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+Askhat Tanirbergenovich Rysbekov (Kazakh: Асхат Тәңірбергенұлы Рысбеков; born April 17, 1990, Kazakh SSR, Kazakhstan, Kazaly), known professionally as V $ X V PRiNCE is a Kazakh rapper, hip hop artist and songwriter. == Biography == Askhat's upbringing took place in a traditional family in the city of Almaty. From an early age, he was attracted to rap and hip-hop songs, as these musical styles were especially popular in Kazakhstan. During his studies, he understood that notebooks and books would not become his constant companions in life. Askhat began to make plans for devoting his life to music. The first popular track was released by the artist in 2015 under the title "#selfmade". Since 2015, he has been organizing the VERNY group. It was this musical group that brought the guy popularity not only in his native country, but also abroad. As for the Kazakh show business, Askhat attracted special attention, and also took a good position in the country's music charts. == Discography == * «A$sorti» * «Не за горами» * «VERNЫЙ» * «727» * «Vol.1» * «30» (2020) * NERVЫ (2021) * NOVЫЙ (2022) == Awards and nominations == * Victory in the nomination "Breakthrough of the Year" according to Yandex.Music == References == Category:Russian rappers Category:1990 births Category:Living people
+V & Legacy were a hip hop duo who released the album 2000MG in 1999. ==History== The duo comprised Vlad Radovanov (aka V, born c. 1971) and David Legacy.Himmelsbach, Erik (1999) "Lunatik Derelikts", LA Weekly, November 17, 1999, retrieved 2010-11-20 V originated from Chicago where he had been a member of the hip hop group East of the Rock, and travelled to Los Angeles in 1995, determined to succeed as a rapper.Hay, Carla (1999) "Popular Uprisings", Billboard, 25 September 1999, p. 22, retrieved 2010-11-20 He began performing regularly at the Galaxy Gallery, where he met David Legacy, a local rapper from South Central Los Angeles. United in their dislike of the predominant gangsta rap, they joined forces and began working together, influenced by the likes of Pharcyde and The Freestyle Fellowship. They recorded demos while working their day jobs as a bank teller (Legacy) and cigarette shiller (V). They were finally rewarded with a deal by Flip Records, although they moved to X-Ray Records/Cleopatra Records for their debut release, the "Lunatic Derelict" 12-inch in 1999. This was followed by their debut album 2000MG later the same year, which featured guest appearances from George Clinton, DJ Lethal, and Sen Dog and BoBo of Cypress Hill. 2000MG was reissued on CD the following year, but proved to be their final release, although three tracks from the album appeared on the 2004 compilation Cypress Thrill (2004). An extended version of their track "Monkey Mittens" with George Clinton was included on the 2004 album A Tribute to Cassidy. V made a guest appearance on Free Murda's 2007 album RZA Presents Free Murda: Let Freedom Reign. Radovanov later worked as an attorney and co-founded the Universal Records-distributed Cobra Music label in 2006."COBRA MUSIC RECORD LABEL LAUNCHES", pastepunk.com, November 9, 2006, retrieved 2010-11-20 He has also been involved in film, acting as executive producer for Interloper Films on titles such as We Live in Public, which won the 2009 Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Sundance Festival."About Us", interloperfilms.com, retrieved 2010-11-20 ==Discography== *"Lunatic Derelict" 12-inch (1999), X-Ray/Cleopatra *2000MG (October 12, 1999), X-Ray/Cleopatra ==References== Category:American hip hop groups
+The first carriages built specifically for The Overland train service operated by the Victorian and South Australian Railways (V & SAR) were introduced in 1949. By the end of 1951, eight new sleeping cars and six new sitting cars had entered service. Additions to the fleet continued until 1972; in all, 44 carriages were built. About eight were still in service in March 2020 on The Overland operated by Journey Beyond. Other carriages have been transferred to different services or sold. ==Design== From 1949, new air-conditioned steel carriages gradually entered service on The Overland train between Melbourne and Adelaide. The construction and exterior appearance had been introduced in the South Australian Railways' cafeteria car, built in 1947, and was to be the design precursor of interstate cars in the years that followed. The livery, in regal red paint with a fluted stainless steel panel on each side and a black roof, remained until the 1990s. The sitting cars were all organised as eight compartments linked to a side corridor, with different fittings as suited to the type. First-class cars seated 48; second-class cars seated 64. The sleeping cars each held 20 passengers, either in ten compartments for two each, connected to a side corridor, or ten compartments either side of a central corridor. ==Construction== ===Phase one=== Six sleeping carriages had been built by the end of 1950; 1951 saw two first-class sitting carriages and a further two sleeping cars entering service, and four second-class sitting cars entered service the following year, for a fleet total of fourteen cars. ===Phase two=== To respond to growing patronage, a further two sleeping cars were built in each of 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958. 1960 saw a further two second-class sitting cars constructed, and in 1962 a third first-class sitting car was constructed, to replace composite sitting car 3ABS which was returned to the Victorian Railways fleet. ===Phase three=== Construction picked up again in 1966, with two more second-class sitting cars built to a slightly modified design, replacing 1ABS and 2ABS which were returned to the VR fleet. The next year saw two further sleeping cars added, then the final two second- class sitting cars entered service in 1968. ===Phase four=== From 1970, the train underwent significant changes. The last of the E type timber carriages were withdrawn from joint-stock service and split between the South Australian and the Victorian Railways. To replace them, two Luggage Vans (CO), three Club Cars, and four Power Vans (PCO) were built for the train; and the remaining rolling stock was converted away from axle-mounted generator sets to instead take power from the generators fitted to the PCO. Shortly afterwards, the first three second-class sitting cars (1BJ, 2BJ and 3BJ) had some compartments modified to provide on-train buffet facilities. These were reclassed RBJ. Also around the same time, the Victorian Railways (VR) purchased the South Australian Railways' (SAR) share in the first four Sleeping cars for their use on The Vinelander; these were replaced by 1972 with four new cars, taking on the old identities. ==Operations== ===V & SAR era 1949–1975=== Following World War II, the VR and SAR agreed that a major upgrade of The Overland service was needed. At the time, the train was formed using a handful of E type carriages, perhaps with the occasional air-conditioned carriage taken from Victoria's fleet. To provide for the upgrade, a new design of steel carriages was developed, to replace the worst of the E type sleeping carriages. The first car, Allambi, entered service in 1949 as a roomette sleeper with a central corridor and ten sleeping compartments either side, with room for 20 passengers. The car was fitted with airconditioning and electric lighting, powered by axle-driven generators."New Sleeping Cars to be Named" Railway Gazette 23 December 1949 page 729 When the carriage was deemed successful, and additional three Roomette sleepers (Tantini, Mururi and Chalaki), and two Twinette sleepers with a side corridor and ten two-berth compartments. These five entered service in 1950, and with Allambi they displaced some of the E Type carriages which were split between the VR and SAR fleets. Two further sleeping and six sitting cars were added to the fleet over the next few years, for a total of 14 carriages by the end of 1952. *Fit HEP 1970 *RBJ 1, 2, 3 *Club Cars could've been RAJ ===V & ANR era 1975–1997=== In 1975, Australian National (AN) took over the South Australian Railways, and the former SAR share of the carriages was transferred across to AN. In 1986, ANR introduced a new computerised rolling stock tracking system, with the carriages awarded check letters following the first four letters of their names as the class; for example Yanni was officially known as YANN, with check letter K generated by the algorithm. In 1987, the names were removed and the carriages were reclassed. The sleepers were split into four groups; JRA and JRB for first and second class roomette carriages, and JTA and JTB for first and second class twinette carriages. First class carriages were from the original batch built 1949–1958, and Second class from the 1967–1972 batch. Between 1987 and 1993, the deployment was thus: Shared between V/Line and AN *AJ cars 1, 2 and 3 *RBJ cars 1, 2 and 3 *BJ cars 4–10 *Club Cars 1, 2 and 3 *Luggage Vans CO 1 and 2 *Power Vans PCO 1 through 4 *JRA cars 1 through 6 were Mururi, Chalaki, Nankuri, Purpawi, Juki and Tarkinji *JRB cars 1 and 2 were Allambi 2nd and Tantini 2nd *JTA cars 1 through 6 were Nomuldi, Mokai, Malkari, Paiti (later renamed Sir Hans Heysen), Yanni (later renamed Sir John Forrest) and Kuldalai *JTB cars 1 through 4 were Tawarri, Yankai, Weroni 2nd and Dorai 2nd With V/Line for The Vinelander *Sleeping Cars 11, 13 were Allambi 1st and Tantini 1st; later SJ281, SJ283. *Sleeping Cars 12, 14 were Dorai 1st and Weroni 1st; later SJ282, SJ284. With the pending gauge conversion of the Adelaide to Melbourne line in 1994–1996 and falling patronage in any case, the oldest cars were withdrawn from service and onsold. The remaining fleet – the sitting cars and the newest of the sleepers – were converted to standard gauge – Sitting cars AJ 1, 2 and 3, Roomettes JRB 1 and 2, and Twinettes JTB 1, 2, 3 and 4. In 1993, The Vinelander was withdrawn and the V/Line carriages were placed into storage at Newport Workshops, when V/Line was split into Passenger and Freight divisions in 1995, the cars were retained by the Victorian State Government rather than being allocated to either group. ====Dispersal 1995==== In 1995, the CO, JRA and JTA cars and power van PCO 2 were removed from AN's rolling stock register, marked as withdrawn and scrapped. In actuality, they were sold to International Development Services, who onsold the fleet over the next few years. At the same time, power vans PCO 1 and PCO 3 and Club Car No.1 were sold to V/Line. The latter was renamed Victoria. It is thought that 1CO was successfully sold, but it has been sitting at Islington Railway Workshops for over a decade. In 1997, JTA 4 and JTA 5 were sold to Blue Bird Rail, then to Grand Corporate Rail. At some point, they were converted to luxury cars, with some bedrooms retained and others converted to an open lounge and dining area; under this form the two became BMC1 and BMC2 respectively. Grand Corporate Rail was forced to stop operating due to the insurance crisis of 2003, so the cars were sold to Great Southern Railway and renamed Sir Hans Heyson and Sir John Forrest in 2003. In 1998, JTA 6 was privately purchased, and is now under restoration as a static display on private property. Also in 1998, West Coast Railway purchased cars PCO 2, CO 2, JRA 1, 3 and 4, and JTA 1 and 3. They were transferred to Melbourne on standard gauge bogies, then railed to Ballarat North Workshops for reconditioning and use on excursion trips. When West Coast Railway folded in 2004, the cars were dispersed by the Australian Loco & Railway Carriage Company. PCO 2 was immediately sold to V/Line; in 2009, it was reconditioned and renumbered PCJ493, and it now operates with PCJ491 and 492 (ex PCO 1 and 3) on the standard gauge service from Melbourne to Albury. After PCO 2, the next two sold were JTA 1 and JRA 3, also in 2004. JTA 1 was sold privately, then again in 2012 and is now under restoration on private property in Kyneton. CO 2 and JRA 3 were sold to Rail Experience and held at South Geelong yard, then moved to Newport Workshops in 2012. In 2007, JRA 1, JRA 4 and JTA 3 were sold by the Australian Loco & Railway Carriage Company to Bluebird Rail Operations. Around the same time, Bluebird acquired JRA 2. All four were refurbished as crew cars, and they re-entered service in the period 2008–2010 as, respectively, RZEY 1, 4 and 3, and QCAY 2; the latter for Queensland Rail. Not much information is available for JRA 5 or JTA 2 immediately following their purchase by Bluebird Rail. At some point JTA2 was sold to Genesee & Wyoming Australia, and JRA5 was sold to Queensland Rail as QCAY5. ===GSR era 1997–2010=== On 1 November 1997, the remaining passenger services operated by Australian National were sold to Great Southern Rail (GSR).Great Southern Railway Consortium completes acquisition of Australian National Railways Passenger Business Serco Group 31 October 1997 The sale included the standard gauge Overland passenger fleet – two roomette, four twinette sleepers; three first-class and six second-class sitting cars, three composite second-class sitting with buffet cars and two club cars. Power van PCO4 was also included in the sale, but at the time it was on broad gauge for the short-lived Explorer train, in a dark blue livery with wide yellow bands. It was converted to standard gauge in 1998 and given quick coat of grey paint. In 1999 the carriages were refurbished and repainted to a plain grey scheme at Keswick, and most of the cars had names applied, recycled from the sleeping carriages. Respectively, 5BJ through 10BJ became Mururu, Nankuri, Purpawi (sic), Chalaki and Tarkinji, and PCO 4 became Paite (sic). The three RBJ cars were all named Kookaburra Club Car; the Club Cars 2 and 3 were classed CCL and named Nomuldi and Malkari. AJ1, 2 and 3, RBJ1, RBJ3 and 4BJ were not named following their refurbishment; and shortly afterwards Chalaki was renamed Kildalai (sic). In 2003 Purpawi was corrected to Purwapi. Then, in 2002–2003, the fleet was sold to a third party consortium and leased back for operational purposes. A second refurbishment was undertaken in 2006–2007, applicable mainly to the second-class sitting cars. Retention toilets were fitted, with the male toilets shifted to the former ladies' toilet, and the latter shifted into the former powder room. The original male toilets were converted into showers, allowing the cars to be used on The Ghan and Indian Pacific services if and as necessary. At this time RBJ3 was refitted again, this time named Cafe 828. Similarly, CCL2 "Nomuldi" was upgraded to the "Charles Sturt" Outback Explorer lounge car, re-entering service in 2008; and PCO4 had its name removed, along with door replacements and a general overhaul. In 2010, GSR was looking at selling parts of the fleet for use as crew cars by other operators. ===Subsequent status=== In 2011, 8BJ "Mokai", CCL3 "Malkari", RBJ1 and RBJ2 and JRB2 were sold to Genesee & Wyoming Australia and converted to crew cars ADFY1 through 5. JRB1 was sold to Pacific National and renumbered RZEY2, slotting between RZEY1, 3 and 4. The original RZEY gap was left for Aurizon's QCAY2. AJ1-3 were also sold though their current ownership is unclear. As of 2021, the V/Line Passenger Network Service Plan Addenda lists these vehicles as accredited for operation in Victoria: *Great Southern Rail: BJ4-10, BMC2, CCL2, JTB1-4, PCO4 & RBJ3, all Standard Gauge only. *Seymour Railway Heritage Centre, leased to V/Line & 707 Operations: JTA6 "Kuldalai" *Steamrail Victoria, leased to V/Line: SJ283. The Steamrail website also lists SJ282. *V/Line Passenger: PCJ491-493. Other vehicles were deployed thus: *Pacific National: RZEY1, 2, 3 and 4. *Aurizon: QCAY2 and QCAY5. *CFCL Australia: CDAY1; also AJ 1, AJ 2, AJ 3 stored stripped, not yet converted to crew cars. *Genesee & Wyoming Australia: ADFY1-5, JRA6 and JTA2. *VicTrack Heritage allocated to 707 Operations: Victoria *707 Operations: SJ284 *Static displays: JTA1 Nomuldi (The Overland Museum at Kaniva), Allambi (National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide) *Privately owned, stored at Newport Workshops: 2CO, JRA 3 (scrapped early 2020 following fire damage) *Held at Islington Railway Workshops: 1CO ==Fleet details== ===First Class Sitting – AJ=== 1AJ, 2AJ, 3AJ ===Second Class Sitting – BJ=== 1BJ, 2BJ, 3BJ, 4BJ, 5BJ, 6BJ, 7BJ, 8BJ, 9BJ, 10BJ ===Second Class Sitting with Buffet – RBJ=== 1RBJ, 2RBJ, 3RBJ ===Club cars=== Club Car No.1, Club Car No.2, Club Car No.3 ===Sleeping cars=== thumb|1967 Steel Sleeping Car Yankai (JTB 2) in the 1999–2007 livery When The Overland service was converted from E type carriages to a new steel, fully airconditioned train, eight new sleeping cars were built. The interiors of these new cars were of a more modern design than the older cars. The roomette cars had a zigzag corridor instead of a straight one, and the compartments had the shape of a trapezium. This enabled the use of the toilet and washbasin units while the bed was still down, not possible in the older roomettes. In 1949, the classleader, Allambi, entered service, followed by Tantini, Weroni, Dorai, Mururi and Chalaki in 1950 and Nomuldi and Mokai in 1951. Of those, Allambi, Tantini, Mururi and Chalaki were roomette cars with zigzag corridors; the other four were standard compartment-style twinette cars. The sleeping cars were of two types. Twinette cars had two-berth compartments (as had the E and Mann cars before them), but each compartment had an adjoining toilet and shower room; roomette cars had single-berth compartments either side of a central aisle, and a shower room at the end of the car.Commonwealth Railways had showers in some sleeping cars from 1919 The new cars were not numbered, but instead given names based on Aboriginal words related to sleep or dreams. Additional carriages were built a few years later, with Roomettes Nankuri and Purpawi in 1955, Twinettes Tolkini (later Malkari) and Tandeni (later Paiti) in 1956, Twinettes Yanni and Kuldalai in 1957 and Roomettes Juki and Tarkinji in 1958. Two further cars were built in 1967, Twinettes Tawarri and Yankai, for a total fleet of eighteen. These last two had a slightly different interior layout. In 1971, the SAR's share in roomette cars Allambi and Tantini and twinette cars Dorai and Weroni was sold to the Victorian Railways for use on The Vinelander to Mildura. They were repainted dark blue and their names removed; these names were then applied to the same type of new cars built to replace them. The new sleepers, Weroni and Dorai (1971) and Allambi and Tantini (1972) were built with the altered interior matching the 1967 batch (though Allambi and Tantini were still roomettes). Under Victorian Railways, the cars had blue painted where maroon had previously been used, with Vinelander nameplates on the carriage sides in place of the names. The cars were numbered as Sleepers Nos 11 to 14, previously Allambi, Tantini, Weroni and Dorai. The New Deal in 1983 saw the four Victorian Railways Sleeper carriages renumbered to SJ 281 to 284, and the carriages were repainted again, this time with orange replacing the blue, with V/Line logos on plates fitted to the left ends. Under Australian National, the vehicles were allocated classes, with Mururi, Chalaki, Nankuri, Purpawi, Juki and Tarkinji becoming JRA1-6, Nomuldi, Mokai, Tolkini, Tandeni, Yanni and Kuldalai JTA1-6, and Tawarri and Yankai JTB1-2. The second Allambi and Tantini became JRB1-2, and the second Weroni and Dorai JTB3-4. "R" was for Roomette and "T" for Twinette, with "A" or "B" respectively indicating first class for the pre-1967 fleet, or second class for the post-1967 fleet. Therefore it is safe to assume that if the four carriages passed to the Victorian Railways had been retained, they would have been classed as further JRA and JTA units. ===Power vans=== In the early 1970s, The Overland required head end power for air conditioning and lighting. Prior to this time, all electrical power had been supplied by axle-driven generators. As a result, the two railways between them built four PCO vans, numbered 1 – 4, in 1970. They were Joint Stock vehicles owned and maintained jointly by the VR and SAR, and their later, respective incarnations of VicRail and V/Line (VR), and Australian National (SAR). Each had two diesel generators and could carry of luggage. In 1990, the V/Line N class locomotives, which had their own head end power units, took over hauling the Overland and the PCO vans were put into storage. In 1995, V/Line and Australian National took full ownership of two vans each. V/Line took PCOs 1 and 3, which it renumbered PCJ 491 and 492 respectively, and AN took PCOs 2 and 4. PCO 2 remained in storage until was purchased by West Coast Railway in 1998. When West Coast Railway ceased operation in 2004, it was acquired by V/Line and in 2009 was refurbished and renumbered to PCJ 493. All three PCJ vans were converted to standard gauge in 2011 for use on the V/Line Albury service. Australian National used PCO4 on the short-lived Explorer tour train in South Australia and converted to standard gauge for use again on The Overland. It was completely refurbished in 2007 with new diesel generator sets. ===Luggage vans=== In 1970, two Joint Stock guards vans were built for the Melbourne to Adelaide The Overland service. They were coded CO, and remained in use until 1994, when they were transferred to Australian National. Both vans were written off of the shared V/Line and Australian National rolling stock register in 1995. 2CO was sold to West Coast Railway in 1998 and transferred to Melbourne in early December of that year. However, there is no evidence that it was ever restored or utilised by that group. In 2004, when West Coast Railway shut down, the carriage was sold to Australian Loco & Railway Carriage Company for the Murraylander service, but quickly passed on to the Geelong-based group Rail Experience. ==See also== Detailed information about the cars, including drawings: VictorianRailways.net. ==Model railways== ===HO Scale=== ====Lima==== Lima produced approximations of these carriages. ====Trainbuilder==== Trainbuilder has produced a brass range of The Overland carriages. The first series were released as parts of complete The Overland trains. In 2016/17, a new batch included pairs of Sleepers 11/13 or 12/14 in Vinelander Blue with silver, or SJ281/283 or SJ282/S84 in V/Line Orange and Grey. Pairs of cars sell for $950/pack. ====Peter Boormans Workshop (PBW)==== PBW produce a range of kits in N-scale (1:160) including roomettes, twinettes, club, dining, CO, PCO, AJ and PJ cars. ====Auscision Models==== Auscision is making a plastic ready to run range of "The Overland" carriages witj a expected release in 2022 Liveries include: V&SAR; Regal Red (1971–1978), V&ANR; Regal Red (1978–1989), AN Regal Red (1989–1995), AN/GSR (1995–1999), GSR Grey/Silver (2000–2007), GSR Blue/Purple/Green (2007–2017), GSR Blue (2017 – Present), Vinelander Blue and Silver (Sleeping no's 12 and 14), Vinelander Orange and Silver (SJ281 and SJ283), K&ABR; Blue (Kuldalai), West Cost Railways (PCO 2 and Normuldi), VR Heritage Brown (Club Car 1 "Victoria"), V/Line Passenger Mk2 (Club Car 1 "Victoria" and PCO 2), V/Line Passenger Mk3 (PCJ493), V/Line Passenger Mk4/PTV (PCJ492), The Explorer (PCO 4), GSR Silver (PCO 4 2007 – Present) and V/Line Grey (PCJ491) ==References== Category:Victorian Railways carriages
+V (or V: The Original Miniseries) is a two-part American science-fiction television miniseries, written and directed by Kenneth Johnson. First shown in 1983, it initiated the science-fiction franchise concerning aliens known as the "Visitors" trying to gain control of Earth, and of the ways the populace reacts. ==Plot summary== A race of aliens arrives on Earth in a fleet of 50 huge, saucer-shaped motherships, which hover over major cities across the world. They reveal themselves on the roof of the United Nations building in New York City, appearing human, but requiring special glasses to protect their eyes and having a distinctive resonance to their voices. Referred to as the Visitors, they reach out in friendship, ostensibly seeking the help of humans to obtain chemicals and minerals needed to aid their ailing world, which is revealed to be a planet orbiting the star Sirius. In return, the Visitors promise to share their advanced technology with humanity. The governments of Earth accept the arrangement, and the Visitors, commanded by their leader John and his deputy Diana, begin to gain considerable influence with human authorities. Strange events begin to occur. Scientists in particular become the objects of increasing media and public hostility. They experience government restrictions on their activities and movements. Others, particularly those keen on examining the Visitors more closely, begin to disappear or are discredited. Noted scientists confess to subversive activities; some of them exhibit other unusual behaviors, such as suddenly demonstrating hand preference opposite to the one they were known to have. Television journalist cameraman Michael Donovan covertly boards one of the Visitors' motherships. Donovan discovers that beneath their human-like façade—a thin, synthetic skin and human-eye contact lenses—the aliens are carnivorous reptilian humanoids with horned foreheads and green, scaly skin. He also witnesses them eating whole live animals such as rodents and birds. Donovan, who first took footage of one of the alien ships flying overhead while on duty in El Salvador, records some of his findings on videotape and escapes from the mothership with the evidence. However, just as the exposé is about to air on television, the broadcast is interrupted by the Visitors, who have taken control of the media. Their announcement makes Donovan and his close friend and assistant Tony fugitives pursued by both the police and the Visitors. Scientists around the world continue to be persecuted, both to discredit them (as the part of the human population most likely to discover the Visitors' secrets) and to distract the rest of the population with a scapegoat to whom they can attribute their fears. Key human individuals are subjected to Diana's special mind-control process called "conversion", which turns them into the Visitors' pawns, leaving only subtle behavioral clues to this manipulation. Others become subjects of Diana's horrifying biological experiments. Some humans (including Mike Donovan's mother, Eleanor Dupres) willingly collaborate with the Visitors, seduced by their power. Daniel Bernstein, a grandson of a Jewish Holocaust survivor, joins the Visitor Youth and reveals the location of a scientist family, his neighbors the Maxwells, to the alien cause. One teenager, Robin Maxwell, the daughter of a well-known scientist who went into hiding, has a sexual relationship with a male Visitor named Brian, who impregnates her as one of Diana's "medical experiments". A resistance movement is formed, determined to expose and oppose the Visitors. The Los Angeles cell leader is Julie Parrish, a biologist. Donovan later joins the group, and again sneaking aboard a mothership in search of Tony, who was captured, he learns from a Visitor named Martin that the story about the Visitors needing waste chemicals is a cover for a darker mission. The true purpose of the Visitors' arrival on Earth was to conquer and subdue the planet, steal all of the Earth's water, and harvest the human race as food, leaving only a few as slaves and cannon fodder for the Visitors' wars with other alien races. Martin is one of many dissidents among the Visitors (later known as the Fifth Column) who oppose their leader's plans and would rather co-exist peacefully with the humans. Martin then reveals to Donovan that Tony is dead, a victim of Diana's monstrous experiments. Afterwards, he befriends Donovan and promises to aid the Resistance. He gives Donovan access to one of their sky-fighter ships, which he quickly learns how to pilot. He escapes from the mothership along with Robin and another prisoner named Sancho, who had aided Robin's family in their flight out of occupied Los Angeles. The Resistance strikes its first blows against the Visitors, procuring laboratory equipment and modern military weapons from National Guard armories to carry on the fight. The symbol of the resistance is a blood-red letter V (for victory), spray-painted over posters promoting Visitor friendship among humans. The symbol was inspired by Daniel Bernstein's grandfather Abraham, a Holocaust survivor. The miniseries ends with the Visitors now virtually controlling the Earth, and Julie and Elias sending a transmission into space to ask other alien races for help in defeating the occupiers. ==Origins== Inspired by Sinclair Lewis' antifascist novel It Can't Happen Here (1935), director–producer Kenneth Johnson wrote an adaptation titled Storm Warnings in 1982. The script was presented to NBC for production as a television miniseries, but the NBC executives rejected the initial version, claiming it was too "cerebral" for the average American viewer. To make the script more marketable, the American fascists were recast as man-eating extraterrestrials in order to capitalize on the popularity of franchises such as Star Wars. V, which cost $13 million ($ today) to make, premiered on May 1, 1983. Original Miniseries DVD commentary. The tight production schedule (to be ready for broadcast during the 1983 May sweeps) with overtime and the genre-typical larger number of visual and makeup effects led to the relatively high costs. ==Historical references== With the Visitors' swastika-like emblem, their SS- like uniforms, and their German Luger-like laser weapons, the miniseries became an allegory of Nazism. A youth auxiliary movement called the "Friends of the Visitors" has similarities to the Hitler Youth, while the Visitors' attempts to co-opt television news reporters suggests the Nazi-era propagandization of news through the film industry. The miniseries' portrayal of human interaction with the Visitors bears resemblance to Occupied Europe during World War II, with some citizens choosing collaboration, while others join underground resistance movements. Where the Nazis persecuted primarily Jews, the Visitors were depicted persecuting scientists, their families, and anyone associating with them. As the Visitors start eliminating scientists who could reveal their true nature a Jewish family is shown hesitating on whether to help their scientist neighbor and his family, until their grandfather suggests that to do otherwise would mean they had not learned anything from the past. ==Legacy== The two-part miniseries ran for 200 minutes; the first part was the second-most popular program of the week, with 40% of the viewing television audience at that time watching it. Its success spawned a sequel, V: The Final Battle, which was meant to conclude the story. In spite of the apparent conclusion, this was then followed by a weekly television series, V: The Series, from 1984 to 1985 that continued the story a year after The Final Battle. Johnson left V during production of The Final Battle due to disagreements with NBC over how the story should progress. In November 2005, Entertainment Weekly named V one of the 10 best miniseries on DVD. The article noted, "As a parable about it-can-happen-here fascism, V was far from subtle, but it carved a place for lavish and intelligent sci-fi on TV. Its impact can still be felt in projects like Taken and The 4400." (The 4400s executive producer Scott Peters later helmed ABC's 2009 reboot.) In December 2008, Entertainment Weekly put V on its list "The Sci-Fi 25: The Genre's Best Since 1982", and called Visitor leader Diana's devouring a guinea pig "one of the best TV reveals ever." For many years, Johnson has campaigned to revive V, and even wrote a sequel novel, V: The Second Generation, which picked up the story 20 years after the original miniseries (but omitted the events of The Final Battle and V: The Series). Warner Bros. Television (which owns the television rights to the V franchise) declined to make a continuation as Johnson had planned, and opted for a remake instead. A reimagining of V premiered on ABC on November 3, 2009, and ran for two seasons. Though Johnson was not involved in the remake, which featured all new characters, executive producer Scott Peters said that it would nod to the most iconic moments from the original franchise and may potentially include actors from the original in new roles. Both Jane Badler and Marc Singer appeared in the second season. As of 2009, Johnson has also said he is still moving ahead with his plans for a big-screen remake of his original V miniseries though no progress has been made. On February 6, 2018, Desilu Studios announced that it would be producing a feature film of V. The film was to be written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, and produced by John Hermansen, Barry Opper, and Johnson. Johnson added, "We are delighted to team up with Desilu to bring the timeless — and timely — story of resistance against tyranny into the 21st century ... V will be the first of a cinematic trilogy, which will tell the full epic tale in the manner I always envisioned." However, in late 2018, CBS (owners of the Desilu name) reportedly had initiated legal action against Charles Hensley, a convicted marketer, whom they claim used the Desilu Studio name to influence investment into a shell company. ==Production notes== Production was halted for two weeks when Dominique Dunne, the 22-year-old actress originally cast to play the part of Robin Maxwell, was murdered outside her apartment by her ex-boyfriend while rehearsing with actor David Packer.Justice: A Father's Account of the Trial of his Daughter's Killer, Vanity Fair, March 1984 Some scenes with her are still in the original series, but only of the back of her head. Blair Tefkin was hired on to play Robin after her death. Johnson subsequently dedicated the series to her memory. ==Marketing== Posters appeared in train stations of a smiling man behind wraparound sunglasses, others grinning along with him, with only a motto "The Visitors are our friends" to explain it. Days later, those posters had a red "V" (for "victory") spray-painted on them. Nothing suggested this was an advertisement for a television show, which made the marketing even more intriguing. ==Cast== Humans Humans Character Actor Mike Donovan Marc Singer Juliet Parrish Faye Grant Ben Taylor Richard Lawson Caleb Taylor Jason Bernard Elias Taylor Michael Wright Kathleen Maxwell Penelope Windust Robert Maxwell Michael Durrell Robin Maxwell Blair Tefkin Polly Maxwell Viveka Davis Abraham Bernstein Leonardo Cimino Stanley Bernstein George Morfogen Lynn Bernstein Bonnie Bartlett Daniel Bernstein David Packer Ruby Engels Camila Ashland Kristine Walsh Jenny Sullivan Arthur Dupres Hansford Rowe Harmony Moore Diane Civita Eleanor Dupres Neva Patterson Tony Wah Chong Leonetti Evan C. Kim Sancho Gomez Rafael Campos Brad William Russ Sean Donovan Eric Johnston Visitors Visitors Character Actor Diana Jane Badler John Richard Herd Steven Andrew Prine Martin Frank Ashmore Willie Robert Englund Brian Peter Nelson Barbara Jenny Neumann Lorraine Greta Blackburn Visitor Captain Stack Pierce ==Releases== The miniseries was first released as V: The Original Miniseries on VHS during the mid-1990s, and later on DVD in 2001. The VHS release was in 4:3 fullscreen format as originally broadcast, while the DVD release is in a matted 16:9 widescreen format. The miniseries was originally filmed in open matte format, with director Kenneth Johnson stating he had also composed the picture to be more or less "widescreen-safe" in the event that it got an overseas theatrical release, which it did not. It was released on Blu-ray on August 27, 2019. ==Novelization== A. C. Crispin wrote a 402-page V novelization in 1984 for Pinnacle Books that combined both the original miniseries and The Final Battle. Following the release of V: The Second Generation in 2008, Tor Books re-released the original miniseries' section of Crispin's book, with a new epilogue by Johnson that tied the events of the first miniseries with Second Generation. ==References== ==External links== * * * Category:1980s American science fiction television series Category:1980s American television miniseries Category:1983 American television series debuts Category:1983 American television series endings Category:Alien invasions in television Category:English-language television shows Category:Films directed by Kenneth Johnson (producer) Category:NBC original programming Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Category:Television shows set in Los Angeles 1983
+V (also known as V: The Series) is an American science fiction television series that aired in the United States on NBC from October 26, 1984, to March 22, 1985. It is a continuation of the V franchise about an alien invasion of Earth by a carnivorous race of reptilians known as "Visitors", which was originally conceived by American writer, producer, and director Kenneth Johnson. Johnson, however, was not involved in the production of the weekly series. ==Plot== Following directly on from the events of the mini-series V (The Final Battle), the alien Diana escapes from her captured mothership in a shuttle, but is pursued by resistance member Mike Donovan. After a short fight, Donovan captures her. One year after the day that the Red Dust was deployed, now the international holiday called "Liberation Day", the former members of the Resistance and their Fifth Column allies have gone their separate ways and are each looking forward to prosperous careers and bright futures. As Diana is about to be put on trial for the atrocities she committed during the First Invasion, the company responsible for mass production of the Red Dust, Science Frontiers, has her abducted and taken to a secret cabin in the woods outside Los Angeles, where the company's CEO, Nathan Bates, offers Diana better accommodations in exchange for providing him with access to alien technology. Donovan and Martin, meanwhile, pursue Nathan's agents in a stolen helicopter. After reaching the cabin, Donovan is knocked unconscious by Martin, who wants Diana dead. Before Martin can kill her, Diana is able to overpower him, stealing his pistol. She forces him to surrender his last antidote pill so she can temporarily survive on Earth and then shoots him, enabling her escape to the Southwest Tracking Station. Martin tells Donovan about Diana's plan to contact the Visitor Fleet moments before his death, and Donovan sets off after her on foot. Donovan meets Ham Tyler, on Bates' payroll, and the two agree to pursue Diana together. Their attempts to stop her fail, and Diana escapes to a shuttle sent by a Visitor fleet hidden behind the Moon. Diana takes command and launches a full-scale invasion of Earth. She learns that the Red Dust bacterium needs freezing temperatures to regenerate, meaning that Visitor troops can safely attack Los Angeles and other cities in warmer climates. The Resistance assembles once more, now fighting the Visitors nationwide and also contending with the power-hungry Bates, who has used the power vacuum left behind by the collapse of the government to become governor of Los Angeles, declared an open city to both sides. The Resistance fights however it can, often joined by other rebel groups. Although 50% of the Earth is still protected from The Visitors by the Red Dust, the Resistance cannot use any more of it due to the toxic long-term effects it will have on the environment. Meanwhile, Elizabeth, who has transformed yet again and now looks like a young adult, becomes increasingly important in the cause for Earth's freedom, eventually controlling the destiny of both races and deciding the outcome of the conflict. ==Cast and characters== Many of the cast from the original miniseries and V: The Final Battle reprised their role in the weekly series. The only character to be played by a different actor was Sean Donovan (Nicky Katt replaced Eric Johnston in the role). ===Main cast=== * Jane Badler as Diana – Supreme Commander of the Visitors * Marc Singer as Mike Donovan – Co-Leader of the Resistance (former TV cameraman) * Faye Grant as Juliet Parrish – Founder of the Resistance (former medical student) * Robert Englund as Willie – Visitor Resistance member * June Chadwick as Lydia (episodes 2–8; 10-19) – Fleet security officer sent by the Leader to Earth to commence the second invasion, she resents Diana's disobedience of command. * Michael Wright as Elias Taylor (episodes 1–11) – A now semi-retired Resistance member, Elias runs the Club Creole restaurant, which becomes the informal headquarters of the Resistance. Continuing to sympathize with the Resistance, Elias provides employment and safe refuge to Willie and Elizabeth. Club Creole is destroyed by a Visitor raid and Elias is later killed attempting to rescue Robin Maxwell. * Lane Smith as Nathan Bates (episodes 1–13) – CEO of biotech company Science Frontiers, which mass-produced the Red Dust toxin. Bates' thirst for power sees him consistently blackmail Diana to gain control of the Los Angeles area, which becomes an "open city." He is killed by his henchman, Mr. Chiang. * Jeff Yagher as Kyle Bates (episodes 3–19) – The disowned rebel son of Nathan Bates, Kyle joins the Resistance, eventually becoming one of its leaders. He falls in love with Elizabeth, and then apparently stows away on The Leader's spacecraft to follow her when she goes into space. * Michael Ironside as Ham Tyler (episodes 1–12) – A former CIA agent and Resistance hitman, he is actually in the employ of Nathan Bates as a hitman when the series begins. He soon defects back to the Resistance, but is captured and undergoes conversion by Charles to assassinate Mike. The assassination attempt is unsuccessful, and Ham later departs for Chicago with Chris and Robin. The Ham Tyler character was to have returned in the unfilmed final episode of the first season, although there is no information on whether Ironside would have reprised the role. * Jennifer Cooke as the post-metamorphosis Elizabeth (episode 2–19) – She searches for her mother, Robin. She falls in love with Kyle, which is complicated by Robin's own attraction to him. Elizabeth possesses supernatural powers, which she uses to assist the Resistance. She communicates and meets with the Leader to negotiate peace. * Blair Tefkin as Robin Maxwell (episodes 1–12) – Elizabeth's mother. At the start of the series, Robin has gone missing. She reunites with Elizabeth after the latter's metamorphosis, but tension soon runs high between mother and daughter after Robin learns that Kyle, to whom she is attracted, has eyes for Elizabeth. Robin and Elizabeth eventually reconcile. After another Visitor tries to impregnate her, Robin leaves Los Angeles for Chicago in the company of Chris Farber and Ham Tyler. ===Supporting cast=== The following cast appear in multiple episodes: * Frank Ashmore as Martin and twin brother Philip (episodes 1; 14–19 and 20 unfilmed) – A Fifth Column leader and friend of Mike, Martin attempts to assassinate a captured Diana, but she manages to kill him and escape from the Resistance. Martin's identical twin, Philip, is an Inspector General who comes to Earth to investigate the murder of Supreme Commander Charles. Philip himself eventually joins the Fifth Column. * Aki Aleong as Mr. Chiang (episodes 5–12) – A henchman of Nathan Bates, Chiang is tasked mainly with tracking Kyle. While Bates is in a coma from being shot accidentally during a plot to assassinate Mike, Chiang betrays Bates and makes a deal with the Visitors. The deal sees Chiang murder Bates in order to gain control of Los Angeles. Kyle later kills Chiang as revenge for his father's death. * Mickey Jones as Chris Farber (episodes 9-11) – Best friend of Ham Tyler, he continues to aid the Resistance. He eventually leaves for Chicago with Ham and Robin. * Jenny Beck as young Elizabeth, the Starchild (episode 1,2,4,9) – She retreats into a cocoon by the end of the first episode to undergo metamorphosis. Beck makes another brief appearance as the young version of a clone of Elizabeth that Diana produces to serve her own ends. * Michael Durrell as Robert Maxwell (episodes 1–2) – The scientist father of Robin and grandfather of Elizabeth, Robert is mortally wounded and sacrifices himself to stop the Triax superweapon, saving Los Angeles from destruction. * Duncan Regehr as Charles (episodes 10–13) – Personal envoy of the Leader and a member of the Royal House of Raman, he is sent by the Leader to take over military operations from Diana. He schemes to wipe out the Resistance and kill Mike Donovan. Suave and charismatic, Charles is known as a ladies' man. Annoyed at Diana's defiance of him, he uses his power of betrothal to order her to marry him within 12 hours, so that she will be forced to return to the Homeworld to bear his offspring. After seeing her naked in a ceremonial bath prior to the wedding, however, he changes his mind and arranges for her to stay. Charles dies after Diana, who correctly suspected that Lydia would try to assassinate her by poisoning the wine in her ceremonial chalice, switches her cup with his; Charles drinks the wine and realizes too late that it has been poisoned. * Peter Elbling as Oswald (episodes 15; 17–18 and 20 unfilmed) – Visitor underling of Diana, he is a mortician and an interior decorator. Diana had him "procure" several sexual partners for her pleasure, a job he enjoyed immensely. He displays traits of a very flamboyant and openly homosexual man, but had enough modesty and morals to eschew what he considered stereotypical gay behavior, such as "bathhousing and barbarism." Nevertheless, he did enjoy indulging in sexual pleasures on occasion. * Judson Scott as Lieutenant James (episodes 11–19 and 20 unfilmed) – Lieutenant Visitor with ambitious goals who beds Diana to climb to the top. * Nicky Katt as Sean Donovan (episodes 4,5) – The son of Mike Donovan, previously converted by Diana and released as a spy in the Resistance. He was later re-captured by the Visitors from a boarding school at Ojai at the start of the series (not seen on screen but discussed). He resists his father's attempts to rescue him. * Howard K. Smith as himself (episodes 3–13) – Smith appeared briefly at beginning of several episodes playing a newscaster (his former real-life profession) describing recent (off-camera) actions by the Visitors and the Fifth Column, sometimes providing expositional background for events in that night's episode. He did not interact with any of the other characters. ==Intro== The title sequence for Episodes 1–13 featured theme music derived from incidental music previously used in The Final Battle over the main cast credits. With Episode 14, a new intro was introduced with Michael Ironside, Lane Smith, Blair Tefkin and Michael Wright removed from the credits along with different theme music and a new monologue describing the premise of the show: They arrived in 50 motherships offering their friendship and advanced technology to Earth. Skeptical of the Visitors, Mike Donovan and Juliet Parrish infiltrated their ranks and soon discovered some startling secrets. > Juliet Parrish: They're shipping food! The Resistance is all that stands between us and the Visitors. ==Episodes== ===Aftermath=== Although the show had been cancelled in March 1985, the sets from the production remained in storage for some time as discussions transpired over rendering a conclusion to the V saga. Among the options explored were a stand-alone TV movie or a final miniseries. Several scenarios were discussed: * The Resistance goes to the Visitor homeworld and attempt to stop Diana from assassinating the Leader * An exploration of the aftermath of the peace treaty in "The Return". A hardline US government would impose harsh conditions on the Visitors who choose to remain behind after their race departed, leaving the Resistance to ally with them In 1989, there was a proposed sequel series by J. Michael Straczynski entitled "V: The Next Chapter" that would have followed up five years after the conclusion of the original show. Ham Tyler would have been the only character to have returned and would have taken place in Chicago. The rest of the remaining cast had been temporarily or permanently written off, with Mike Donovan captured, Willie executed, Lydia assassinated, Julie living in exile in Australia, Diana reassigned, and Elizabeth having died.http://www.sirianlegion.fr/media/reb_a4.pdf Warner Brothers ultimately passed on the project. ==Reception== In the Nielsen ratings, V's initial episode made its debut at a mediocre 34th place, tied with three other shows. By episode 13, it had slipped to 53rd place.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LapdAAAAIBAJ&sjid;=RF0NAAAAIBAJ&pg;=3997%2C2171179 For the season, V finished ranked 57th with a 12.5 rating/18 share. On Rotten Tomatoes, V has an aggregate score of 67% based on 16 positive and 8 negative critic reviews. The website’s consensus reads: "Indefinitely postponing the apocalypse, V fully sheds its original self-seriousness -- along with much of its production value -- and settles into solid camp." The St. Louis Post- Dispatch wrote: "... a TV series with so much promise – based on two successful, highly rated science fiction miniseries on NBC in the early 1980s – produced such a silly, loathsome mess ... NBC tried to make a weekly series out of [the mini-series that unraveled] the show so terribly it must surely rank as one of the worst TV sci-fi experiments ever. The cast becomes dangerously unstable. Ironside quits in the middle of the show's run with no apparent reason. Others are killed without meaning. The special effects are cheapened and the use of stock footage – previously filmed scenes used again and again – is maddening. (At one point, they actually used stock footage from the previous week's episode.) ... What was once a pretty decent science fiction saga with good drama, humor and suspense ends up becoming "Dynasty" with lizard makeup and laser guns. There's even an episode in which Diana marries her alien boss named (what else?) Charles." ==Production notes== * Despite the high budget, producers had only half the resources given to the production of V: The Final Battle. Executive Story Consultant David Ambromowitz stated, “The budget for the mini-series was about double what we had per hour, so that's what was really difficult. It's impossible to retain the quality of the show with half the money, half the time to shoot things, half the special effects, half the sets, half the characters and half of everything.” * Liberation Day's shot of the alien fleet hiding behind the moon was achieved using models (the 30-inch Saucer in the foreground, newly built smaller ships behind and a 36-inch model of the moon's surface) as the budget was insufficient for optical compositing. * The TV series' single season was released on LaserDisc in Japan in April 1989 (bilingual English/Japanese with subtitles) as a massive 10-disc box set, which included a "Diana Special" (in Japanese only) on side 20. It was later issued on Region 1 DVD in 2004, and Region 2 in 2008. * The weekly series reused a lot of action footage from the mini-series. This was especially evident in the Visitor skyfighter chase scene in the pilot episode, where nearly all external shots were lifted from the climax scene of the original mini-series. * In the original mini-series and The Final Battle, the Visitors' voices were given, among other post-processing, a pitch shift effect. This was dropped from the weekly series, though no explanation was given as to why the Visitors now sounded like humans. ==Comic book== DC Comics published 18 issues of a "V" comic book concurrently with the TV series. ==Toys and Collectibles== A 1985 LJN toy line dedicated to the V series was to have been produced, however a March 24, 1985 UPI article on the risks of toy franchising cited that the V line was “not presently in production”. ==Awards and nominations== Year Association Category Result 1985 37th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Achievement in Makeup ==References== ==External links== * * Category:1980s American science fiction television series Category:1984 American television series debuts Category:1985 American television series endings Category:Alien invasions in television Category:NBC original programming Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Category:Television shows set in Los Angeles 1984
+V is an American science fiction drama television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009, to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically-advanced alien species which ostensibly comes in peace, but actually has sinister motives. V stars Elizabeth Mitchell and Morena Baccarin, and is executive produced by Scott Rosenbaum, Yves Simoneau, Scott Peters, Steve Pearlman, and Jace Hall. The series was produced by The Scott Peters Company, HDFilms and Warner Bros. Television. On May 13, 2011, ABC cancelled the series after two seasons. == Premise == Giant spaceships appear over 29 major cities throughout the world, and Anna (Morena Baccarin), the beautiful and charismatic leader of the extraterrestrial "Visitors", declares that they come in peace. The Visitors claim to only need a small amount of Earth's resources, in exchange for which they will share their advanced technological and medical knowledge. As a small number of humans begin to doubt the sincerity of the seemingly benevolent Visitors, FBI counter-terrorism agent Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell) discovers that the aliens are actually reptilian humanoids wearing pseudo-human skin, who have spent decades infiltrating human governments, businesses, and religious institutions, and are now in the final stages of their plan to take over the Earth. Erica joins the resistance movement, which includes Ryan (Morris Chestnut), a Visitor sleeper agent who over time developed human emotions and now wants to save humanity. Their rebellion becomes a part of a larger "Fifth Column" movement of both humans and Visitors opposed to Anna's vague but seemingly menacing plans for Earth and humanity, but their efforts are challenged as the Visitors have won favor among the people of Earth by curing a variety of diseases and have recruited Earth's youth – including Erica's son Tyler (Logan Huffman) – to serve them unknowingly as spies. == Cast and characters == === Main cast === 250px|thumb|right|Original characters from left to right: Jack Landry, Valerie Stevens, Tyler Evans, Erica Evans, Anna, Chad Decker, and Ryan Nichols|alt=Seven cast members of V in a line with a city backdrop. * Elizabeth Mitchell as Erica Evans—an FBI counter-terrorism agent who becomes the leader of the global Fifth Column. Erica seems to become closer to the Visitor Lisa than to her son Tyler. * Morris Chestnut as Ryan Nichols—a Visitor posing as human and a Fifth Columnist trying to undermine the insidious plans of the Visitors. He is later forced to betray the Fifth Column due to Anna holding his baby daughter hostage. He is strangled to death by his daughter while trying to remove her from the Visitor mothership in the season 2 finale. * Joel Gretsch as Father Jack Landry—a Catholic priest and former U.S. Army sniper with two kills, whose unease with the Visitors is soon validated by his alliance with Erica over their discovery of the Visitors' secret. Over time, he finds his views of the Visitors conflict with the church hierarchy. He is eventually laicized after speaking out against the Visitors one time too many, following numerous warnings from the Visitor-controlled Vatican. * Logan Huffman as Tyler Evans—Erica's teenage son who becomes a V "peace ambassador" and Lisa's love interest. He becomes closer to Anna over time, and at odds with his own mother. The Visitors stripped him of half his DNA when he was in Erica's womb, which led to his father believing that Erica had an affair. He is killed by Lisa's "twin" sister after mating with her in the season 2 finale. * Lourdes Benedicto as Valerie Stevens (season 1)—Ryan's fiancée who was originally unaware of his alien nature. Her discovery of his secret leads to her being murdered by Anna after giving birth to Ryan's baby. * Laura Vandervoort as Lisa—a Visitor and Tyler's love interest who is revealed to be Anna's daughter and next-in-line to be the Visitors' queen. She displays growing human emotion throughout the first season and joins the Fifth Column in the season finale. Lisa is shown to be closer to Erica than her own mother, she often confides in Erica about her emotions and Erica comforts her. In the second-season finale, she is imprisoned by Anna, and replaced by her sister, who is identical in appearance (also played by Laura Vandervoort). * Charles Mesure as Kyle Hobbes (recurring season 1, starring season 2)—a former British SAS soldier and current mercenary, on top of the wanted lists of many law enforcement organizations, who is recruited by the Fifth Column. It is revealed the Visitors have someone close to him and are blackmailing him. * Morena Baccarin as Anna—the cold, diabolically-manipulative Visitor Queen and High Commander. She maintains loyalty and control over her subjects by use of a telepathic pacification process known as "Bliss". * Scott Wolf as Chad Decker—a television news anchor who becomes the Visitors' spokesperson. He is caught between his journalistic ethics and his ambition when his exclusive access to Anna comes with a price. He turns Fifth Column when he learns the sinister truth about the Visitors, though this remains hidden from Anna until the season 2 finale. === Supporting cast === * Christopher Shyer as Marcus—Anna's second-in-command in charge of operations. He is shot in the second season during the Concordia announcements, but has since recovered. * Mark Hildreth as Joshua—The physician in charge of the medical crew on board the Visitors' New York mothership. In season 1, he appears loyal to Anna, but is in fact a Fifth Columnist undermining the Visitors' operations from within. After being killed and revived, he awakens in season 2 with a wiped memory and renewed loyalty to Anna. In the end of season 2, he remembers being in Fifth Column after seeing Lisa snoop around on the mothership and rejoins the network against Anna. * David Richmond-Peck as Georgie Sutton (season 1)—One of the original members of the human resistance who wanted revenge against the Visitors for causing his family's deaths after he discovered the V's agenda. In an attempt to save Ryan, he is captured by the Visitors. He is tortured for information and later chooses to die rather than reveal Fifth Column members. * Roark Critchlow as Paul Kendrick—Erica's superior in the FBI counter- terrorism unit. He has long suspected that Erica might be a member of the Fifth Column and reveals himself to be part of another underground anti-V organization known as Project Aries. * Alan Tudyk as Dale Maddox (season 1)—Erica's first partner in the series. Erica discovers he is a Visitor, and wounds him. He ends up on Anna's ship where he is killed by Joshua, the V physician, who is also a spy for the Fifth Column. * Lucas Wolf as Samuel (season 1)—a Visitor Fifth Columnist who worked alongside Joshua. * Rekha Sharma as Agent Sarita Malik—An FBI agent assigned to work with Erica. Like Erica's previous partner, she is also revealed to be a V mole. After her true identity is discovered, she is tortured and killed by the Resistance. * Scott Hylands as Father Travis—An elder priest at the same church where Father Jack works. He appears to side with the Visitors in several conversations with Father Jack. * Lexa Doig as Dr. Leah Pearlman (season 1)—A V doctor posing as Valerie's human physician. She is also Fifth Column. * Nicholas Lea as Joe Evans—Erica's ex-husband, who left her after blood tests revealed that their son, Tyler, could not possibly be his. He tries to reconnect with his wife and son after learning the truth about Tyler's altered DNA. In season 2, he is caught in a crossfire between FBI agents and the Fifth Column, and is shot and killed. * Jane Badler as Diana (season 2)—Anna's mother, who is being held prisoner on the Visitor mothership in a secret prison cell made to resemble their homeworld. This Diana is a completely different character from the one that Badler played in the original 1980s series. She was once Queen until she proposed that the Visitors live in peace with humans. Anna finally overthrew her and imprisoned her for fifteen years. She was eventually rescued in the season 2 finale but rather than escape, she chose to confront her subjects and was killed by Anna as a result. * Bret Harrison as Sidney Miller (season 2)—an evolutionary biologist, whom Erica tracks down in order to explain the Red Sky. Since then, he has continued to work with the Fifth Column. * Oded Fehr as Eli Cohn (season 2)—an ex-Mossad agent and the leader of a radical Fifth Column cell, with whom Erica shockingly has a mysterious past. He is killed in a staged hostage crisis after turning over his global contacts as well as leadership of his cell to Erica. Rosenbaum has stated that, "The two of them have something in common that she [Erica] never would have guessed." * Jay Karnes as Chris Bolling (season 2)—Erica's newly assigned FBI partner who trained with her at Quantico. He begins to suspect that Erica may have divided loyalties when it comes to her dedication to bringing down the Fifth Column. In the season 2 finale, he is revealed to be a member of a secret global anti-V cabal known as Project Aries. * Martin Cummins as Thomas (season 2)—the chief engineer of Anna's Concordia project, who is temporarily promoted to second-in-command following the shooting of Marcus. * Ona Grauer as Kerry Eltoff (season 2)—Chad's co-anchor on Prime Focus, added by their producer to provide opposing viewpoint to Chad's Visitor-centric reporting. He tricks her into claiming that sources showed a citywide blackout was the result of the unstable Visitor Concordia generator, causing her to be fired for false reporting. However, Anna had revealed to Chad that Kerry's viewpoints were "dangerous" to Visitor/human relations and would not be tolerated. Therefore, in getting her fired, Chad not only removed her as a threat to his cover but also protected her from Anna's wrath. * Marc Singer as Lars Tremont (season 2)—a member of a top-secret organization of high-ranking military and government leaders (called Project Aries) who know more about the Visitors than most and have been secretly preparing for a Visitor attack. Singer also played a leading role in the original 1980s series. == Production == The series was announced in May 2009, to be executive produced by Scott Peters, Jace Hall, Steve Pearlman, and Jeffrey Bell. Filming of the post-pilot episodes began on August 10, 2009. Cast member Elizabeth Mitchell noted that the show would do service to the most iconic moments from the original franchise. Peters later confirmed that in addition to potentially using cast members from the 1983 miniseries, the new series would nod to the original in other ways. He said that when asking people what they thought were the most memorable elements of V, the top responses included "the huge ships, the red uniforms, eating the hamster, and [the] alien baby," adding that "we are well aware of those moments and are looking to put our own little spin on them to tip our hat to the old audience." Entertainment Weekly put the original V on its 2008 list "The Sci-Fi 25: The Genre's Best Since 1982" and called Visitor leader Diana's devouring of a guinea pig "one of the best TV reveals ever." Asked about the 1983 reveal of the Visitors' reptilian appearance beneath their human disguise, Peters noted "That was the other one, of course... We tried to put our own [spin on it]. We're... a little bit different than their execution of it. It wasn't so much latex mask as it is real flesh and blood." Reuters called the idea behind V "a powerhouse concept that combines conflict, suspense and imagination with some heavy-duty philosophical issues," noting that the update "preserves the original framework but shifts the atmosphere to accommodate contemporary concerns... the militaristic notes will be more subdued. Instead, there will be more of a post-9/11 emphasis on questions of trust and terror." Production on the show was temporarily suspended in August 2009, pending the resolution of a dispute filed with the Writers Guild of America by original creator Kenneth Johnson. Warner Bros. sought to remove Johnson's "created by" status by claiming that the new show was so fundamentally changed from Johnson's original premise that it constituted a standalone work and not a remake. The Writers Guild, however, disagreed, and when production resumed in September 2009, Johnson retained the credit. In September 2009, it was announced that four episodes of V would air in November 2009, and that the series would resume its 12-episode season in March 2010 after the 2010 Winter Olympics. ABC entertainment president Steve McPherson said, "We always intended to break the show up into 'pods' to make it more of an event." As production of the fourth episode of V wrapped, it was announced on November 3, 2009, that Scott Rosenbaum had been named executive producer and showrunner of the series, with Peters and Hall remaining as executive producers. Production of the remaining eight episodes resumed in January 2010 with new episodes returning March 30, 2010. On May 13, 2010, ABC renewed V for a second season. The second season premiered January 4, 2011, but the original order of 13 episodes was reduced to 10. On May 13, 2011, ABC announced that V was canceled. == Reception == === Critical reception === The series premiere of V received "generally favorable reviews", scoring 67 out of 100 on Metacritic based on reviews from 23 critics. E! Online stated "on a scale of 1 to 10, we give it an 11. V is the best pilot we've seen in, well, forever." USA Today Robert Bianco put V on his list of the top ten new shows, stating that the remake is well-made and "quickly establishes its own identity," and The Hollywood Reporter called the new series "clever enough for a cult following and accessible enough to reach a broad demo." King Features' entertainment reporter Cindy Elavsky calls V "the best new show on television, by far. The special effects are feature-film quality; the writing is intelligent and time-relevant; and the acting is first-rate. The first five minutes alone will hook you for the entire season." The New York Times wrote that "The ideas in V, about alien encounters and mass delusion and media manipulation, are enticing. It's too bad that they're floating around in a show that at this early stage, is so slapdash and formulaic in its storytelling." The A.V. Club gave V premiere a 'C' rating, calling it "rote and by-the-numbers." Metacritic gave the second-season premiere a score of 49/100 based on reviews from 13 critics, indicating mixed reviews. ==== Interpretation ==== The re-imagined series has been interpreted by some reviewers as an allegory of the presidency of Barack Obama. In his review of the show, Troy Patterson of Slate points out that bloggers and journalists had noticed parallels between the show's premise and the Obama administration, and writes that "if the show is to have the symbolic import that we expect from a science-fiction story, this is the only possible way to read V as a coherent text. The only problem with this analysis lies in its generous presupposition that the text is, in fact, coherent." Lisa de Moraes of The Washington Post noted in her review that the fact the series was debuting on the first anniversary of Obama's election "was not lost on some ... TV critics" and also remarked that the use of phrases present in the series (such as "hope", "change", and "Universal Health Care" being offered by the Visitors) made it seem as though "Lou Dobbs had taken over the network, as those things only became popular with the current administration." Chicago Tribune reviewer Glenn Garvin called the show "controversial", saying the series was "a barbed commentary on Obamamania that will infuriate the president's supporters and delight his detractors." The show's cast and crew deny this interpretation. Actress Morena Baccarin acknowledges that she had modeled her character, Visitor leader Anna, after politicians but she and series executive producer Peters were surprised by the controversy. At a press conference at Summer TV Press Tour 2009, Peters said that the show was open to interpretation and that "people bring subjective thoughts to it... but there is no particular agenda." Bell agreed, stating that it was simply "a show about spaceships." In retrospect, Baccarin said: "Originally what was intended with the show, the aliens—the visitors had been amongst us for hundreds of years and were the impetus and the catalyst for a lot of plagues and a lot of world wars, and had kind of instigated these things to kind of try to end humanity and to control humanity. I thought that was the direction that we were headed, and then we ended up having two or three different showrunners, and ABC didn’t really know which direction they wanted to take the show. It became kind of a mess, but what first attracted me to the show was definitely this possibility that we could make parallels to the modern world." === Ratings === thumb|right|Graph of the U.S. viewing figures of the first season of V. The pilot episode which aired on November 3, 2009, garnered 14.3 million viewers and scored a 5.2 rating among 18- to 49-year-olds, making it the highest debut of the 2009–10 season. The first four episodes of the first season averaged 9.75 million viewers and a 3.4 rating among 18- to 49-year-olds, ranking 34th in the television season. The remainder of season 1 began airing in March 2010, and by the end of the second half of the season the average viewer count had dropped to 5.72 million viewers and a 2.3 18–49 rating, ranking 89th. The second season averaged 6.93 million viewers per episode and had an average 18–49 rating of 2.5, ranking 75th for the 2010–11 season. In the UK, the show premiered on the premium channel Syfy. The original broadcast of the pilot was seen by 481,000 viewers and was the most watched show for the network for its entire first season. The second season premiered to 401,000 viewers, again becoming #1 for the network. In October 2010, when the show debuted on the free-to-air channel Channel One, it gained even higher ratings. The pilot episode garnered 541,000 viewers (and 338,000 for the repeat viewing two days later). The show remained the channel's number one show for several weeks, and was in the channel's top 3 for the entirety of its first season. === Accolades === V was nominated for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series at the 2010 Creative Arts Emmy Awards for the pilot episode. The show was also nominated for Favorite New TV Drama at the 36th People's Choice Awards and for Best Television Presentation. Morena Baccarin was nominated for Best Supporting Actress on Television at the 36th Saturn Awards. At the 37th Saturn Awards, the show received three nominations, for Best Network Series, Elizabeth Mitchell for Best Actress in Television, and Morena Baccarin for Best Supporting Actress in Television. At the 8th Visual Effects Society Awards, the show received nominations in the categories of Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series and Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial, winning in the Created Environment category for the Atrium and ship interiors. ===Cancellation response=== Following ABC's cancellation of V in May 2011, the fan letter-writing campaign "Project Alice" began writing to Warner Bros. to renew the series on a different network. The campaign initially sought to get the show renewed on TNT, while later efforts had also concentrated on the CW Network as well. Both networks are owned by Warner Bros. Television's parent company, Time Warner. Ultimately the campaign was unsuccessful. == DVD and Blu-ray releases == Season Release dates Region 1 (U.S./Canada) Region 2 (UK/South Africa/Europe) Region 4 (Australia) Region 4 (New Zealand) Region 4 (Mexico) 1 November 2, 2010 November 8, 2010 November 10, 2010 November 17, 2010 December 9, 2010 2 October 18, 2011 October 24, 2011 October 26, 2011 Special features on the first season DVD and Blu-ray include a commentary track on "Fruition" by executive producers Scott Rosenbaum and Steve Pearlman, deleted scenes, and four behind-the-scenes featurettes – "The Actor's Journey from Human to V", "An Alien in Human Skin: The Makeup FX of V", Breaking Story: The World of V", and "The Visual FX of V". Special features on the second season DVD and Blu-ray include deleted and extended scenes, blooper reel, and two featurettes – "The Arc of Story: Mining the Human Evolution" and "A Visual Masterpiece for the Small Screen". == References == == External links == * * * Category:2000s American drama television series Category:2000s American science fiction television series Category:2009 American television series debuts Category:2010s American drama television series Category:2010s American science fiction television series Category:2011 American television series endings Category:Alien invasions in television Category:American Broadcasting Company original programming Category:English-language television shows Category:Serial drama television series Category:Television remakes Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Category:Television shows filmed in Vancouver Category:Television series reboots Category:Television shows set in New York City Category:V (franchise)
+V is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti and produced by Dil Raju under the banner of Sri Venkateswara Creations. The film stars Nani, Sudheer Babu, Nivetha Thomas and Aditi Rao Hydari along with Vennela Kishore and Tanikella Bharani in supporting roles. It marks Nani's 25th film as a lead actor, in which he plays an antihero for the first time in his career. In the film, a decorated police officer tries to hunt down a serial killer. Principal photography began in May 2019, after the film's official announcement, and was shot predominantly across Hyderabad, Mumbai and Thailand, before the shooting wrapped in January 2020. The film's score is composed by S. Thaman, with the soundtrack album being composed by Amit Trivedi. The cinematography is handled by P. G. Vinda and editing done by Marthand K. Venkatesh. After a scheduled theatrical release of 25 March 2020, coinciding with Ugadi, was postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 pandemic, the film was released on Amazon Prime Video on 5 September 2020, thus becoming the first mainstream Telugu film to have a digital release. It received negative reviews from critics, praising the principal cast performance, stylized action sequences, technical praise and direction but criticised its clichèd writing. However, it was the most watched Telugu film in a streaming platform in 2020. The film was re-released in theatres on 1 January 2021 following its digital release. Sudheer Babu, won the Critics Choice Award for Best Actor – Telugu, at the 9th South Indian International Movie Awards for his performance. ==Plot== DCP Aditya handles a communal riot in Hyderabad. He is awarded a gallantry medal a year later, for solving various cases. The following night, Prasad, an Inspector, is grotesquely murdered by an unnamed killer who leaves a note challenging Aditya to catch him. Aditya suspects Apoorva, an aspiring crime novelist who he met the previous night, to have some link with the killer as she was in contact with Prasad. However, Apoorva only met Prasad for her research, during which she overhears Prasad telling a realtor named Mallik that their lives are under threat. Meanwhile, the killer calls Aditya, challenging him to prevent four more murders, failing which he shall give up his medals and resign. Aditya accepts the challenge. On deducing that the killer's name starts with "V", Aditya arrests a person Vicky, based on the history between him and Prasad. Vicky tells Aditya about a man who enquired about Prasad and Mallik. On knowing Mallik could be the next target, Aditya rushes to save him, only to see that he is already killed. The killer, this time, leaves a clue hinting next location of the target. Aditya and Apoorva crack the clue, and Aditya heads to Mumbai. The killer escapes narrowly, upon killing his target. He later sends Aditya an image of Aditya's school days, which makes Aditya suspect Vishnu, his fellow schoolmate, and a popular student-athlete. He learns from his school in Vizag that Vishnu is an ex-INA soldier with an impeccable record of eliminating terrorists. Aditya visits a colleague of Vishnu who tells their past. Past: Vishnu loved and married Saheba, who he met when he was off-duty. However, when Saheba is pregnant, Vishnu, unable to get leave to visit her, was forced to attend his duty in Jammu and Kashmir. When Vishnu and his colleague are off to a mission, the bus they travel is bombed, falling into an adjacent river. Vishnu is last seen being washed away. Saheba, too is killed in the communal riots which Aditya handled, but there is no record of Saheba's death. Present: Upon investigation, Aditya learns that Saheba was last seen going to a jewelry shop to buy a gift for Vishnu, who was supposed to return soon. Aditya tries to retrieve the shop's CCTV footage, but it's missing. Aditya suspects the manager and asks his team to follow him. And they trace out a lady who reveals to them the conspiracy behind the riot. The lady ran a girls Hostel, but she would pimp the girls, often by force. One night, a girl finds her friend being murdered and films the incident where she takes the video to a local don Sadik Hassan, whom she believes would help him. But Sadik Hassan finds an opportunity to blackmail the Home Minister, whose son Ranjith is also behind the murders. The minister conspired to kill Sadik Hassan and retrieve the video. Aditya, who learns that people who are involved in the conspiracy are being killed, fails to protect the fourth target as well. The final target of the killer, the home minister's son, Ranjith, is in Thailand. Aditya travels to Thailand to save Ranjith, but Ranjith is beheaded by Vishnu, who leaves a note reading he shall meet soon. Later, Aditya resigns from his job, accepting his defeat. The police save their face by blaming and killing an innocent pickpocketer named Vamsi, and the case is closed. Days later, Vishnu and Aditya meet, where Aditya reveals that he indeed helped Vishnu by killing the guards of Ranjith, thus isolating him to be killed by Vishnu. He does so because his team is infiltrated on instruction to kill both Vishnu and Aditya. Vishnu tells Aditya that Saheba, on the day of the riots, tried to save the girl with the video, only to be murdered by the goons. Vishnu, who was luckily saved after the accident, receives the video recorded and e-mailed by Saheba minutes before she was killed. He then decides to avenge her death. Vishnu initially believed that Aditya was also part of the conspiracy, but upon being impressed by his integrity, Vishnu hands over the video to Aditya, to expose the criminals. Aditya later releases it to the press and regains his job. Days later, Apoorva writes a novel about the events, titled Saheba. Vishnu, who receives a copy, sees that it has been dedicated to V. == Cast == * Nani as Yendluri Vishnu * Sudheer Babu as DCP N. Aditya * Nivetha Thomas as Apoorva Ramanujan * Aditi Rao Hydari as Saheba, Vishnu's Wife * Vennela Kishore as Mansoor * Tanikella Bharani as IG Y. V. Narendra * Naresh as Aditya's father * Rohini as Sreelata, Apuurva's mother * Thalaivasal Vijay as Ramanujan, Apuurva's father * Vinay Varma as Saadik Haasan * Harish Uthaman as Ranjith * Adarsh Balakrishna as Sarath Chandra * Ravi Varma as K.K. * Madhusudhan Rao as Mallikarjun * Raja Chembolu as Rathnakumar * Srikanth Iyyengar as Rashiid * Jayaprakash as DGP T. Jayaraj * Ananda Chakrapani as Home Minister * Rajitha as Ramani *Getup Srinu *Vaibhavi Joshi as an item number in Ranga Rangeli * Sathyasai Srinivas as DCP B. SatyaKumar == Production == ===Development === Originally, Mohana Krishna Indraganti planned a sequel for his 2016 film Gentleman, with Nani and Sharwanand in the lead roles. In December 2018, Dulquer Salmaan was approached to star in the film soon after Sharwanand's exit, but, however, he could not act in the film due to prior commitments. Sudheer Babu was later confirmed to play a lead role, marking his second collaboration with Indraganti after Sammohanam (2018). In March 2019, sources claimed that Nani's film is not a sequel to Gentleman, but a neo-noir crime thriller with a fresh script. The actor was reported to play a character with negative shades, whereas Babu will be seen as a cop. In March 2019, Aditi Rao Hydari signed to be a part of the lead cast. The film marked Hydari's second collaboration with Babu and Indraganti after Sammohanam. Nivetha Thomas' presence was confirmed in April 2019. Bollywood composer Amit Trivedi signed in to score music for the film, the very same month, marking his second Telugu film after Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019). On 29 April 2019, the makers announced the titular poster of the film, being titled as V, also marking Nani's 25th film, featuring him in a negative role for the first time. === Filming === Principal photography of began in April 2019 while its second schedule started on 12 June 2019 with Babu and other artists. Babu allotted a call sheet of 30 days, for the second schedule. Nani started shooting for the film on 11 August 2019. In September 2019, filming location changed to Thailand where major scenes were shot with Babu and Nani, with the former being hurt while filming an action sequence. The makers shot few action sequences at a forest located at Phuket, which was wrapped up in October 2019. The shooting of the film was wrapped up in January 2020. == Music == The film score is composed by S. Thaman. The soundtrack album is composed by Amit Trivedi, in his third Telugu film after Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019) and That is Mahalakshmi (2020), whereas the lyrics were written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Ramajogayya Sastry and Krishna Kanth. On 24 February 2020, coinciding with actor Nani's birthday, the first single "Manasu Maree" was released by Aditya Music. The second single "Vastunnaa Vachestunna" was released on 10 March 2020. The soundtrack album was released on 29 August 2020. 123Telugu reviewed "The album of V is quite modern and at the same time has a classical touch to it. The emotion and mood of the film are carried through the songs and Amit Trivedi has done a solid job with the songs. Manasu Maree and Vastunna Vacchestunna are already solid hits but the other songs are also good making this a foot-tapping album. You will like them, even more, when the film is out." == Release == The film was initially scheduled to release on 25 March 2020 coinciding with Ugadi, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India. In June 2020, Nani refuted rumours of a direct release, through over-the-top media services, and confirmed that the film is scheduled for a theatrical release. In August 2020, the makers decided to release the film directly on a streaming platform, after the uncertainty over the reopening of theatres, which were closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown. On 20 August, the makers officially announced that the film would be released through Amazon Prime Video on 5 September 2020. The release date coincided with Nani's debut in the film industry, after his 2008 film Ashta Chamma, which is also directed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti. The film became one of the first major Telugu films, to be released directly on a streaming platform. Amazon Prime Video premiered the film eventually on 4 September, ahead of the scheduled release date, and it was dubbed in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada, which had a release on the same day. The makers re- released the film in theatres on 1 January 2021, coinciding with New Year's Day. The Hindi dubbed version began streaming on Prime Video from 4 April 2021. == Reception == Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu, wrote that "V could have benefited with a far more engaging story. As it stands now, it’s a pale story that doesn’t make you root for its prime characters." Hemanth Kumar of the Firstpost, who rated the film 2.5 out of five, also noted "V is a Telugu film, and if a top star is portrayed as an anti-hero, he cannot be a diabolical person at any cost." Haricharan Pudipeddi of The Hindustan Times reviewed "V is a major misfire from Indraganti, whose intent to go big fails gloriously. For Nani, who had bet a lot on this film, it will go down as a big disappointment. If only Nani took some inspiration in storytelling from his last production venture, HIT, a gripping investigative thriller, V could have been a far better film." Manoj Kumar of The Indian Express granted the film 2.5 stars out of five and wrote, "Indraganti has gone the extra mile while writing scenes for Vishnu...However, Mohana doesn’t show an equal amount of love for other key characters", and gave a verdict "V is not the popcorn movie that we deserve but the one we need right now." Janaki K. of India Today who also rated 2.5 out of five, wrote that "Director Mohan Krishna Indraganti’s V had a solid premise that could have been made into a slick thriller. With shortcomings in the screenplay, V doesn’t excite you as it intended to. Nonetheless, certain moments will make it an interesting watch." Neetishta Nyayapati of The Times of India, gave 3 out of 5 and wrote, "Mohan Krishna Indraganti takes a gamble and tries to show that he can do more than make feel-good dramas. And the film he shows, despite the predictability, definitely has the potential to be more. If only it rose beyond the usual tropes. This is not an unwatchable film by any measure, because it definitely has its moments that will make you want to know what comes next." Gauthaman Bhaskaran of News18 gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stating, "The film lacks a thoughtful approach on the director's part. In its runtime of 140-minutes, V hardly offers anything to look forward to." Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion wrote "This super-predictable film, like Vs cigarettes, is a hash. It’s a movie about murders that’s impossible to take seriously. It’s a comedy of terrors." Sify gave the film 3 out of 5 and stated "V is a revenge drama that has weak writing. Clichéd and predictable later portions have marred the mood." ==Legal issues== On 2 March 2021, the Bombay High Court ordered Amazon Prime Video to take down all versions of the film until they removed the image of Mumbai-based actress Sakshi Malik used without her consent. On 4 March 2021, the court allowed the film's re-release after Malik confirmed that the deletion was satisfactory. == Accolades == Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result South Indian International Movie Awards 1112 September 2021 Best Director – Telugu Best Actor – Telugu Best Actor (Critics Choice) – Telugu Best Actor in a Negative Role – Telugu Best Music Director – Telugu Best Cinematographer – Telugu Best Female Playback Singer (Telugu) Shreya Ghoshal == Notes == == References == ==External links == * Category:Indian direct-to-video films Category:2020s Telugu-language films Category:Films shot in Hyderabad, India Category:Indian action thriller films Category:Indian crime action films Category:Indian chase films Category:Amazon Prime Video original films Category:Films shot in Telangana Category:Films shot in Thailand Category:Films postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic Category:2020 films Category:Films directed by Mohan Krishna Indraganti Category:Films scored by Amit Trivedi Category:Films scored by Thaman S Category:Films not released in theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic Category:2020 direct-to- video films Category:Films set in Hyderabad, India Category:Films set in Thailand Category:Films set in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Films set in Andhra Pradesh Category:Films set in Mumbai Category:2020 action thriller films Category:2020 crime action films Category:Sri Venkateswara Creations films
+V is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language language horror drama film directed by DaVinci Saravanan and starring Raaghav and Luthiya in the lead roles. Produced by Roopesh Kumar, it was released on 8 January 2021. == Cast == *Raaghav as Madhav *Luthiya as Kanika *Sabitha Anand *R. N. R. Manohar *Rishi *Ashwini *Nima *Sathya Das *Filjiya *Rineesh *Divian *Devasurya ==Production== The film was shot in 2015, with an audio launch event held in Chennai during September 2015. Actors from the Tamil film industry such as Bobby Simha and Abi Saravanan attended the event. == Release == The film was released across theatres in Tamil Nadu on 8 January 2021. National film critic Malini Mannath noted "surprisingly it managed to deliver much more than what one would have expected", adding "with hardly any lagging moments or wasted shots, the crisp story telling keeps one occupied for the most part". A reviewer from Maalai Malar noted that the film was "different". Reviews from film portals, Chennai City News and Film News 24x7 were also positive. == References == Category:2021 films Category:2020s Tamil-language films Category:2020s horror drama films Category:Indian horror drama films Category:2021 horror films Category:2021 drama films
+V is an American fashion magazine published since 1999. The magazine is printed seasonally and highlights trends in fashion, film, music and art. A men's fashion quarterly entitled VMAN started as an offshoot in 2003. ==History== V was launched in September 1999 as the "younger sibling" publication to the limited-edition quarterly Visionaire. V releases six issues a year, one for each current seasonal collection; Spring, Spring/Summer, Summer, Fall Preview, Fall, and Winter.V Best: Five Years of V magazine. Edition 7L. .V The magazine has a readership of 315,000 as of 2010. V is edited by Stephen Gan and features new global fashion displayed through shoots and editorials focusing more specifically on art, film, music and fashion. V has been noted for its inventive and progressive styling, as well as its reportage of cultural figures and global youth culture. Past contributors have included Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Hedi Slimane, Mario Testino, Mario Sorrenti, and Karl Lagerfeld. Interview subjects have included Joan Didion, Salman Rushdie, Robert Altman, Brooke Shields, and Norman Mailer. Icons in fashion, film, music and art to grace the cover include Madonna, Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Naomi Campbell, Grace Jones, Brad Pitt, Britney Spears, David Bowie and Lady Gaga. In 2005, 7L and Steidl published the book V Best: Five Years of V Magazine, chronicling the first five years of the publication. Included are fashion articles, photos, interviews and more from the first five years of V. In 2016, Lady Gaga was invited to be the guest editor for V for its 99th issue, which features a record-setting sixteen different covers. In March 2016, it was revealed that Britney Spears was selected to appear on the cover of the magazine for its 100th issue. Spears shot three different covers for the milestone issue with photographer Mario Testino. In August 2019, American singer and songwriter Billie Eilish was selected to appear on the 20th anniversary issue, V121, interviewed by Pharrell Williams. In April 2020, V released its "Supermodel Summer" issue, selecting 15 of fashion's newest models to grace the cover, including Kaia Gerber, Grace Elizabeth, Adut Akech, Lila Moss, and more. In July 2020, American model Gigi Hadid collaborated with V on a limited-edition art book titled Gigi Journal: Part II, presenting a medley of 32 exclusive art pieces from around the world, derived from over 20,000 submissions, which reflected experiences in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resurgence of the BlackLivesMatter movement. The book featured hand-painted cover art, created by Hadid herself, and written contributions from leaders in the racial-justice movement. In November 2020, ahead of the US elections, V released V127: The "Thought Leaders" Issue, featuring 45 subjects such as Bella Hadid, Mariah Carey, Taylor Swift, Chris Evans, Jaden Smith, Jennifer Lawrence, and more. Photographed entirely by Dutch fashion photography duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, the subjects featured within the issue spanned culture, art, and politics, speaking to the American people to exercise their right to vote. A sequel to the V127 voting initiative introduced 10 additional subjects such as Hailey Bieber, John Legend, Lee Daniels, Lily Aldridge, Maxwell, Quannah Chasinghorse, and more for digital covers to encourage Americans to vote in the Georgia Senate runoff elections. In April 2021, V collaborated with French fashion house CHANEL to create a limited-edition art book titled The Chanel Book, featuring cover stars Lily- Rose Depp, JENNIE, and Margot Robbie. Captured entirely by photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin in Los Angeles, New York, Mexico and virtually in Korea, a mix of talents ranging from fashion, music, art, literature, and politics all wore CHANEL's Spring-Summer 2021 Ready-To-Wear collection throughout. In May 2021, V digitally revived the defunct Spanish division of the publication, Spanish V, for a one-time return with a digital issue showcased on their website. Featuring the cast of HBO Max's Spanish biographical series Veneno, the digital issue was released for free on V's website. In June 2021, V collaborated with Spanish denim brand Lois Jeans for a line of sustainably made jeans and introduced the collection on the cover of their V131 Fall Preview issue with subjects such as Emily Ratajkowski, Ashley Graham, Hailey Bieber, Eileen Gu, and more. In October 2021, American musician and actress Madonna was selected to appear on the cover of V's V133 Winter issue in an homage to Marilyn Monroe and Bern Stern's "The Last Sitting", photographed by Steven Klein. The issue went on to become one of the publication's fastest selling issues. In May 2022, Brazilian fashion model Gisele Bündchen officially made her return to fashion modeling on the cover of V's V136 Summer issue. Throughout the years, the magazine has continued to expand its print and digital footprint. In addition to the bimonthly print issues, V has released limited-edition monthly calendars, created in collaboration with fashion houses such as GCDS, Guess, Emporio Armani, and EA7. The magazine has collaborated with Parisian luxury house Au Depart for a monogram patterned, magazine slip, sold exclusively on V's shopsite. The magazine has also launched its first podcast in 2021, V Wanna Know, which focuses on the concept of having celebrity guests connect with a specialist in an area of interest of the guest's choosing. Some of music, fashion, and the internet's biggest names such as Madison Beer, Finneas, King Princess, Emma Chamberlain, Nicole Richie, Tinashe, Banks, 24kGoldn, and more have joined the podcast. ==On the cover== Some of the celebrities that have been featured on the cover of V Magazine include Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, Madonna, Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Janet Jackson, Miley Cyrus, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz, Winona Ryder, Rihanna, Kesha, James Franco, David Beckham, Natalie Portman, Dakota Fanning, Kirsten Dunst, Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Connelly, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Orlando Bloom, Demi Moore, Beyoncé, Adriana Lima, Marc Jacobs, Salma Hayek, Celine Dion and more. ==Criticisms== The January 2010 issue of V entitled "The Size Issue" featured a variety of plus sized models. This edition printed two different covers, one with plus sized Precious star Gabourey Sidibe, while the other featured the petite actress Dakota Fanning. One criticism of the issue argues that the magazine's intentions were to juxtapose big and small as in a competition with one another. However, others "embraced the magazine's bold statement" and commended V on its efforts to "modernize the beauty standard".Inbar, Michael. "Plus-size Models Buck Thin Trend in V Magazine." TODAY fashion&beauty.; MSNBC. 8 Jan. 2010. Web. ==Features== In the September 2008 issue of American Photo Magazine, British photographer Nick Knight was featured for the photo spread "Wildflowers" that he shot for the March 2008 issue of V.S., D. "V." American Photo 19.5 (2008): 72–73. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 7 Feb. 2011 In June 2017, V Magazine featured band Monotronic as the music behind a VTV summer swimwear feature. ==Associated technologies== The V website consists of multiple different navigational links such as; blog, magazine, fashion, articles, photo and video. The website contains features from the current issue as well as extras and exclusive outtakes that did not get put into the final printing of the magazine. Other interactive technological features on V’s website include the magazine's Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube pages. ==VMAN magazine== VMAN magazine featuring men's clothing is an offshoot of V. Established in 2003, it is published quarterly by Visionaire Publishing, also responsible for V and Visionaire. ==See also== * Vogue ==Notes== Category:Visual arts magazines published in the United States Category:Bimonthly magazines published in the United States Category:Fashion magazines published in the United States Category:Magazines established in 1999 Category:Magazines published in New York City Category:1999 establishments in New York City
+V is the fifth studio album by Finnish singer Anna Abreu, released in Finland by Warner Bros. Records on May 30, 2014. The album was preceded by the lead single "Ra-Ta Ta-Ta" and followed by the single "Right In Front Of You". The album marked Abreu's first studio album in three years, following her fourth album Rush. It was also Abreu's first album released under Warner Bros. Records, which she signed with in 2012 after deciding not to renew her contract with Sony Music and RCA. The album was produced by Jonas Karlsson, Jarkko Ehnqvist and Hank Solo, and features collaborations with Danish pop singer Christopher and Finnish rapper Gracias. The album debuted and peaked at number 4 on the Finnish Albums Chart, becoming Abreu's first album to miss the top two. However, the album continued to be a commercial and critical success for Abreu, being certified gold for sales in excess of 10,000 copies. ==Commercial performance== V debuted and peaked at number four on the Finnish Top 50 Albums Chart. To date it has sold over 10,000 copies and been certified gold by the IFPI. ===Chart performance=== Chart Peak position Certification Sales Finnish Albums ChartSuomen virallinen lista 4 Gold 10,000 ==Singles== * "Ra-Ta Ta-Ta", the lead single from the album debuted and peaked at number 17 on the Finnish Top 20 Singles Chart and reached a peak of number 4 on the radio airplay chart. The music video, directed by Hannu Aukia, has been viewed over 1,000,000 times on YouTube. The video sees Abreu dancing in an underground carpark, partying in a roller-rink and singing in a dark room while covered in silver glitter. * "Right In Front Of You", the album's second single, was released to radio stations on June 2, 2014. The 90's inspired music video was directed by Taito Kawata and features Abreu and a large group of friends dancing in a range of places in and around the Finnish capital city of Helsinki. ==Track listing== ==Promotion== In 2014, Abreu promoted her fifth album with the V Tour throughout Finland. ===Setlist=== ===Tour dates=== Date City Country Venue May 31, 2014 Oulu Finland Kauppatori June 4, 2014 Helsinki Tavastia June 12, 2014 Kaisaniemi June 21, 2014 Jämsä Himos Festival July 5, 2015 Turku Ruissalo July 26, 2014 Oulu Kuusisaari ==References== Category:2014 albums Category:Anna Abreu albums
+V is the eighth studio album by American musical duo Barn Owl. It was released on April 16, 2013, by Thrill Jockey. ==Critical reception== V was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 73 based on 10 reviews. Aggregator website AnyDecentMusic? gave the release a 6.7 out of 10 based on a critical consensus of 6 reviews. In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Fred Thomas wrote: "While the band perfected the sound of an empty, barren desert at night with its previous instrumental offerings, V leans away from the underlying dread and general despair of earlier albums, moving more toward the ominous than the doomed. The gradient of emotional tides on V is wrapped in disintegrating guitar tones, obscuring the swatches of hope, disappointment, loss, and discovery in thin sheets of static and sounds that feel buried shallowly under the ground in the backyard." Michael Toland of Blurt said: "Jon Porras and Evan Caminiti use guitars and electronics to create an audio miasma that leaves a mist on your skin." At Dusted Magazine, Joseph Burdett called V "more intimate and introverted than Ancestral Star or Lost in the Glare." ===Accolades=== Publications' year-end list appearances for V Critic/Publication List Rank Ref The Quietus The Quietus Top 100 Albums of 2013 84 ==Track listing== ==References== ==External links== * * Category:2013 albums Category:Thrill Jockey albums Category:Barn Owl (band) albums
+V was a Finnish free-of-charge magazine launched in 2006 aimed at the young adult generation of 20- to 30-year-olds. Its content was mostly similar to other similar magazines such as City, Nöjesguiden and Metropoli. Because of low popularity, V was discontinued in 2007 as a separate magazine and incorporated into Metro. ==References== Category:2006 establishments in Finland Category:2007 disestablishments in Finland Category:Defunct magazines published in Finland Category:Free magazines Category:Finnish-language magazines Category:Magazines established in 2006 Category:Magazines disestablished in 2007
+V is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Havok, released on May 1, 2020. This is the band's only release with bassist Brandon Bruce, who would leave Havok in August of the following year. Two music videos were produced for the tracks "Phantom Force" and "Post-Truth Era." ==Reception== The album has received both praises from critics and mixed to positive reviews from fans. With many critics calling it a modern metal masterpiece. LouderSound gave a high review and stated that the band has nailed 21st- century thrash with its new album V. "Denver thrashers Havok’s new album V is where old school thrash speed meets new school thrash attitude," they commented. "Although retro-minded, Havok sound sharp and as furiously relevant as ever even as we struggle onward through difficult times." A reviewer of Distorted Sound Magazine praised it as being a modern-day classic that showcases the band’s talent for keeping alive the thrash sound. In Treblezine's review of the album, they also gave it high praise; Namely a switch of targets lyrically away and removing the toxic venom toward efforts of social justice and moving more towards the broader structures that poison and destroy the world. They further added with high regard to the vocals having a uniform of nasally thrashy half-bark, but bearing a surprising elasticity. "Their riffs have the perfect blend of finger-twisting menace and neck-snapping power," they added further "The bass is bright and round here, with plenty of treble and mid-range, cutting through the guitars like butter, having a sound sitting between the iconic spring of a fretless and the earthy growl of a fretted." ==Track listing== == Personnel == ;Havok * David Sanchez – vocals, rhythm guitar, rain stick on "Dab Tsog" * Reece Scruggs – lead guitar * Pete Webber – drums * Brandon Bruce – bass, goat nails on "Dab Tsog" ;Additional personnel * Mark Lewis – engineering, mixing, mastering * Eliran Kantor – artwork ==Charts== Chart performance for V Chart (2020) Peak position == References == ==External links== ;Official music videos * * Category:Havok (band) albums Category:2020 albums
+V is the fifth studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on January 18, 2023, through the Sony Music label Sacra Music. Five singles were released from the album: "Avid", "Hands Up to the Sky", "LilaS", "Outsiders" and "Lemonade". == Background == Various singles were released prior to the album announcement, the first one being "Avid / Hands Up to the Sky". The first track off the album, "Avid" with Japanese singer mizuki from the band UNIDOTS, was released on April 25, 2021, as a pre-order track from the single and was used as the 1st ending theme for the TV anime series 86. A music video was released on May 29, 2021. The second track off the album, "Hands Up to the Sky", featuring the Japanese singer Laco, was used as the second ending theme for the TV anime series 86 and was released on June 9, 2021. A music video was released on June 12, 2021. The third single off the album, "LilaS", was announced to be a collaboration with Japanese singer Honoka Takahashi from the band Regal Lily. It was released on March 20, 2022, and was used as the ending theme for the last episode of 86 Second Season. The animation used on the episode was released on Sawano's Official YouTube Channel. The fourth track off the album, "Outsiders", featuring the Japanese singers Junki Kono and Sho Yonashiro from the boy band JO1, was used as the ending theme for the TV anime series Fanfare of Adolescence and was released on April 10, 2022. The music video was released on the same day. On June 10, 2022, Japanese singer Aska announced on his official blog that he had collaborated on a song by Sawano but no further details were revealed. On November 11, 2022, Aska revealed the name of the song, being (lit. "A City Called Earth"). On November 19, 2022, Sawano announced V on Twitter and his official website and that it would include the four tracks previously released. He also revealed that he would work on the anime movie The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh as theme song composer with the song "Lemonade", sung by Japanese singer XAI. On November 29, 2022, Sawano started to unveil tracks from the album via his official Twitter account, uploading a short video preview teasing the vocalist from each track, using the hashtag "nZk_v" and these teasers were uploaded every Tuesday before the release. On December 1, 2022, (lit. "A City Called Earth") with ASKA was officially announced by Sawano on his Twitter with a short audio teaser and comments from both musicians about how was the creative process for the song. On December 8, 2022, the song "Balk" with Japanese singer suis from Japanese duo Yorushika was announced in Sawano's Twitter. On December 15, 2022, the song "7th String" with Japanese singer ReN was announced on Sawano's Twitter following the V teasers. On December 21, 2022, the song "Lemonade" with Japanese singer XAI was released on streaming services along with the premiere of the movie The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh. Along with the release announcement, another track was added to the album tracklist, "Colors" with Japanese singer Hata Motohiro. On December 26, 2022, the song "Colors" with Japanese singer Hata Motohiro was announced in Sawano's twitter. In the comments about the collaboration of this song, Sawano stated that he was able to work with Motohiro as they were involved in the production for the anime film One Piece Red. The song will have a short anime film with the same name, produced by Tetsuro Araki and animated by WIT Studio. On December 31, 2022, it was announced during the broadcast for the Fate Project for New's Eve 2022 that Sawano produced the theme song for the TV special Fate/Strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn. The song called "Fake It" with Japanese singer Laco was released on January 1, 2023. Along with the announcement, the tracklist was published. On January 5, 2023, it was announced that an instrumental version of the album called V (Instrumental) would be released digitally on the same day of the album's release. == Musical style == When creating an album, Sawano stated that he not always start with a concept in mind. Instead, he primarily creates what they want to at that time. Sawano has described the album to be more focused on overseas sound, specifically on EDM-rhythms and Synthpop, rather than the previous albums which were more focused on a Rock sound. Even though the album was created with this style in mind, "FakeIt" is a rock song with electronic rhythms in the background and is the only song with this style on the album. In regards to the lyrics, Sawano has said that he often uses English lyrics, but this is solely to create a groove. Therefore, rather than wanting the pronunciation to be perfect, he is more interested in hearing how the melody sounds when it is sung in English. When he decided to work with suis from Yorushika, he had two songs that he felt they were suit for her: A ballad and an upbeat song. In an interview, suis declared she decided to sing "Balk" - the upbeat song as she felt it was a one-time opportunity. When asked about "7th String" and the collaboration with ReN, Sawano stated that he composed the song in his twenties, and when he heard Ren's voice, he thought it was fitting for him to sing it. == Track listing == Notes * "FakeIt" is stylized as "FAKEit". * "Balk" is stylized as "B∀LK". * "Colors" is stylized as "COLORs". ==Charts== Chart performance for V Chart (2023) Peak position Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon) 3 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 7 ==References== ==External links== *Official website Category:2023 albums Category:Hiroyuki Sawano albums
+V is the fifth studio album by the instrumental stoner rock band Karma to Burn. It was released on May 27, 2011, via Napalm Records.Napalm Records The album was later reissued in 2022 by Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Unlike previous releases, V is not solely an instrumental album. Five tracks are instrumental; the other three feature vocals from Year Long Disaster frontman Daniel Davies. As with previous albums, the instrumental tracks are titled with numbers and vocal tracks are titled with words. The album title is derived from the Roman numeral of five. ==Track listing== Standard release == Personnel == * Will Mecum – guitar * Rich Mullins – bass * Rob Oswald – drums * Daniel Davies – vocals (tracks 4, 7, 8) ==References== Category:2011 albums Category:Karma to Burn albums Category:Napalm Records albums Category:Instrumental rock albums
+"V" (Hangul: 브이) is a song by South Korean singer and actress Lee Jung-hyun. It was released digitally on July 22, and a special edition CD and DVD was released on August 5. ==Charts== Chart Peak position Gaon Digital Chart 36 Gaon Streaming Chart 65 Gaon Download Chart 21 Gaon BGM Chart 42 Gaon Mobile Chart 53 Gaon Social Chart 16 Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 43 ==Track listing== ==References== Category:2013 songs Category:Korean-language songs
+V is the fifth studio album by the Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana, released in December 15, 1991. The album was released amid the Plano Collor economic crisis and an alcoholism peak of vocalist, acoustic guitarist and leader Renato Russo, who had also just discovered to be HIV-positive - a condition he kept as a secret from most people back then. It sold around 465,000 copies. ==Background== The album was released as then Brazilian president Fernando Collor was implementing the measures of his Plano Collor, which limited citizens' financial power. The band was still touring for their previous album, As Quatro Estações, and the shows became even more important in order to allow them to retrieve the money they lost. Meanwhile, Russo went to rehab, concerned with the example he was setting to his son Giuliano, born in 1989. There, he discovered he had the HIV virus. That prompted him to meet with the band's manager Rafael Borges and ask him to arrange everything after his death. Aside from these two problems, the band experienced conflicts with Jorge Davidson, national artistic manager of p. It all started when Davidson insisted that they recorded one of their shows of the As Quatro Estações tour. When he finally got what he wanted, Borges asked him to send the material to PolyGram, where the band's longtime producer, Mayrton Bahia, was working. Davidson refused stating the band never cared about EMI's material, which made Russo furious. Davidson ended up not effectively participating in the album, despite being credit as artistic manager. Later, working for Sony Music, Davidson said he understood Russo's frustration. Having just been diagnosed as HIV-positive, Russo didn't know if he would live to see a live album by his band. Working for a rival label, Bahia wasn't expected to produce V, but Russo still invited him after meeting him by chance at a Fernanda Abreu show. == Recording == For the first time, the band did not use EMI-Oden studios to create the album. They opted for Estúdio Mega, instead. The studio was also located in Rio de Janeiro and, unlike in EMI's one, they weren't able to stay there for as long as they wanted, nor did they have exclusive use of it. They hired a session bassist, Bruno Araújo, who was already performing live with them. However, he wouldn't perform in the subsequent tour due to a fight with session acoustic guitarist Fred Nascimento. They were both close, but the fall out cost their jobs as Legião Urbana's session members. It was on this album that Bahia managed to convinced Russo to switch his Roland Juno-106 keyboard for other models, in order to create new sounds. == Content == === Music and lyrics === V has been labeled a progressive rock effort. When asked about how the album would be like, Russo said in an interview: "Oh, there are some medieval things, some instrumentals. The first side is a trip. They'll be saying like: 'Legião repeats formula and releases progressive album (laughs)...'". In another interview, this one to Zeca Camargo on MTV in 1993, Russo said that "what we wanted to pass on to V was boredom and stagnation. That album was made slow on purpose". The first track, "Love Song", is a love cantiga in Galician-Portuguese, composed in the 13th century by Nuno Fernandes Torneol. "Metal Contra as Nuvens" is divided in four parts and is 11:28 long, being the band's longest track ever. A part of it was recorded at the PolyGram studios, with 40 session musicians hired to play 12 violins, four violas and four cellos. "A Ordem dos Templários", which includes a section of "Douce Dame Jolie", by Guillaume de Machaut, from the 14th century, pays tribute to the knights who protected Chrsitians during the Crusades. On Acústico MTV, Russo explains that the song "O Teatro dos Vampiros" should speak about television. On the same live album, he said he had found out that the Italian city of Venice was known as "Sereníssima" only after he composed the song of same name. === Cover art === Russo wanted the moon-star on the cover and the "V" letter on the backcover to be embossed in a golden color, but Ronaldo Vianna, then product manager of EMI-Odeon, said that it would be too expensive in an economic conjuncture that required costs cuts and that the label's marketing consultancy disapproved the budget. Russo insisted and the cover was done the way he wanted. == Promotion and tour == This album, unlike the others, had no promotional videos, a product that the members disliked. Instead, the band accepted MTV's invitation to record their Acústico MTV in January 1992 using the album's repertoire. some of the songs were released on the compilation album Música P/ Acampamentos, in 1992, while the Acústico MTV show would only be released in 1999. Following Araújo's and Nascimento's dismissals, the band had to look for new touring musicians. Keyboardist Mú Carvalho also quit the band due to scheduling conflicts. This paved the way for the arrival of Sérgio Serra (acoustic guitar), Tavinho Fialho (bass guitar) and, following a suggestion by Carvalho himself, Carlos Trilha (keyboards). The tour was a short one, however, because Russo was taking drugs in excess, which generated conflicts with his bandmates Dado Villa-Lobos (guitar) and Marcelo Bonfá (drums). The situation culminated in the premature and abrupt end of the tour. Música P/ Acampamentos was released as part of a set of efforts to compensate for the fans' frustration. Following this event, Russo began his treatment and began to take AZT, besides attending Alcoholics Anonymous sessions. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== ;Legião Urbana * Renato Russo — vocals, rhythm guitar and keyboards * Dado Villa-Lobos — lead guitar * Marcelo Bonfá — drums and percussion ;Additional personnel * Bruno Araújo — bass guitar == Sales and certifications == Country Certification Sales (Pro-Música Brasil) 465.000+ ==References== * Category:1991 albums Category:Legião Urbana albums
+V was a streetcar service in Los Angeles, California. It was operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1920 to 1958, and by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority from 1958 to 1963. ==History== The Vermont–Vernon line was the last new route built by the Los Angeles Railway. Although Henry Huntington had been reluctant to build any cross-town (circumferential) lines, exponential growth along the Wilshire Corridor made it necessary. At the time, Los Angeles had no buses. From Vermont and Beverly, the route ran south on Vermont Avenue to Vernon Avenue, thence east on Vernon to Pacific Boulevard, then east again on Leonis Boulevard to Downey Road in Vernon. A branch line also ran from Vernon Avenue south on Santa Fe Avenue to Slauson Avenue. In 1921, the route was designated as line V. The line was extended both north and south in 1923. In 1925, plans had been drawn up to extend the Vermont line over further north to Los Feliz Boulevard. Instead, the route was extended less than a mile north to Monroe Street and west on Monroe to Heliotrope, on what was then the campus of UCLA (what is now the campus of Los Angeles City College). In 1955, during the Los Angeles Transit Lines era, the Leonis and Santa Fe branches were eliminated; instead the V line ended at a loop called Pacific Crossing, in the center of Vernon. The V was one of six routes that survived closure and passed into control of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority. It was the only cross-town route in the LAMTA era. Streetcar service over the former Los Angeles Railway lines ended after March 31, 1963, with the final scheduled trip made on the V line. ==Partial restoration== Vermont Avenue continued its growth, seeded by the robust public transportation provided by the streetcar. The Red Line rapid transit corridor was built underneath the road north of Wilshire by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the early 1990s, reestablishing a new rail service over a portion of the route (albeit underground). By 2020, the bus lines operating on Vermont had grown to ridership of 45,000 weekday boardings, making it the second busiest corridor in the network. As a result, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to rehabilitate the road for to allow for rapid transit. The corridor extends further south than the old V streetcar and may initially operate as bus rapid transit with more limited service than its progenitor. ==Rolling stock== After 1955, PCC streetcars replaced the old rolling stock on the line. ==Sources== ==External links== * V Line Archives — Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society * Category:Los Angeles Railway routes Category:Railway services introduced in 1920 Category:Railway lines closed in 1963 Category:1920 establishments in California Category:1963 disestablishments in California
+V (Roman numeral for five) is the fifth studio album by American band Maroon 5. The album was released on August 29, 2014, through 222 and Interscope Records. V was Maroon 5's first album to be released through Interscope after the band's previous label, A&M; Octone Records, transferred them along with most of its artists to Interscope. The album also saw the return of keyboardist/rhythm guitarist/backing vocalist Jesse Carmichael, after his absence from recording, touring and promoting the band's previous album, Overexposed, which was released in 2012. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and produced with three hit singles, "Maps", "Animals", and "Sugar", peaking at numbers 6, 3 and 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, respectively. A fourth single "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a Motherfucker", was released on May 15, 2015, from the reissue deluxe edition of the album. "Feelings" was released as the album's fifth and final single on September 14, 2015. == Background and production == In 2012, Maroon 5 released their fourth studio album Overexposed. The record was released during a time of commercial momentum for the band following the success of "Moves like Jagger" (recorded with Christina Aguilera), a single which lead singer Adam Levine credited as having "revived the group", and the album's lead single, "Payphone", which became both a critical and commercial success. Overexposed was described by the band as their "most poppiest [sic] record to date", with critics giving the album mixed reviews upon its release. V was recorded by the band at Conway Studios in downtown Los Angeles, California, over a year-long period from 2013 through to mid 2014. The recording sessions for V saw the band's keyboardist Jesse Carmichael return to the band after a two-year hiatus, which saw him absent during the recording and promotion for Overexposed. The album also features a collaboration with Gwen Stefani called "My Heart Is Open", co- written with Australian singer Sia. Guitarist James Valentine stated that the band had known Furler for a long time and working with her was "really cool". == Artwork == The album cover for V was created by South Korean photographer Lee Jung. It features a 1.3m neon lighted crosstube formed in the shape of the roman numeral for five, the title of the album. The red neon display is placed in front of a reservoir in the Gyeonggi Province, with mountains in the background. The Maroon 5 logo appears out of focus in the background as a sign perched on the side of the mountain, similar to the famous Hollywood Sign. An alternate cover for the album was created by Indonesian graphic designer Bayo Gale (who won the band's alternate album cover art contest). It features the tiger's face with a shape of the letter V with a vertex at the bottom and the Maroon 5 logo. == Release and promotion == Departing from then-active A&M; Octone Records, the band signed with its related label, Interscope Records and frontman Levine's record label 222 Records to release the album. V was unveiled by the band and Interscope on May 19, 2014, slated for a release date of September 2, 2014, in the United States. Through a signed contract with Live Nation, the band had also announced that they are also set to embark on a world tour in late 2014 through to early 2015 in support of V. The artwork for V was unveiled through a series of five puzzle piece clues released daily through the band's Facebook page from July 17 through to July 21. After the series was completed, the album's artwork, in addition to its track listing, were unveiled on July 21, 2014. The album also includes a limited-edition of ZinePak. Moreover, to promote the album, Maroon 5 performed at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, California on August 26, 2014 and on The Today Show (as part of the Toyota concert series) at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, New York on September 1. Later, the band started the Maroon V Tour in February 2015 at venues mainly to take place in North America and Europe. The tour ended on May 12, 2018, in Zapopan, Mexico, comprising 136 shows. == Singles == "Maps" was released as the album's lead single on June 16, 2014. The song peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their ninth top-ten hit in the country. "Maps" also reached the top-ten in an additional fourteen countries, including a peak of number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. "Animals" was released as the album's second single on August 25, 2014. The song peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their tenth top-ten hit in the country. The song also peaked within the top-ten in an additional ten countries, and has also sold in excess of 200,000 copies in the UK alone. Likewise with their previous single, "Animals" achieved platinum status in the US for sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies. "Sugar" was released on January 13, 2015, as the album's third single. It is the most successful single from the album, reaching the top-ten in 24 countries, including number 6 in Australia, number 7 on the UK Singles Chart, and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a Motherfucker" was released on May 15, 2015, as the album's fourth single. Through it doesn’t appear on the standard edition, it is included on the album's reissue deluxe edition. "Feelings" was sent to US contemporary hit and adult contemporary radio on September 14, 2015, served as the album's fifth and final single. === Promotional single === "It Was Always You" was released on July 29, 2014, as the first and only promotional single of the album. The song peaked at number 40 on the UK Singles Chart and number 45 on the US Billboard Hot 100. == Critical reception == The album received generally mixed reviews upon its release. On Metacritic, V received a weighted average score of 55/100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". In a four-star review, Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone called the songs "precision-tuned and lustrously polished, jammed with hooks and choruses that build a man cave in your brain." Brian Mansfield of USA Today gave the album two and a half stars out of four, remarking the album was "easy to digest and contains all sorts of flavors while still being its own thing." In an 86 out of 100 review for Billboard, Brad Wete argued the album "reveals that their foundation has not been removed." Writing on behalf of AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album three and a half stars out of five, praising the band for "[embracing] the tuneful, slightly soulful adult contemporary pop band they've always been". In a mixed review, Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly graded the album a C, suggesting Levine's songwriting didn't "live up to his ability to work a crowd." Writing for The Guardian, Tim Jonze gave the album two out of five stars, dismissing it as "evidence as to why most people can't remember a Maroon 5 song two seconds after it finishes." In a two star review from The Observer, Theo Leanse called the album "a gaudy chunk of over-produced electro-pop-rock", but noted its accessibility, saying it "flips a smug V-sign at us, knowing we'll never free its singles from our skulls." But, Kathy Iandoli of Idolator gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and called the album "lives up to that formula of big songs while never faltering, for better or for worse". Evan Rytlewski gave a C+ review on behalf of The A.V. Club commenting the band "stayed hip", but only by "furnishing a too-perfect, soundstage ideal of whatever the kids are into these days." In the New York Daily News, Jim Farber criticized the hooks on the album for being "so annoying, you won't be able to scrub them from your mind." Annie Galvin delivered a 5/10 review for PopMatters stating, "As far as lightweight, easy- listening charts pop goes, V doesn't totally offend the sensibilities, and that's surely more than can be said about some of Maroon 5's overly pandering, less exploratory 'pop-rock' peers." == Commercial performance == In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 164,000 copies and earned their second US number-one album and their first since 2007's It Won't Be Soon Before Long. As of August 2015, it has sold over one million copies in the US. In Canada, the album also debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, with 15,000 copies sold for the week. In its second week, the album remained at number one with 7,700 copies. == Track listing == Notes * signifies an additional producer * signifies a vocal producer * signifies that "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a Motherfucker" is also known as "This Summer" in other countries * signifies a remixer == Personnel == Credits for V are adapted from AllMusic. Maroon 5 * Adam Levine – lead and backing vocals, additional drums, songwriting * Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, synthesizers, piano, backing vocals, rhythm guitar (track 12) * Mickey Madden – bass guitar * James Valentine – lead guitar, backing vocals * Matt Flynn – drums, percussion * PJ Morton – keyboards, synthesizers, piano, backing vocals Additional musicians * Sam Schamberg – additional handclaps and backing vocals * Jason Fields – additional handclaps and backing vocals * Travis Leete – additional handclaps and backing vocals * Shawn Tellez – additional handclaps and backing vocals * Shellback – songwriting, production, additional instrumentation, backing vocals, programming * Sam Farrar – backing vocals, programming * Ashley Cahill – backing vocals * Ryan Jackson-Healy – backing vocals * Ross Golan – backing vocals, songwriting * Johan Carlsson – songwriting, additional instrumentation, keyboards, mixing, production, programming, vocal production, backing vocals * Mattias Bylund – strings * Dr. Luke – instrumentation, programming, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, synth bass * Ammo & Cirkut – additional instrumentation and programming * Mike Posner – additional vocals, composer * Stargate – additional instrumentation, production, programming * Aryn Wüthrich – backing vocals * Astma & Rocwell – additional instrumentation and programming * The Monsters and the Strangerz – songwriting, production, additional instrumentation * Gwen Stefani – vocals (featured guest on "My Heart Is Open") * Phil Peterson – strings Technical :this list may be incomplete list of credits * Ryan Tedder – songwriting, production, additional instrumentation, programming * John Armstrong – assistant * Astma – additional instrumentation, production, programming * Tim Blacksmith – executive production * Max Martin – executive production, vocal production * Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – production * Benny Blanco – songwriting, production, additional instrumentation, programming * Ammar Malik – songwriting * Linda Carbone – publicity * Tom Coyne – mastering * Danny D. – executive producer * Carleen Donovan – publicity * Mikkel Storleer Eriksen – songwriting, engineer * Jason Evigan – songwriting, additional instrumentation, production, programming, vocal production * Eric Eylands – assistant * Rachael Findlen – assistant * Michel Flygare – songwriting, production * Serban Ghenea – mixing * Clint Gibbs – engineer * Oscar Görres (OzGo) – songwriting, production, additional instrumentation, programming * John Hanes – mixing * Tor Erik Hermansen – songwriting * Jacob Hindlin – songwriting * Sia – songwriting * Nate Ruess – songwriting * Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins – songwriting, production * Andre Lindal – songwriting, production * Joshua Coleman – songwriting, production * Lee Jung – photography * Seif "Mageef" Hussain – production coordination ==Charts== === Weekly charts === Chart (2014) Peak position Chinese Albums (Sino Chart) 2 Indian Albums (IMI) 1 Italian Albums (FIMI) 2 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 5 ===Year-end charts=== Chart (2014) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 132 French Albums (SNEP) 114 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 43 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 40 Chart (2015) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 55 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) 13 French Albums (SNEP) 85 Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)"Hot Albums Year End" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2018. 71 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 16 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 51 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 20 UK Albums (OCC) 47 Chart (2016) Position US Billboard 200 113 === Decade-end charts === Chart (2010–2019) Position US Billboard 200 58 ==Certifications and sales== == Release history == Region Date Format(s) Edition(s) Label Germany August 29, 2014 New Zealand South Korea September 1, 2014 Universal United States September 2, 2014 China November 1, 2014 Standard Universal Various May 15, 2015 Australia August 14, 2015 Extended == References == Category:2014 albums Category:Maroon 5 albums Category:Albums produced by Benny Blanco Category:Albums produced by Max Martin Category:Albums produced by Shellback (record producer) Category:Albums produced by Ryan Tedder Category:222 Records albums Category:Interscope Records albums Category:Interscope Geffen A&M; Records albums Category:Universal Music Group albums Category:Albums produced by Jason Evigan Category:Albums produced by Johan Carlsson
+The V Sixth Avenue Local was a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", was colored since it used the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan. The V operated weekdays only from approximately 6:30 a.m. to midnight between 71st Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens and Second Avenue, near the border of the East Village and the Lower East Side, Manhattan. The V debuted on December 17, 2001, when the connection from the IND 63rd Street Line to the IND Queens Boulevard Line opened as a replacement for the , which was rerouted via this new connection, on the IND 53rd Street Line. Except for a brief period in early 2005, the V had the same service pattern during its eight-and-a-half-year history. As part of a series of service reductions to close a budget gap, the V train was eliminated on June 25, 2010. With the exception of service at Second Avenue, it was combined with the train, which was rerouted from Lower Manhattan and South Brooklyn via the Chrystie Street Connection. == Service history == === Former use === Originally, the V was used to indicate provisional routes running on the IND Sixth Avenue Line; older rollsigns had the orange V emblem with the text "via 6 Avenue" as a provisional service if ever needed. === Initial service plan === The V was originally conceived as a Sixth Avenue extra since the early 1980s, running via 63rd Street. It appeared as an orange bullet on rollsigns. The V also appeared on the digital signs of the R44s and R46s with any route and designation combination that could be used for the Sixth Avenue Line. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), in December 2000, announced plans for a new subway route running between Second Avenue in Manhattan and 71st Avenue in Queens. The V train would run along the Sixth Avenue Line, the 53rd Street Tunnel, and the Queens Boulevard Line's local tracks. This new route would supplement the F train, which would be rerouted to the 63rd Street lines, and the E train through the 53rd Street Tunnel. The introduction of the V service was expected to increase the number of Queens Boulevard trains entering Manhattan by nine trains per hour. To make room for V trains on Queens Boulevard, the train was cut back to a new weekday terminal at Long Island City–Court Square and the train was rerouted via the 63rd Street Connector. In Manhattan, the and V made identical stops between 47th–50th Streets and the V train's Lower East Side–Second Avenue terminal station. To prepare for this service, rush hour service was simulated twice on Saturdays during early 2001. The first time, the V, labeled as S, ran via 63rd Street, the F ran via 53rd Street, and the G ran to 179th Street. It was particularly done to see if it was possible to maintain existing G train service along Queens Boulevard with the new V train added on. When this test became unsuccessful, the V's eventual service pattern (via 53rd Street) was tested on September 8, and was a success. Due to the September 11 attacks and numerous services being disrupted by damage sustained in the attacks (including R service along Queens Boulevard), the V train's entry into service was delayed. The MTA board's transit committee voted on May 25, 2001, to recommend that the entirety of the board vote on the proposed V train. On May 31, 2001, the MTA board approved the operating plan for the opening of the 63rd Street Connector, including the beginning of V service, which was to begin on November 11, 2001. The V made its debut on December 17, 2001. Service ran every six minutes during rush hours, running southbound from 71st Avenue between 5:38 a.m. and 10:57 p.m., and northbound from Second Avenue between 5:54 a.m. and 11:33 p.m.. === Controversy === The new service plan was designed to redistribute Queens-bound passenger loads along the heavily used IND Sixth Avenue Line by encouraging use of the additional local trains provided for shorter trips, and to improve service and transfer opportunities for passengers using local stations along Queens Boulevard. The New York Times described the service plan as "complex and heavily criticized." New York Times columnist Randy Kennedy wrote that four months after it opened, the service was operating at only 49% of capacity. However, ridership had "increased 30 percent since it began, and every new V rider, as lonely as he or she might be, relieves crowding on the E." The Straphangers Campaign and Queens Civic Congress organized protests in 2002 to request the V train be rerouted to the 63rd Street Tunnel. The overcrowding on the E train was, in part, due to riders' propensity to board an express even in situations where it offers no real advantage in travel time over the local. Conductors were asked to make scripted announcements to urge riders to use the V, noting that they had a better chance of getting a seat on the train. By May 2002, ridership started picking up on the V, and crowding on the E was reduced from 115% of capacity during rush hours to 96%. Kennedy sought out and interviewed some passengers who were not happy with the V's debut: On January 23, 2005, a fire destroyed the signal room of Chambers Street on the IND Eighth Avenue Line. V service was temporarily extended to Euclid Avenue until service was restored on February 2. === Merger of V and M trains === In late 2009, the MTA confronted a financial crisis, and many of the same service cuts threatened just months earlier during a previous budget crisis were revisited. One of the proposals included completely phasing out service and using the V as its replacement. Under this proposal, the V would no longer serve its southern terminus at Lower East Side–Second Avenue. Instead, after leaving Broadway–Lafayette Street, it would take the Chrystie Street Connection to join the BMT Nassau Street Line, and stop at Essex Street in Manhattan before crossing the Williamsburg Bridge and serving all M stations to Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue in Queens. The MTA determined that this move, while still a service cut, would actually benefit M passengers, as approximately 17,000 of them traveled to its stations in Lower Manhattan, whereas 22,000 transferred to other lines to reach destinations in Midtown Manhattan. Additionally, this merger would open up new travel options for northern Brooklyn and Queens riders, in that it would allow direct and more convenient access to areas that were not served by those routes before such as Midtown Manhattan. On March 19, 2010, it was decided that the V designation would be discontinued and the new service would retain the M's designation instead, which would now be designated with an orange symbol representing an IND Sixth Avenue Line train. Many MTA board members had opposed the elimination of the M designation, saying that passengers would be more comfortable with an M designation rather than a V designation, and because the M had been around longer than the V. The V ceased operation on Friday, June 25, 2010, with the last train bound for Forest Hills–71st Avenue leaving Lower East Side–Second Avenue at 11:33 p.m. Official M service via the Chrystie Street Connection began on Monday, June 28, 2010. From July 3, 2017, until April 27, 2018, reconstruction work on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line resulted in a limited number of M trains operating between 71st Avenue in Queens and Second Avenue in Manhattan, during rush hours, replicating the V's original routing prior to its discontinuation. == Final route == === Lines used === The following lines were used by the V from December 2001 to June 2010: Line From To Tracks IND Queens Boulevard Line 71st Avenue Queens Plaza local IND Queens Boulevard Line Queens Plaza Fifth Avenue/53rd Street all IND Sixth Avenue Line 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center Lower East Side–Second Avenue local === Stations === For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above. 20px|V service Stations Subway transfers Connections and notes Queens Queens Queens Queens Queens Queens Boulevard Line Queens Boulevard Line Queens Boulevard Line Queens Boulevard Line Queens Boulevard Line E F G R LIRR Main Line at G R G R Q72 to LaGuardia Airport G R G R G R E F G R (IRT Flushing Line) at Q33 bus to LaGuardia Airport Q47 bus to LaGuardia Marine Air Terminal G R G R G R G R G R E G R (IND Crosstown Line at ) (IRT Flushing Line at ; MetroCard-only transfer) Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan (IRT Lexington Avenue Line at ) Sixth Avenue Line Sixth Avenue Line Sixth Avenue Line Sixth Avenue Line Sixth Avenue Line B D F B D F (IRT Flushing Line at ) B D F (BMT Broadway Line) PATH at F PATH at F (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at ) (BMT Canarsie Line at ) PATH at B D F (IND Eighth Avenue Line) PATH at B D F (IRT Lexington Avenue Line at ; transfer to downtown trains only) F ==Notes== == References == == External links == * * V Train Timetable (2006) Category:Defunct New York City Subway services
+V is the fifth studio album by American doom metal band Saint Vitus, released in 1990. Its title is a reference to the Roman numeral five, not the letter "V" from the English alphabet. The album was the band's first release not on SST Records and the last one to feature singer Scott "Wino" Weinrich (until 2012's Lillie: F-65). In 2004, Southern Lord Records re-released the album on CD and vinyl. The reissue CD contains bonus live footage from The Palm Springs Community Center on May 16, 1986. The track "Ice Monkey" has been covered by sludge metal band Down during their live shows and "Patra" by The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble in 2009. A line in "Ice Monkey" also inspired the name of Down's NOLA opener "Temptation's Wings". ==Track listing== All songs written by Dave Chandler, except where noted. # "Living Backwards" – 2:30 # "I Bleed Black" – 5:10 # "When Emotion Dies" (music: Scott Weinrich, lyrics: Chandler) – 2:00 # "Patra (Petra)" – 7:28 # "Ice Monkey" (Weinrich) – 4:02 # "Jack Frost" – 7:12 # "Angry Man" (music: Mark Adams, lyrics: Chandler) – 4:23 # "Mind - Food" – 3:07 ===Bonus live footage=== # "Saint Vitus" # "Prayer for the (M)Asses" # "Clear Windowpane" # "Zombie Hunger" # "White Stallions" ==Personnel== ;Saint Vitus * Scott "Wino" Weinrich – vocals, guitar on "Ice Monkey" * Dave Chandler – guitar, vocals on "When Emotion Dies" * Mark Adams – bass * Armando Acosta – drums ;Additional musicians *Fiona McMillan – vocals on "When Emotion Dies" ;Production *Stephan Gross – producer, engineer ==References== Category:Saint Vitus (band) albums Category:1990 albums Category:Southern Lord Records albums Category:Hellhound Records albums
+V (read as Five) is the fifth studio album by American instrumental progressive metal band Scale the Summit. It was released on September 18, 2015, through Prosthetic Records. The album was self-produced by the band and Jeff Penalber. It is their last album to be released on this label before the band decided to release their work independently. It is the band's only album with drummer J.C. Bryant. It is also the band's last album with bassist Mark Michell and original rhythm guitarist Travis Levrier. ==Background and recording== On October 14, 2014, Scale the Summit are expecting to begin tracking their new album in November. On January 5, 2015, the band headed to the studio and begun tracking the album on January 7. According to the band, the process is expected to continue for the next two months. On March 23, they revealed the title of the album. On June 29, the album has been given a release date on September 18. Along with the date comes a preview of the album's opening cut, "The Winged Bull", as well as see the first piece of artwork to be revealed. ==Promotion and release== On July 1, 2015, a second tease of new material from Scale the Summit has been posted, with the preview of "The Golden Bird" available. The same day, a third audio preview of the track "Kestrel" has been uploaded. On July 4, two more song clips of the tracks "Oort Cloud" and "Soria Moria" have been published. On July 6, they unveiled the clip of the new song "Pontus Euxinus". On July 7, the band premiered the teaser is for the song "Trapped in Ice". On July 9, two more new songs titled "Blue Sun" and "The Isle of Mull" from the band's album are now available for preview. ==Critical reception== Ray Van Horn, Jr. from Blabbermouth.net gave the album 8.5 out of 10 and said: "As with previous compositions, Scale the Summit dials back and harmonizes with soothing poise as set up to thicker progressions. Thus the heavier motif of V gives Scale the Summit even more muscle than they came into this album with. As if they hadn't already hit their zenith four years ago on The Collective." Metal Injection rated the album 8.5 out of 10 and stated, "On September 18th, Scale the Summit's V will be available to consume. With every fine piece of work, the patient observation and evaluation will yield a greater experience. Don't expect V to come alive and speak to you on the first listen, allow it to feed you the reasons why it will be one of the best instrumental albums of 2015." ==Track listing== ==Personnel== Credits adapted from AllMusic. ;Scale the Summit * Chris Letchford – lead guitar, layout * Travis Levrier – rhythm guitar * Mark Michell – bass * J.C. Bryant – drums ;Additional personnel * Jeff Penalber – production, engineering, recording * Scale the Summit – production * Jamie King – mixing, mastering * Duncan Storr – artwork ==Charts== Chart (2015) Peak position ==References== Category:2015 albums Category:Scale the Summit albums Category:Prosthetic Records albums Category:Instrumental rock albums
+V is the fifth studio album of progressive rock band Spock's Beard released on August 22, 2000. The release of V also produced a CD single, this time promoting the track "All on a Sunday". The track itself was re-recorded in 2001 and is slightly different from the album track. Also on the single is an unreleased song called "The Truth", and the music video for "All on a Sunday". This album is available as a limited edition as well, which contains a 32-page booklet that includes an interview with the band and a personal fact-sheet on all the band members, as well as a multimedia track showing the band in the studio. ==Background and writing== "Thoughts" is the second part of a cross- album suite, with other parts being featured on the Spock's Beard albums Beware of Darkness and Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep, and on the Neal Morse album Momentum. The Great Nothing is the longest song written to date for the band and is autobiographical for Morse who wrote the song from the perspective of being a struggling musician, which is what led him to starting Spock's Beard in the first place. Morse said, “‘The Great Nothing’ I think I actually wrote in ‘97 and we didn’t record it until ’99, and V didn’t come out until maybe 2000. I wrote from the perspective of a depressed musician being revived by music again.” ==Critical reception== In 2017, Prog Sphere named V as the best Spock's Beard album in the discography. In 2018, Classic Rock History named At the End of the Day and The Great Nothing in the top 10 essential Spock's Beard songs at #5 and #2. ==Track listing== All songs written by Neal Morse except where noted. ==Personnel== *Neal Morse - lead vocals, piano, all synths, acoustic guitar *Alan Morse - electric guitar, vocals, cello, sampler *Dave Meros - bass, stand-up bass, French horn, vocals *Nick D'Virgilio - drums, percussion, vocals *Ryo Okumoto - Hammond organ, Mellotron Additional personnel *Katie Hagen - French horn *Chris Carmichael - violin, viola, cello *Kathy Ann Lord - English horn *Joey Pippin - trumpet Technical personnel * Rich Mouser - mixing ==References== Category:Spock's Beard albums Category:2000 albums Category:Inside Out Music albums
+V (TV series) may refer to: * V (1983 miniseries), the original 1983 two-part television miniseries * V: The Final Battle, a 1984 three-part sequel miniseries * V (1984 TV series), a 1984–1985 TV series * V (2009 TV series), a 2009 reimagining of the 1983 TV miniseries
+V, (stylized as BRVNX) is the fifth studio album by American hardcore punk band The Bronx, excluding the three albums they recorded under the Mariachi El Bronx name. It was released in September 2017 under ATO Records. ==Track listing== == Critical reception == V received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. On review aggregator website, Metacritic, V received an average critic score of 66 out of 100 indicating "generally favorable reviews". ==Charts== Chart (2017) Peak position US Top Current Albums (Billboard) 62 ==Accolades== Publication Accolade Year Rank Kerrang! Top 50 Albums of 2017 Metal Hammer Top 100 Albums of 2017 ==References== Category:2017 albums Category:The Bronx (band) albums Category:ATO Records albums