From NetFlix:

Who are they, and what are they up to? These are the questions Earth inhabitants pose in their first encounter with an alien race called the Visitors in this ABC sci-fi drama based on the 1980s miniseries V. When Homeland Security agent Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell) begins to find the answers, she joins a resistance movement to thwart the Visitors — even as they recruit her teenage son as their spy.

In 1983 I was enthralled with the original “V” series. It took many episodes before we got to see their female leader open her mouth to reveal a serpent’s tongue and fangs and to swallow whole a mouse. This latest version from 2009 is just as tense and has been greatly updated to the current sad state of our planet (which sad state has been created by the visitors). Much to my surprise we get to see the reptile skin under the human cloned covering in the first episode. And it doesn’t matter because the fun is just beginning.

Here is a film in which we can really appreciate the marvelous digital effects. The interior of the mother ship is not to be believed.

As of this writing (Nov 2010) only season 1 is available on DVD.

These damned reptiles even have sex with humans! Are you sure your partner isn’t one of the visitors ?