V 2009

[Mikey]

The Talujah from Falujah?

[Mark]

You know, the "V" ships in the original seemed rather undergunned to me. Did the motherships even HAVE any weapons? I don't remember!

[Aaron]

You know, the "V" ships in the original seemed rather undergunned to me. Did the motherships even HAVE any weapons? I don't remember!

Yeah they did but they only used them to gun down the balloons at the end.

[kostmayer]

The thing I liked about the ships in the original series is that they were understated - at least as understated as a mile across flying saucer hanging in mid air can be. They didn't need flashing lights - they just loomed.

[Graham Kennedy]

And bod did Independence Day rip off that opening.

Looks like they are doing the same basic opening here though... big ass ships appearing over dozens of cities all at once. I like that. The ship design looks quite cool, too.

[shran]

It still bugs me as to why there seemed to be a forward flight direction, it would seem more 'logical' to me to see them flying vertically and thus have a similar layout on the outside i.e. something more concentrical instead of the 'stealth bomber' look I see now. Not only would it look 'more natural' , it would also solve the problem of creating artificial gravity in space, by flying 'up'.

Then again, these are carnivorous reptilian aliens, so applying human logic and taste to these designs may not make sense to their design ethics.

[Tyyr]

Really, really, really stupid carnivorous reptilian aliens.

[Aaron]

Carnivorous space reptiles with anti-grav technology.

[Mikey]

Not to mention the insignificant little bit of interstellar travel.

[Tyyr]

Which makes the whole quest for water and food thing kind... well totally dumb.

[Aaron]

Which makes the whole quest for water and food thing kind... well totally dumb.

Well they obviously preferred live food, seeing as they as those slated for consumption were still alive in those pods.

[Tyyr]

Unless they get their kicks from eating sentients why bother with humans? We breed slowly, are not great in yield, and have an annoying tendency to fight back against those who try to eat us.

[Aaron]

I don't know, I always got the feeling that there was more going on then was said. Lines like "a few will be turned into troops for battles with the Leaders enemy" and the Fifth Columns reluctance to tell the Resistance anything of substance about what they were up to, hint to me that there was stuff going on that we never heard about.

I also got the impression that the Leader was a colossal dick and was doing it partly for kicks.

[Mikey]

I assume that there was some degree in recreation in targeting humans as food. Cattle don't show as much emotion.

[kostmayer]

From what I remember of the original series (I need to go back and rewatch it at somepoint) they were mainly after the water. The race itself may not have been inherently evil, it just had evil leadership.

There was also mention of an enemy of the Visitors, the resistance were attempting to contact them figuring if they were the Visitors enemies, they were Earth's friends (bit naive but still).