Really really BAD
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — V
WallyB — 20 years ago(August 13, 2005 12:29 AM)
Yes it may have "scared us as kids" but then so did big dogs and riding without training wheels.
Folks, this show is BAD.
The writing is bad, the acting is bad, the cheesy effects are BAD.
Alien visitors that drive around in black golf carts ?
It was made 20 years ago, it was made for TV.
IT BITES.
Enough nostalgia. Bad is bad. -
tusk56 — 20 years ago(September 13, 2005 02:11 PM)
Sure the show may look bad now but 20 years ago it was top quality, Special effects which make you laugh at now but back then it was a must see there are not many tv shows that you go home early so you dont miss them.
I hope they do a remake as there a still a lot of people who rememebr V and would like to see it resurrected again -
neverwhatever123 — 20 years ago(September 09, 2005 02:16 PM)
Well "V" is one of those old shows that if you had an outdoor theater and popcorn and little kids of your own (age 7 - 12) you can show them this mini-series under the stars and watch his little head go WOOOOO! with the ideas of outerspace aliens. Sure with a much more sophisticated point of view this series is totally formulaic with stilted acting and dated special effects, but for me it is like eating marshmellows. No real nutrition and it will just make me sick by the end. Yet it reminds me of a time when somthing on tv really got me excited and (at the time) I found fantastic and entertaining.
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lmb100 — 20 years ago(September 14, 2005 07:19 PM)
Someone has to disagree. V is what, 20 years old, and special effects have certainly advanced. However, the direction is great, the only bad acting is the female villains (and they're terrible - and why British?) and the only clunker in the story and characterization is that godawful teenage girl who gets herself knocked up by a lizard (and just exactly how? did the writers not know how lizards do it? she certainly would have noticed.) This is not a bad average for TV sci-fi. It is certainly better than the garbage that various networks try to tack on to the end of Stargate and Star Trek to keep viewers.
Remember that it was produced with a conscious effort to comment on colaboration and resistence, and how on how we are afffected by the media. The script is good enough to be serious. Watching the DVD recently prompted me to think about our current Patriot Act, and just how far we could be led. -
gallileo60 — 19 years ago(April 02, 2007 07:08 PM)
Yes, blatant, but important.To each his own on not liking the showIm sure there are lots of things that others like that I dontThats the good thing about it.One thing tho, opinions mean nothing, EXCEPT to the person who has them..
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trollomatic — 16 years ago(October 29, 2009 02:04 AM)
yep. I used to be a huge tv watcher. Now, I hardly watch any tv at all.
The modern shows just aren't as good as the old shows.
The industry likes to say that's just because we're looking at it nostalgically.
They said the same thing about kids' cartoons also and that the kids of todat like today's cartoons and today's kids shows better than old ones because it was made for their generation and not ours while we older viewers like the older ones better because it was made for our generation and not today's kids, so we ONLY think they're better even though they're not better.
And they claim today's is better.
Well, guess what? I showed some of those old cartoons and old kids tv shows to kids who grew up watching today's cartoons, who are still little kids, and without me saying anything about which is better or even which is good, they liked the older ones better!!!
Not surprising to me, but probably surprising to Hollywood producers and tv executives who don't know a good show if it bit them in the rear.
Unlike hollywood executives, Even 5,8, and 10 year olds know a good story when they see one.
Hollywood exexutives are NOT smarter than a 5'th grader.
They're not even smarter than a 1'st grader.
They're not even smarter than a kindergartender.
That's why modern tv is so lousy. -
pgr-fw — 20 years ago(September 24, 2005 07:48 PM)
My memory of "V" was that I was in college, trying to study, and my roommates were in the living room hooting and hissing. When I went in to see what was going on there were paper wads all over the room. Anytime one of the performers delivered another rancid line, they would boo and toss paper. Eventually, we all settled down and sat through the whole thing. The idea was so interesting we were willing to put up with the rotten dialogue.
Think of it as preparation for "Revenge of the Sith." -
ShadeauxZero — 20 years ago(September 26, 2005 12:34 PM)
This was made in 1983 Folks, of course it was bad, everything from 83 was bad..lol But then, it was GREAT too.. Who cares that the writing wasnt the best, that the SciFi was a bit off, etc, etc.. it was a Fun, and Captivating. I was 10 years old when this came out, and I thought it was GREAT. Just this weekend, my 11 year old Daughter watched this, and She loved it too. So, even if this was not a great movie in terms of technical greatness, it was still a fun, cool movie!
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