Morena to be lead villain in new version of V

POSTED BY: SimonWho
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SIMONWHO

Monday, March 9, 2009 11:05 AM

I hope she likes eating mice:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3
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BROWNCOAT1

Monday, March 9, 2009 1:59 PM

Shiny! Looking forward to the reimagining of this sci fi show.

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SCHISM

Monday, March 9, 2009 10:48 PM

Another frickin' remake?
Can't they just come up with new and unique ideas?
Like, I dunno, say, Firefly was?

WHOZIT

Monday, March 9, 2009 11:07 PM

Ooooo, she'll be a bad girl

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, March 9, 2009 11:32 PM

I hate remakes, but I'll check this out anyway and am looking forward to seeing Morena

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:12 AM

they need to *not* remake that movie. the original sucked major ass.

TRAVELER

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:06 AM

It has to be better then the original, because the original sucked.

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PEULSAR5

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:04 AM

I'll watch it, but didn't they already remake it and call it "Independence Day"?

TUJIAOZUO

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:08 AM

I'm intrigued, I'll give it a shot.

It's cool ABC might have both Nathan and Morena on the network.

Can Morena please do a guest spot on Castle before her show gets rolling? Puhlease?

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

ZZETTA13

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TuJiaoZuo:
I'm intrigued, I'll give it a shot.

It's cool ABC might have both Nathan and Morena on the network.

Can Morena please do a guest spot on Castle before her show gets rolling? Puhlease?

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

I couldn't agree more!!

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RALLEM

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:55 PM

I remember the original actress who played the leader was a beautiful brunette much like Morena, and it good that our trained companion is finding work, but I really fear for this project, unless they can find a way to make the story better and not just try to compensate with new special effects.

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SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 3:27 PM

The news flash didn't say if it would be a miniseries like the original, which BTW was really well done (considering what little special FX they had back in the mid-80's) and I'll only watch because of the beautiful Morena.

As I recall, Marc (Beastmaster) Singer was one of the resistance leaders back in the day, and could easily be Nathan's brother. So, why not have Nathan do a quest spot on V as well. Now that would be shiny.

SGG

Tawabawho?

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 3:28 PM

i second that. it's like the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still, or as my cousing put it 'taking a fifties B movie and trying to make it into a new A movie." ><;; just doesnt work unless you do a LOT to change it

CELLARDOOR

Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:43 PM

I've never even heard of the original series (?), so I have no idea what a remake would entail. Guess I'll have to go sniffing around the interwebs for more information. I guess it must have had some decent interest back in the day if some execs think a remake is worth it?

STINKINGROSE

Sunday, March 15, 2009 12:13 AM

I watched it the first time around and I loved it.

Of course I was about 12 or 13 at the time. My favorite character was (Willie?) the alien who was good. Little did I know it was Freddie Kruger in disguise... yet another good actor.

I don't remember it that clearly, as I wasn't allowed to stay up late and watch it every episode or something. I remember the split tongue on the baby grossing me out.

Or gagging me with a spoon, as it WAS the 80s after all...

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:50 AM

UGH i dont know WHY ><;; i watched it and was like "why the fuck did they make this piece of crap???" *is scared of the new one*

ECGORDON

Sunday, March 15, 2009 1:52 PM

I thought the original mini-series was good for its time and limited FX budget, but I lost interest as the series progressed. It got too repetitive and predictable.

FREMDFIRMA

Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:48 PM

For it's time, it wasn't so bad...

I mean comparatively to what else was on the tube, it was fairly superior, and while some of the character acting was a bit hit or miss, when it was "on" it was indeed pretty decent.

I never watched the TV series, cause it just smacked of needless milking of a story that was best left where the two movies and three part mini-series ended it, although they did start it with what sounded like an interesting, and plausible premise.

Morena as Diana, I can see that, and someone mentioned above a certain resemblance between Nathan and Marc Singer's character, which would make for an interesting cameo - it'd be nice to see the darker side of the excellent chemistry between Nathan and Morena, wouldn't it ?

Of course, my favorite character of the bunch is likely to once again get short shrift, I wonder who they'll get to do Ham Tyler, cause it'll be hard to match Ironsides original performance of a very nasty, slightly psychotic fellow who finds himself in a position where his talents for making people dead are actually valued and lauded, and Ironsides totally played to it with a side order of bacon (oh how appropriate the name of his character!) while giving Singers character hell for being too nice, heh.

Ham Tyler: Too bad we didn't bring our little brown shirt along, Now we're gonna have to find another guinea pig.
Mike Donovan: You can't just pick someone out at random, that would be murder.
Ham Tyler: There are plenty of collaborators out there, how about your mother?
Mike Donovan: That's cheap!

-F

ANOTHERSKY

Monday, March 16, 2009 8:41 AM

Brown shirt? Is that similar to a brown coat?

Mwah ha ha ha ha~! (maniacal laughter...)

Not like a red shirt....did somebody on the show wear a brown shirt all the time?

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IMNOTHERE

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Peulsar5:
I'll watch it, but didn't they already remake it and call it "Independence Day"?

No - but they both swiped the opening scene of giant flying saucers appearing over the world's cities
from the classic Arthur C Clarke book "Childhood's End".
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End)

STORYMARK

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:57 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
they need to *not* remake that movie. the original sucked major ass.

Those are the ones they SHOULD be remaking - good ideas whith shoddy execution.

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PIZMOBEACH

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:03 PM

Morena gets a lead on a major network - that's so huge for an actor! Great for her.

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JONGSSTRAW

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:12 PM

The original tv movie was great in it's day.

The tv movie sequel was even better.
Humanity won. They found a way to posion the food chain for the aliens. They left the Earth. Whoooops, then they came back.... the tv series was atrocious.

That said, this could be a great vehicle for Morena to have an impact on large-audience tv viewers. In their day, both Jane Badler and June Chadwick from V were almost household names. Out of all the endless women in sci-fi, no two women ever filled those spandex pants quite the way those two did.

SHINYVERA2517

Sunday, April 26, 2009 5:17 AM

I saw on IMDB that Alan Tudyk will also be in the 'V' remake. Don't know how big of a part it is..... I mean his role in the show (lol)....he's the 4th one listed in the cast though(if that means anything).
I hope it lasts. I'd love to see the two of them back on TV!

"He was mostly brave....MOSTLY!??!?!!....he was brave"