ABC Decides To Remake V, Nobody Really Sure Why
Then buzz it up
October 10th, 2008 at 12:30 by David Schwartz
Lock up your pet hamsters – because cult 80s TV series V is making a comeback. That’s right, ABC this week greenlit the popular sci-fi programme to the distinct sound of scraping barrels.
Now, if you are not familiar with V, let us explain. It’s about rodent-eating alien lizards who come to Earth and act like a right bunch of Nazis. Think David Icke without the rodents – and the Nazis.
They basically want to nick all our water and then eat us because, well, they are not very nice rodent-eating alien lizards. There are even loads of Nazi-like references to ram home the point.
Warner Bros are going to produce the V remake, while the guy in charge of writing it will be The 4400 co-creator/exec producer Scott Peters - so it is probably going to suck.
But we are trying to stay positive here at Hecklerspray. We are excited about yet another TV series from our childhoods being put through the mangle to make yet more cash - honest.
Hopefully, it will be as good as the Battlestar Galactica remake. One thing is for sure – judging from the clip we have added below - they can’t do any worse with the special effects. Don’t worry kids! The only harm done to any pets included in the clip was to their credibilities as animal actors.
Anyway, speaking to Variety, Peters, who had always insisted he would not do another sci-fi project, says it was an offer he could not refuse. He said:
“Whenever I mention ‘V’ to anybody, they still have a lot of good memories about the original movie and series. Everybody has that imagery of their uniforms, or the visitor eating a hamster. It’s a science fiction icon and too good to pass up.”
So are any of the original cast going to be offered roles in the new series? You would bet they would certainly like to, as the only person to have any semblance of a decent career afterwards was Robert Englund, who is, of course, Freddie Krueger. In fact, you would imagine there are a few stars from the original series who would happily eat their own pets to get included.
Well, the answer is, probably not, because the new series will instead focus on some new characters, and in particular, Erica Evans, a Homeland Security agent whose son falls for their dastardly lizard lies.
One thing is for sure, V no longer stands for ‘victory’.
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October 10th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Curses! I just sold my entire collection of all the V books on ebay the other month. there were LOADS of them, ranging from good to really, really J-Lo. Should have waited, and the value would have gone up. Ah, well.
Still, I still have my complete run of Strikeforce: Morituri comics. THAT might be a series too soon…
This week, I am saying “J-Lo” in place of any expletive meaning “crap”. I mean, “J-Lo”.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
>> “Whenever I mention ‘V’ to anybody, they still have
>> a lot of good memories about the original movie”
My good memories consist of hanging out with my friends instead of watching ‘V’
October 10th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I, for one, am freaking STOKED for this series!!! Jason Hall is an Executive Producer which is fantastic news! He was the guy who started MONOLITH games, and headed up stuff like TRON 2.0, F.E.A.R., CONDEMNED, and a ton of other AWESOME games. If you’ve ever played any of his stuff, you know that the guy cares about story and how to engage an audience. I recently became addicted to his online show which is just called “The Jace Hall Show” and it’s funny as hell! I CAN’T WAIT to see this series come back in a big way. ‘V’ is in very good hands!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
This is gonna be AWESOME! I’m a huge fan of the original series, and I definitely think that this is in VERY good hands. I read that Jace Hall is actually on of the producers on the project, which is great because he’s the guy who founded Monolith Games (they made F.E.A.R, Condemned, TRON 2.0) so he knows what he’s doing when it comes to storytelling and creating atmosphere. I actually found a show he has online that’s just called The Jace Hall Show, and it’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. I CAN’T BLOODY WAIT!
October 12th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
i am chuffed that v is getting a comeback.about time.
hope it is left to the creators to get on with there work and not being advised on what to do by the networks as they did with v the series,as this was the end of v back then.the storylines were not up too much.
hope there voices are the same as they was in the original mini-series as this was another downfall when it was made for the tv seies.
bring it on.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Why so negative about this? First off, you haven’t even see a script yet you just know it will suck. Second, you imply that ABC is scraping the barrel for ideas by remaking this. I, for one, am excited to see some of the characters I have loved for years back on the screen in any format. It doesn’t sound like you were a fan of the original so why even bothering writing about it? Scaping the barrel yourself eh?
October 15th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
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