"V" -- Season Premiere -- "Red Rain" -- 1/04/11
01-03-11, 01:46 PM
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"V" -- Season Premiere -- "Red Rain" -- 1/04/11
By djariya at 2011-01-01
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Written by Scott Rosenbaum & Gregg Hurwitz
Directed by Bryan Spicer.
10 episode 2nd season.
The entire season wrapped production last month.
Since "V" has been off the air for awhile as well, I also thought I would start this a day early to give some of you some advance notice.
Here's a recap of season 1 if anyone here hasn't seen it and wants to jump in:
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Trailer for season premiere:
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01-03-11, 02:05 PM
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Yeah I thought it was really weird as well. There is a 2nd version of it. I will post that next week.
01-04-11, 03:02 AM
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http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethe...e-emerged.html
Cool story about Jane Badler's role on the show as the new "Diana" There is a cool picture with her and Morena.
Once again, here's a key quote from the story about "Diana"
In the rebooted series, Badler's character, the mother of Morena Baccarin's Anna, is named Diana, but it's more of an homage to Badler's original character than a reprisal of the role. In fact, "V" producer Steve Pearlman considered other actresses for the role, and Badler did have to audition.
Cool story about Jane Badler's role on the show as the new "Diana" There is a cool picture with her and Morena.
Once again, here's a key quote from the story about "Diana"
In the rebooted series, Badler's character, the mother of Morena Baccarin's Anna, is named Diana, but it's more of an homage to Badler's original character than a reprisal of the role. In fact, "V" producer Steve Pearlman considered other actresses for the role, and Badler did have to audition.
01-04-11, 09:33 AM
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http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethe...e-emerged.html
Cool story about Jane Badler's role on the show as the new "Diana" There is a cool picture with her and Morena.
Once again, here's a key quote from the story about "Diana"
Cool story about Jane Badler's role on the show as the new "Diana" There is a cool picture with her and Morena.
Once again, here's a key quote from the story about "Diana"
Spoiler:
01-04-11, 04:39 PM
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Re: "V" -- Season Premiere -- "Red Rain" -- 1/04/11
Badler may have had to audition, but there is no way in hell they weren't going to cast her. Fanboys would have gone nuts, rightfully so I might add. I'm almost inclined to call BS on that one.
Given the fact that this is playing to a niche audience more or less, I wouldn't be surprised if they reveal that
Given the fact that this is playing to a niche audience more or less, I wouldn't be surprised if they reveal that
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01-04-11, 04:47 PM
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I'm jumping into this tonight. The recap in the OP did a good job of catching me up.
01-04-11, 06:07 PM
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Re: "V" -- Season Premiere -- "Red Rain" -- 1/04/11
. There is a lot of discussion at tvbythe#.com about possible ratings for this season. Season three is still possible but the show have to average at least 6-7 million (2.0-2.2 Demo share) this season.While I will admit the first season was rocky after the pilot it stabilzed half way through and became pretty engaging. I'm hoping season two continues down the same path.
01-05-11, 03:51 AM
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Good stuff tonight. Glad this is back. Serialized science fiction dramas like this are a dying breed.
I have to assume that Anna's end game is her wanting to completely wipe out the human race with the V's breeding with the humans. Are we supposed to assume that Anna wants Tyler and Lisa to mate and produce a hybrid offspring like what happened with Ryan and Val?
Ryan's daughter looked like a Lizard/Seahorse in that tank.
Best part of the episode was Anna's tail coming out and then she sliced and diced one of the mother ship captains. The tail did look 100% CGI produced. At least we got a pretty good look at what the V's look like under the skin.
Surprised to see Joshua's memory wiped out of him being part of the 5th Column. I'll have to got back and check out my Blu-Ray of season 1, but did something happen to him in last season's finale after he was captured that would have caused the memory loss?
I have to assume that Anna's end game is her wanting to completely wipe out the human race with the V's breeding with the humans. Are we supposed to assume that Anna wants Tyler and Lisa to mate and produce a hybrid offspring like what happened with Ryan and Val?
Ryan's daughter looked like a Lizard/Seahorse in that tank.
Best part of the episode was Anna's tail coming out and then she sliced and diced one of the mother ship captains. The tail did look 100% CGI produced. At least we got a pretty good look at what the V's look like under the skin. Surprised to see Joshua's memory wiped out of him being part of the 5th Column. I'll have to got back and check out my Blu-Ray of season 1, but did something happen to him in last season's finale after he was captured that would have caused the memory loss?
01-05-11, 07:03 AM
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01-05-11, 08:59 AM
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Re: "V" -- Season Premiere -- "Red Rain" -- 1/04/11
Nice nod to FlashForward with that opening dream sequence (whether intentional or not). Decent premiere -- I hate Tyler, but if keeping him around means more of Laura in her panties then so be it. 
01-05-11, 09:13 AM
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Re: "V" -- Season Premiere -- "Red Rain" -- 1/04/11
Definite nod. When this occurred to me I thought I might be reading too much into it. But when I saw the dead crow on the ground, I had no doubt.
01-05-11, 09:33 AM
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01-05-11, 11:25 AM
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This was my first time watching and I liked it quite a bit. I don't really know the characters yet, though.
The casting of that actress for the Queen V was perfect.
The casting of that actress for the Queen V was perfect.
01-05-11, 11:37 AM
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From TVBytheNumbers:
On ABC, V’s 2.1 adults 18-49 rating was the same as its season finale episode on 5/18/10. That doesn’t bode well for The Visitors continuing stay on television.
01-05-11, 12:03 PM
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2.1 actually isn't that bad. It was actually the best of the night for ABC. Yeah compared to how V premiered last season with a 5.0 it's alot lower, but it actually grew out of No Ordinary Family as it's lead-in.
01-05-11, 12:06 PM
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TVBytheNumbers just put up another story where V is included, providing a slightly more positive spin on the same numbers when you include total audience and DVR numbers:
On its 2nd season premiere in a new 9 o’clock time period opposite the second hours of the CBS and NBC premieres, ABC’s V ranked #1 against its broadcast competition with key Men (M18-49/M25-54) and beat out Fox’s Million Dollar Money Drop by 74% in Total Viewers (6.6 million vs. 3.8 million) and by 62% in Adults 18-49 (2.1/5 vs. 1.3/3). V surged by 20% from where it finished out its freshman season in Tuesday’s 10 o’clock hour (6.6 million vs. 5.5 million on 5/18/10), topping its final 7 original airings of last season with the series’ most-watched telecast since March (3/30/10).V is a highly-recorded show, posting substantial growth as time-shifted viewing is added into the final tallies. On average during its first season run, V’s numbers jumped by 1.8 million viewers and by 8-tenths of an Adult 18-49 rating point (+25%) from the initially reported Live + Same Day Numbers to the Live + 7 Day DVR finals.
01-05-11, 12:32 PM
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Well the writers have come out and said that if they do end after these 10 season 2 episodes, that the show will have a satisfactory ending, so at least there is that.
I really enjoyed last nights episode and thought the speedier pace really helped make this one of the best episodes of the series. Not to mention finally getting to see some lizard skin :P
I really enjoyed last nights episode and thought the speedier pace really helped make this one of the best episodes of the series. Not to mention finally getting to see some lizard skin :P