will tell.

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