V - The Original TV Miniseries
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Movie Reviews of V - The Original TV Miniseries
Movie Review: TV's Best Miniseries
Summary: 5 Stars
The title just represents my opinion, but this is without a doubt, one of the best if not the best of the TV mini-series. This was followed by the all-too-short regular weekly series (also available on dvd) and V - The Final Battle. And that's the order you want to watch them in - that way everything ties together and you aren't wondering what went on and why something in The Final Battle is happening.
The original though, is still the best. "Friendly" aliens come to Earth in need of water (supposedly)and we find out they aren't what they seem and it makes for gripping viewing even if you've seen it before. It even features a young Robert Englund (Freddy Kreuger in Nighmare On Elm Street 1- 102)as a "good" alien.
There are shades of Nazi Germany and the persecution of the Jews running rampant through the series - showing perhaps that what happened once can happen again and it doesn't have to be a madman who's responsible for the genocide taking place.
While it came out over 20 years ago (1983), V is just as gripping and exciting today as it was when it first came out.
Movie Review: Visitatori
Summary: 4 Stars
There are four kinds of sci-fi:
(1) People go to the stars (Star Trek etc)
(2) Aliens come to earth (V etc)
(3) Aliens interact with other aliens (Dune etc)
(4) Earth of the near (Mad Max) or distant future (Time Machine).
The V mythology developed the second category in important ways that impacted both kids and big people, too. Without V would we have had Independence Day? Or Men in Black?
V also made an impact overseas. In September 1985 in Florence, I heard a street vendor who was fatigued with the surge of tourists sigh: "Visitatori!" His analogy was very well taken.
V-Fans hope for another sequel. The projected "V the Second Generation" sounds a lot like Star Trek TNG. There are other possible names: V-Files, V-Men, V-Hur (aliens attack ancient Rome in a prequel), V-zilla (aliens attack Japan), V-Ventura (aliens abduct rich Italians on a desert island but nobody cares).
One star was taken away because the DVD producers have masked the top and bottom of the image, but the director commentary is a big plus.
Movie Review: Loved "V" then...Still Love it Now!
Summary: 4 Stars
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.Movie Review: For all you Jane Badler Fans
Summary: 5 Stars
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
Movie Review: Aliens Conquer the 1980s
Summary: 4 Stars
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).