Comic-Con 2009 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Human Target, V and The Vampire Diaries
Posted on | July 28, 2009 |
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The four day convention starts with the up and coming Preview Night. Each year Preview Night gains clout. Last year Preview Night featured the screening of Fringe, in which I attended and thoroughly enjoyed. Fringe had a great first season and has been renewed for another season. This year Comic-Con and Warner Bros. teamed up to present a sneak peek into three of the most intriguing new TV series coming in the 2009-2010 season. Will Ballroom 20 screen three successful TV shows this year?
The first screening was Human Target which is based on the DC Comics title. Human Target is about a mysterious private contractor who will stop at nothing, even if it literally means becoming a human target, to keep his clients alive. Playing the “human target” is Mark Valley, who was John Scott on Fringe, as Christoper Chance. The human target’s “team” consists of Chi McBride, the Private Detective from Pushing Daisies, as Winston and Rorschach himself Jackie Earle Haley as Guerrero. I have to say Jackie stole the show in this episode. Guerrero seems be like a swiss-army knife on Christopher’s team. We are introduced to Guerrero as he cleverly outwits some thugs. Guerrero uses intelligence to get his job done and immediately your on his side. Christopher contacts Guerrero, despite Winston’s objection, to track down some information and it appears he will be
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a regular on the show. A very interesting interaction is between Guerrero and Winston. Winston is Christopher’s manager who finds work for him and assists during missions. Winston dislikes Guerrero and despises the fact Christopher wants him to help. This interaction provides most of the comedy during the show. The introduction to Christopher is awesome. It starts off right in the middle of a mission and gives you insight immediately into the shows name sake. The main story of the episode is decent but not outstanding. The bulk of the story takes place on a train moving over 200 mph, which is very cool. The special effects are extremely well done and appear almost movie quality. Some of the scenes I did not particularly enjoy the camera work. I did not get a feel this show came from a comic book at all. I have not read the comic, so I am not sure how it was drawn or how it read but I would love a series like this to use effects like in Sin City and Watchmen just to give it that comic book feel. Overall I enjoyed Human Target and think it is worth a shot. Tune in this upcoming season on Wednesdays at 9:00 pm on Fox.
V is the re-imagining of the groundbreaking miniseries from the 80s. Starring in V is Elizabeth Mictchell who play Juliet in Lost. For me this is reason enough to watch. Elizabeth has earned this right IMHO with her work as Juliet on Lost. Other cast members include Morris Chestnut, Joel Gretsch, Lourdes Benedicto, Logan Huffman and Laura Vandervoort. I am unfamiliar with the rest of the cast and I am also unfamiliar with the miniseries. I actually know nothing about the story whatsoever. I feel this is a good way to get into this series. I will not go to the details of the story as I feel this is best if already unknown. I will say the effects in this show were spectacular. I felt like the acting was also top notch and except nothing less with Elizabeth at the helm. I do have some concerns about the progression of the story. I feel like there was a bit too much in the pilot. I felt like I rather have been eased into this story instead of being thrown in full steam and at a blazing fast pace. I felt like this one episode should have been 2 or maybe even 3 separate episodes.
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Too much is revealed, there is not even time to speculate and consider possibilities. I suppose this could end up being a mute point if the show is carried out properly, which by all means I believe this story has great potential and the pace could be so fast for a reason. V reminds me very much so of another ABC product Invasion. I was really into Invasion which had a great cast and a great story but Invasion only lasted a year. I hate to say this but I feel like V could head down this same path. I just get a similar feel from V as I did with Invasion. I definitely will give V a chance and for Elizabeth’s sake I hope this show does well! V will premiere mid-season on ABC.
The Vampire Diaries is made for tweens. I believe The Vampire Diaries is the TV version of Twilight, even though i’ve never seen Twilight. The Vampire Diaries is a romantic drama in which two brothers, one good and one evil, are at war for the soul of one girl. The bad brother is Ian Somerhalder who played Boone in Lost. The good brother is played by Paul Wesley. The girl who is being fought over is played by Nina Dobrev. I will say the three main characters worked well together and definitely will please the tweens. To me the story is quite silly. The story is set in high school and this is not a high school atmosphere similar to Brick or Donnie Darko, its like Dawson’s Creek. Basically its mainly girl drama and vampires. To anyone who is not a tween they should skip this show and from what I hear True Blood is the Vampire show to check out. If this sounds like something you would be interested it will air Thursdays at 8:00 pm this fall on The CW, premiering September 10th.
In conclusion, check out Human Target and V but skip The Vampire Diaries.
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July 29th, 2009 @ 4:29 am
So… are the visitors on V still lizards?
July 29th, 2009 @ 3:13 pm
We find out the are reptile underneath the human skin so it appears so.