Back in 1984, it was fashionable with my goofy eighth-grade friends to refer to each other as the “V” baby, as in the half-human, half-alien, all gross and reptilian off-spring born in NBC’s space invaders mini-series. It was this disgusting, scaly thing which made it both repellent and irresistable to middle schoolers, along with everyone else.

I don’t know if an updated version of the “V” baby will be featured in ABC’s new take on the story, but if it did, it could only stand to ratchet up the excellent creepy tension that laces Tuesday’s premiere. It’s got all the essentials – the hot but mildly menacing leader Anna (Morena Baccarin, the space hooker from Joss Whedon’s cult-tastic “Firefly”), the burgeoning resistance led by skeptical FBI agent Erica (“Lost”‘s Elizabeth Mitchell), a human flunky (“Party of Five”‘s Scott Wolf as a guilible reporter) and a Visitor double agent who’s changed his mind about the invastion (Morris Chestnut, of “Boyz N The Hood,” “The Best Man”). “Firefly” alum Alan Tudyk also makes an impression as Erica’s FBI partner – I do love a good Tudyk sighting.

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