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JamesG · 10-11-2010, 03:24 PM

New York Comic Con: "V"
Oct 11, 2010
by TV Guide Magazine News

After a year and a half hiatus, the New York Comic Con returned this weekend, drawing a reported crowd of 100,000 to the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan.

The event doesn't quite have the star power of San Diego's Comic-Con International, but it's quickly becoming one of the top fan events for sci-fi related movies and TV as well as video games and, of course, comic books.

One of the weekend's biggest draws was a panel for the villainous vixens of ABC's "V" reboot, hosted by TV Guide Magazine's Damian Holbrook.

The session revealed that Season 2 will have an increased focus on action and also introduced younger fans to the alien bad girl who first shocked us with her rat-eating reign 27 years ago in the original "V".

Taking the stage of the IGN Theatre were Morena Baccarin (Anna), Laura Vandervoort (Lisa), original V queen Jane Badler — who begins guest-starring in November as Diana, the secretly imprisoned mother of Baccarin's bitchy Anna — and executive producer Steve Pearlman, who explained that the new season would be faster, fiercer and, from the looks of the 15-minute clip that kicked things off, lizard-licious.

However, "we won't see a full-scale alien invasion for awhile," Pearlman said, adding instead that the Fifth Column resistance would expand into a global effort aided by the addition of "Three Rivers'" Oded Fehr.

Baccarin confessed that Anna would face dissent among the ranks following her season-finale declaration of war on mankind.

And Vandervoort teased that Lisa was about to enter "a very interesting" form of alien puberty. "It's something she can't understand."

Something that was very easy to understand was the crowd's excitement over the return of Badler, who was just as thrilled and grateful to be back playing "an homage" to the role she rocked back in the '80s.

"I just want to thank the fans," said the still-ravishing Aussie at the end of the session. "Without them I don't think this would have happened."

Say what you will about the ills of human feelings, Anna, but we second that emotion.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/New-York-Comic-1024211.aspx

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JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 56,969	Rundown of the "V" Panel from New York Comic-Con New York Comic Con: "V" Oct 11, 2010 by TV Guide Magazine News After a year and a half hiatus, the New York Comic Con returned this weekend, drawing a reported crowd of 100,000 to the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan. The event doesn't quite have the star power of San Diego's Comic-Con International, but it's quickly becoming one of the top fan events for sci-fi related movies and TV as well as video games and, of course, comic books. One of the weekend's biggest draws was a panel for the villainous vixens of ABC's "V" reboot, hosted by TV Guide Magazine's Damian Holbrook. The session revealed that Season 2 will have an increased focus on action and also introduced younger fans to the alien bad girl who first shocked us with her rat-eating reign 27 years ago in the original "V". Taking the stage of the IGN Theatre were Morena Baccarin (Anna), Laura Vandervoort (Lisa), original V queen Jane Badler — who begins guest-starring in November as Diana, the secretly imprisoned mother of Baccarin's bitchy Anna — and executive producer Steve Pearlman, who explained that the new season would be faster, fiercer and, from the looks of the 15-minute clip that kicked things off, lizard-licious. However, "we won't see a full-scale alien invasion for awhile," Pearlman said, adding instead that the Fifth Column resistance would expand into a global effort aided by the addition of "Three Rivers'" Oded Fehr. Baccarin confessed that Anna would face dissent among the ranks following her season-finale declaration of war on mankind. And Vandervoort teased that Lisa was about to enter "a very interesting" form of alien puberty. "It's something she can't understand." Something that was very easy to understand was the crowd's excitement over the return of Badler, who was just as thrilled and grateful to be back playing "an homage" to the role she rocked back in the '80s. "I just want to thank the fans," said the still-ravishing Aussie at the end of the session. "Without them I don't think this would have happened." Say what you will about the ills of human feelings, Anna, but we second that emotion. http://www.tvguide.com/News/New-York-Comic-1024211.aspx Attached Images