{"id":8741,"date":"2010-02-25T13:44:16","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T12:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=8741"},"modified":"2010-02-25T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T12:49:25","slug":"how-to-make-v-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/how-to-make-v-better\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make V better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Picture-113.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8743   alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"Picture 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Picture-113-224x300.png\" alt=\"Picture 1\" width=\"95\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s snazzy poster art time for ABC\u2019s V reboot, which can only mean one thing: the show is returning to screens. In its first block of episodes this re-imagined series showed some real promise, and I feel that the show was subject to some pretty unfair production trouble and cancellation rumours during its first run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, the programme wasn\u2019t perfect, and there are some matters that need to be addressed in order to give it a fighting chance on screens. You can read these after the jump.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/v-morena-obama.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8754\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"v-morena-obama\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/v-morena-obama-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"v-morena-obama\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a>Keep up the controversy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Many critics cited this version of V as being an allegory of Barack Obama and his road to presidency. It\u2019s commentary like this that gets people talking, thinking and engaging with a TV series, which is of course never a bad thing. Expanding on this theme of hope and freedom will be a big bonus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/v-lizard-alien-lady.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8757\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"v-lizard-alien-lady\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/v-lizard-alien-lady-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"v-lizard-alien-lady\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a>Go green<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is a shallow one, I\u2019ll admit that, but I think I speak for everyone when I say that it\u2019s about time we saw the true face of the alien threat. The original series\u2019 visitors were pretty creepy when their human skins were shed, so there\u2019s no reason why this contemporary spin shouldn\u2019t give us something green and ghoulish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/48865_116110_0469_ful_122_671lo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8759\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"116110_0469\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/48865_116110_0469_ful_122_671lo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"116110_0469\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>No filler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">BSG got away with it on occasions and Supernatural is at its best when taking a meander into the non-canonical, but a show with V\u2019s scope simply cannot include filler episodes.\u00a0 \u2018A Bright New Day\u2019 was slow in places, but not exactly a cause for concern. The show\u2019s pilot was movie esque, in terms of scale, so as long as future episodes keep this momentum viewers should be in for an exciting season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Season one of V recommences on US screens on 30 March 2010. UK viewers will &#8211; finally &#8211; be able to see the series in April, via the SyFy Network.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So, who&#8217;s looking forward to V arriving on British screens? Or, for the US viewers out there, how are you finding this series? Post your thoughts below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve compiled a list of ammendments for phase two of V&#8217;s mission to entertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[140,3],"tags":[693],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Picture-114.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}