{"id":1008,"date":"2009-05-21T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2009-05-20T00:29:37","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T04:29:37","slug":"v-remake-first-video-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/21\/v-remake-first-video-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;V&#8221; Remake &#8211; First Video Footage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Long time readers of ONCE UPON A GEEK may remember that I&#8217;m a big fan of the 1980s phenom &#8220;V&#8221; (<a title=\"&quot;V&quot; posts here at ONCE UPON A GEEK\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/tag\/v\/\">click here for other &#8220;V&#8221; related posts<\/a>).\u00a0 On Tuesday ABC released two clips from their upcoming &#8220;V&#8221; reimagining.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ABC&#8217;s remake of the 1980s miniseries &#8220;V&#8221; currently has been ordered for 13 episodes.\u00a0 However it could consist of four seasons planned in advance, each with 13-22 episodes, according to ABC entertainment president Steve McPherson. The two clips below star <a title=\"Scott Wolf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0937930\/\">Scott Wolf<\/a> (<em>Party of Five<\/em>) and <a title=\"Morena Baccarin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1072555\/\">Morena Baccarin<\/a> (<em>Firefly<\/em>). Wolf plays a journalist while Baccarin plays the alien leader.\u00a0 Sadly their names are not Mike Donovan and Diana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9\/6555681001?isVid=1&#038;publisherID=769341148\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=23720000001&#038;playerID=6555681001&#038;domain=embed&#038;\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9\/6555681001?isVid=1&#038;publisherID=769341148\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=23720004001&#038;playerID=6555681001&#038;domain=embed&#038;\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Looks pretty good!\u00a0 However, will it be good enough to generate a spin-off as totally awesome as this?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comics.org\/covers.lasso?SeriesID=3003\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"V the Comic Book\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/v_comic_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"620\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My thanks to <a title=\"Ed's Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edwardcrosby.com\/\">Ed<\/a> for posting these videos over at <a title=\"The Unique Geek Listserv\" href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/theuniquegeek\">THE UNIQUE GEEK listserv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1008\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/21\/v-remake-first-video-footage\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1008\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/21\/v-remake-first-video-footage\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/21\/v-remake-first-video-footage\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/21\/v-remake-first-video-footage\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-1008\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/21\/v-remake-first-video-footage\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long time readers of ONCE UPON A GEEK may remember that I&#8217;m a big fan of the 1980s phenom &#8220;V&#8221; 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Long time readers of ONCE UPON A GEEK may remember that I\u2019m a big fan of the 1980s phenom \u201cV\u201d (click here\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;science fiction&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2587\/3905511883_ac3def23ef.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":50,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/29\/unsung-hero-of-our-youth\/","url_meta":{"origin":1008,"position":1},"title":"Unsung Hero of Our Youth","date":"April 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to an unsung hero of\u00a01980's science fiction and television.\u00a0 His is a face that\u00a0we grew up with, but probably never thought much of.\u00a0\u00a0I'm talking about Judson Earney Scott.\u00a0 Who you ask?\u00a0 I'm not surprised.\u00a0 Until I sat down to type this,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;movies&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":176,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/15\/v-theyre-here-to-take-our-sequels\/","url_meta":{"origin":1008,"position":2},"title":"&#8220;V&#8221;&#8230; They&#8217;re Here to Take Our Sequels","date":"October 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"It was only a matter of time until a new \"V\" series was announced. Last Thursday, Variety reported that ABC is developing a new \"V\" series written by Scott Peters (4400, Jericho, Burn Notice, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles). The new story will feature some of the original concepts,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;science fiction&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/visitor.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3311,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/29\/tv-shows-worth-watching\/","url_meta":{"origin":1008,"position":3},"title":"TV Shows Worth Watching","date":"April 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a quick post today on some TV shows that I'm currently enjoying.\u00a0 I don't watch much television nowadays, but when I do these are what I'm watching... Doctor Who - Really enjoying the new season so far.\u00a0 Matt Smith has far exceeded my expectations.\u00a0 \"Time of Angels\" was fantastic!\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"TV for Geeks!","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/tv-geek.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2007,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/30\/star-trek-enterprise-wallpapers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1008,"position":4},"title":"Star Trek Enterprise Wallpapers","date":"September 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm in a Star Trek mood.\u00a0 Here are some cool wallpapers featuring our favorite Starfleet ships.\u00a0 I don't claim ownership of any of these images, they were simply found while surfing.\u00a0 Click on the images to enlarge. The original Enterprise, circa TOS.\u00a0 NCC-1701 The replacement Enterprise, circa Star Trek V.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;movies&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/enterprise-tos_s.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4159,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/15\/dragoncon-2010-recap\/","url_meta":{"origin":1008,"position":5},"title":"Dragon*Con 2010 Recap &#8211; My Weekend of Insanity (lots of pics!)","date":"September 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Dragon*Con, my home away from home.\u00a0 I believe this was my 10th appearance at this convention and it was definitely one of the better ones! Attended lots of panels, hung out with my friends, met some celebrities, drank far too much, took over 600 photos, and generally had a great\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"The Unique Geeks at Trader Vic's at Dragon*Con!","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4112\/4975128297_97bf9cdf08_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}