i dunno about this. i loved the two original miniseries, so much so that i had to leave peewee football practice early to watch one of them. i think why it still holds up now is the absolute cheesiness of the look and feel. i wish they would have even kept the same character names at least: Julie, Donovan, Diana, Willie!, Martin.

with an update i don't think the old series will even be a glimmer and rightfully so, but i don't think it could hold up as well and the gloss makes it look like the other alien series' to come down the pike of which came and went pretty quickly.

i will watch of course.

The actual promo that will air on ABC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hJRafM1e8Q

Looks a little silly, but I'll tune in. I liked the original. The TV series, on the other hand, was crap.

Caught the pilot on Tuesday night at a friend's house who has some sort of affiliation with ABC.

Didn't care for the acting. The story was mildly entertaining. I'll give it a few more episodes, but the last 15 minutes was super-cheesy.

Looks dumb. I'd watch Morena read the phone book...but this...wow, doesn't seem at all like the original, unless my memory has really gone with old age.

That's pretty much what I heard as well, but I can't see his remake green lit as this one was made. He was talking about making a movie too, so may be lucky with that project. As for the adaptation of a new series, I'd love to see that.

No way the mother is going breast-feed with those sharped teeth.

I like the religious themes they seem to be working in. I don't remember much of that from the miniseries. I loved this show as a kid too, and had some of the toys, read some of the books and watched every episode.

I have high hopes for this.

For the lazy:

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First saw it on Law & Order a few weeks back ... I disagree ... give me Morena as a Companion again!

I'll be there ... but I'm not sold. This is another vote for "I wish it was Sci-Fi, not ABC."

I agree that the religious theme may give it that necessary socio-political underpinning (for those who have not seen the original. it was akin to the Nazi party during WWII). I would have expected more of a play on the Bush years and expansion of government "protection" while eroding citizens rights (it would have been more timely) ... but that may still be there (after hearing the line about the Visitors having been here for years).

And I know it is cheesy, but what's up with the "normal" voices? I will admit, I can't wait to see what they have done with the Visitor "look."

I don't like Morena "new" look but I'll give this reboot a chance since I was a big fan of the original mini-series.

The reason Ken Johnson's mini-series worked so well is because it was an allegory on the Holocaust. The new version just simply seems to be a "lets rip off Ken Johnson's idea" with better special effects and a more attractive cast.

No Ham Tyler, no sale....

Never saw the original, but nothing grabs me about this. Cast looks really week.

Your spelling is weaker

Morena needs to bring back the hair. She unfortunately looks very unattractive with short hair.

He sure was awesome.

In the post-Kenneth Johnson V, Ham Tyler was the saving grace. Man, I sure do wish Michael Ironside would return.

I picked up the original mini-series, the follow-up mini-series, and the regular series for dirt cheap for my wife for Christmas. We will definitely be tuning in. Wow, I wrote the word "for" in my first sentence a lot.

Looks about as shitty as the old show.

Some promising news from The Hollywood Reporter this last week:Not that that's any indication of how well it'll do in the ratings, but at least it's a positive comment! :P

Huh. I don't think of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (alien lifeforms duplicating humans to take over the planet), or "Star Trek" (humans exploring space), when I think of "V".

Most critics' knowledge of science fiction pretty much starts and stops with Star Trek, so as soon as there's aliens involved, it's "Star Trek meets [fill in the blank]."

While I doubt that the descriptions are very accurate, I wouldn't assume that this V will necessarily be a duplicate of the V we already know.