NBC Re-making "V"

[Taco John]

I don't even know how new this news is, but I heard it recently and thought I'd comment on it...

"V: The Second Generation" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366112/maindetails)


Plus I found this thread on it at BelowTopSecret (http://www.belowtopsecret.com/thread122893/pg1).


I remember the original scared the hell out of me as a kid, but I couldn't peel myself away from it... As I understand it, this new series is going to be a remake of the original... And not so much a sequel.

[Taco John]

http://www.tvacres.com/images/aliens2.jpg
http://www.tvacres.com/images/v_lizard.jpg

[Taco John]

For those who were too young:


"V" -" V" stands for "Visitors," aliens from a distant planet Sirius IV who entered Earth's atmosphere in an armada of huge spacecrafts that hovered over all the major cities of the world. A representative from their mother ship made contact with the governments of the Earth assuring them, the only purpose for their arrival, was to share their advanced technological developments. In exchange, the Earth would give the aliens a shipment of minerals that were plentiful on our planet but lacking on theirs. Slowly, the aliens unloaded personnel and arranged for the transfer of materials. Using the Media to their advantage, the aliens created a propaganda package that convinced the people of Earth they had nothing to fear from their friends from the stars. In reality, the aliens planned to use the population of Earth as a food source for their home world, transporting the bodies in freezer-units located on-board their spacecrafts. Another alien deception was the Visitors' appearance. Beneath their humanoid facades lurked the scaly faces and bodies of two-legged reptiles. However, all good plans of mice and reptiles soon go awry. Their master plan was uncovered by a crusading broadcast journalist, Mike Donovan (Marc Singer) and a brilliant scientist, Dr. Juliet Parrish (Faye Grant), who formed a unit of freedom fighters to battle the alien occupational forces. Diana, (Jane Badler) the ruthless leader of the aliens, reveled in the torture of her human captives and in their eating. The hand-to-hand defense system used by the Visitors was called "Revoc" taught by the blood-thirsty mercenary, Klaus. It consisted of the deadly "silent strike" technique. However, not all the aliens agreed with their empire's plans to slaughter the Earth's population. Many followed the teachings of a renegade priest, Zon who taught against the tyranny of the Visitors. His disciples chanted "Zon is the cause for which I would die, but not for which I would kill." A partial solution to the alien occupation was the development of a red-powdered dust chemical compound safe to the humans but deadly to the reptiles. This "red dust" bacteria infiltrated the alien's gill tissues and suffocated them. With this weapon, the freedom fighters slowly began to win back the Earth from the alien domination. A female earthling, Robin Maxwell (Blair Tefkin) had fallen in love with one of these aliens, before she realized his true form or intentions. Her interplanetary romance produced a hybrid child with strange powers...powers that the alien empire wanted to exploit. These reptilian invaders first appeared on the 1983-84 miniseries "V" and on the subsequent spin-off V & V: THE FINAL BATTLE/NBC/1984-85. See also - "V"


http://www.tvacres.com/aliens_reptilian_v.htm

[Kaylore]

V...good grief. rofl

[Mtbrncofn]

Ha! I remember watching V as a kid too. The only thing I can recall that still sticks with me to this day is that they ate mice or rats, I can't remember.

[ØrangeÇrush]

They showed re-runs regularly on the sci fi channel a few years ago... I think I'd rather watch that than go see war of the worlds

[Kaylore]

Ha! I remember watching V as a kid too. The only thing I can recall that still sticks with me to this day is that they ate mice or rats, I can't remember.
I just remember their skin peeling off. Man, that was creepy.

[Mtbrncofn]

Gosh, what kind of parents did we have that let us watch that stuff? :D I remember it being quite tramatizing to me at that age.

[Rocket 7]

When is TRON coming back?

[Taco John]

Gosh, what kind of parents did we have that let us watch that stuff? :D I remember it being quite tramatizing to me at that age.



It gave me nightmares, but I made sure I was in front of that TV every week it was on... What the hell is wrong with me? rofl

[DBroncos4life]

I remember....oh wait Im not old ;)

[NFLBRONCO]

Was that the show with Freddy beastmaster and Michael Ironside

[Mile High Shack]

man that would be sweet

although it would never be as good as the original to me, b/c I'm not a little kid anymore...the childhood innocence would be gone

nothing beats the birth and that lizard coming out of her womb..lol

[Mtbrncofn]

It gave me nightmares, but I made sure I was in front of that TV every week it was on... What the hell is wrong with me? rofl
Me too! :hitself:

[Mtbrncofn]

man that would be sweet

although it would never be as good as the original to me, b/c I'm not a little kid anymore...the childhood innocence would be gone

nothing beats the birth and that lizard coming out of her womb..lol
Ha! I had forgotten all about the birth. That was crazy too!

[Hogan11]

Remakes, remakes and still more remakes....can't they come up with anything original anymore??

[Garcia Bronco]

Ha! I remember watching V as a kid too. The only thing I can recall that still sticks with me to this day is that they ate mice or rats, I can't remember.



They ate both kinds....(country and western..Blues Brothers)

[Rausch]

Having the original miniseries on DVD it's amazing how much "Independance day" stole from that show.

Cheesy, to be sure, but a favorite of mine...

[Rausch]

Ha! I had forgotten all about the birth. That was crazy too!

My parents still give me a hard time about how I just lost my $#it when that happened...

[Crushaholic]

I remember....oh wait Im not old ;)

BOOOOOO!!!! Neg rep for you! :pfbbt: ;)

[Mtbrncofn]

I feel old.

[DBroncos4life]

BOOOOOO!!!! Neg rep for you! :pfbbt: ;)


LOL I just had to bust something about you old guys

[Mtbrncofn]

LOL I just had to bust something about you old guys


I guess when your birth year is in the 80's, some of us ( not me, of course ) seem old.

[Crushaholic]

She was a primary reason to watch every week...

[Kaylore]

I remember a scene that stuck was when that women was getting tortured with those "lazer effects". I don't remember why, but it was freaky.

[DBroncos4life]

I guess when your birth year is in the 80's, some of us ( not me, of course ) seem old.



Hey I was born 1980. Im not young nor am I that old. I still think that AirWolf was the greatest tv show ever!!!

[Candy Cigarettes]

I still think that AirWolf was the greatest tv show ever!!!

Maybe it wasn't the greatest show ever, but it was pretty damn good! Season 1 is out on DVD now -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/candycigarettes/B0007YMWFK.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/candycigarettes/10039105.jpg

[DBroncos4life]

Maybe it wasn't the greatest show ever, but it was pretty damn good! Season 1 is out on DVD now -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/candycigarettes/B0007YMWFK.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/candycigarettes/10039105.jpg



AirWolf and KnightRider should have hooked up for a couple of episodes. That would have been bad ass!

[Taco John]

I totally loved Airwolf... It was like Dukes of Hazzard meets an Apache Helecopter.

[Garcia Bronco]

I always thought Airwolf was a pretendy Blue Thunder

[-Slap-]

Best show of my childhood was Mannix, hands down.

http://epguides.com/Mannix/cast.jpg

[ak1971]

What about 'Man from Atlantis' I used to always try to swim like that at the pool


http://metamedia.stanford.edu/traumwerk/index.php/Man%20from%20Atlantis

[Ray Finkle]

Alien baby = nightmares...

[sutoazul]

I was also born in 1980, and I loved Airwolf and knightrider!!! Just imaging... I saw those shows in Spanish!!!! ;)

I remember my older sister used to watch a show that some guys ate rats alive... that gave me nightmares.

[Old Dude]

I feel old.

Ha!

I don't remember much about "V" - - not because I was too young - - but because in the 80's I was out partying every night and never bothered with TV except to watch the games on Sundays.

I do remember an earlier "evil aliens" show called "The Invaders" with Roy Thinnes that ran in '67 and '68.

Now that was a scary show:

The Invaders - Alien beings from a dying planet
Their destination - The Earth
Their purpose - To make it their world
David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a short-cut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun .

I thinkk this was remade into a 4 hour miniseries in '95 with Scott Bakula, but I never caught that version.

[MadCity]

When is TRON coming back?

Never. You can't improve on perfection.

http://www.evilmonkey.tv/downloads/tron.jpg

[Crushaholic]

AirWolf and KnightRider should have hooked up for a couple of episodes. That would have been bad ass!

I never got into AirWolf, but KnightRider was a cool show... :militia:

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

Best show of my childhood was Mannix, hands down.

http://epguides.com/Mannix/cast.jpg

Yep - Along with Rockford Files, but they were well after my childhood.

[Rock Chalk]

Gosh, what kind of parents did we have that let us watch that stuff? :D I remember it being quite tramatizing to me at that age.
I wasnt allowed, though I did manage to sneak a couple of episodes in. At the tender age of 4/5 thats not something we should have been watching.

[Jason in LA]

V was great. I wouldn't mind seeing a new version, but not a remake. There is so much story that could be told, why retell what we already know? That's like remaking Star Wars 4-6 instead of making the prequals.

[Old Dude]

This is the show that permanently warped my brain:

http://www.timstvshowcase.com/outlimit.html

Combat! was #2. That theme song still gives me goosepimples.

http://timstvshowcase.com/combat.html

Then Gunsmoke, Maverick & Have Gun Will Travel in a 3-way tie.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

This is the show that permanently warped my brain:

http://www.timstvshowcase.com/outlimit.html

Combat! was #2. That theme song still gives me goosepimples.

http://timstvshowcase.com/combat.html

Then Gunsmoke, Maverick & Have Gun Will Travel in a 3-way tie.

Yep - We can get 100+ channels now, but no content as good as much of the old stuff.

[Crushaholic]

Hey I was born 1980. Im not young nor am I that old.

Ah...this is the year of the quarter-century for you. My parents LOVED to rub that fact in on my 25th birthday... ROFL!

[Old Dude]

Yep - We can get 100+ channels now, but no content as good as much of the old stuff.

On the plus side, DVDs have come to the rescue. I got season 2 of Combat! on DVD for Christmas. Those are still great shows. I was amazed to look back & see the quality of their co-stars - Lee Marvin was in one episode, Nick Adams in another, James Coburn playing a Nazi infiltrator in another ...

other episodes had Charles Bronson, Eddie Albert, Telly Savalas, John Cassavetes, Warren Oates, Robert Duvall ...

Pretty nice casting for a TV show.

[Crushaholic]

Then Gunsmoke, Maverick & Have Gun Will Travel in a 3-way tie.

Maverick is one example of how a movie version of the show helped, at least in my case. After watching the movie, I WANTED to go back and see the TV show because I liked the movie version so much.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

On the plus side, DVDs have come to the rescue. I got season 2 of Combat! on DVD for Christmas. Those are still great shows. I was amazed to look back & see the quality of their co-stars - Lee Marvin was in one episode, Nick Adams in another, James Coburn playing a Nazi infiltrator in another ...

other episodes had Charles Bronson, Eddie Albert, Telly Savalas, John Cassavetes, Warren Oates, Robert Duvall ...

Pretty nice casting for a TV show.

A few years ago i used to stay up late and watch some reruns of the Untouchables - Same there Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino were a couple I remember seeing.

[Northman]

I don't even know how new this news is, but I heard it recently and thought I'd comment on it...

"V: The Second Generation" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366112/maindetails)


Plus I found this thread on it at BelowTopSecret (http://www.belowtopsecret.com/thread122893/pg1).


I remember the original scared the hell out of me as a kid, but I couldn't peel myself away from it... As I understand it, this new series is going to be a remake of the original... And not so much a sequel.



Yea, that show was one of the hottest things on tv during that time.

[Ballhawk]

NBC is desperate for ratings. Once the top dog now they are getting their arses kicked.

[Old Dude]

I forgot about the Untouchables. That was a great series, too.

[Atlas]

Best show of my childhood was Mannix, hands down.

http://epguides.com/Mannix/cast.jpg

My Mom and Dad loved Mannix. I liked it too but I liked Rockford files and Columbo better.

[Atlas]

Ummmmmm. Diana is yummy

http://www.allposters.com/IMAGES/MMPH/22004.jpghttp://www.paceentertainment.com.au/artists/images/1_Mail0003.JPG
http://celebritypictures.duble.com/J/janebadler/1.jpg

[Sideburn]

V is my earliest childhood memory. A while back I bought it on DVD. Man that **** is great. I've recently been buying back my childhood on DVD.

GiJoe seasons 1-2 and the movie - DVD
V - DVD
Dukes of Hazzard season 1-2 - DVD
Doogie Howser MD season 1 - DVD
ALF season 1 - DVD
In Living Color seasons 1,2,3 - DVD

As soon as they start printing up Mr. Belvadere I'll get that.
Looks like I'll have to get Airwolf too...that **** was badass.

Knightrider was cool aswell. I also watched alot of Miami Vice and reruns of Starsky and Hutch.

[Atlas]

V is my earliest childhood memory.

Damn Sideburn, I'm sorry to hear that. My earliest memory is the '77 Broncos. I must say your first memory sucks!!!!

[MT-Tdawg]

Hey I was born 1980. Im not young nor am I that old. I still think that AirWolf was the greatest tv show ever!!!

I was born in 81...by 11 days, so im neither as well. AIRWOLF KICKED MUCHO MUCHO ASS!!!!

[Atlas]

I was born in 81...by 11 days, so im neither as well. AIRWOLF KICKED MUCHO MUCHO ASS!!!!

I liked Airwolf. My favorite TV show of all time is Cheers. That show kicks so much ass it's redicules. My favorite hour long show would be Magnum PI or Letterman. I would watch those shows every week.

[Taco John]

V is my earliest childhood memory. A while back I bought it on DVD. Man that **** is great. I've recently been buying back my childhood on DVD.

GiJoe seasons 1-2 and the movie - DVD
V - DVD
Dukes of Hazzard season 1-2 - DVD
Doogie Howser MD season 1 - DVD
ALF season 1 - DVD
In Living Color seasons 1,2,3 - DVD

As soon as they start printing up Mr. Belvadere I'll get that.
Looks like I'll have to get Airwolf too...that **** was badass.

Knightrider was cool aswell. I also watched alot of Miami Vice and reruns of Starsky and Hutch.





What!? NO Perfect Strangers on that list! (http://members.tripod.com/~preTender_316/balki2.jpg)

[Crushaholic]

What!? NO Perfect Strangers on that list! (http://members.tripod.com/~preTender_316/balki2.jpg)

Don't be ridic-oo-lus! ROFL!

Perfect Strangers was hilarious!

[Sideburn]

Damn Sideburn, I'm sorry to hear that. My earliest memory is the '77 Broncos. I must say your first memory sucks!!!!
I was still just an itch in my dad's pants at that time. I wasn't born until 80.

[Sideburn]

What!? NO Perfect Strangers on that list! (http://members.tripod.com/~preTender_316/balki2.jpg)
I can't believe I forgot about perfect strangers. I also left off the A-team and Family ties.

[Crushaholic]

"Silver Spoons" was a mildly entertaining show in the 80s as well...

[BigPlayShay]

They need to put the "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" cartoon on DVD.

[Taco John]

I remember as a kid, I used to love to watch Perfect Strangers and Mr. Belvedere on Friday nights... My brother and I would go rent a video game for the weekend once we got home from school... We'd play up until Perfect Strangers was on... Follow it into Mr. Belvedere, and then after that it was Nintendo, Nintendo, Nintendo...

[broncosteven]

At least they got Battle Star Galactica right on Sci-fi. I was afraid we would get BS 1980 all over again!

[broncosteven]

Ummmmmm. Diana is yummy


Nice but no one compares to Linda Carter

http://www.retrocrush.com/archive/ww/wonderwoman20.jpg

The Buck rodgers chick who when on to silver spoons was hot also.

[Sideburn]

They need to put the "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" cartoon on DVD.
Yes, yes they do. I was going through the cartoon DVD's at Bestbuy last week and noticed something odd. It was something that I haven't seen in years. I almost bought it but decided against it. It was the entire series of "Rambo" on DVD. Anyone else remember the Rambo cartoon?

[broncolife]

For those who were too young:


"V" -" V" stands for "Visitors," aliens from a distant planet Sirius IV who entered Earth's atmosphere in an armada of huge spacecrafts that hovered over all the major cities of the world. A representative from their mother ship made contact with the governments of the Earth assuring them, the only purpose for their arrival, was to share their advanced technological developments. In exchange, the Earth would give the aliens a shipment of minerals that were plentiful on our planet but lacking on theirs. Slowly, the aliens unloaded personnel and arranged for the transfer of materials. Using the Media to their advantage, the aliens created a propaganda package that convinced the people of Earth they had nothing to fear from their friends from the stars. In reality, the aliens planned to use the population of Earth as a food source for their home world, transporting the bodies in freezer-units located on-board their spacecrafts. Another alien deception was the Visitors' appearance. Beneath their humanoid facades lurked the scaly faces and bodies of two-legged reptiles. However, all good plans of mice and reptiles soon go awry. Their master plan was uncovered by a crusading broadcast journalist, Mike Donovan (Marc Singer) and a brilliant scientist, Dr. Juliet Parrish (Faye Grant), who formed a unit of freedom fighters to battle the alien occupational forces. Diana, (Jane Badler) the ruthless leader of the aliens, reveled in the torture of her human captives and in their eating. The hand-to-hand defense system used by the Visitors was called "Revoc" taught by the blood-thirsty mercenary, Klaus. It consisted of the deadly "silent strike" technique. However, not all the aliens agreed with their empire's plans to slaughter the Earth's population. Many followed the teachings of a renegade priest, Zon who taught against the tyranny of the Visitors. His disciples chanted "Zon is the cause for which I would die, but not for which I would kill." A partial solution to the alien occupation was the development of a red-powdered dust chemical compound safe to the humans but deadly to the reptiles. This "red dust" bacteria infiltrated the alien's gill tissues and suffocated them. With this weapon, the freedom fighters slowly began to win back the Earth from the alien domination. A female earthling, Robin Maxwell (Blair Tefkin) had fallen in love with one of these aliens, before she realized his true form or intentions. Her interplanetary romance produced a hybrid child with strange powers...powers that the alien empire wanted to exploit. These reptilian invaders first appeared on the 1983-84 miniseries "V" and on the subsequent spin-off V & V: THE FINAL BATTLE/NBC/1984-85. See also - "V"


http://www.tvacres.com/aliens_reptilian_v.htm

I might not be rembering this right, but didnt the old Jewish guy tell some kids that were spray painting a wall that V stood for victory. Anyways I loved this show, it would be nice to see the updated special effects.

[Crushaholic]

The Buck rodgers chick who when on to silver spoons was hot also.

Erin Grey.... :~ohyah!:

[bronco militia]

ugh!! V? bwahaha!

4400= the new "V"...

I keep waiting for them to shed their skin and eat a mouse.

[Hogan11]

Best show of my childhood was Mannix, hands down.

http://epguides.com/Mannix/cast.jpg

Cannon was wayyy cooler.....how can you not love a fat guy running down criminals in foot chases and taking them out with one judochop to the back all the while making jokes about himself?

That show was hilarious Ha!

[-Slap-]

Joe Mannix was a man's man way before anybody ever thought about making a joke about that cliche.
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_tv/mannix_1.JPG
I saw him get shot and tossed out of a moving car. I saw him jump off the second floor of a warehouse onto an armed perpetrator and get up like it was all in a day's work. I don't know of any detective show of its time that was more violent.

I was also madly in love with his secretary Peggy Fair. She was the perfect woman. Smart, beautiful and loyal to a fault.
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_tv/mannix_3.JPG
When Gail Fisher passed away a few years ago, I was very depressed.

[Taco John]

So when is Alyssa Milano going to do Playboy anyway? I suffered through way too many Who's the Boss episodes, and I sort of feel like she owes me and the rest of the American 80's youth who struggled through Tony Danza's antics just to get an eyeful of sweet, sweet Alyssa. *sigh*

[MadCity]

So when is Alyssa Milano going to do Playboy anyway? I suffered through way too many Who's the Boss episodes, and I sort of feel like she owes me and the rest of the American 80's youth who struggled through Tony Danza's antics just to get an eyeful of sweet, sweet Alyssa. *sigh*

Rent Embrace of the Vampire. True, it's awful, but watching a topless Alyssa make out with the asian chick from The Golden Child is almost worth it.

[Mtbrncofn]

I totally loved Airwolf... It was like Dukes of Hazzard meets an Apache Helecopter.

I had a childhood crush on Jan Michael Vincent thanks to that show. :)

[Kaylore]

My Favorite cartoons were: He-Man, Voltron, Thundercats, The Real Ghostbusters.

Shows: Mork And Mindy, A-Team, Macgyver, Knight Rider, Air Wolf, My Secret identity, Growing Pains, Family Ties, Night Court!!!, Oh-man, there were a lot.

[clarker]

My Facrotie cartoons were: He-Man, Voltron, Thundercats, The Real Ghostbusters.

Shows: Mork And Mindy, A-Team, Macgyver, Knight Rider, Air Wolf, My Secret identity, Growing Pains, Family Ties, Night Court!!!, Oh-man, there were a lot.What did you have against Cheers!! ;D

[Kaylore]

What did you have against Cheers!! ;D
Never liked it. Sorry. I did watch Fantasy Island though... ;D

[Mtbrncofn]

My Facrotie cartoons were: He-Man, Voltron, Thundercats, The Real Ghostbusters.

Shows: Mork And Mindy, A-Team, Macgyver, Knight Rider, Air Wolf, My Secret identity, Growing Pains, Family Ties, Night Court!!!, Oh-man, there were a lot.
So, what's a facrotie cartoon? I guess I've never heard that before.

One of my all time faves is still The Cosby Show.

[Kaylore]

So, what's a facrotie cartoon? I guess I've never heard that before.

One of my all time faves is still The Cosby Show.
Facrotie is Gaelic for favorite.

Cosby Show was good, but those multi-colored sweaters everyone always wore tended to wear on my eyes a bit.

[clarker]

Never liked it. Sorry. I did watch Fantasy Island though... ;DI heard the dwarf shot himself, I think it was because he didn't watch Cheers. :devil:

Sorry sick joke,(and most likely not all that funny) but I'm in a weird mood.

[Mtbrncofn]

Facrotie is Gaelic for favorite.

Cosby Show was good, but those multi-colored sweaters everyone always wore tended to wear on my eyes a bit.


Ahh. Thanks for the definition.

It's much funnier to me now that I have my own kids, goofy sweaters or not. :)

[-Slap-]

I heard the dwarf shot himself, I think it was because he didn't watch Cheers. :devil:

Sorry sick joke,(and most likely not all that funny) but I'm in a weird mood.

Herve had health problems and he did end up taking his own life. One day I was driving down Hollywood Way in Burbank and I almost ran him over jaywalking. Scared the hell out of both of us and he gave me a really pissed off look. Shot himself a couple months later.

[Kaylore]

Herve had health problems and he did end up taking his own life. One day I was driving down Hollywood Way in Burbank and I almost ran him over jaywalking. Scared the hell out of both of us and he gave me a really pissed off look. Shot himself a couple months later.
So are you saying you killed him?!?!?!??!


..I thought he died of heart failure. Shows what I know about midgets, even when they are my personal servants.

[clarker]

So are you saying you killed him?!?!?!??!


..I thought he died of heart failure. Shows what I know about midgets, even when they are my personal servants.All I know about midgets is when Kid Rock's died his career went to hell. Or did he just plain suck to begin with. Hard to tell.

[Mtbrncofn]

All I know about midgets is when Kid Rock's died his career went to hell. Or did he just plain suck to begin with. Hard to tell.
I'm going to have to go with the latter on that one. :)

[clarker]

I'm going to have to go with the latter on that one. :)I like the video to the song "Cowboy". The Smokey and the Bandit thing was kinda cool and the fight between Kid Rock's late midget friend and Gary Coleman might be the funniest thing I've ever seen in a music video. LOL

[Crushaholic]

One of my all time faves is still The Cosby Show.

I don't watch much Nick at Night except when the Cosby Show is on. That show STILL cracks me up... rofl

[Mtbrncofn]

I like the video to the song "Cowboy". The Smokey and the Bandit thing was kinda cool and the fight between Kid Rock's late midget friend and Gary Coleman might be the funniest thing I've ever seen in a music video. LOL


It was a good video. I'll admit, I like that stupid song "Bawitaba", just because it's such an utterly stupid sounding word. :militia:

[Tombstone RJ]

For those who were too young:


"V" -" V" stands for "Visitors," aliens from a distant planet Sirius IV who entered Earth's atmosphere in an armada of huge spacecrafts that hovered over all the major cities of the world. A representative from their mother ship made contact with the governments of the Earth assuring them, the only purpose for their arrival, was to share their advanced technological developments. In exchange, the Earth would give the aliens a shipment of minerals that were plentiful on our planet but lacking on theirs. Slowly, the aliens unloaded personnel and arranged for the transfer of materials. Using the Media to their advantage, the aliens created a propaganda package that convinced the people of Earth they had nothing to fear from their friends from the stars. In reality, the aliens planned to use the population of Earth as a food source for their home world, transporting the bodies in freezer-units located on-board their spacecrafts. Another alien deception was the Visitors' appearance. Beneath their humanoid facades lurked the scaly faces and bodies of two-legged reptiles. However, all good plans of mice and reptiles soon go awry. Their master plan was uncovered by a crusading broadcast journalist, Mike Donovan (Marc Singer) and a brilliant scientist, Dr. Juliet Parrish (Faye Grant), who formed a unit of freedom fighters to battle the alien occupational forces. Diana, (Jane Badler) the ruthless leader of the aliens, reveled in the torture of her human captives and in their eating. The hand-to-hand defense system used by the Visitors was called "Revoc" taught by the blood-thirsty mercenary, Klaus. It consisted of the deadly "silent strike" technique. However, not all the aliens agreed with their empire's plans to slaughter the Earth's population. Many followed the teachings of a renegade priest, Zon who taught against the tyranny of the Visitors. His disciples chanted "Zon is the cause for which I would die, but not for which I would kill." A partial solution to the alien occupation was the development of a red-powdered dust chemical compound safe to the humans but deadly to the reptiles. This "red dust" bacteria infiltrated the alien's gill tissues and suffocated them. With this weapon, the freedom fighters slowly began to win back the Earth from the alien domination. A female earthling, Robin Maxwell (Blair Tefkin) had fallen in love with one of these aliens, before she realized his true form or intentions. Her interplanetary romance produced a hybrid child with strange powers...powers that the alien empire wanted to exploit. These reptilian invaders first appeared on the 1983-84 miniseries "V" and on the subsequent spin-off V & V: THE FINAL BATTLE/NBC/1984-85. See also - "V"


http://www.tvacres.com/aliens_reptilian_v.htm


Two words: Night Stalker

Now, that was a series that scared the bejesus out of me. This V crap is for little girly men. Nyah!

[Hogan11]

I loved Night Court.....Harry Anderson was really cool. Last time I saw that guy on TV, he was in New Orleans doing Mardi Gras coverage for he Travel Channel a couple of years ago...he was bloated and slurring his words....obivously participating in the event as much as covering it.

[clarker]

It was a good video. I'll admit, I like that stupid song "Bawitaba", just because it's such an utterly stupid sounding word. :militia:That "Bawitaba" song drove me nuts the first time I heard it, by time 1 million on the radio, I was ready to climb the walls.

[backup qb]

I'll watch.

[-Slap-]

Two words: Night Stalker

Fun show. Darren McGavin did a great job on that series.

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[Beantown Bronco]

Bump (really had to exercise the search function to find this thread)

Just got this email at work:

Please be advised that on Friday, October 30, 2009 ABC TV has selected 14 cities throughout the United States to introduce a new TV program which involve aliens.

Boston is one of the cities which will have a fly over the city creating a huge red V in the sky.

This information was received from State Police and Massport Police this morning. There are no other details of time or an exact location. This information was passed on not to create panic and making all aware.

The name of the program is V -------The TV Program is VISITORS.
__________________________________________________ ____________

Man, I hope this show doesn't suck.

[Crushaholic]

Bump (really had to exercise the search function to find this thread)

Just got this email at work:

Please be advised that on Friday, October 30, 2009 ABC TV has selected 14 cities throughout the United States to introduce a new TV program which involve aliens.

Boston is one of the cities which will have a fly over the city creating a huge red V in the sky.

This information was received from State Police and Massport Police this morning. There are no other details of time or an exact location. This information was passed on not to create panic and making all aware.

The name of the program is V -------The TV Program is VISITORS.
__________________________________________________ ____________

Man, I hope this show doesn't suck.

They are really hyping this remake, but I'm skeptical about how good it will be. I guess I'll watch the first couple of shows and make up my own mind. It's scheduled to start next Tuesday on ABC...

[Beantown Bronco]

Just noticed that it was supposed to be NBC and now it's ABC. Wonder how much $ changed hands there.

[bronco militia]

lol at this bump.....4 years!

why?!?! just why?!?! this show sucked in 1984!

[Beantown Bronco]

lol at this bump.....4 years!

why?!?! just why?!?! this show sucked in 1984!

I bumped it as much for the Airwolfe references as anything. Pretty much serves as an SOS for DemonEaglez.

and re: your 2nd point......I've killed people for saying less.

[bronco militia]

I bumped it as much for the Airwolfe references as anything. Pretty much serves as an SOS for DemonEaglez.

and re: your 2nd point......I've killed people for saying less.

great ...another internet tough guy.

Enjoy your V smoke flyover Ha!

[Beantown Bronco]

great ...another internet tough guy.

Enjoy your V smoke flyover Ha!

I think your sarcasm button is broken.

[DenverBrit]

remakes, remakes and still more remakes....can't they come up with anything original anymore??

+1

[crowebomber]

V? Are you serious? It was great - when I was 10!

And does anyone see a huge PR disaster looming with their plans to promote this POS with a "fly over the city creating a huge red V in the sky?" Hey, NBC, it's not 1983! If you have picked up a paper in the past 10 years or so you might have noticed a few events that make people a little edgy when they see aircraft doing weird things in the sky over major metropolitan areas!

Come on NBC, why don't you just put Natalie on the Biggest Loser, give Blair some botox, get new skates for Tootie and roll out a new version of "Facts of Life?"

[listopencil]

When is TRON coming back?

Four and a half years later, Tron is in development last I heard.

[bronco militia]

I think your sarcasm button is broken.


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[Pontius Pirate]

BTW - I think it's ABC that's re-making it

[TexanBob]

Yes, it's on ABC. Their ads are all over ABC.

I may watch a couple of episodes just because I want to know how many lines the creepy alien chick says which sound just like what Obama said during the campaign. Already, she's talking about "hope" and "change" and demanding the media not ask any questions that might put them in a negative light.....and that's just the commercials.

[Gort]

it sucks. the first 8:30 of the first episode is over on Hulu to be viewed. the writing looks to be very bad. typical non-thinking crap they always spit out in Hollyweird. for example, the ships appear over the cities. people rush to see the ship. even though all of these people saw the movie Independence Day and know what "may" happen when a giant spaceship appears over your city. then, as they stand around, the National Guard instantly appears... like within minutes of the ships appearing, and start pushing people around and telling them to move on because it's a restricted area. and of course that leads within a few seconds to citizens rioting and fighting with each other. because that was the lesson of 9/11. americans are just dumb oafs and faced with something that scares them, they don't HELP their fellow citizens, they start fist fighting with them. didn't you see all those fist fights in NYC while the twin towers were burning? nobody was helping anyone... they were just fighting. apparently that's what Hollyweird believes. and then there is the touching scene where a mother calls her son and finds out he's in the hospital. she tells him to stay there, she's on her way. of course, he doesn't, he tries to ride his bike home. only to be thwarted by those jack-booted national guard thugs who tell him to turn around, it's a restricted area. and of course in the middle of this riot and mob, his mom shows up and they find each other and everyone lives happily ever after. or not.

it's just stupid. this script has been filmed a dozen times before. giant storm coming? let's all go riot in the streets. nuclear armegeddon? let's go fight each other in the streets. everybody loses consciousness for a couple of minutes? let's all wake up and start rioting. because when people get scared, they resort to mindless violence. blech! it's all nonsense. i won't waste my time watching even the first episode in its entirety when it airs.

/off soapbox

[bronco militia]

it sucks. the first 8:30 of the first episode is over on Hulu to be viewed. the writing looks to be very bad. typical non-thinking crap they always spit out in Hollyweird. for example, the ships appear over the cities. people rush to see the ship. even though all of these people saw the movie Independence Day and know what "may" happen when a giant spaceship appears over your city. then, as they stand around, the National Guard instantly appears... like within minutes of the ships appearing, and start pushing people around and telling them to move on because it's a restricted area. and of course that leads within a few seconds to citizens rioting and fighting with each other. because that was the lesson of 9/11. americans are just dumb oafs and faced with something that scares them, they don't HELP their fellow citizens, they start fist fighting with them. didn't you see all those fist fights in NYC while the twin towers were burning? nobody was helping anyone... they were just fighting. apparently that's what Hollyweird believes. and then there is the touching scene where a mother calls her son and finds out he's in the hospital. she tells him to stay there, she's on her way. of course, he doesn't, he tries to ride his bike home. only to be thwarted by those jack-booted national guard thugs who tell him to turn around, it's a restricted area. and of course in the middle of this riot and mob, his mom shows up and they find each other and everyone lives happily ever after. or not.

it's just stupid. this script has been filmed a dozen times before. giant storm coming? let's all go riot in the streets. nuclear armegeddon? let's go fight each other in the streets. everybody loses consciousness for a couple of minutes? let's all wake up and start rioting. because when people get scared, they resort to mindless violence. blech! it's all nonsense. i won't waste my time watching even the first episode in its entirety when it airs.

/off soapbox

bravo!

[broncofan7]

Yes, it's on ABC. Their ads are all over ABC.

I may watch a couple of episodes just because I want to know how many lines the creepy alien chick says which sound just like what Obama said during the campaign. Already, she's talking about "hope" and "change" and demanding the media not ask any questions that might put them in a negative light.....and that's just the commercials.

:rofl: That's IT! Obama cannot provide a birth certificate because is he NOT OF THIS PLANET!

[bronco militia]

:rofl: That's IT! Obama cannot provide a birth certificate because is he NOT OF THIS PLANET!

google obama and lizard people

[broncofan7]

google obama and lizard people

I am afraid of what I may find.......

[houghtam]

V was great. I wouldn't mind seeing a new version, but not a remake. There is so much story that could be told, why retell what we already know? That's like remaking Star Wars 4-6 instead of making the prequals.

The idea, from my understanding, is to remake the "franchise" with fresh faces, so they can take it in a different direction and make sequels, kind of like what is happening with the Star Trek franchise now.

If we want this to happen, the best thing we can do is watch November 3rd. And it's on ABC, not NBC.

[NFLBRONCO]

Remakes, remakes and still more remakes....can't they come up with anything original anymore??

I agree :(

[houghtam]

Four and a half years later, Tron is in development last I heard.

Tron comes out Christmas next year. Jeff Bridges and John Hurt.

:thumbs::thumbs:

[BigPlayShay]

Tron comes out Christmas next year. Jeff Bridges and John Hurt.

:thumbs::thumbs:

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[Boobs McGee]

beat me to it....movie's gonna be DOPE

[Sodak]

Remakes, remakes and still more remakes....can't they come up with anything original anymore??

I think they're taking a cue from that crap Pop-Country Music these days. Nothing but remakes.

[Sodak]

I just replied to a post from 2005! Jesus Christ! You guys too cheap to make a new thread? :thumbs:

[watermock]

Herve had health problems and he did end up taking his own life. One day I was driving down Hollywood Way in Burbank and I almost ran him over jaywalking. Scared the hell out of both of us and he gave me a really pissed off look. Shot himself a couple months later.


Though popular with the public, Villechaize proved a difficult actor on Fantasy Island where he continually propositioned women and quarreled with the producers. He was eventually fired after demanding that his pay be on par with that of co-star Ricardo Montalbán. The show's popularity waned after this move, and it was soon canceled. According to his former butler in an episode of E! True Hollywood Story[2], Villechaize never got over losing his job, and for the remainder of his life practiced an often nightly ritual of drinking in a darkened room while screaming obscenities at an episode of Fantasy Island playing on his television.

He played the lead character in the 1980 cult classic movie Forbidden Zone.

He made his final appearance in a cameo as himself in an episode of The Ben Stiller Show.



heh...

[nooner]

When is TRON coming back?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jgM-G1JbvY

[TheReverend]

google obama and lizard people

in b4 baja

[Broncoman13]

I don't even know how new this news is, but I heard it recently and thought I'd comment on it...

"V: The Second Generation" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366112/maindetails)


Plus I found this thread on it at BelowTopSecret (http://www.belowtopsecret.com/thread122893/pg1).


I remember the original scared the hell out of me as a kid, but I couldn't peel myself away from it... As I understand it, this new series is going to be a remake of the original... And not so much a sequel.


How old are you TJ? I was probably 6 or 7 when this series started and it scared the hell outta me too. V, A-Team, Misfits of Science, Greatest American Hero, and of course the Dukes of Hazzard.

[TheReverend]

Thanks for the spoilers, TJ........

:(

[IHaveALight]

This is playing on syfyhd right now. I think there playing the whole series, not sure when it started but it's on until 1am mountain time.

[Rocket 7]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jgM-G1JbvY

Was that Kurt Russell?

[Beantown Bronco]

Was that Kurt Russell?

Nope - Jeff Bridges