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V - The Original TV Miniseries
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List Price: $14.98
Our Price: $9.99
Your Save: $ 4.99 ( 33% )
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Michael Ironside, Jane Badler, Michael Durrell
Directed By: Kenneth Johnson
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790760308
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 0790760304
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-07-03
Running Time: 196
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1983-05-01
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Aliens pretending to be friendly come to Earth and are received openly. The aliens have masqueraded themselves to look just like humans. When it is discovered that the aliens' planet is dying and that they have come to rape the Earth of its natural resources, the war for Earth begins. An important key to the humans' success is distinguishing the their own from the aliens.
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Summary: Great sci fi TV classic of the 80ty's
Comment: I remember watching V - The Original TV Miniseries as a kid, and I still enjoy watching it today when I was a little V was one of the best TV miniseries on TV, but of course the special effects may not stand up in today's standards, but I still find the series and its story line very entertaining to watch, and it brings back wonderful memory's of my childhood this DVD will remain apart of my movie collection for a long time, because Iv looked for this mini series for a long time and Iv kind of had a difficult time finding it on other sites, thank goodness amazon had it, and when I purchased the product I recived it in perfect condition there was not a scratch on it I was pleasantly surprised at the great service I got from amazon.com I will definitely be purchasing more products from amazon in the near future because they have products and movies that you may not find any where else and at great prices too, in fact this site is one of the very first online stores I have ever shopped on Iv always been sceptical about shopping online but this site has completely changed my mined about online shopping.
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Summary: My Parents Love It!
Comment: So I bought this series for my parents for Christmas since they do not have satellite or cable. They pretty much just watch videos. They loved it! They are huge fans of anything sci-fi and this was perfect for them. The quality is excellent and even though some of the special effects are cheezy, you can't stop watching. I reccomend this to anyone who doest want to spend a ton of money on a miniseries but wants to be entertained for a few days.
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Summary: good fun video
Comment: Good fun mini-series as the earth resistance fights for freedom with the secret help of some of the invaders. Story idea based on Nazi Germany's take over of Europe. Will not win any acting awards but good fun video for the family to watch together at a good price.
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Summary: More trash from Ken Johnson
Comment: If you like really bad dialoge, lousy action scenes, and weak casting then anything by Ken Johnson would do. This mini-series is a joke, The Johnson commentery and short featurtte is a joke, and as useual it is packaged with Warner Brothers second rate DVD standards.
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Summary: Remember the one where the lady swallowed the Guinea pig?
Comment: Unfortunately, that's one of several reminders I throw out there whenever I'm trying to find out if someone has ever watched V before.
Eating live rodents, harvesting humans for food, and stealing the earth's water supply are not usually the big plot items that turn people onto a TV show or movie. And yet in 1983, everyone was glued to their television sets to watch V. (And even those who weren't were joining the throng of fans a year later for V: THE FINAL BATTLE.) Perhaps, it's because, although most people are not science fiction fans, they will watch a science fiction show (or movie) that has a non-sci-fi element as its primary vehicle. For instance, there are the mythological and mystical aspects of the STAR WARS saga. Many feel that there's a theological theme to the MATRIX trilogy.
In the same vein, V is undoubtedly a World War II/Holocaust allegory. The Visitors' emblem looks very similar to a swastika. They post propaganda posters all over the place. They establish the Visitor Friends Group in every major city (equivalent to the Hitler Youth). The Visitors require all scientists and their families to be registered; these same scientists (with their families) are often the target of outrageous persecutions and false accusations of conspiring against the Visitors.
V is the quintessential cheesy 80s melodrama. There are no fabulous performances in V, and none of the principle actors went on to bigger and better careers. The special effects, though unremarkable by today's standards, were way ahead of the game 25 years ago. (And many of the special effects sequences are recycled not only throughout this series but also throughout V: THE FINAL BATTLE and V: THE SERIES).
The unique thing V does offer is fun, exciting, intriguing, and action-packed family entertainment. And this kind of entertainment was delivered at a time when family entertainment was, unfortunately, going rapidly out of style.
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