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Ummon:

--- Quote from: orion on September 09, 2009, 03:09:53 pm ---Apparently there is a new V TV series this November. I remember the original mini series as being one of the best sci fi series I had ever seen, and was one of my favorites as a child.

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It was trippy for average TV folk, yeah, but totally ridiculous for anyone even somewhat versed in science. Too many ways.

You want a story about RESOURCES, check out HEART OF THE COMET, by David Brin and Gregory Benford. Even though twenty years old, I bet some things in it would trip out most cyber-experienced folk.

RTSDaddy2:

--- Quote from: orion on December 20, 1973, 01:09:05 pm ---You don't remember "Willy" (Robert Englund... AKA Freddy Krueger) Picking up a mouse by the tail, looking at it and saying the lines "mousey, mousey!" and then swallowing it whole?

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Possible spoilers lie within if you haven't see the original yet!

Hate to break it to you Orion, but that particular scene is not one that Englund was in. The scene you refer to features a young blond haired visitor, perhaps Brian (Robin's soon to be boyfriend/lover at the hands of the evil Diana) who gets in trouble after a night of drinking with Daniel, a earthling of Jewish descent who aspires to be great among the "Visitor Youth League" (seems that's what it was called).  At any rate, Brian is wondering around the dumpsters calling "Here mousey" as you stated, the whole while a wino under the nearest bridge is watching.  He finally finds the mouse, unhinges his jaw, and swallows it whole...at which point the wino near about loses the whole bottle.

No, the classic scenes with Willy involve him working at the plant with Caleb's Dad (who is black) and a young earth woman whose name I forget...in fact, these plant scenes are the first time we meet Englund's alien.  The earth woman finds Willy wandering around the plant, and when he approaches her, he explains "Excuse me. I am just." She say "You are just?", to which he replies, "yes, just." For a while, he cannot make her understand, because his command of our language is not good yet...but finally in his frustration, explains by pointing to a map that he is supposed to be there, at which point the lady responds, "Oh, LOST!" and he answers "Yes! Lost! I am lost!"

He winds up, as I said, working with Caleb's dad, a black man - who already afraid of the Mexicans coming in- now fears for his job and losing it to these visitors. However, Willy saves his life when a vat of freezing gas explodes, trapping several workers...it is here, however, that Willy's true identity is almost revealed as the gas causes the fake skin over the reptile's hand to bubble and nearly burst open - Willy is wisked quickly off to a visitor medical center on a nearby ship....and that is the last we see of him for a while.  I just remembered the chick's name that befriends him in the film also, I think...her name was Harmony, if memory serves me correctly. Willy will reappear and become one of the resistance movement later on.  I remember when I learned it was "Willy" under all that goop playing Freddy Krueger....what a change of direction!

How badly am I a V Junkie? That "hot babe" mentioned earlier swallowing the mouse was Diana, the visitor's head scientist and second in command only to John.  She was played to the hilt by Jane Badler. Michael Ironside played Ham Tyler, the "Clint Eastwood" wannabe of the resistance, that befriends Mike (Marc Singer) and Julie (Faye Grant).  Actually, Mike and Ham aren't friends; we'll learn later that....oh well, enough already big mouth. :D'

EDIT: At any rate, the new series looks very promising.  Will be tuned in to watch, just as we were in the 80s.  We used to have "V" parties every Friday night at our house...a friend of mine, young lady who I was interested in at the time was over one night and watched with us....and she became so addicted to the show that she was back every Friday night for the length of the series.

orion:

--- Quote from: RTSDaddy2 on September 13, 2009, 03:49:44 am ---
Possible spoilers lie within if you haven't see the original yet!

Hate to break it to you Orion, but that particular scene is not one that Englund was in. The scene you refer to features a young blond haired visitor, perhaps Brian (Robin's soon to be boyfriend/lover at the hands of the evil Diana) who gets in trouble after a night of drinking with Daniel, a earthling of Jewish descent who aspires to be great among the "Visitor Youth League" (seems that's what it was called).  At any rate, Brian is wondering around the dumpsters calling "Here mousey" as you stated, the whole while a wino under the nearest bridge is watching.  He finally finds the mouse, unhinges his jaw, and swallows it whole...at which point the wino near about loses the whole bottle.

No, the classic scenes with Willy involve him working at the plant with Caleb's Dad (who is black) and a young earth woman whose name I forget...in fact, these plant scenes are the first time we meet Englund's alien.  The earth woman finds Willy wandering around the plant, and when he approaches her, he explains "Excuse me. I am just." She say "You are just?", to which he replies, "yes, just." For a while, he cannot make her understand, because his command of our language is not good yet...but finally in his frustration, explains by pointing to a map that he is supposed to be there, at which point the lady responds, "Oh, LOST!" and he answers "Yes! Lost! I am lost!"

He winds up, as I said, working with Caleb's dad, a black man - who already afraid of the Mexicans coming in- now fears for his job and losing it to these visitors. However, Willy saves his life when a vat of freezing gas explodes, trapping several workers...it is here, however, that Willy's true identity is almost revealed as the gas causes the fake skin over the reptile's hand to bubble and nearly burst open - Willy is wisked quickly off to a visitor medical center on a nearby ship....and that is the last we see of him for a while.  I just remembered the chick's name that befriends him in the film also, I think...her name was Harmony, if memory serves me correctly. Willy will reappear and become one of the resistance movement later on.  I remember when I learned it was "Willy" under all that goop playing Freddy Krueger....what a change of direction!

How badly am I a V Junkie? That "hot babe" mentioned earlier swallowing the mouse was Diana, the visitor's head scientist and second in command only to John.  She was played to the hilt by Jane Badler. Michael Ironside played Ham Tyler, the "Clint Eastwood" wannabe of the resistance, that befriends Mike (Marc Singer) and Julie (Faye Grant).  Actually, Mike and Ham aren't friends; we'll learn later that....oh well, enough already big mouth. :D'

EDIT: At any rate, the new series looks very promising.  Will be tuned in to watch, just as we were in the 80s.  We used to have "V" parties every Friday night at our house...a friend of mine, young lady who I was interested in at the time was over one night and watched with us....and she became so addicted to the show that she was back every Friday night for the length of the series.

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Oh yeah! Your right, it wasn't Willy eating the mouse! What's sad about that is I just watched it again 4 months ago. I must be getting old or something!  :( At some point Willy gets captured by the resistance and they were going to do some experiments on him, but decide not to for some reason. He winds up on their side somehow. If I remember correctly he just sort of befriended all of them.


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--- Quote from: RayB on September 11, 2009, 02:25:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: hypernova on September 10, 2009, 06:34:34 pm ---Just watched the clip.  Looks pretty decent.  Was that Kyle Chandler?  If so, he seems to be reallllly trying to make it in some sort of series.  Also noticed the woman doctor from Lost whose name eludes me.  Hope she's not ditching Lost.
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I guess that's a spoiler. She dies at the end of Lost. Well, sorta. We're left not 100% sure, but I guess her appearance in a new show maybe confirms it.


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Cripes...I have a short memory.  I watched the entire season about two months ago.  :)  I won't write her off just yet...at least in the current living dimension or whatever.

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As far as Lost is concerned, I would tend to think that we will see the character Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell) next season. As I understand it, next season will be the last for Lost. If I had to guess they have probably filmed them all, or considering that there is a long time between seasons, she probably has more then enough time to do both shows.

hypernova:
I read they had three seasons of 16 episodes left.  This coming one is the second of the three.  Should be another season afterwards.

Level42:
I wonder if any station will pick up the new V series here. If not, today we have the power of the internet :D

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