V - The Mini Series (DVD)

...and remind people of what V was all about. In El Salvador Mike Donovan with his colleague and friend Tony are reporters working on a piece about uprising in the country. During a death cheating fire fight the duo are amazed when a group that were pursuing them disappears in rather a hurry. But then Donovan realises the reason for the disappearance may be shortly rejoiced as a giant UFO the size of a city appears over their heads. All across the ...
...Maxwell In 1983 V was possibly the biggest thing to hit TV screens across the world, everybody was talking about it. Over 80 Million homes tuned in to see the story unfold. The promotion wagon went into overdrive as posters appeared in bus stops and train stations across the world simply saying "The Visitors are our friends" with no reference to what the posters were about. In New York the Mayors office was inundated with complaints and enquiries ...

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Simply titled 'V,' Kenneth Johnson's two-part miniseries spawned an immediate sequel and a subsequent television series, all of which were handled by different writers and deviated ever further from Johnson's original vision. Grounded more in political thriller and historical allegory than its science fiction premise, which was allegedly only added late in development to cash in on the box office success of Star Wars, 'V' documents the arrival of ...
...events that transpire in the subsequent months. The miniseries is dedicated 'to resistance fighters everywhere' and ensures that the parallels between the alien visitors and oppressive regimes of the past and present are made expressly clear rather than a hidden sub-text, with a particular focus on Nazi Germany of the late 1930s. The visitors employ sickening propaganda, their emblem resembles a swastika, and they encourage impressionable youths ...

Frankingsteins 03.04.2008 · Read full review
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...visitors good intentions. V - The originial Mini Series is a 2 part mini series of 90 minutes each. You will be dragged into a world of lies, drama, action, special effects, love and hate. If you expect to see an end to the story I am sorry to dissapoint you. You will have to buy V - The final Battle, consisting of 3 more episodes of 90 minutes. If you are a sci-fi fan I would highly recommend this title. If you are not a sci-fi fan I would still ...

gekornro 20.05.2003 · Read full review
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V the mini series is a story about a group of aliens of come to earth declaring peace,the are slowly intergrated into society,but a group of people known as the resistance think the aliens arnt being so honest about there motives for being there. The series is getting on in years now but was so good on many levels,it similaritys between the aliens and the nazis as the resistance fight against them and you begin to learn the reasons behind the vist ...
...second one with alot of the original cast in called v the final battle,these sets are very enjoyable if you like scifi and watching them back to back makes it even more enjoyable ,buy these little gems and you will never look at your pet mice the same way again! ...

daxus100 20.08.2008 · Read full review
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