Remember V? ABC is doing a remake for mid-season 2009-10

[RamboLiberal]

I thought the original miniseries and the follow-up miniseries was some great TV for the day. And certainly still referenced when we refer to Lizard-people like the Bush/Cheney regime.

The series wasn't that good.

But I'll be curious what bent the remake will take. It's made by the producer of The 4400 which I'm not familiar with - anyone a fan?

Here's some clips and info.

http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/technology/watchthis/2009/05/first_glimpses_at_abcs_v_remak.html

More extensive clip at link below:

http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/index?pn=v&partner=rm&cid=rm+google+v+abc_v

coming soon

Cast: Elizabeth Mitchell as Erica Evans, Morris Chestnut as Ryan Nichols, Joel Gretsch as Father Jack Landry, Lourdes Benedicto as Valerie Stevens, Logan Huffman as Tyler Evans, Laura Vandervoort as Lisa, with Morena Baccarin as Anna and Scott Wolf as Chad Decker.

Today, the world woke up to find spaceships over every major city. The Visitors claim to have come in peace, bringing gifts of medical miracles and technological breakthroughs. They promise to do no harm. They're lying.

Most people believe the aliens have arrived just when we needed them most. We're eager to embrace their generous offers of help, but while tracking a terrorist cell, Homeland Security agent Erica Evans stumbles upon something far more sinister. Erica discovers that the aliens have plans to infiltrate our governments and businesses, planting seeds for their plot to control mankind. Convincing anyone of the truth will be impossible because the Visitors have two powerful weapons. First, they've given the people faith with their reassuring presence and gifts. Second, they've rallied our youth. Thousands of teens, including Erica's son, have been recruited as 'Peace Ambassadors' but they're actually serving as unwitting spies. When Erica gets thrust into the resistance movement, she'll have to balance her covert activities with her job and her role as a mother, fighting to protect her son Tyler - even as he joins forces with the enemy.

From executive producer Scott Peters, Emmy-nominated creator of The 4400, comes a bold re-imagining of the sci-fi classic. Let the invasion begin.

The series is produced by HDFilms in association with Warner Bros. Television. Scott Peters is executive producer/writer and Steve Pearlman and Jace Hall are executive producers.

[dr.strangelove]

1. I was a fan of V

The initial book, which was made into the first miniseries V, later called "The Original" was very good. then they split with the writer and brought in a new writer to create teh Final Battle and the Series, which were pretty bad. a new book was written by the original author and it was great. I am hoping it stays more to the two than the "star child" version of the others.

The only bad part of this is that Juliet will be leaving Lost.