OT: V The TV Series

[Arkcon]

Jane Badler had a lot of style, charm and acting ability. There were a few other good actors. But the camp just got laid on real heavily as the mini-series became a TV show, and bad acting seems to be the norm, whenever a TV show becomes a night-time soap opera. Remember when the original Battlestar Galactica series actually found Earth? Me either.

[Azselendor]

Ahhh! Evil Reptillian Nazis from Outer Space! V is a member of a select club of bad scifi that keeps popping up like Zombie Jesus.

For some reason WW2 never ended for hollywood.

[Hunpecked]

Man, this topic brings back memories. The two miniseries were definitely better than the TV series, or perhaps I should say, less bad. I remember liking Jane Badler and her deliciously evil character. I also recall that a human/alien hybrid child played a crucial role in the story...hmmm, now where have I seen that lately? Hmmm. Dang, it's on the tip of my tongue...

[Atrocities]

I noticed in the TV series they reused and reused and reused many shots from other episodes or from the mini-series. Hell in one episode there was this blue plasma orb in the dudes offices, they made a point of showing it there many times. Then in a later episode it became a Visitor ultimate computer. I nearly laughed it was so obviously the same decoration that was in Bates office.

Then we have Mr. Bates and his Dead Man switch which ironically NEVER went off when he died. Major plot flaw there.

In one episode they had this purple like thing that was suppose to be this evil weapon, then a few episodes later it was a volcano prop in some ceremonial chamber on board the Visitor's ship.

The Visitor dialog was so bad that it had to have been written by George Lucas himself. The whole TV series reminded me COBRA and the GIJOE series. Cheesy to the extreme. Each episode of the V TV series was horribly written. It is as if the producers wanted the show to fail.

[MrToxin]

Here's the thing to remember about sci-fi: the WORST stuff is often some of the most WATCHED.

See, back in the days when I still watched TV, I knew that the Sci-Fi channel, for example, would ALWAYS have something worth watching on. See, it was either really great or so mind-bogglingly awful that it was fun to watch it for the laughs.

Remember, kids: some things are deliberately awful. Some things are unintentionally awful but, if people keep watching it, for ANY reason, somebody will keep making it.

Yes, I do love MST3K. Thank you for asking.

[Atrocities]

Lets face it, the 80's gave us some pretty awful shows to remember. From the A - Team to Dukes of Hazard we have memories of childhood shows that should never be watched as adults. You should not revisit those old episodes of Night Rider, Buck Rogers, (Except to gawk at Wilma) TJ Hooker, and so on. JUST SAY NO!

[Randallw]

In my case especially don't watch BSG, or perhaps to be specific buy the toys. I had a BSG toy that fired off rubber Vipers with Rubber bands. I replaced the Vipers with Darts and turned it into an effective, albeit short ranged, crossbow . My mother took it away and I haven't seen it since.

[dogscoff]

Atrocities said:
...Buck Rogers, (Except to gawk at Wilma)...

Ah yes, Wilma...

[MrToxin]

Atrocities said:
Lets face it, the 80's gave us some pretty awful shows to remember. From the A - Team to Dukes of Hazard we have memories of childhood shows that should never be watched as adults. You should not revisit those old episodes of Night Rider, Buck Rogers, (Except to gawk at Wilma) TJ Hooker, and so on. JUST SAY NO!

Hey, I like the A-Team.