V series from ABC - unofficial blog

ABC set date for V series return in 2010

2009-12-04T13:21:00.000-08:00

When V ran its last episode, ABC had a promo at the end saying the series would return in March. The network now has set the specific date for the show. V from ABC will air on March 30th.

V ships vs Cylon ships vs Dalek ships

2009-11-26T04:21:00.000-08:00

In last episode of V (It's Only the Beginning) we saw a big armada of alien motherships.

This reminded me of other alien invaders fleets threaten people in the past.

Cylons "recently" destroyed civilization of Twelve Colonies in Battlestar Galactica: The Plan. They will return in 2010 again on Caprica.

The Daleks (race of extraterrestrial mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who). Like Visitors they also hid their true face in the "costumes".

Promo trailer for the V ( Visitors ) 1x04 "It's Only The Beginning"

2009-11-20T00:40:00.000-08:00

Promo trailer for the 11/25/09 episode #4 of ABC's V.

Comparison of sci-fi communication gadgets

2009-11-16T05:33:00.000-08:00

So, in V 1x02 There Is No Normal Anymore, we saw a video (and I hope communication ) gadget from Visitors. I have to say that I am disappointed. It is a big metallic cylinder. In comparison to other scf-fi gadgets it is ridiculous.

For example communication device from Earth: Final Conflict has same construction but it is much smaller, can be held open in one hand and... just more ergonomic....

The other examples uses holographic technology (which V also have)

Wrist-worn gadget from Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Palm communication device from Star Wars
And my favorite glove-like gadget from 2057: Discovery Channel

I am sad to say that V-series is becoming a soap opera, but I was hoping for a sci-fi show.

Promo trailer for the V ( Visitors ) 1x03 "A Bright New Day"

2009-11-12T01:46:00.000-08:00

Promo trailer for the 11/17/09 episode of ABC's V.

4 reasons why V's motherships don't make sense

2009-11-11T00:50:00.000-08:00

1. We'd totally see them coming

In V, 29 massive ships suddenly appear in our airspace with nothing but a few minutes of ominous rumbling noises to tip everybody off. What, was everyone at NASA asleep for the last six months? Their Near Earth Object Program has a whole mess of telescopes dedicated to tracking space objects that might be headed for earth, like the asteroid Apophis pictured above.

According to NEO chief Lindley Johnson, any bright object more than 1 kilometer across (and from the looks of things, the new V motherships appear to be between 1 and 3 km wide) will show up on their 'scopes before it even gets past Mars. (Granted, they're only looking for objects that follow natural orbits around the sun, but anything that big heading straight for us would surely stand out.) Assuming that real-world visitors wouldn't have any laws-of-physics-defying tricks up their sleeve (like faster-than-light travel or cloaking devices), we'd have at least a few months to prepare before they got close. Not so great for a sneak attack, or even a surprise visit.

2. They'd wreak havoc in our atmosphere just by showing up

A couple of dozen mile-wide spacecraft entering the Earth's atmosphere all at once would be enough to cause "mesoscale" weather effects, says Jeff Weber, a meteorologist with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. These storm systems can be a hundred kilometers across, encompass anything from thunderstorms to tropical cyclones, and have "an equivalent energy of multiple nuclear bombs," Weber says. That's no big deal if the aliens are intending to freak us out, but if they're friendly — or at least wish to appear so at first, like the Visitors — they'd be smarter to keep their rigs out of the troposphere.

3. They'd cost too much to keep aloft

Ah, anti-gravity: the sci-fi scriptwriter's best friend. As characters in V handily point out, the Visitors use some sort of magical control over gravitation to keep their monstrous ships aloft. Fine. But in the real world, that kind of feat requires thrust, and thrust requires energy — lots of it. It would take about 368 quadrillion joules of energy to propel a 3km-wide, 500m-tall steel ellipsoid 1000 meters into the air. (And that doesn't include keeping it up there.)

How much is 368 quadrillion joules? About one and a half Tsar Bombas, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated; or twice the total amount of solar energy hitting the earth every second. Even if you had that kind of power at your disposal, why waste it hovering menacingly above our skyscrapers when you could just apply it to, frying all of us with death beams?

4. If we bring one down, it's game over for the planet (or, at least that continent)

This is more our problem than theirs, but still: You know that scene at the end of Independence Day when Will Smith is gloating over a giant destroyed ship that crashed into the desert? Yeah, well in real life he and everything else would be vaporized. An uncontrolled impact from an object that big (15 miles across, according to some ID4 geeks) would be like "hundreds of nukes," says Alexander Pavlov of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. And that's just if it hits from a few miles up, where jets fly. If it came crashing down all the way from orbit, even a smaller ship (like the ones in V) would trigger an extinction-level event.

Source: http://dvice.com/archives/2009/11/4-reasons-why-v.php

V 1x02 There Is No Normal Anymore Promo

2009-11-05T02:02:00.000-08:00

Visitors second episode: There Is No Normal Anymore Promo

V's weapons and computer interface

2009-11-04T23:58:00.000-08:00

In first episode we see a small howering killer-ball which fires multiple spikes simultaneously.

Also, we can see its targeting interface.

Aliens use some sort of boomerang-shaped knives which can cut even steel pipes.

V's shuttles

2009-11-04T23:30:00.000-08:00

Couple words about shuttles.
Obviously shuttles use a mix of antigravity technology and jet engines to fly. Designed explicitly for the transport of tourists (big windows) for short distances.

Ratings: V Conquers Prime-Time

2009-11-04T23:06:00.001-08:00

ABC's remake of the 1980s sci-fi miniseries V drew big numbers, the best rating for any new series premiere this season.

V attracted 13.9 million viewers, easily outperforming NCIS (Tuesday's most-watched show with 19.4 million viewers) among adults 18 to 49. It was also the best 8 o'clock debut by a new series since ABC's Lost.

International Marketing Images of V

2009-11-03T04:13:00.000-08:00

A couple of V images suitable for wallpapers.

New V has terrorist aspect

2009-10-30T02:49:00.000-07:00

V star Morena Baccarin has claimed that a "terrorist aspect" differentiates the new version from its '80s predecessor.

The actress, who plays Anna in ABC's reboot of the alien-invasion miniseries, said that the update is a "reimagining" of the previous projects that also included a second TV movie and short-lived series.

She told Sci-Fi Wire: "It completely reinvents the material, actually. It's a reimagining of the old one, so it's the same concept. Aliens come down from space. You have the conflict between them and humans. Why are they here?"

She added: "The show in the '80s was more about communism and totalitarianism, and our show plays a little bit more with the terrorist aspect, which is more the reality of the world we're living in now."

V Ambassador Program

2009-10-29T13:11:00.000-07:00

To promote the series, ABC.com has created a “Peace Ambassador Program”. What you get by signing up is breaking news about the Visitors. There are two videos from the Visitors themselves talking about the program, so check it out below:

Normally I wouldn’t even bother to mention something like this, since it seems to be a very simple online marketing plan. However, there is some speculation on Unfiction that this might turn into a viral campaign or ARG. ABC has done it before with LOST, so it is possible, especially since both the series and the Peace Ambassador Program look to have a LOST-ish feel to it.

ABC Cancels V's Skywriting

2009-10-29T10:14:00.000-07:00

ABC has nixed a promotional campaign to skywrite giant red Vs in the skies above major cities to promote its new alien-invasion drama, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
ABC takes to skies to promote V
The cancellation comes on the heels of a column by Washington Post reporter Lisa de Moraes, who estimated the amount of pollution the skywriting campaign would cause. Disney (ABC's parent company) had previously promised to go more green by cutting carbon emissions from fuels in half by 2012.
ABC originally planned to have skywriters create giant Vs in the sky above 26 U.S. landmarks multiple times a day as a play on the spaceships that hover above cities in the show's premiere episode (Tuesday, Nov. 3, 8/7c, ABC).

A First Look at V. Promo from ABC.

2009-10-25T06:42:00.001-07:00

Preview The First Eight Minutes Of ABC’S V

pilot promo trailer

2009-10-25T05:11:00.001-07:00

V (1983-85) - Original Series

2009-10-20T11:13:00.000-07:00

V is a science fiction franchise created by American writer, producer and director Kenneth Johnson about aliens known as "The Visitors" trying to take over Earth, and the human Resistance group attempting to stop them.

It debuted in 1983 as the two-part television miniseries V, written and directed by Johnson. It was followed in 1984 by a three-part miniseries, V: The Final Battle, and a one-hour weekly television series, V (sometimes referred to as V: The Series) during the 1984-85 television season.

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2008-11-23T02:41:00.000-08:00

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