"V" ABC Re-Boot - (spoilers)

[Rico]

Yeah. But that was also true of the hybrid born in the original mini-series. So I think fast maturation is Canon.  ;D

Yeah, I kind of thought so.  But you would think they would at least comment on it.

Well no human has seen her yet.. to the V's if this is normal why would they comment on it? I'm sure when one of the human see her they will say something.

This is a half-V and half-human child.  I have to think nothing is "normal" about the baby.  Since they seem to want to breed with us, I would think they would be commenting and studying the baby a great deal.  I'm sure it will come up more at some point.

[WillEagle]

Love this show! Almost bought season 1 on blu-ray but got season 3 of The Big Bang Theory instead. Watching Anna feed the kid and watch her eat the rat to start with was GROSS!! Really I thought it was cool. The wife... not so much. The actress that plays Anna was on Attack of the Show and the host asked her about the rat. She said the trainer said it was more scared of her than she was of it. And she said "Oh, really." She also said it was all wet when she took it out of the box! Anna scared the pee out of that Rat! The interview was on Tuesdays show. And I think the reason the baby looks older is because the human skin they put on was for an older baby. They didn't have any infant human skin in stock! 

[Geekyfanboy]

Just watched the latest episode.. I enjoyed it.. still loving Jane Badler.. so happy to see that she's not just in a few episodes. Not a ton of info given in this episode.. but man I had a tough time with [spoiler]the torture scene with the FBI V agent.. that was almost to much for me to handle[/spoiler]

[KingIsaacLinksr]

A good episode, pity it won't be back for a couple weeks (would like to know why we're still playing this skip-a-few-weeks game.  Especially with how unstable the show is with ratings, but then again, why strip it from Hulu....confusing company). 

Will be interesting to see what happens here on out.

King

[Rico]

No talk about Tuesday's episode yet?  It seems it's not an episode of "V" anymore unless some V opens up there big reptile jaws and chomps down on someone.  ;)

[KingIsaacLinksr]

That was rather...disturbing to see her do that one thing to that one guy.  ;)  But hey, this show is good.  But seriously, I cannot stand the main kid anymore.  Apparently he missed the memo where we are free to speak whatever we want in the USA.  "Hey, he obviously had everything to do with my friends death, so lets go smash up a place of worship and hurt an elderly gentleman."  -_-.  I guess this is called the teenager syndrome, but it makes him a very unsympathetic character and I think we all want whatever the Vs are planning to happen to him.  >_>.....

Otherwise this show is going strong imo.  Good amount of drama and it looks like the FBI are beginning to sniff out some trouble in their ranks, so that adds an interesting twist.

King

[Rico]

Yeah - the kid is a weak point.  The show is still just ok for me personally.  I'd like to see them formulate more of a plan of dealing with the V.  So far, our little group of rebels just seems to react to most things that happen.  And where was science whiz in this most recent episode?  I think he's going to become real important.  Because they obviously can't beat the V with technology, etc.  A nice disease that works on reptiles only would be good.  ;)

[Geekyfanboy]

I enjoyed the latest episode.. it's definaltly on my must see tv. I actually watch this kind of live (well half hour after it starts). I've been really enjoying the stories and the action as been fantastic. Yeah they seem to have at least one CG alien effect in each episode. I know folks complained about season one as not seeing much of the aliens.. so now it seems they are making up for that... I find all the alien CG stuff very cool.

What do you think of the storyline dealing with finding the human soul?

[QuadShot]

Joyce and I've been enjoying this show, especially these latest episodes. I agree, the Evans kid is annoying...but, I like the direction. I think the soul hunt is getting interesting...

[Rico]

I'm not grabbed at all by the "soul search" story arc.  I mean if the V read just a few religious books from Earth they would quickly discover that the soul is not something they can actually find and extract or study from a human.  These people are suppose to be advanced, why is a concept of a soul so hard for them to understand?  It just makes them seem sort of dumb to me at least. 

Also, if the ultimate goal of the V are just to be accepted so they can start breeding with humans they seem to be going about things in a strange way.  Although it is seeming more like they want to conquer us too.  Anyway, just some of my thoughts.

[X]

I'm not grabbed at all by the "soul search" story arc.  I mean if the V read just a few religious books from Earth they would quickly discover that the soul is not something they can actually find and extract or study from a human.  These people are suppose to be advanced, why is a concept of a soul so hard for them to understand?  It just makes them seem sort of dumb to me at least. 

Also, if the ultimate goal of the V are just to be accepted so they can start breeding with humans they seem to be going about things in a strange way.  Although it is seeming more like they want to conquer us too.  Anyway, just some of my thoughts.

I think you're missing it Rico. They are after the soul because the soul is supposed to be some sort of energy. If humans can't detect the soul, it doesn't mean that they can't with their advanced tech.

The process they are using is actually one that was attempted long ago in our history to see how much the soul weighs. I don't recall the exact book, but I remember some scientist trying to find the soul or how much it weighs by figuring out how much a human body weighs before and after they die.

Here is something I found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_MacDougall_(doctor)

So basically they are trying to do what we did, but because they have superior tech, they think that they can find it.

As to your point regarding the soul and books, I think that's what fuels their search. If the soul is energy, they are trying to find out what that energy is and control it. I don't think it makes them dumb at all, but beings that think they have the technology to break the code and do something that humanity has never done. Confirm that the soul exists, what it's made of, and how to destroy it.

[Rico]

No, I'm not missing it.  And yes, I still think they are dumb.  I'm quite aware of previous attempts to find a soul in people.  All I can say is good luck to the V in finding "the soul."  If this scene happens at some point I'd be done watching this show.....

Anna:  "Joshua, what's that little glowing blue ball inside that human?"
Joshua:  "It appears to be the human soul we have be searching for with our advanced soul hunting tech."
Anna:  "Destroy it!!"
Joshua:  "Yes, my queen."  (works knobs and the blue ball vanishes)
Anna:  "Excellent!  Now, human who is your master?" (works her little Bliss magic...)
Human:  "Uhh, you Anna?!"  (dazed and confused)
Anna:  "Exactly!  Joshua, activate the soul beam and destroy all the humans soul's on Earth!"

I think you get the idea.  It's just plain silly.  I don't get very religious or metaphysical on the forum, but you can't find the true soul in a person.  I don't care how good your V-tech is.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

No, I'm not missing it.  And yes, I still think they are dumb.  I'm quite aware of previous attempts to find a soul in people.  All I can say is good luck to the V in finding "the soul."  If this scene happens at some point I'd be done watching this show.....

Anna:  "Joshua, what's that little glowing blue ball inside that human?"
Joshua:  "It appears to be the human soul we have be searching for with our advanced soul hunting tech."
Anna:  "Destroy it!!"
Joshua:  "Yes, my queen."  (works knobs and the blue ball vanishes)
Anna:  "Excellent!  Now, human who is your master?" (works her little Bliss magic...)
Human:  "Uhh, you Anna?!"  (dazed and confused)
Anna:  "Exactly!  Joshua, activate the soul beam and destroy all the humans soul's on Earth!"

I think you get the idea.  It's just plain silly.  I don't get very religious or metaphysical on the forum, but you can't find the true soul in a person.  I don't care how good your V-tech is.

I don't think we'll ever see that scene unless the writers have lost it, at which point they'll lose a lot of viewers for the absolute absurdity of that scene.  Including myself.

King

[Rico]

Exactly Tim.  That's part of my point.  Two outcomes of them looking for the human soul.  They don't find it (so waste of time - dumb V move), they find it and you get something like my little scene above (even dumber result than not finding it).  This is my problem.  Both outcomes just don't work.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Exactly Tim.  That's part of my point.  Two outcomes of them looking for the human soul.  They don't find it (so waste of time - dumb V move), they find it and you get something like my little scene above (even dumber result than not finding it).  This is my problem.  Both outcomes just don't work.

To me it works, Anna wants absolute control over the populace so she is looking for anyway that she can to prevent anything like the soul from being her undoing.  She is so paranoid she'll do anything.  Its her weakness, and lets face it, the best villains need weaknesses, otherwise there is no...drama involved.  Her undoing will be her wish for absolute power and control.  I like it.  :)

King