![]() Margaret Thatcher notwithstanding), but here we see a series that pushed the envelope. there was "V".īack in the late 70s and early 80s, it was unheard of to put a woman in power (the honourable Mrs. Long before Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) assumed command of the Starship Enterprise, long before 80s prettyboy Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) had a sex change turning him into Katee Sackhoff. At slightly over 3 hours, it's also a bit short as far as mini-series go. But it's fun in a dopey, Saturday-morning serial way. The effects are decent, if dated at this point, and the script, by writer-director Kenneth Johnson, never really rises above average. ![]() It's also a very heavy-handed allegory of the Nazi occupations in Europe and the Holocaust the alien symbol is even a variation on a swastika. It's derivative of a lot of things, namely the Arthur C. This was probably intended as a starting point for a series, but instead it led to another mini-series the following year, before finally a short-lived series (and a remake in 2009). ![]() ![]() Marc Singer stars as a heroic war correspondent who is the first to learn of the aliens true nature, along with Faye Grant as a biologist, Jane Badler as an alien commander, Richard Herd, Andrew Prine, Leonardo Cimino as a Holocaust survivor who sees the writing on the wall, Evan Kim, Michael Wright, Bonnie Bartlett, Neva Patterson, Robert Englund as a friendly alien, and many more. A group of people soon set up an underground resistance, but can they hope to stop the seemingly superior alien invaders? But of course they are after something, and they will stop at nothing to get it, and soon they are disposing of enemies and setting up human collaboration units to weed out the "undesirables". They seem to be benevolent at first, sharing medical and technological breakthroughs, while not asking for anything in return. The media soon dubs them the "Visitors", and they appear human, although sensitive to the light and with strange voices. ![]() V features a worldwide alien invasion, as huge, circular motherships arrive and take up stationary orbit all over the planet, directly over large cities. Reviewed by AlsExGal 7 / 10 A rather obvious Nazi allegory, but well done with some surprisesġ983 was perhaps the peak year for the TV mini-series, with The Thorn Birds, The Winds of War and V all premiering to big ratings. ![]()
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