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Screen Rant testing: Nazi-Like Reptilian Aliens And Meals Of Mice – ‘V’ Sequel Still On The Cards?

  • Vic · 2 years ago
    I remember "V", both the original mini-series and the ongoing TV show. I watched both and even enjoyed the TV series.

    One comment that I find odd is the one regarding the high cost of going direct-to-DVD... I'm certainly not in the production biz, but that sounds completely "off." Have you BEEN to a Blockbuster lately? The "new releases" shelves are FULL of direct-to-DVD crap horror flicks that I'm sure are there because it's so cheap to get 'em there.

    Vic
  • Filmstalker · 2 years ago
    For a moment I thought "Vic commented on his own story? My lord his ego is out of control!" - I didn't think that last bit just thought it would look funny - then I realised that you had other writers onboard!

    Kane, I loved that original series. For a while a new film was being talked of, a complete big budget remake. However that never got off the ground either.

    The thing is it's a superb story and could really work again. However what does that matter. There's not a visible cult following so the dollar signs aren't out, and it's probably not cheap to get hold of the rights. For Hollywood that means the two main boxes are out the window.

    Never mind, we'll see things like Joust and Magnum P.I. first...sigh.
  • Vic · 2 years ago
    LOL, I'm not THAT far gone. :-)

    And "Joust"... sigh.

    Vic
  • darkbhudda · 2 years ago
    Loved the first mini-series. The TV series had its moments. The Final Battle I didn't like. Mainly for one thing I cannot abide by in my sci-fi, a child with mystical superpowers.

    In the mini-series the humans send a distress call to an enemy of the reptilians knowing it would take years to reach them, and also not knowing anything about them. I'd like to see the implications of that.
  • Kane Adrian · 2 years ago
    You're in luck, then... 'cus that's precisely what this sequel is... a follow up to the first miniseries only. The book apparently picks up as though the aliens never got defeated and have been here for a generation.

    With that in mind, though, I can totally see how NBC wanted a remake of the first bit before going ahead with a sequel. It could get confusing for fans that DID enjoy The Final Battle and - god forbid - the series.
  • walker · 2 years ago
    They sent a distress signal in the original mini series? Really?

    I loved the series when I was a kid, and I recently purchased the DVD´s, but I dont remember that part.
  • Kane Adrian · 2 years ago
    Yeah... they did... and it was a plot point I'd always seen as 'throwaway' due to being a kid when it first screened. It never dawned on me that it was an important part of Kenny Johnson's story... before NBC dumped him and started their ludicrous 'Star Child' storyline.
  • jason · 2 years ago
    I've always loved that original V mini and am looking forward to Johnson's novel.

    That said, I have never understood why so many people believe Independence Day was cribbed from V, aside from the images of giant flying saucers moving in over familiar cities. ID is almost beat-for-beat a remake of the 1953 version of War of the Worlds, right down to the ineffective atomic bomb attack and a "virus" bringing down the aliens, with the final trench run over the Death Star thrown in for good measure.
  • Kane Adrian · 2 years ago
    For the record, the fact I posted this the same week The Hollywood News and AICN reported on Robert Englund mentioning the project at a convention is a total coincidence...

    I'm beginning to wonder if the stars are aligning for this thing to actually happen!

    I guess if the suits are just sitting on it, it only takes a bit of fan noise to give them the motivation to move forward.

    Here's hoping, anyway!