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DVD V - The Original TV Miniseries
In its day, V was a monumental event that for one generation remains a pop-culture touchstone. Close Encounters of the Third Kind may have reassured us that perhaps we have nothing to fear from alien visitors and E.T. introduced us to a benign extraterrestrial who only wanted to go home, but Kenneth Johnson's 1983 television miniseries knew better. Visitors who claim to come in peace are revealed to be nothing but human-looking reptilians on human conversion and conquest. As in the dark days of fascism, some collaborate with the enemy; others form the resistance.
At the time, the epic scale of this production was unprecedented. Those 50 motherships that hover over Earth's major cities anticipate Independence Day by more than a decade. The special effects and makeup are still awesome. Less so is the often-hackneyed dialogue. But thanks to their signature roles, the mostly no-star cast, most of whom would be reunited for a sequel and subsequent television series, have ensured themselves standing invitations to sci-fi conventions. Marc Singer is cameraman-turned-freedom-fighter Mike Donovan. Julie Parrish is a medical student-turned-rebel. Richard Herd is the aliens' supreme commander. Jane Bradler is Diana, the ravishing but ruthlessly ambitious alien science officer. Leonardo Cimino lends dignity to his heavy-handed allegorical role as a Holocaust survivor. Look for a pre-Freddy Krueger Robert Englund as one of the aliens.
The DVD is presented for the first time in widescreen format. Supplemental features include an amiable and enlightening director's commentary and a brief "making of" segment. --Donald Liebenson
As a young child, I faithfully watched the first "V - The Original TV Miniseries, "V - The Final Battle" and the V weekly series on TV. I loved it then and still love it now. While some of the special effects are cheesy, (such as Diana eating the guinea pig) some of them still hold up even in 2006. That's the only reason why I gave the movie 4 stars, instead of 5. It's still fun to watch after all these years.
For all you Jane Badler Fans
Reading the many reviews in all the "v" series categories, People asked why
very little was seen of this lovely lady after the series finished.
Well i may be able to shed a little light on this . As far as i am aware Jane has been living in Melbourne, Australia (are'nt we lucky to have here here !)since the early 90's after travelling here to make episodes of Mission Impossible. More recently she has forged a career on the stage starring in the one woman show Shakin' the Blues. She has appeared in various tv shows & guest slots also, and i think happily married to a local Lawyer. Go to Google and you will see lots of pics & info
Aliens Conquer the 1980s
Nostalgia aside, "V" is still surprisingly good. Set aside the dated fashions and styles. And fast-foward through the more excrutiating bits of 1980s melodrama (especially any scenes involving children and teenagers).
Set aside those things and it holds up surprisingly well as a suspense story in the "alien invasion" sub-genera. Even the sound and visual effects are reasonably convincing (perhaps because they did not try to do more than the available technology and budget would allow).
Though followers of current science fiction television series may dismiss V: The Final Battle as a quaint relic from the pre-computer animation days, the six-hour miniseries about an alien invasion of Earth was a ratings juggernaut for NBC in 1984 and should still provide some entertainment for hard-bitten devotees and fans of '50s-style sci-fi. The Final Battle picks up four months after the shock conclusion of the 1983 prequel miniseries, with a small group of humans known as the Resistance struggling to convince their fellow humans that a fleet of seemingly friendly visitors from space are in fact bent on world domination.
Executive producer Kenneth Johnson (who oversaw most aspects of the first series) only supervised the sequel's script (which underwent several... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Richard T. Heffron DVD Release Date: Released the 06 August 2002 Usually ships in 6 to 11 days
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I grew up watching this series on tv and fell in love with it - completely!! It became an obsession. I love it so much, I feel like I know all the characters. I only had the Complete series on vcd so I decided I would get the dvd, probably better quality too. Me and my cousin used to pretend we were different people in the series, I used to be Diana. I was always so fascinated by her, and I loved the glitter in her hair, the episode where they have the big wedding and Charles gets killed. And I love their clothes too. So I'm looking forward to watching it again, I only had it on vcd before, but dvd's are of better quality and this is really a must own for me. If you haven't seen the series before - wow, you are going to get a big treat! Very 80's, lot's of action, some cheesy lines,... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Victor Lobl - John Florea - Ray Austin - Kevin Hooks - Earl Bellamy DVD Release Date: Released the 27 July 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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With its campy combination of lightweight adventure and Spandex disco chic, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is a nostalgic throwback to post-Star Wars opportunism. Series co-creator Glen A. Larson was incapable of originality, and former soap star Gil Gerard (in the title role) was a bland incarnation of the comic-strip hero, so the much-anticipated series premiered on September 20, 1979, with serious disadvantages. Although the two-hour pilot "Awakening" had tested successfully as a theatrical release, Gerard and the show's producers could never agree on a stable tone for the series, which presents Capt. William "Buck" Rogers as a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Gil Gerard DVD Release Date: Released the 16 November 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The product is awesome, I loved the old Battlestar Gallacitca series, but I paid for a full set of disks and was missing one. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Lorne Greene DVD Release Date: Released the 10 February 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Alright, to start with I have read all the reviews to date and decided I had to write my own. The lack of special features is the only valid complaint with the DVD set. As many others have already said it really would have been nice to have some input from the cast/crew. And the packaging is not the greatest out there. As with any series but scifi in particular, you have to take the good with the bad. If you are looking for comedy buy a comedy and if you are looking for Shakespearean dialogue look elsewhere. However if you consider yourself a TRUE scifi fan, then Earth 2 is a must. There are those that say the stories have been done and the aliens are not original. I can say the same for ANY scifi series out there. Earth 2 takes these so called "old" themes and puts an original... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Debrah Farentino DVD Release Date: Released the 19 July 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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