Rating: 
Summary: Be Real - mediocre at best ....
Review: The insignia on the uniforms look like swastikas, they recruit young humans as SS. Hardly create by any sense of the imagination. I saw this in the '80's and was not impressed, only with the amount of money spent to make it.
Rating: 
Summary: V The Classic 80's Series
Review: When this title became avaliable in Dvd format I thanked the studios to make posible,without doubt this masterpiece is one of the best 80's shows in TV.I was a boy when the show arrived in Spain and it became a superb sucess the first time that the Tv's played.It was followed by a sequel The Final Battle which I think that also must be released in Dvd but not the tv series whom have lack of imagination and where a mere tv weekly show without the charm of the original. I wonder this release is the first of many more 80 tv hits such The A Team,Knight Rider,Miami Vice and many more which I think also must be released in Dvd format to bring a new excitement in tv series.
Rating:
Summary: The most important sci fi mini series of the last 20 years
Review: It's good to see a release of these great mini series... It's really great.. Just hope they release a with good quality transfer and including the scenes where Dominique Dunne appears, in the two first episodes.
Rating:
Summary: The thinking person's Independence Day :-)
Review: 'V'Kenneth Johnson's superb 1983 mini-series might have dated visually, but this is easily overshadowed by the power of his writing and direction. 'V' is perhaps as fine an example of an alien invasion/conspiracy theory you will ever see, never equalled by The X-Files or the risible Independence Day (please compare the opening arrival sequences of these two films - homage my ass, ID4 is simply an inferior rip-off). Populated by dozens of characters - the film has in excess of 90 speaking parts - this story centres, initially, around a young medical student called Julie Parrish (Faye Grant). It is through her that other characters come together to ally against the invading 'Visitors'. These characters cross all colour, class and religious lines to unite against the fascist, genocidal alien regime. The analogies to McCarthyism (with the witch-hunts for the Conspiracy of Scientists) and Nazism (genocide) are drawn sharply and early on. Despite the immense scale of the project, 'V' has its strongest moments when the visual effects are absent, when the aliens are not on screen. Of course, the excitement rests in the suspense and secrecy that pervade the Resistance's fight with the aliens, sequences embellished with visual and make-up FX, but the true heart of this film resides firmly within its characters. It is through their losses and their triumphs that Johnson shows us that, at some point in our lives, we won't get by without the help of others, without sticking together, everyone included. The key scene in the film, which Johnson also wrote, is when the Bernstein's fight over allowing the Maxwell's to take refuge in their home. The re-telling of an old concentration camp story and, later, the reading of a letter reminds us that what is taking place here has gone before, and perhaps if we remember that then we might prevent it from happening again. Let down occasionally by some poor FX (but also displaying some very impressive FX sequences), 'V' retains its original impact, perhaps more so now when compared with the juvenilised Hollywood movies which fail to achieve the standards of allegorical storytelling seen here. A truly wonderful film, let down by the space opera 'V - The Final Battle' the following year (which Johnson removed himself from early on), and the ludicrous TV series that ran from 1985-6. Forget them. You don't need 'The Final Battle', because if you pay attention, you'll know where this one is going. NOTE: This review is written before full details of the DVD release were available. I sincerely hope that Warners include some extras on this disc; I know that original footage of Dominique Dunne still exists for the scenes she shot as Robin Maxwell before she was murdered (4 Nov 1982).
Rating:
Summary: Best Mini-Series Sci-Fi show ever!!
Review: The first time I saw this, was in 1983, I was sick with the flu and sleeping in my parents' bedroom. They woke me up, telling me that there was a good show on that night. I took the liberty of watching it, even if I was sick, I was just in awe with the entire show events and forgot that I was sick! It just really drew me to be involved with many other sci-fi flicks. This show could almost be realistic but at the same time a fantasy for me. I thought it was neat when the aliens revealed their true identity as being human-form lizards!! Not to mention the neat special-effects that were used back then, it was not something we saw much in the shows or movies then. It must be why its still the best today.
Rating: 
Summary: A TV Sci-Fi Classic !!!
Review: The original "V" mini-series was some of the best television science fiction in the eighties. It can be looked at as low budget by today's CGI special effects standards, but the story more than makes up for any failings. The first two nights of the mini-series was superb television... an allegory to the beginning of the Jewish Holocaust and Nazism if you can believe it! The insidious way in which the mysterious alien "visitors" slowly take over the planet POLITICALLY, rather than by using force, could be seen by some as a television weakness (there are not much in the way of special effects); but I consider it to be the story's strength. It forced the creators of the series to focus on plot, character, and mood (what a concept!), which results in a slowly building sense of horror as the true plans of the visitors are revealed. Give this series a shot, you won't regret it! ... "V - The Final Battle", the third thru fifth nights of the mini-series (actually aired months later) was also effective, though more action oriented, and details the growing human rebellion against the visitors. The climax to the storyline wraps things up very nicely. ... A warning: DO NOT waste your time watching any of the hour-long episodes of the short lived follow-up weekly series. Incredibly bad science fiction and a waste of a good concept, these 18 episodes or so gave the concept of "V" a bad name.
Rating:
Summary: Great miniseries
Review: V is for victory. This is my favorite mini-series ever. Independence Day borrows heavily from this 1980's show (and borrows poorly, I might add). As a faction of the public finds out the aliens are not our friends, but here for othe purposes. But there are a lot of good performances here, and the story line never lets up. Even Michael Ironside shows up. I would recommend this DVD to anyone.
Rating:
Summary: VHS o.k., But DVD Is BETTER!
Review: I thought everyone should know that "V" (and "V Final Battle") Will be arriving on DVD format in June. June 12, if my reading of various DVD Web sites is right. First the director, Kenneth Johnson, went back and remixed the sound from the original mono into stereo. Even better, the DVD will be in WIDESCREEN! Johnson apparently shot "V" so as to accommodate an widescreen presentation. This means even though he shot with standard 35mm cameras at an aspect ratio 1.33:1(and was shown on tv this way) he framed his shots so as to keep all critical information within an area of I would assume to be 1.85:1. This was probably done to allow for theatrical runs overseas.(They did this with the Battlestar Galactica pilot to make up some of the cost of making it) As for any other extras (I'm aware of a "making of the special effects" featurette from a laserdisc release) I just don't know what will be on the disc when it comes out. Anyway I'm waiting for June 12th.
Rating:
Summary: The "Visitors" have landed.
Review: When this miniseries came out in 1983, I was not into sci-fi at all, but I always had vague memories about this show. Just a few years after the show came and went, I became a big fan of sci-fi. Go figure. Anyway, I picked this up a couple of years ago and I was thoroughly impressed! The story is great (a sort of modern day holocaust, with the aliens as the fascist leaders) and the special effects are very solid after all these years. You will love the characters and how they all relate and react to each other. The only weak point is Marc Singer's corny acting, but that is easily overlooked as he is a pretty cool guy. The main plot is very good and the ending leaves you wanting more. I've always seen the value in sci-fi movies that rely on storytelling instead of being special-effects-laden yawners, The Day The Earth Stood Still, for example, and this is one of the best. It is one of the coolest movies I own and is highly recommended for sci-fi fans and also anyone who likes a good story.
Rating:
Summary: V lives on...whee!
Review: I remember seeing V for the first time in the summer of '83. I was all of 8 years old, and I loved it. 17 years later, I love it all the more. What V is is a masterful retelling of the Nazi occupation in Europe. The facist overtones were intentional, as shown by the brown uniforms for the Friends of the Visitors (a youth group that gets explained in the series), and the fact that the Visitor logo looks just a *little* too much like a swastika for comfort. This series spawned V: The Final Battle (a superb sequel), as well as a TV series that unfortunately didn't last too long. And if *that* were available on video I'd pick it up too. Flaws? Well, the SFX were great for the time, but after seeing the Matrix, well, they're kinda weak by today's standards. I pay attention to the background music, and in the first one, it could have used some serious work. It fits, but it still kind of grates after a while. Purrz
| 
