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’.
shooty* says
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”.
Julian Mentat says
>> “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’
bobbigboy says
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!
HippityHopDAWG says
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!
mik robinson says
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.
Scott says
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?
billy says
I would love fro there too be a v remake..u will never beat the originall though.But with the effects the movies have 2 offer now would very goo xx
Neil says
Loved the original series. Im very pleased to see a remake attempt. Fingers crossed it will be as good as he original. This could be a major winner. DOnt know why this articel is not enthused about it. Ive not sen anything come close to the original story depth of aliens invading earth. Bring it on!
Starnight says
The 4400 was amazing!!!
not sure about a V remake though….
lilricky says
I don’t know about this remake, I would rather see a continuation of the story. But if this is all we can get….
Tish says
I own the entire V movie and miniseries on DVD. I don’t know about this remake. Every remake they’ve done of any old show so far SUCKS. I’m not looking forward to this. It will NOT be as good as the original. I agree with lilricky. I would rather see a continuation of the story also.
Keith says
The original was awesome… THE REMAKE WILL SUCK
zcult says
Is Scraping the barrel a pipe smoking reference? Gun cleaning reference ? If so, If you want cool glass of water you have to di a little deeper in the well.
All results from a little harder work. V is in a gamers hands and with CGI it could be good as gold.
#Zcult
Jill says
That coment on the article about the only actor to make a name for himself is wrong. Michael Ironside has been in a TON of stuff for YEARS and Marc Singer didn’t do that badly himself.
JACKMEOFF says
V Remade sounds good liked the original, They will need Michael Ironside he will make it better IRONSIDE FTW ,
Marc Singer replace him with Kevin Bacon, Leader should be one of the BRIDGES boys, Dianna Dichen Lachman, ….
astro says
okay, i get why. think about what (ABC’s) Abrams did for “Star Trek”… plus, every studio is looking to do a good remake with its own built-in cult audience these days.
and all the creepiness going on in world politics, right now? you’d almost think we have been invaded by carnivorous, two-faced lizards from another planet.
oy, hardly anyone knows what i’m talking about.
johnny says
what star trek movie did you see? 20009 startrek was terrible (visualy ok,story/music horrid), i predict this series is going to tank as the original music is not present in any of the promos. Just like me groaning about batman begins (sorry loved burtons music batman 1 and semi 2 are it for me) when i hear batman fanboys sound off.
TV remakes much like the terrible Miami Vice movie (show had stellar music) and the tanking terminator franchise (for removing brad fidels soundtrack after t2) need to realize music continuity is everything. Most of the reason these reboots fail is they completely reboot, not recognizing music is an integral part of and 80% of a film/tv series and just as important as a character in it simply
making money off the title/character names.
At least lucas and spielberge have the good sense to keep music continuity with indy/starwars.Another example Mission impossible 1 wich was great and the rest tanked as they removed the mission impossible music. I used to cringe at actors being replaced in tv shows/movies now I cringe at studio heads throwing away and replacing music that made shows great.
V was highly underrated for its time and one of the first times a major network took scifi seriously. And can we bring back the original music from the first 4 startrek movies please (and brad fidels soundtrack to terminator) lol.
I predict it gets cancelled like terminator the series and picked back up by scifi channel lol.
johnny says
i will say however i cringed at the remake of the series for battlestar galactica until I actualy watched it, I remember that having alot of angry fans rabid. so perhaps thier is a chance, Im also old enough to remember the hoards of anti star trek the next generation websites with angry Startrek fans before that show came out (lasting 9 seasons if i remember correctly). so who can say. I do hope they put the original military dallas style music in at some point, otherwise i fear tanking. Getting to the point i wont watch a series until it gets into season 3.
brentb says
i’ve never written anything on a chat page but i randomly wanted to check out the new v trailer and realized that there are people out in the world that actually care enough to comment about a stupid show! of course its going to be terrible! are you really looking for quality in a show about aliens who eat rodents!? idiots! all i want to know is will there be alien/lizard sex scenes? can the students of nerd university that comment on this page let me know about that? mouse sandwich.. mmmm…..
Miguel says
I gave up on that remake crap after 30 minutes. My God…I didn’t think it was possible to screw that up, but they sure managed to!
Kent J says
I cannot for the life of me understand why they would remake such an old series. For the nostalgia sake of people 40+? We are not the demographic they want to reach.
It makes no sense.
Why not just write a NEW series. With NEW ideas.
A Remake?
I wonder if they will remake Doctor Who (ironic).
Battlestar G. SUCKED. it was PUTRID. God what crap.
Don Quiote says
I watched until they found the body of someone who had been tied up & tortured to deat. “Guess we can rule out suicide,” one of the cops said. That was the last straw.
Amanda says
Doctor Who probably won’t be remade. Instead they will just find a reason that he regenerated past his 13 regenerations.