V (1983)

How sad is this?

Boring

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

I was first made aware of V as a 9 year old kid. I started out on the weekly series which, while compelling to a child in the 80s, was pretty ridiculous. When I finally saw the original mini-series, I was blown away. We see a ton of different characters and families and how, as the story progresses, they are united, devided and forced to make difficult choices. The sci-fi element is really downplayed as that is not the main issue. Some of the effects don't quite stand the test of time, but I have yet to see laser blasts to rival those in V. I would like to especially heap praise on Faye Grant and Michael Wright who really impress in their respective roles. But pretty much every actor delivers and over-achieves. I would give this the highest recommendation and advice everyone to avoid the 2010 re-make. Can't wait for the movie.

Other then small differences like the V's being aliens the way they assimilated power and conquered the earth is very similar to how the Nazi's took power of Germany in the 1930's.The V's like the Nazi's had a charismatic leader, brainwashing and propaganda in the media. Even the uniforms of the V soldiers is very similar to the storm trooper soldiers of the Nazi and they use the same Red and Black colors.Same way that the Nazi's used hope for the future to help influence the population the V's used a cure for things like cancer and other ailments. Early terrorist attacks on the V's were blamed on scientists in the same manner that the Nazi's did the same to communists. This miniseries shows society can be swayed by easy answers and charisma.

i loved this series growing up as a kid, it was one of my fav's along with the movies,, this movie seems to have it all it sets the stage for the series,, you have michael ironside, robert englund jane badler faye grant evan c kim,, the list goes on and on,, what a great story , you got aliens visiting our planet and trying to deceive us by saying they are our friends,, all the want is water they say , for their dying planet,, well a couple of our main heroes don't buy into that idea and they are off to prove to the whole world that the visitors are not who they appear to be. they are called the resistance led by Mike Donavan , and Julie, there is also something called the 5th column a secret society of V's that are against the leader,, they are led by Martin,, Dianne is the captain of the Mothership and no one dare crosses her ,, she is assisted by Lydia who doesn't get along well with others.. all in all this is one of the better TV movies of all time i think,,

Aliens and their spaceships circle the major cities above the earth before they land. Of course, they have their real motives which are far more disastrous for us humans. They want our water and they need food but beneath their skins, lie an iguana and lizardlike complexion. Not only that, they talk funny like with a second tongue. In this mini-series, they first appear friendly but they are deadly. It takes Marc Singer and Fay Grant to see through their phony lies and pretense regarding the aliens desire to maintain their existence. How will they fight aliens who are far more super technological than we are? With all the controversy regarding UFOs, it is no wonder why they are so afraid of turning up on earth and becoming lab experiments.