V (1983)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Fresh and Exciting

Awesome Movie

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

I was only 8 years old when this TV mini-series was unleashed upon the world, and I think by now then I have seen it four or five times already. And I can honestly say that it is equally entertaining and exciting to watch every time.Story-wise then "V" is very good and thrilling. Aliens came to Earth, offering help, access to knowledge and technology, but most importantly also offering friendship. But there is more than the eye can see behind the masks of the extraterrestrial visits.The mini-series start off in an adrenaline-fueled pace and it essentially never slows down. It is a thrill ride and "V" takes the audience along on a grand Sci-Fi adventure."V" is full of greatly detailed and developed characters, both human and visitor alike, and the cast portraying them are talented and very well-cast. There are really an abundance of great actors and actresses in this 1983 mini-series.Granted that the mini-series is old and some of the special effects are poor, but it hardly matters because "V" is driven by the story and characters, not by the special effects.This is a classic Sci-Fi adventure and I think it will never grow old. If you are not familiar with the 1983 mini-series then it is due time that you treat yourself to it.

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.

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.

I think because of the introduction of Blue/green screen technology and computer graphics - V can come across as abit dated but it is still very entertaining and full of fabulous colourful, yet realistic characters. Ham Tyler, played with gusto by Michael Ironside, is one that sticks out and stays in my mind and also jane Balder - a sexy bad woman alien known as Diana...love it! The weapons and spacecraft are also top draw sci-fi creations and Donavan (Marc singer) is so brilliantly dramatic in his physical stances - also love it...but the bad guys/aliens are still quite menacing in the way we know that want to actually eat all of us.I hope they re-make this as a ten part mini series!!