V, is a remake of the classic cult mini-series, the filming and editing style is similar to that of the movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ or the popular tv series ‘Heroes’, the kind of ‘realistic-oh I could see how that happening’ style, the story focuses around various characters and the happenings around them.

Now I was about 7-8 years off the original which first aired in 1984, however I did watch all of them and subsequently discussed in depth with my cousin. The original was groundbreaking, even a good 20 years later I had’nt seen anything like it!

Now because I know where its ultimately gonna end up, its hard to write this without spoiling anything. So what can we tell from the first episode? Well to sum it up, aliens appear in about 15 massive ships. they are humanoids (they look like humans basically), they say they thought they were the only intelligent life forms, they found earth, they need rations, blah blah blah. They act all kind and they share their technologies, heal people with aliments and show them around their ships.

Now an interesting thing as  pointed out by an character is that at the start they all love the ‘V’s (name of the alien race), which starts to turn into obsession and then can turn into worship, We see this starting up within 2 young characters. The character who suggest this obsession to worship chain is interesting, as he is one of the only cautious one initially, trying to tell others to be careful.

How does it measure up to the original? Well the remake is more drawn out than the original, it may seem they want to have this new series run longer, however the newer is more realistic than the original.

The first episode aired last night in the states, (if the link is still valid) you can watch it here: http://www.zshare.net/video/67937329f1b5ce86/