'V' Classic Or Dud?

Jane Badler (Diana) ended up living in Australia (perhaps still does) - and made a few loungey albums with Melbourne indie types - at the time I thought it was a fun idea that didn't quite work, not sure how they've aged tho

Per Wikipedia, still there (married an Australian dude). Sadly lost one of her kids a few years back to fentanyl.

I was stoked about this and watched avidly until i got freaked out by the girl having the baby alien and i never saw the end.

Pretty much as Johnson says in the interview, you want the original miniseries and that's about it.

We watched the miniseries again recently and it is definitely great to revisit as a cultural relic. I was 13 when this came out, and distinctly remember feeling a bit short-changed as a hetero teenage girl. Marc Singer, really? This is what you're giving me? My brothers got a much better deal than I did out of this show.

I can't describe how awful V: The Dynasty Ripoff was. I watched it because in the pre-VCR days I'd missed the original miniseries and the first half of The Final Battle.

My wife is commonly known as V and I find this thread a bit disconcerting when it pops up

Johnson's wrong about The Final Battle. It kicks ass.

This was one of those shows, like Star Blazers or, later, I dunno, Knight Rider or something, where I was absolutely convinced I saw every episode, and followed the broader narrative from start to finish, but I have a feeling I have more memories of the idea of watching "V" than I do of the show itself. (Fwiw, I was 8 in 1983.) I should definitely watch it again and see if it rings any bells!

xpost Yeah it ends the initial story more quickly than I figure Johnson had vaguely planned (and left the final scene of the original as a go-nowhere hook, at least prior to the regular series), but it's not flat out terrible (and as I muttered elsewhere, Michael Ironside) -- still, it could have been a little something more.

By which you mean, "Hey, let's rethink Elizabeth's magic powers saving our asses"?

To begin with!

V and Final Battle were still fun to rewatch a cpl years back

even back in 85 (tho of course watched religiously) thought the TV show was crap, theywere both (esp Final Battle as the return/sequal) such events! or maybe events for my 8th grade classmates but remember anticipation

This was a Big Deal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfbMx9lNGZM

So many Mac-10s.