Hahahahahah! Yeah, right.

I thought the V symbol as a symbol of the resistance in the original was brilliant and for it to go to the aliens promoting themselves instead was really disappointing.

I watched the pilot and I thought it was very slick and smart but totally lacking in subtlety. Okay, the almost-swastika Visitor symbol and overbearing Nazi overtones of the original weren’t exactly subtle, but they became a strength of the show as we learned just how much we haven’t learned. The new one feels a lot more like standard-fare so far. It shoved the whole premise into 45 minutes as if afraid that if they went more slowly the audience would either get bored or not be smart enough to wait for the full story.

And I’m so disappointed too that the whole “scientists are the enemy” thing seems to have vanished and we have a typically “well-rounded” and politically correct main cast instead. I just loved having scientists being the heroes for a change instead of either weird side-kicks or mad villains as usual. Oh yeah, and an already kick-ass female lead. Part of the power of Julie in the original was that she wasn’t any of those things and had to become them.

At the moment I’m willing to keep watching and give it a bit more of a chance. Now they’ve info-dumped the entire premise on us, maybe we’ll get some more thoughtful episodes. I’m certainly not counting on it, but I’m still willing to give them that chance.

But I suspect I may just going and have a viewing marathon with my DVDs of the original.

Oh, and can you tell me – are New Yorkers that unfamiliar with the concept of earthquakes that they’d stand around looking curious while everything shakes? And wonder what it is, because it must be something new and strange.

I live in an earthquake prone country. If things shake like that you get under the nearest door frame and THEN you can find out from safety that actually this time it’s aliens.

I didn’t realize it was a remake.
We watched it last night. It was okay. Will tune in for more and see how it plays out.

The original V mini series is something I could talk about for hours… HOURS!! Heh. I loved it so much. I bought the books and was such a fan. *happy sigh*

When we finally get the new version over here, I doubt I’ll be watching it, but we’ll see…