tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post260335332101412358..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: The Visitors are Coming: V (1983)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-62139829957060873482023-10-27T05:01:38.849-04:002023-10-27T05:01:38.849-04:00for anyone that's interested this is a link to...for anyone that's interested this is a link to a v group on facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/391392408328546/joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583473021332998745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-6895888059087542012018-06-11T12:29:10.267-04:002018-06-11T12:29:10.267-04:00Thirty-five years later, and it's still one of...Thirty-five years later, and it's still one of my all-time favorite shows. Compelling, topical, and more relevant than ever in 2018, this is one that richly deserves re-binging on. Your essay is equally thought-provoking, and was a real pleasure to read. I especially appreciated your analysis of the opening and closing scenes. Thank you for this. dc_drivernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-50549256913930049062017-10-22T05:28:14.553-04:002017-10-22T05:28:14.553-04:00V was a great show. Sexy women,aliens and it made ...V was a great show. Sexy women,aliens and it made a star if Robert Englund (the very annoying girlie alien! who had a baby with a human lol). It is and always will be an 80s classic. I still love it today and Marc Singer shows us how great he is when not acting alongside animals. The remake however was rubbish (2009 was it?). But the original is always going to be one of those shows "Do you remember Diana the lizard?" Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01625167933360742737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-56039836312580939182016-03-24T23:04:39.501-04:002016-03-24T23:04:39.501-04:00I just re-watched the follow on tv series. They t...I just re-watched the follow on tv series. They tried so hard, but they just didn't have the resources to do the matieral justice at $1 million per episode (a fortune in 84 dollars).<br /><br />By the way, the reason the various shuttle/fighter landings/takeoffs look so real is because in a sense they ARE real. Life-size mockups were pulled around and/or lifted/lowered by cranes.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05257019441860891929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-43222278649788676102014-03-19T16:21:22.009-04:002014-03-19T16:21:22.009-04:00V made a tremendous impression on me when it first...V made a tremendous impression on me when it first aired. I was 14, about the right age to identify with Daniel (until I realized what was happening to him) and feel VERY attracted to Diana (until she ate that damn guinea pig... I was stunned!). I remember being drenched in sweat from the tension during the climatic battle at the mountain camp. A really amazing piece of television that, as David mentions, sadly deteriorated into soap opera and, yes, camp in its later incarnations. But that original mini was really something... and it makes me mad today when people snicker about "that lizard show." jasonhttp://www.jasonbennion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-14173918098933331232014-03-19T10:39:02.381-04:002014-03-19T10:39:02.381-04:00Such a strong first series. Too bad it was all dow...Such a strong first series. Too bad it was all downhill from there. But V is still a strong one.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097420555737415471noreply@blogger.com