Great point. It’s especially confusing when you consider that the lead female character in the original WAS named “Juliet.” I *do* recall a lot of the names from the original (just have that sort of velcro brain), but it wasn’t until reading your post that it occurred to me I couldn’t name a SINGLE character from the new V, except for Anna. They are all just, “types” – The Stolid FBI agent, The Visitor Gone Native, The Ambitious Reporter, The Conflicted Priest, The Rebelious Kid (someone please eat him soon!)

For drama to be effective you have to know a little bit about and at least somewhat care for a character BEFORE they are put into the hazardous or challenging situation. “North by Northwest” would be nothing if it STARTED with the crop duster chasing Cary Grant across the field.

Yep – I think you’ve hit on a core problem with the show, at least for me.

re: Foundation

There’s a listing on IMDB for Foundation with a 2011 date. However, since they list it “in production” the details are only available on their pay-service, IMDB Pro. So it’s hard to know how real it is.

But beyond that: Does anybody here REALLY think that were gonna get a TV show of this ‘caliber’ without the writers succumbing to the obvious political commentary? No, let me allow the writers to get off the hook – why wouldn’t the Visitors (whom have been around for a while, according to the first ep) take advantage of the knowledge gleaned from their observations of us and hit us where it counts?

But wait… it still goes back to the writing. Forget it. ‘V’ will be off the air by summer.

You are cordially invited (yet again) to stop telling me what to do.