The Zone

by **TheBaxter** on Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:50 am

yes, this show is starting to bear an amazing resemblance to heroes.

exhibit #1: we hear all about how, at the V healing centers, they can scan people at the "cellular" level and can tell if someone has had a broken bone when they were 13 or chicken pox when they were 7, or will have a brain aneurysm in 6 months, etc... so with all that technology, they can't tell that the one chick is pregnant with an alien baby? i'm reserving judgment completely, because maybe they COULD tell and are just keeping it secret until they track down her alien baby-daddy. but if not, then that's some serious heroes-style bad writing logic right there.

by **Maui** on Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:06 am

Fievel wrote:
This series is boring..... but it's an intriguing boring.
I don't give a shit about it, yet I'm curious to know what happens next.

My sentiments exactly!

by **papalazeru** on Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:38 pm

From my girlfriends own site:

lauravandervoort.org wrote:ABC has confirmed that V will return on March 30, 2010. It will air on 10 PM, after Lost has aired.

Also, what I find rather amazing is that the viewers only decreased about 60,000 from episode 3 to 4, staying at a viewer count of approx. 9,2 million viewers. Can’t wait to see Laura in the next episode!

V is no doubt, one of my favorite tv-shows. Totally love the romance between Tyler and Lisa. If she’s not just playing him, of course? I’m very curious to whether she developes real feelings for him or if she’s taking the “dark path.”

I'm stoked.

Edit: Of course, when I say girlfriend, I mean 'girlfriend'. She doesn't like to be called that and really doesn't like to admit she knows me....at all. Ever. The restraining order says otherwise mind.

by **The Todd** on Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:52 pm

The Todd likes V as well. From 1983. With Marc Singer.

The Beastmaster FTW-FIVE!!!!!

by **Pacino86845** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:52 am

There was a weird recap thing on TV last night... I'd only seen the first episode but from watching the two-minute version of the recap thing (a preview of the recap, how delightfully bizarre) I am pretty much up to speed. Just goes to show how thin the ideas in show are so far, they don't seem to stretch far beyond the original concept. Plus the narration on the recap thing was weirdly sarcastic, pretty much making fun of the show. I wonder if someone will get fired for that shit.

Some highlights of the narration (paraphrased from memory):

"Jack Landry, a priest that looks like Brett Favre."

"The Vees are spying on us from coat-cams, how creepy!"

by **Leckomaniac** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:55 am

Pacino86845 wrote:There was a weird recap thing on TV last night... I'd only seen the first episode but from watching the two-minute version of the recap thing (a preview of the recap, how delightfully bizarre) I am pretty much up to speed. Just goes to show how thin the ideas in show are so far, they don't seem to stretch far beyond the original concept. Plus the narration on the recap thing was weirdly sarcastic, pretty much making fun of the show. I wonder if someone will get fired for that shit.

Some highlights of the narration (paraphrased from memory):

"Jack Landry, a priest that looks like Brett Favre."

"The Vees are spying on us from coat-cams, how creepy!"

Yeah, what the fuck WAS that? I have never seen a minute of V but I saw that recap during LOST last night and couldn't stop laughing. That was baffling.

by **Maui** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:56 am

Pacino86845 wrote:There was a weird recap thing on TV last night

I'll say weird. Either they think we are all a bunch of tards and don't remember what happened and/or they are catering to the new audience. Either way, I found it went on far too long.

by **Pacino86845** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:00 pm

I'm pretty sure that was intended to draw in a new audience, especially since the ratings have been pretty weak thus far. Too bad they spent that time making fun of the show instead of trying to emphasize its deeper meanings! I'm sure people will flock to it now!

Regardless of good/bad the show is, the marketing has been A-T-R-O-C-I-O-U-S. Ok, the first Muse TV spot was kinda cool, but beyond that they are shooting themselves in the foot.

by **The Vicar** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:04 pm

Leckomaniac wrote:Yeah, what the fuck WAS that? I have never seen a minute of V but I saw that recap during LOST last night and couldn't stop laughing. That was baffling.

Worse, it was stolen from BSG's Catch the Frak Up recap....same attitude, same attempts at humor, hell it even sounded like the same actress.
Pretty lame, to rip another show's promo format. The Catch the Frak Up thing was funny as hell, however.

by **Leckomaniac** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:05 pm

The Vicar wrote:
Leckomaniac wrote:Yeah, what the fuck WAS that? I have never seen a minute of V but I saw that recap during LOST last night and couldn't stop laughing. That was baffling.

Worse, it was stolen from BSG's Catch the Frak Up recap....same attitude, same attempts at humor, hell it even sounded like the same actress.
Pretty lame, to rip another show's promo format. The Catch the Frak Up thing was funny as hell.

Oh, I hadn't seen those. Interesting.

by **The Vicar** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:11 pm

Check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeSxtjJZvNE and see if it seems vaguely familiar.

by **Leckomaniac** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:26 pm

The Vicar wrote:Check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeSxtjJZvNE and see if it seems vaguely familiar.

Are you frakking kidding me?

That is beyond blatant. Wow.

by **The Vicar** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:39 pm

I heard that.

by **TheBaxter** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:02 pm

Leckomaniac wrote:
Pacino86845 wrote:There was a weird recap thing on TV last night... I'd only seen the first episode but from watching the two-minute version of the recap thing (a preview of the recap, how delightfully bizarre) I am pretty much up to speed. Just goes to show how thin the ideas in show are so far, they don't seem to stretch far beyond the original concept. Plus the narration on the recap thing was weirdly sarcastic, pretty much making fun of the show. I wonder if someone will get fired for that shit.

Some highlights of the narration (paraphrased from memory):

"Jack Landry, a priest that looks like Brett Favre."

"The Vees are spying on us from coat-cams, how creepy!"

Yeah, what the fuck WAS that? I have never seen a minute of V but I saw that recap during LOST last night and couldn't stop laughing. That was baffling.

damn, now i wished i watched it. it sounds more entertaining than the show itself.

since they only aired 4 episodes so far, it's not too hard to sum it all up in an hour. doesn't mean the show's ideas are thin (although, in fact, they ARE thin). lost does it every year, and if you can sum up THAT show in an hour, you can certainly do it for a glorified miniseries.

Pacino86845 wrote:I'm pretty sure that was intended to draw in a new audience, especially since the ratings have been pretty weak thus far. Too bad they spent that time making fun of the show instead of trying to emphasize its deeper meanings! I'm sure people will flock to it now!

but it doesn't HAVE deeper meanings!

by **Leckomaniac** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:10 pm

Bax, it wasn't an hour. It was like 45 second commercials. It was weird.

Here it is

Compare that with what Vicar posted from BSG. It is identical.

by **TheBaxter** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:31 pm

Leckomaniac wrote:Bax, it wasn't an hour. It was like 45 second commercials. It was weird.

Here it is

Compare that with what Vicar posted from BSG. It is identical.

i thought you guys were talking about the recap episode that aired last night after lost. that was a full hour (or 54 minutes, if you take away the extra 6 minutes of lost).

by **Pacino86845** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:34 pm

Yeah exactly, but they also had previews for the recap, which I thought was hilarious.

by **TheBaxter** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:45 pm

so wait, were they being sarcastic in the recap itself, or just the ads for the recap?

by **Leckomaniac** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:29 pm

TheBaxter wrote:so wait, were they being sarcastic in the recap itself, or just the ads for the recap?

I can't speak for the RECAP episode, but the ads that aired DURING LOST were sarcastic as fuck. An entirely unfunny (and unoriginal, apparently).

by **Jakester** on Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:54 pm

Why do other "visitors" refer to themselves as "V"'s?

I want to like the show not only because I have fond memories of the original miniseries, but there's some hot trim on the show and I keep hoping it'll be very cold on that mothership...

by **RogueScribner** on Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:52 am

it's been awhile since the show was last aired, but having seen the new episode I gotta ask: was it always this stupid?

by **TheBaxter** on Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:10 am

RogueScribner wrote:it's been awhile since the show was last aired, but having seen the new episode I gotta ask: was it always this stupid?

having not seen the newest episode yet, i have to say the answer is probably a big studly "YES"

maybe the reason for the long hiatus was in hopes that the audience would forget how dumb this show is.

by **RogueScribner** on Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:16 am

Was any retooling involved during the hiatus? Should I try to stick it out a while longer? Or am I headed for some Heroes level disappointment?

by **TheBaxter** on Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:48 am

RogueScribner wrote:Was any retooling involved during the hiatus? Should I try to stick it out a while longer? Or am I headed for some Heroes level disappointment?

well, i don't think this show ever showed the potential that heroes showed in some brief flashes during that 1st season.

by **RogueScribner** on Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:05 pm

True.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:07 pm

RogueScribner wrote:Was any retooling involved during the hiatus? Should I try to stick it out a while longer? Or am I headed for some Heroes level disappointment?

They have a new show runner Scott Rosenbaum. The new episode is his first which doesnt bode well.

by **Fievel** on Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:58 am

Have been watching this steaming Cup Of Fail from the beginning...
There is absolutely no sense of danger and paranoia in thus show - something the original mini-series and even the weekly series managed to get right.
All of these ships show up and the people of Earth are like "Oh, okay. Whatever."??????????

I'm still morbidly curious enough to keep watching, though.

by **The Vicar** on Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:07 pm

Looks like the Visitors have over stayed their welcome.
Maybe they should have brought some folks from BSG over to show them how to "reinvent" an old property,
cause, clearly, the people fronting V weren't paying attention.

by **Tyrone_Shoelaces** on Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:31 am

I wonder if they're considering a last-ditch effort May sweeps guest appearance by Marc Singer. Or Van Der Voort in her underwear more often. I don't know if even that could get me to watch it again.

by **The Vicar** on Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:32 am

How about Marc Singer in Van Der Vort's underwear?

Nah.

by **TheBaxter** on Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:09 pm

The Vicar wrote:How about Marc Singer in Van Der Vort's underwear?

Nah.

how about van der fvort in marc singer's underwear?

maybe.....

by **Fievel** on Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:31 pm

how about van der fvort in marc singer's underwear?

.........Depends(?).

by **Brit Pop** on Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:42 pm

Fievel wrote:how about van der fvort in marc singer's underwear?

.........Depends(?).

She could wear his Beastmaster get up.

by **Fievel** on Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:36 am

Just caught up to the end of this show's first season.
Way to go, assfaces! It took the ENTIRE SEASON to get a truly interesting episode, the season finale.
Horrible, horrible design and pacing with this whole season.
Everyone involved with the show is hopefully kissing every ABC executive's ass for giving them a second season.

by **RogueScribner** on Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:46 am

This season started off on the short bus, but they worked some stuff out and now they're awaiting a transfer to the normal bus. It has potential and seems to (finally) be moving in the right direction. I'll watch it next season and hope it finally has gotten its act together. Maybe it'll be the opposite of Heroes and actually improve over the course of its run.

by **Fievel** on Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:16 pm

Tyrone_Shoelaces wrote:I wonder if they're considering a last-ditch effort May sweeps guest appearance by Marc Singer. Or Van Der Voort in her underwear more often. I don't know if even that could get me to watch it again.

Clairvoyant much?

Marc Singer Joins Jane Badler For ABC's Second Season Of V!!

Bring back Michael Ironside and at least the cast will be interesting!

by **The Vicar** on Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:07 am

Smacks a bit of desperation, but if they tack on Ironside.....I'd forgive.

by **TheBaxter** on Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:50 am

i think they should change the story and make it about how the visitors are actually the original cast members, and they are slowly, one-by-one, replacing the existing cast members, like pod people. someone let me know when they bring back robert englund and that hot blond doctor chick, then i might start watching again.

by **The Vicar** on Fri May 13, 2011 6:23 pm

It's official - V has been dumped. All ye who would, mourn now.

by **so sorry** on Fri May 13, 2011 8:24 pm

The Vicar wrote:It's official - V has been dumped. All ye who would, mourn now.

I also heard that the Wonder Woman Pilot got dumped before it even aired!

by **The Vicar** on Fri May 13, 2011 8:59 pm

Won't say I saw it coming, but I won't say I'm surpreezed either....

by **Fievel** on Fri May 13, 2011 10:36 pm

The Vicar wrote:It's official - V has been dumped. All ye who would, mourn now.

I really forced myself to watch V in the fall, but when it came back on after the holiday break I just couldn't do it..... and I love sci-fi and the original V.
Sigh.