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agreed. it don't like the pacing. no build up. ofcourse it could be argued that since we all knew they were lizards, there was no need for the suspense.
The people who know they're lizards aren't the same audience this is intended for.
i'll probably still watch, but there wasn't much i liked. they barely built up the story...it went right to fighting. i thought it was hilarious that this ship shows up and the girl gives a 2 minute speech and that was enough to convince the people of New York she was right and they gave her a standing ovation. then within the first hours of them being there they were already selling tickets to take trips to visit their spaceships. I just wish they would have spent a little more time developing characters before they went into the good vs evil story.
i'll probably still watch, but there wasn't much i liked. they barely built up the story...it went right to fighting. i thought it was hilarious that this ship shows up and the girl gives a 2 minute speech and that was enough to convince the people of New York she was right and they gave her a standing ovation. then within the first hours of them being there they were already selling tickets to take trips to visit their spaceships. I just wish they would have spent a little more time developing characters before they went into the good vs evil story.
They snuck in that it was 3 weeks later by the time merchandise and space ship rides had shown up. But there was a lot of unmotivated action in the pilot. They didn't establish any kind of plausible reason for people to protest the aliens, or for the press to be hostile to them. Then shitty Scott Wolf, who looks like Michael J Fox after he started getting sick, is being all patronizing to the girl before the interview. Shes the rpesident of a fucking planet that can cure cancer and he's like "Oh no hold on there, that's not the way it works little missy."
The people who know they're lizards aren't the same audience this is intended for.
I don't agree.
This is totally a retro show gimmick.
Sure they may catch some new viewers that were too young to remember the original but the majority of the people that will watch this are people hoping for a more modern version of the original.
They really wann play up the political angle. Mentioning " universal healthcare " like they did.
By the way I watched a few hours of the original on SyFy ( I still like the SciFi spelling better ) the other day and while it was entertaining boy was it 80's bad.
The obvious parallels between the Vs and the Obama administration make for Compelling TV. That coupled with the fact that Ana is the hottest alien ever (sorry 'Species') means my DVR will be set for the series!
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The obvious parallels between the Vs and the Obama administration make for Compelling TV. That coupled with the fact that Ana is the hottest alien ever (sorry 'Species') means my DVR will be set for the series!
She was hotter on Stargate SG-1 when she didn't have a 10 year-old boy's haircut.
One columnist in the Chicago Sun Times claimed those "obvious parallels" and right wing bloggers ran with it yesterday.
It's idiotic.
I haven't read any of the right wing blogs but do they have anything to say about the line where they pretty much said that Bush was a lizard? They stated that the V's have been here for decades and infiltrated every level of society and government and among other things have gotten us involved in "unnecessary wars".
The "tighten up" guy from knocked up took me out of it for a bit. Like alot of shows ABC in particular since Lost, it has cool creepy momments that then get f'd by some lame attempt at emotional drama. Overall i'll check it out when they post them online but not ready to commit.
I haven't read any of the right wing blogs but do they have anything to say about the line where they pretty much said that Bush was a lizard? They stated that the V's have been here for decades and infiltrated every level of society and government and among other things have gotten us involved in "unnecessary wars".
Wait but that combined w/ the obama stuff would mean the producers would be taking shots at both parties. Can't have that!
I knew Obama was from another planet...
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