{"id":2198,"date":"2009-11-02T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2009-11-01T23:40:09","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T03:40:09","slug":"the-visitors-arrive-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/02\/the-visitors-arrive-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"The Visitors Arrive Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tomorrow the Visitors arrive and they’re here to stay… again.\u00a0 On Tuesday at 8:00pm the Visitors of “V<\/em>” once again grace our screens after a 24 year absence. Long time readers of ONCE UPON A GEEK may remember that I\u2019m a big fan of the 1980s phenom \u201cV<\/em>\u201d (click here for other \u201cV<\/em>\u201d related posts<\/a>), so I’m pretty interested in this new series.\u00a0 Check out the sneak peek below.<\/p>\n

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Looks pretty cool, right?\u00a0 Good news is that early reviews of the pilot<\/a> have been positive.\u00a0 You can also view the first 8 minutes of the new pilot<\/a> over at io9.\u00a0 If that’s not enough Visitor action for you, check out ABC’s official site<\/a> for the show.<\/p>\n

<\/a>If you’re jonesing for some classic “V” action, here are some memory joggers for you:<\/p>\n

Recap of the original mini-series that ran in front of V: The Final Battle<\/em> (greatest voice over guy EVER!)<\/a><\/p>\n

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V: The Comic Book<\/a><\/p>\n

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V: The Novels<\/a><\/p>\n

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V: The Video Game<\/a> (in all fairness, I had never heard of this until today)<\/p>\n

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Ahhhh… good times.<\/p>\n

Worth noting is that Kenneth Johnson, the writer-producer-director of the original \u201cV<\/em>\u201d mini-series, is not involved in this new “V<\/em>” television series.\u00a0 In fact, he’s hoping to produce his own theatrical movie that continues his original story<\/a>.\u00a0 He wrote a novel fairly recently entitled V: The Second Generation<\/em> that follows a similar premise.\u00a0 You can read my review of the book by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time a relaunch of \u201cV<\/em>\u201d has been attempted. Back in 1989 Warner Brothers commissioned J. Michael Straczynski (who would later go on to create Babylon 5<\/em>, and write several successful comic books) to write a pilot screenplay for a proposed new series, tentatively titled V: The Next Chapter<\/em>, that would have continued the “V<\/em>” storyline. Picking up five years after the end of the NBC series, it would have followed the efforts of a new Resistance movement on a conquered Earth to make contact with the \u201cOutsiders\u201d, the faction of the Visitors\u2019 own people who oppose their Leader, who had finally responded to a summons put out at the end of the original miniseries. The only character from the older “V<\/em>” to appear in this script was Ham Tyler. After numerous drafts, the script, entitled \u201cThe Rebirth\u201d, was finally abandoned when the studio decided it would be too cost-prohibitive to produce. You can find the first three acts of that script here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remake attempt after remake attempt.\u00a0 Well… ABC gets the first shot and I’m really looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

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