V: The Review
Nov. 3rd, 2009 09:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jpskewedthroneOK, so I've seen the first episode and here are some thoughts. BUT FIRST! A reminder that there's a signing this Saturday with 7 fantasy authors in Ledgewood, NJ! Some see us. Or we will destroy you.
SIGNING! *signing signing signing*
November 7th, 2009
Noon-4pm
Barnes & Noble
Ledgewood Mall
375 Route 10 E
Ledgewood, NJ 07852
973-252-9300
***
with authors
Patricia Bray; S.C. Butler
Barbara Campbell; Laura Anne Gilman
Jackie Kessler; Joshua Palmatier
Anton Strout
And now back to V:
Overall, I thought it was a good start. They had much more forward movement than I expected in the first episode. Exposing that they're already here? That they're really against us? That there are traitor V that want to help us? All of that in one episode? I'm . . . shocked. I would have expected more development and have these things revealed as final moments in later episodes. So this was a surprise. My guess is that they're going to focus much more on the fight then. They probably did this because everyone who saw the first incarnation already knows all of the "secrets" of the V, so why not just throw them out into the open right away? But still. . . .
Setup was good, although there were a few very cheesy moments. I find it hard to believe that New Yorkers would applaud after the V makes that first announcement. Not so much. And some of the relationship "moments" were a little cheesy as well. Mother/son moment was the most obvious one to me. Some things weren't hidden all that well and I wondered why until we hit the end of the episode, such as the fact that the FBI woman's partner was one of the V. I saw that immediately. But that could be the writer in me.
I did like some of the relationship setups for future episodes though, such as the V dude who was going to get married. That could be interesting. And the mother/son, with the mother against the V and the son supporting them. Lots of good plotlines and potential there.
Not so sure about the priest's character. However, the anchor who the V manipulated . . . I see some good plotlines there.
So, as usual, it all comes down to what they do with the setup they've got now. Not the most stunning show at this point, BUT with lots of potential. I'll give them a chance to settle in and see what happens. Fringe felt a little rocky and unsure of itself at first, but I love that show now.
SIGNING! *signing signing signing*
November 7th, 2009
Noon-4pm
Barnes & Noble
Ledgewood Mall
375 Route 10 E
Ledgewood, NJ 07852
973-252-9300
***
with authors
Patricia Bray; S.C. Butler
Barbara Campbell; Laura Anne Gilman
Jackie Kessler; Joshua Palmatier
Anton Strout
And now back to V:
Overall, I thought it was a good start. They had much more forward movement than I expected in the first episode. Exposing that they're already here? That they're really against us? That there are traitor V that want to help us? All of that in one episode? I'm . . . shocked. I would have expected more development and have these things revealed as final moments in later episodes. So this was a surprise. My guess is that they're going to focus much more on the fight then. They probably did this because everyone who saw the first incarnation already knows all of the "secrets" of the V, so why not just throw them out into the open right away? But still. . . .
Setup was good, although there were a few very cheesy moments. I find it hard to believe that New Yorkers would applaud after the V makes that first announcement. Not so much. And some of the relationship "moments" were a little cheesy as well. Mother/son moment was the most obvious one to me. Some things weren't hidden all that well and I wondered why until we hit the end of the episode, such as the fact that the FBI woman's partner was one of the V. I saw that immediately. But that could be the writer in me.
I did like some of the relationship setups for future episodes though, such as the V dude who was going to get married. That could be interesting. And the mother/son, with the mother against the V and the son supporting them. Lots of good plotlines and potential there.
Not so sure about the priest's character. However, the anchor who the V manipulated . . . I see some good plotlines there.
So, as usual, it all comes down to what they do with the setup they've got now. Not the most stunning show at this point, BUT with lots of potential. I'll give them a chance to settle in and see what happens. Fringe felt a little rocky and unsure of itself at first, but I love that show now.
