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A couple of questions here...

Are the writers of the original from I think the early 80s still around? It was a show that was diverse with powerful female leads on both sides of the war, and my impression is that it was loved in the US and UK both. (Maybe they could recruit those writers for today to show the modern ones what they're getting wrong...)

I've only seen the first, and haven't seen the reboot that came out around 2010. How would you say it compares to the first?
 
I found the reboot pretty dull compared to the original. But I saw the original as a child and found it really exciting and scary, although it's incredibly dated now of course. The CGI in the reboot was far better, but the story and characters didn't really interest me so much. From memory the reboot seemed to centre on a teenage boy, although there were a lot of female characters.
 
I loved the mini-series and subsequent series as a kid, so I'm not sure how I missed that there was a reboot. Not only did the original have strong female leads, but I found the allusions to fascism really interesting.

One is always left wondering with such shows, why not just take the cows? Why do they always want to eat humans? We're so much harder to dominate and kill, and have a higher fat content!
 
I think the mini series had a couple of good moments, the start and the end of each episode. The original was by far the better.
 
It's been about 20 years since I saw the original (able to rent it from a video store). I did like it.

I got to thinking about it recently (just one of many scifis/fantasies that I didn't list in another thread) with the myth of how diversity and female leads are something new (and frustrated how they're about to become a lot rarer as the writers of today, like the last one who did Doctor Who, are going to blame marketability of such characters rather than their own ineptitude along with the producers, not the first time they've done that).

I think back then they actually tried to be inclusive to max out their audience (and bonus points for making an "antifa" statement before that was even a thing, not that Nazis weren't favorite whipping boys).

When I learned of the reboot I had a lot going on (big move, my grandmother suffered a pulmonary embolism that I had to go back to Texas to help her get through, lots of other stuff), I thought about it. What little I saw on the cover and a trailer I found made me hesitant.


One good thing about the original is that they looked more like normal people (thus made it seem more real, like a documentary so to speak) but these looked like models (though if that were true of almost only the invaders then that could be good), which was a red flag for lacking substance, replacing the substance of the story with more special effects and fan service. This does seem to be the usual pattern (where they don't even fix the plot holes of the original, just add more, coasting on name recognition than good writing).

I remember hoping that maybe it would reflect on colonization (something in the trailer where the culture and religion is turned upside down and then eradicated for the colonists) but I heard it wasn't like that. By the time I thought of it again, video stores were on the way out. I don't know if it was available or not.


I've recently thought of streaming it but this lets me know not to waste my time, so thanks.
 
The original miniseries and 'The Final Battle' are still very much worth watching . There's also a troubled (1980s) series that comes after which is a shadow of the two miniseries .

The original creators had a real checkered history with V , but before they flounced off for 'creative differences' they managed to turn out a very unusual piece of 1980s television . The writing is a bit 'on the nose' for 2021 , but still powerful .

I watched it on Prime for about 8 quid , a little treat , to date the only virtual copies I've ever paid for 😛 . Some discussion on here about it in May . 😉
 
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