Nick C's Behind the Screens

Post edited 2:19 pm – November 1, 2009 by Parenthood

I was very intrigued by the 1st 9 minutes of the pilot. I have to admit, for a remake, the pilot was well written, acted and the production design was much better than the original. However, the original still had great characters and I don't think the new one could replace the original. However, the pilot was great!

Post edited 1:04 pm – November 1, 2009 by Parenthood

Except that a lot of the tv critics are giving the new pilot high praises and actually thinks it's more comparable to Lost than FlashForward.

Post edited 3:36 pm – November 1, 2009 by Parenthood

When I said a lot, I meant a lot of the major critics.

Matt Roush of TV Guide said, "I've seen only seen the V pilot – several times, actually, each time yearning to see more – so I can't be sure it will hold up on a weekly basis. But I was instantly seduced and hooked by its lavish production values and strong cast (see page 30), led by Lost's Elizabeth Mitchell as the requisite FBI skeptic and Morena Bacarrin as the unnervingly alluring leader of the Vs. There's a juicy, immediate urgency to the interpersonal and intergalactic melodrama, with plenty of action and surprising reveals."

Brian Lowry- Daily Variety
http://www.variety.com/review/…..&cs=1
"At least initially, the real breakout here is Baccarin, who might be TV's coolest alien since the invention of the Vulcan nerve pinch. The idea, moreover, that extraterrestrials would come wrapped in an attractive package and shrewdly manipulate the media feels especially eerie given the state of our media today (though there is one unfortunately clunky line of dialogue about "universal health care").

For the most part, though, writer Scott Peters and company — updating Kenneth Johnson's original — have assembled an appealing and diverse cast that highlights the "We're all in this together" aspect of dealing with such a fantastic threat. And the idea of being unsure who to trust deftly taps into the same vein of malevolent foes and "sleeper cells" hiding in plain sight that "Battlestar Galactica" mined."

Barry Garron Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.c…..2195.story
"Bold and still surprising, ABC's new "V" is clever enough for a cult following and accessible enough to reach a broad demo."
" It could be complicated, but Peters' tightly written teleplay makes it easy to follow. In addition, the pilot raises provocative issues without getting didactic. That, combined with mythology less dense than, say, ABC's "Lost," should make this an attractive viewing option."