As I recall there was an alien boss-lady that was a bitch, but nontheless made my teen-boy pants go kind of crazy.

Jane Badler

How can I forget Diana?

Remember all:

"They arrive tonight"

I plan on watching it. I want to see plenty of aliens being taken out by the freedom fighters.

I love how the one preview had a character gush about the Visitors: "They are bringing HOPE!".

We all know where THAT 'hope' got them - a nice private spot in the fridge right next to the fava beans and bottle of Chianti.

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Nope...

Ugh. There is no drool left to dribble down my chin...

I got to see Morena Baccarin and the V pilot back in July. I haven't decided if I'll watch the series or not.

While I remember liking the 80's mini-series and show (I was 10), I just can't get into anything with such a gaping flaw.

Creatures with the technology to cover interstellar distances aren't going to have much difficulty dispatching any resistance that the Earth can muster.

Remember the Mel Gibson movie Signs? The aliens can fly through space, but show up on the planet NAKED when 2/3 of the entire surface of the planet is covered in a substance caustic to their skin (not to mention water vapor and humidity). Hello, ever heard of an enviro suit?


So the fake human/lizards of V travel across the galaxy in 50 interstellar ships and can't handle gathering a little food supply?

It's sort of like us going to the bottom of the ocean in a kick ass submarine to pick up some crabs, and then trying to convince the crabs that we're crabs so that we can sneak around and eat a few crabs before they figure out we're not crabs. WTF? Just scoop up the fucking crabs, blast anything that moves, and it's crab-cakes for dinner!

I already have the DVR set up. I guess we'll see how it goes.

The key phrase is "suspension of disbelief".

In the original miniseries IIRC they came for the water--to southern California fer cryin' out loud!!

In the original V, were they out to use us as Scooby Snax, or was that just an unexpected bonus for them. I thought they were out to steal all our water?

I think you're right, it was water. But what could we have done to stop them?

This series will probably be about some hard to find element Unobtanium, which can only be found on class M worlds, and we've got the motherload, but they don't want us to know it. We might discover it's the key to the master energy source and use it against them.

So the bad guys sneak around snacking on Shaggy and Scooby while an internal moral struggle breaks out among the visitors, proving that good vs. evil is a universal concept. Our notions of right and wrong will infect the culture of the visitors, creating factions that will struggle for power.

Meanwhile, they should have just rolled up, flamed the cities, and lowered the sucker pipes.

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Originally posted by AllenInWV:
In the original V, were they out to use us as Scooby Snax, or was that just an unexpected bonus for them. I thought they were out to steal all our water?

In the miniseries, Martin explains that their planet has a shortage of food and water. They store the stolen water in giant tanks and have thousands of humans in suspended animation pods aboard their ships. Some of the humans were to be turned into soldiers to fight against The Leader's enemies (a plot element that never got fleshed out before the series was cancelled) and the others were to be used as food.

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Originally posted by AllenInWV:
In the original V, were they out to use us as Scooby Snax, or was that just an unexpected bonus for them. I thought they were out to steal all our water?

It was water AND humans for food. They had vast human cold-storage areas on their ships, along with 'processing plants' on earth to ship humans up there for eventual eating. They were ALSO stealing our water.

Basically, they wanted ALL of earth's natural resources. I think the premise is that they tried to use subterfuge instead of military force to avoid wastage, at least as long as possible. Think about it - using this clever 'We are friends' approach does away with costly battles - we would certainly fight back if it were an outright 'invasion' killing both lizards and humans alike. Also, we had tens of thousands of nukes back then we wouldn't be shy of using if it were an "OMG MARTIANS!!" attack profile. It's more efficient to use humans to sell fellow humans into the freezer. Also, we humans could have used a 'scorched Earth' approach to an outright invasion, which would have negated the benefits of their coming here in the first place.

It mainly makes for better drama, IMO, but there are benefits to the 'subvert from within' approach the original V used.

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Originally posted by Mr_Black:
<<snip>> and the others were to be used as food.

Based on your avatar, I'm sure you know a thing or two about aliens using humans as food. . .


To Serve Man

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Originally posted by Hound Dog:
It mainly makes for better drama, IMO, but there are benefits to the 'subvert from within' approach the original V used.

Like Communism/Socialism/Obamism?

Goodbye Megan Fox - Hello Moreno

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Originally posted by fwbulldog:
I think you're right, it was water. But what could we have done to stop them?

There's a lot of water on earth and six billion of us. It's much easier for them if they convince us to help them raid the planet. And since they're snakes, they like their food alive, hence the suspended animation rather than just killing everyone and packing them on ice. Open hostilities would destroy most of their food supply.

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Goodbye Megan Fox - Hello Moreno

Hello Ms. Vandervoort