V Premiere (The new one)

Really good introduction to the leading characters and the visitors.

And I was amused that the first shot of "Juliet" (because I'm not sure what her character's name is in this thing, I'll stick with her character's name from Lost). It was a shot of her eye as she opened it when she woke up. WIch struck me as very Lost-esque.

It really bothers me how they refer to the aliens as "the Vs". I much prefer "the Visitors".

Also, interesting how the graffiti V now means the completely opposite thing, compared to the original miniseries.

And Anna/Morena/Inara's main goon looks really evil. EEEEvil. He should probably not tilt his head downwards and then look up at people when he talks. Because it looks really evil. And the dark clothes and hair and stuff doesn't help the cause.

Juliet: "How can you not find this guy? He's very creepy."
Wash: "If only creepy were a biometric parameter in our facial recognition software."

Oh, did I mention that Wash is apparently in this? Because he is. Not nearly as snarky, though.

And I like what they've done with the ship. Rather than the very stereotypical saucer shape, the ships seem to be more interestingly shaped. And look fancier.

Also, Inara can look very creepy when she smiles creepily.

And I guess we won't be seeing much of Wash anymore... Didn't see that one coming....

Seems ABC's got a good thing going for them. They've got V, FlashForward, Castle... Maybe some other stuff I can't think of right now... And with this and FlashForward, it seems that they've got 2 of the best new shows out there... Assuming of course that this one keeps up in quality, as FlashForward seems to be doing.

V: The Final Battle (Part 3)

Marc Singer, Faye Grant Resistance fighters (Marc Singer, Faye Grant) develop a toxin to eradicate the alien invaders.

Again with the lack of appropriate punctuation? And is there a particular need to list the lead actors twice in a total of 18 words?

And Marc Singer just slid down the nose of a Visitor's shuttle, and attacked some guy with his junk.

And the Earth-folks' plan of attack seems to involve hot air balloons. You know those things that you can't really control or steer? Yeah, those.

And Michael Ironside is one angry, angry man.

And apparently it takes a good 5-10 seconds for a high-tech alien mothership to lock on to a hot air balloon. How do they hit anything in a space battle with that kind of technology? I'd imagine that other spaceships move a heck of a lot quicker than hot air balloons.

And apparently human/alien hybrids have some sort of sparkle power. Not really sure what it does, but it involves glowing and sparkles. OK, it seems it turns off Self-Destruct Mechanisms. Perhaps we should call it Deus Ex Machina Memorial Sparkle Power!. (The exclamation point is part of the title, and not part of the punctuation of that sentence. FYI)

And I've decided that Marc Singer is also channeling a bit of William Fichtner, as well as the Kevin Bacon-ness that I was talking about earlier.

V: The Final Battle (Part 2) some more

Oh, I forgot to mention: Michael Ironside's character is named "Ham Tyler" or somesuch. Either way, his first name is Ham. Which is awesome. I'm really hoping that the lead actor on Mad Men will realize the awesomeness of this name, and name a son in Mr. Tyler's honor. Because, honestly, what would be a better name than "Ham Hamm"?

And also, apparently in the 80s those railings made out of pipes are really effective cover. Even when there are only two skinny horizontal pieces, and vertical bits every 10 feet or so. Or these Visitor folks cannot shoot for beans.

Today's Word Of The Day

Today's Word of the Day, by which I mean "The word that randomly popped into my head as I drove home" is:

Manatees.

Just in case you were wondering.

V: The Final Battle (Part 2)

Marc Singer, Faye Grant A reptilian leader (Jane Badler) tries to hide the aliens' true plans from humanity.

Dear Movie Description Punctuator Man: Please use punctuation correctly. I can almost forgive the lack of a comma before the final item in a list, but that description is just crap. You need to differentiate somehow between the names of the actors, and the rest of the description.

Michael Ironside reinforces the stereotype that Mac-10s can only be fired from the hip.

Flashforward

Good show.

Also, good to see that Callum Keith Rennie's still getting work, now that Battlestar Galactica's been canceled, and he can't be Leoben anymore.

Heroes

I really am not a fan of having to read Hiro talking to Hiro.... It involves me actually having to pay attention...