The original '80s V miniseries is ingrained in my memory. In fact, when I was pregnant, I would get the inevitable question: do you want a boy or a girl? My pat answer was, "As long as it's not a lizard baby, we'll be happy."If you watched V, you know my reference, and it was fun when the askers got it too.
Beyond lizard babies, lovable aliens who went on to play Freddie Kreuger (Robert Englund) and heroines imported from The Greatest American Hero (Faye Grant) -- I swear, I remember all of this; I didn't even look it up! -- V was so unique and addicting that if you haven't seen it, I suggest getting that DVD release tout de suite.
Cooler than that, someone over at Latino Review got the script for the V movie, based on the miniseries. Guess what? Supposedly it's great, follows the plot of the original, and ends in a cliffhanger which leads to the sequel script, also already written.
Whether it gets made remains to be seen, although the creator hasn't stopped trying. I know several million children of the '80s who'd be definite moviegoers for that flick, so bring it on!
Did you all love V as much as I did? Would you go to see the movie?
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8-07-2008 @ 3:18PM
Danielle said...
Wow...did you just reminded me of a childhood memory! I loved this show!!!! I wouldnt mind seeing a new tv series in the works...dont know if I would go pay to see it in the movies though.
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8-07-2008 @ 3:32PM
colby said...
Okay ... so how is this any different from the original. Sounds like it reads page-for-page with the original.
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8-07-2008 @ 3:32PM
Dr. Spin said...
I would SO be first in line for this. I loved the 'V' movies (the TV series sucked rocks) and it's also engrained in my brain.
Hopefully they could find a better actor for the hero role than Marc "Beastmaster" Singer.
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8-07-2008 @ 3:49PM
Alicia said...
I am so there!
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8-07-2008 @ 4:05PM
Jeffro said...
Depends on how well made the movie is... which also depends alot on the budget of the film.... If I didn't go to the theatre.. I'd probably watch it on Cable/DVD. I agree with Danielle.. I'd be more willing to watch it on TV.
Colby.... as for it being different.. it doesn't necessarily need to be different.. many movies are remakes and are basically the same.... new actors..new special effects.. The important thing here is that there is a whole new audience...from the 1980's to 2010's... alot of reproduction has taken place during that time. If it is made right... they could pull in a new croud... and alot of us who remember it.
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8-07-2008 @ 5:11PM
Will said...
I quit the Boy Scouts because the meetings were at the same time as V the series. How different my life might be had the DVR been invented 20 years earlier. (actually I think we got a VCR shortly after but still)
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8-07-2008 @ 5:33PM
mj said...
Oh, did I love V. I remember a scene where kids were playing with V action figures, and thought, where can I get those? I still remember the very first time a lizard ate a critter. I was so scared! I really hope it is good; but I'll see it anyway. Yippee!
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8-07-2008 @ 5:49PM
0megapart!cle said...
Was anybody else thinking this post was related to a new V for Vendetta movie? I don't know how that would fit on this blog, but still.
You freaky old people and your 70's niche references! :)
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8-07-2008 @ 6:34PM
Hunter said...
Freaky 70s niche references? Try 1984!!!
It was arguably a cultural phenomenon since V: The Miniseries was SUPPOSED to be the whole story. High ratings caused the sequel mini-series and TV series to be made.
Geez, kids these days (officially turning into "that old guy")...
8-07-2008 @ 7:56PM
0megapart!cle said...
70's, 80's, I was -1 so that still makes you old!
8-07-2008 @ 9:36PM
bamberluvr said...
I clicked on the link to the summary of this "new" V and it is the same story as the original four-hour V. Mike Donovan is even described as a 35-year-old cameraman, something Marc Singer definitely is not!!! Doesn't sound like a continuation, just another reboot.
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8-07-2008 @ 10:34PM
Mike McNamara said...
Wow this does sound exactly like the original miniseries -- so I guess it's definitely remake. I think the only difference is the Donavan starts out in Africa, rather than Central America like he did in the original.
If you're really a fan geek, you should check out V: The Second Generation - a novelized sequel to the first miniseries that ignores the second miniseries (V: The Final Battle) and the sucky weekly TV series. It's horribly written trash, but faithful to the original and lots of fun -- a great beach read.
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8-08-2008 @ 8:54AM
laura said...
When the series ended, we saw elizabeth the star child all dressed up and ready to meet the elusive "leader" , she gets into the ship and.....it ended. NOTHING after that. What happens to Diana? the resistance? Donovan and his visitor loving son? Does willie go on to teach english?
If this new series or movie isnt a continuation i am going to scream.
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8-08-2008 @ 11:27AM
Becky said...
I was hoping for a continuation of the story with the same actors only 20+ years after the "invasion".
I LOVED the original. I will still watch it but I would have very much have liked to see the continuation.
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