Has JMS commented on the new "V?"
David E. Powell
something he'd dig.
Blair Leatherwood
> I'm wondering, has JMS talked about the new "V" series? It seems like
> something he'd dig.
>
>
I don't know about you, but I am kind of enjoying this. Elizabeth
Mitchell has had a couple of great mother/son scenes in addition to her
kickass agent. Morena Baccarin is doing some good work, too, and I'm
thrilled that it looks like Alan Tudyk is going to be around a little
longer!
And is it just me, or is there some borrowing from The Invaders as well?
I just finished watching that on DVD recently, and it looks like the
new V-crew has as well.
Blair
David E. Powell
wrote:
I'm loving it. I was a fan of the original as a kid, as well as
Johnson's "Alien Nation" movie and series. This update is pretty neat
with all the themes and seeing how the aliens manipulate opinion,
similar to Clarke on B5. A couple things came quicker (for instance,
revealing - though only partly - the true appearance of the aliens)
but that was understandable as audiences would probably have guessed
it from the original. I also like how things hinted at or shown only
in part have effects down the road or are more fully revealed later,
something JMS excelled at with Babylon 5. We'll have to see where it
goes from here, B5 set a very high bar in that department, but either
way the first three episodes have been great and I am looking forward
to tonight's coda to the initial four episode run before they do a
programming break. Seeing how they update it to the technology of 2009
is neat too, the original had excellent effects and make up for the
time.
Baccarin is perfect because the nicer she puts on she gets nastier,
she seems a combination of the "John" and "Diana" characters from the
original. The human have some similar types but remixed with new
themes. I'm really starting to like this. Morris Chestnut's doing a
good job as well, as he has also had a lot of range with his
relationships and story lines.
Bev W.
wrote:
> On Nov 24, 1:26�am, Blair Leatherwood <bleatherw...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> > David E. Powell wrote:
> > > I'm wondering, has JMS talked about the new "V" series? It seems like
> > > something he'd dig.
>
> > I don't know about you, but I am kind of enjoying this.
I'm really liking it and I'm sorry we will have to wait several months
for its continuation.
Of note: Zoic Studios are doing the visual effects (they did them for
the Firefly series). And have you noticed the inside of the alien ship
is done with green screen and totally virtual sets? Zoic is doing a
fantastic job of making it look so real.
Bev
vakie
interesting that ABC are planning for a 4 year story arc, atleast
that's what ABC's Stephen McPherson announced earlier:
"We want to craft a whole series," McPherson said when unveiling ABC's
2009-2010 schedule. "At this point we believe the show will be four
parts, with each consisting of anywhere from 13 to 22 episodes,"
McPherson says. "It will have a beginning, middle and end."
http://www.cinemaspy.com/article.php?id=2450
But of course, everything will depend on how good the scripts are.
Atleast we know they have the ambition.
vakie
David E. Powell
One thing I really liked about last episode, maybe more a matter of
taste:
Often times when something nasty happens on TV these days to someone,
there is a long extended scene of CSI-style gore. Not showing it that
way can be not only just as effective, but actually more so. "V" did a
scene where an alien was being punished within his society, that was
absolutely chilling, but without "showing the gore." In fact it was
more so.
It was also driven by character and character relationships, which
made it all the more powerful. Something in good writing that doesn't
require throwing a lot of camera angles and effects around when it can
be done more psychologically.
There was even a touch reference to the scene near the end of the
episode, a very softly done touch coda that was still a killer, with
the guy who had done in wrecked by the experience of what he had done,
looking up as Anna said "Forget the things you have done that hurt
others" during her "bliss" sequence. While he had a smear of blood on
his medical coat, not gouts, not tons, just enough to chill.
The writing on V, as well as the directing and acting, have been very,
very good by my opinion.
voxwoman
wrote:
I saw "Ninja Assassin" over the weekend. My gore meter is pegged right
now.
-Wendy
David E. Powell
I hear you. I don't mind the stuff every now and then, but it has ben
so over done on TV. I think the whole extended gore sequences on some
shows are just so they can avoid having to write actual character
stuff. After a while it actually wears off and becomes boring. Once in
a while in a movie like NA or an early Peter Jackson flick, it works.
All the time, eh.
Seeing stuff like doing a scene without it actually interests me more
these days.
David