V - alien invasion series coming to Sci-Fi channel April 13th

Participant · 2 Apr 2010 at 13:06

"An extraterrestrial race arrives on Earth with seemingly good intentions, only to slowly reveal their true machinations the more ingrained into society they become."

Looks good this one, I enjoyed Invasion back in 2005 / 6 and was disappointed that it only lasted one season. It's going down very well in America and maybe it can 'fill the gap' and more.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307824/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_(2009_TV_series)

Anyone else 'keeping an eye' on this?

P.S. Apologies if repost, it's hard to check for obvious reasons.

Natima · 2 Apr 2010 at 13:08

It's a great show!
Been watching it.. somewhere.

NickPembs · 2 Apr 2010 at 14:11

Thanks for the heads up. Was wondering when it would be shown. Loved the original series so hoping this will be just as good.

regulus · 2 Apr 2010 at 14:11

Looking forward. Original series scared me as a little dude.

TheOtherOption · 2 Apr 2010 at 14:12

Have "kept an eye on it" and am certainly very interested - Juliet from Lost is a good choice for the FBI agent and it's also good to see Alan Tudyk

Shamikebab · 2 Apr 2010 at 15:09

TheOtherOption said:
Have "kept an eye on it" and am certainly very interested - Juliet from Lost is a good choice for the FBI agent and it's also good to see Alan Tudyk

And of course Morena Baccarin who is fantastic in this from the reviews I've read

Tombstone · 2 Apr 2010 at 16:41

Looking forward to it, loved the original series when it was first shown. Just hope they dont savage the original storyline too much.

stulid · 2 Apr 2010 at 17:33

Laura Vandervoort! Tasty

Mark A · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:09

stulid said:
Laura Vandervoort! Tasty

This

Its a good show, I'm enjoying it so far. Its been far too long since the last episode though, I'll have to watch them all again by the time the 4th comes out as Ive forgot half the stuff that happened in the first 3.

ChroniC · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:31

Sounds a lot like "Earth Final Conflict". Any similarities?

shorttricky · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:34

Robbie G said:
It's going down very well in America

Sci-Fi Now reported both V and FlashForward are sailing very close to the chopping block. They're both very expensive shows to make, and the fact neither is pulling in Lost type viewing audiences puts them under threat.

American TV networks don't tend to stick with a show that isn't raking in the viewers, especially ones with high budgets that don't have anything to do with Simon Cowell or have Idol/Talent/Factor in the title.

Hopefully the axe won't fall; I think it's a great show, even though the 4 month hiatus was worrying.

trent · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:36

Why would Sci-Fi have anything to do with it when its on ABC?

Shamikebab · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:37

I think it's been great, can't believe they'd cancel it after 5 episodes, especially after sticking in a ridiculous 4 month gap. Then again, most of the good shows get cancelled sadly, no place for good acting and writing in this world of reality shows and 'safe' crap like CSI.

shorttricky · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:37

trent said:
Why would Sci-Fi have anything to do with it when its on ABC?

Sci-Fi Now - the magazine

Shamikebab said:
I think it's been great, can't believe they'd cancel it after 5 episodes, especially after sticking in a ridiculous 4 month gap. Then again, most of the good shows get cancelled sadly, no place for good acting and writing in this world of reality shows and 'safe' crap like CSI.

It's definitely got a full season ish run - I think it got cut from 22 to 21 though.

trent · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:41

shorttricky said:
Sci-Fi Now - the magazine

oooh

Well its there own faults i don't know which executive thought it would be a good idea to have a 3+ month break after only 4 episodes but they need to get back to school.

ChroniC · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:41

shorttricky said:
Sci-Fi Now reported both V and FlashForward are sailing very close to the chopping block. They're both very expensive shows to make, and the fact neither is pulling in Lost type viewing audiences puts them under threat.

American TV networks don't tend to stick with a show that isn't raking in the viewers, especially ones with high budgets that don't have anything to do with Simon Cowell or have Idol/Talent/Factor in the title.

Hopefully the axe won't fall; I think it's a great show, even though the 4 month hiatus was worrying.

Should axe Flashforward, I got through 4 episodes of that before I could handle no more. It was terrible.

stulid · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:42

ChroniC said:
Sounds a lot like "Earth Final Conflict". Any similarities?

Did you ever watch the original 'V'? its a bit like that.

Shamikebab · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:43

ChroniC said:
Should axe Flashforward, I got through 4 episodes of that before I could handle no more. It was terrible.

Same, the cast was pretty good but the writing was pre school level!

goujon945 · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:48

Personally i thought this was a large pile of crap. Sooooo predictable and i promise you that you will despise the son on the show. MB and AT are great however but i'd watch them in anything!

ChroniC · 2 Apr 2010 at 18:52

stulid said:
Did you ever watch the original 'V'? its a bit like that.

No, but I did watch EFC so are they similar??