10 Things You Didn't Know About V

[@bigratkiller1]

I freakin loved this show. Classic 80s with the biggest of hair and widest shoulder-pads

[@anavan7]

And a Vegetarian Lizard Man who has a side hustle of slicing and dicing via Nightmares!!!

[@ShamrockParticle]

A shame the 90s didn't combine shoulder pads with bellbottoms. If nothing else it'd make kite flying without the kite a lot easier 😂...

[@Raz.C]

Amen, my fellow 80s-onaut!!

[@PaulChristopher4Christ]

Please…accept JESUS CHRIST as your SAVIOUR today before it’s too late! Repent and believe…. John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Romans 10:9-13 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

[@MuckingMunt]

We'll be truly fucked as humans if the new alien overlords aren't at the cutting edge of nascent fashion trends

[@mikemumper881]

Robert Englund was great as the loveable goofball. A polar opposite of his "Freddy" character he later became famous for.

[@chriscoletti4852]

Loved him on V!

[@lethalwolf7455]

He was Freddy before he was Willie.

[@mikemumper881]

@@lethalwolf7455 According to IMDB, V came out in 1983 and Nightmare came out in 1984. I knew it was close, but I remember seeing him in V first, and then being shocked that the same guy who played Willie was playing a sadistic serial killer.

[@lethalwolf7455]

@@mikemumper881 Wow, I stand corrected. My mistake, I loved both but somehow thought Nightmare came out first. My bad.

[@mikemumper881]

@@lethalwolf7455 No problem. I could have easily been wrong. Like I said, I knew it was close.

[@markwintersswfan6993]

V was & still is fantastic. I watch it at least once a year.

[@mvefan27]

Same got blu ray

[@BashayG7175]

Is it streaming anywhere?

[@FigmentForever]

Unfortunately no. You can find it on sflix & 123 if you know what I mean. T0rr3nts of it too

[@ShamrockParticle]

Blu-ray here. I wish some of the making-of stuff was added as extras, but just getting properly-remastered episodes was by far the most important aspect. I wish the 85 show got remastered. It was a mess, but it started out really well.

[@matthewchewning3822]

same. Especially while munching on Sloppy Joe's.

[@jacotromp59581]

As a kid, this show both fascinated and scared the bejeebus out of me. I can still vividly remember the first time I saw the Lizards. A scene burned into my memory

[@lenaeliza7230]

And the first time they ate a rat!

[@jugatsu23nichi]

Me too! I was 9 when I watched it on TV in '83 and I'll never forget the scene of eating the rats and the birth of the 2 babies, especially when the lizard tongue came out of the baby's mouth!

[@marcquissimon3504]

TRAUMA-BOND ACTIVATE!!! 😂 The rat eating and Artax sinking in Never ending story… Seared into my brain.

[@McPoshSquatch]

Same here.

[@McPoshSquatch]

​@@marcquissimon3504agreed. 😢

[@joppadoni]

V was amazing.. the effects were brilliant. And F*ing loved it.

[@alexluciano2243]

I love this show as a child.

[@SummerYeti]

I loved this show as a child in the 80's too, still enjoy it as a child in 2024

[@Bobby_Pyn]

This show freaked me out as a kid. Kinda still does. Most of my friends were scared of Freddy and Jason back then. Not me, I was afraid of aliens, WWIII, and the Twilight Zone.

[@thisiswhereweare9006]

The Twilight zone Movie freaked me out when I first saw it - well, everything except the Spielberg bit.

[@andrewgrant2990]

Freddy was in it as Willie...

[@Raz.C]

Twilight Zone, huh? The only episode that ever really got to me was 'The Cold Equations.' It reeled me in, because it had Sergeant Whats-his-face from 'Tour Of Duty' in it, but then it threw a sucker punch to the gonads with the sweet girl and... well... the _Cold Equations_ of space travel.

[@CarloCarrasco]

I love watching V and from time to time I replayed V: The Original Miniseries and V: The Final Battle on Blu-ray.

[@meziembamara4004]

I also love the 2000s remake. 😊

[@FigmentForever]

Morena Baccarin makes ANYTHING watchable!

[@JemJemison]

I was obsessed with Dianna.

[@Lesley_RedRhody]

As 80s kids, my Brother and I were obsessed with V! We watched it every week, got our hands on some of the comics, and were heartbroken when the series ended on a cliffhanger! We especially enjoyed the all-too-familiar rivalry between Diana and Lydia. It was so much fun watching their characters constantly going at each other! Also, for some reason, we pretended Jane Badler and June Chadwick were secretly Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart! Why? Oh, I dunno. Cuz… 80s? 😂

[@MrAgmoore]

I kept flip-flopping between Dianna, Lydia & Faye Grant's character.

[@kyle47922]

Dianna was hot.

[@DanielLopez-xx2kg]

@@kyle47922 Still is

[@jimgreco1287]

I was very lucky to have worked on V The Final Battle as an office assistant and during post production I worked with the VFX crew to shoot the miniatures. I even got to do puppetry on the baby alien birth scene. The crew and the cast were very nice and I learned how these big mini series are produced starting from pre production through editing all the way to the final sound track mixing. We had a big wrap party and watched the first 2 hours of the show together. Great fun!!!

[@robbieracer3294]

What did you think of the remake? Did you keep in touch with anyone from the show and if you did, what did they think of it? Me and my friends who grew up watching it love it! But those I still have contact with, none of liked the remake..general consensus was it was way too boring and not enough of that classic 80s shoot'em stuff. A lot of people I talked to wasn't aware the show continued after the final battle where it was mostly about the resistance and when Marc Singer left...my one good friend, he went nuts when didn't remember it and went out the next day and found the episodes lol

[@RGHZ666]

Low ratings??? That's nonsense. The only true reason why it kept being canceled is: THEY ARE AMONG US.

[@cmbaz1140]

Blue beam has already begun...

[@ratedr8490]

Absolutely!

[@luigivincenz3843]

it was broadcast in our SE Asian country back then. NO WAY it had low ratings there because every school kid watched it.

[@Raz.C]

Well, OBVIOUSLY the cast and crew of V are/ were among us! Where else would they be??

[@Kelnx]

For real, I think it's hilarious that this video somehow triggered KZbin's "political correction" note concerning lizard people. I mean, if the lizard people thing isn't true, why bother with the "according to Wikipedia" nonsense?

[@ruthannshepherd9054]

I fell in love with V from the very beginning and held on tightly throughout. I even started a V fan club at my school. One fact I hoped you would have mentioned was that of the rebel leader, Juliet Parish, and visitor scientist/sudo leader, Diana, being very strong women characters. I truly admired them, just like Wonder Woman and Princess Leia. They kicked ass in a time when strong female characters were pretty much unheard of.

[@Raz.C]

That's "pseudo leader."

[@tinteddeluxe]

I got two kisses off Diana at London Comic-Con. Best day ever....

[@vfvs11a]

She was sampling you.

[@midago7332]

This was among my top sci-fi shows. Thanks for doing this, brilliant.

[@dariusq8894]

I loved this show as a kid. Had a huge crush on Diana even though she was a villianess. 😍

[@the80sguy80]

Loved "V" when I was a kid! No VCR back then and I fell asleep right before Marc Singer crawled out of the vent & got attacked by the visitor, revealing his lizard eyes. My mom told me about it the next morning, I was so PISSED! 🦎🤣 🦎

[@jamiethejummer]

I remember watching that all those years ago, what a reveal it was! I’m sorry you missed it 😢

[@luigivincenz3843]

Same! Watched it as a kid (man, the 80's were great) and Jane Badler, Erin Gray, Heather Thomas etc. were my fantasy GF's back then lol. Years ago I met Michael ironside at a convention and he told us V was very enjoyable, even with low budget.

[@bethchaisson2375]

I saw the original show in the 1980's. I enjoyed both the mini series and when it turned into the full series. I did notice some changes, but still enjoyed the story.

[@mvefan27]

I didn't like full series as it runs off rails because they ran out of ideas and left cliffhanger so mini series is all we need

[@UPCM01]

Being a kid growing up in the 80's and getting to watch V as one of your Mini-Series and then a weekly series was truly Awesome!

[@lio_convoy714]

I love both versions of V. Great video.

[@thebigd6249]

Wow! The memories. No one born after the 80’s even knows of this today. I remember back in ‘83 when this aired for the first time, the next day in school, that was all everyone was talking about, including the teachers. That year, there must have been half the school dress up as their favorite V character for Halloween. The 80’s were great. I wish we were there again.

[@planet6288]

Same experience, it felt like the world had changed, like the invasion really happened.

[@meekdook4236]

I was born 1981 and I know.

[@TheHarshTruth]

One of my favorite shows!!!! It was just ahead of its time. Thank you for this video my friend!!

[@DarkAngel459]

Those Alien babies with their lizard tongues sticking out are absolutely spine-chilling.

[@chumbucket1313]

Ahh that 80's hair brings back memories.

[@thomholbrook7286]

You left off a big chapter of V. Kenneth Johnson left the second series because it really started from where he wanted it to go. For example, Elizabeth, the first half human/half alien baby was never supposed to be a super being. Lol. So years later he wrote a book titled V: The Second Generation which ignored everything after the first mini series and told the story he had intended to tell. It's a really good book. It picks up the drop plotline that the aliens have an enemy that might help Earth.

[@AudieHolland]

Yeah, even though I love both Original Mini-Series and The Final Battle, Elizabeth at the end all glowing with stardust seemed weird to me. SPOILER I figured that due to the superior education the Visitors gave her, she would just hack the doomsday device onboard the ship.

[@bm2228]

I loved this series. So much better than the 2000 version. I just wish the 3rd season didn't end so unfinished.

[@gbrown932]

The v remake never had a 3rd season.

[@bm2228]

@@gbrown932 The 3rd season I was referring to was the 1984 version. Look it up. The 2000 version sucked monkey balls.

[@pamelamays4186]

When Diana ate that Guinea pig, I was "through". It was the most shocking TV scene I had ever seen. Eighties TV was so cool.

[@AltCutTV]

Apparently the guineapig did its own stunt.

[@Classic8]

This was it for me too! That jaw unhinging. *shiver

[@martist911wasits-not-real4]

Fantasy unlocked!​@@Classic8

[@sheridan140]

Loved this show as a kid! Not sure if that V hand gesture (especially with Churchill) wasn't more "F off"...😂

[@AltCutTV]

It's derived from the same thing really. It comes from french archers showing they still have the means to use a bow. Even waving is sometimes backwards. Have a look at how the queen does it for example. ;)

[@MrAgmoore]

The offensive version is like giving the finger, the other version is more like the 1960's Woodstock hippie version.

[@HughJassle]

Robert Englund went from Willy to Freddy 😂

[@eclipsehorse8693]

gotta wonder if Freddy ever invades the dreams of the visitors :)

[@kbm-zw5jd]

I literally just finished watching the entire V series again yesterday! I watch it every couple of years. Awesome.

[@KrushingArtStudio]

Thank you Minty! This is my all time favorite mini series. Loved it as a child, and still as an adult! Thank you for doing this one! Love your reviews/ 10 things I didn't know!! ❤

[@negativeindustrial]

The community warning is my favorite part of the video.

[@minirth.maggie]

V was the peak of 80s miniseries. And the marketing was BRILLIANT.

[@MrColinWarde]

V is one of my very favorite shows, I have revisited it a lot. In fact it’s the only series I have downloaded on my phone just to listen to while I’m doing mindless things. It’s very insightful emotional character story arts are incredible. Excellent video Minty! Nice use of the original compositions.

[@robdedominic8758]

2 Absolute 80s hotties, Faye Grant and Jane Badler in one show.

[@albundy7794]

Good god man, you forgot Sarah Douglas.

[@Ta2dwitetrash]

"We are from alpha centuri and we are here to help" - the most dangerous phrase in the galaxy.

[@DukeRhodes]

- Ronald Reagan

[@Feared_Punto]

The fact that video has been fact checked, and the source is Wikipedia, is hilarious.

[@SniffHeinkel]

Why?

[@mgratk]

@@SniffHeinkel you can go edit it right now, anyone can, that's why

[@FigmentForever]

With over 3,000 volunteered & vetted moderators, misinformation doesn’t stay long. Especially in entertainment pages

[@SniffHeinkel]

@@mgratk Oh.

[@mgratk]

@@FigmentForever hahahaha. Actual researchers have added new science information to articles about their own work, and the editors and fact checkers revert the edits. Question who decides what misinformation is.

[@DoctorQuackenbush]

There’s a ScrewTube warning that humanoid lizards aren’t real. No kidding? Who’d a thunk it?

[@johnnason5787]

Believe it or not;there are is a conspiracy cult that believes in humanoid reptilians. They just believe they use interdimensional phasing instead of masks to hide their true nature. It was started by a man named David Icke in the late 90s with his book " The Biggest Secret". I'll let people discover more about this truly weird belief system.

[@Christie_1701]

Q'anon conspiracy theories believe it.

[@Shat_Tastic]

man i was 11 years old when this hit tv and remember how awesome this show was

[@anthony0358]

I was a big fan of the series in 1983 and 1984. The the tv series in 1985. Thank you for informing us about the death of Ms. Dunne. I was not aware of that 😢

[@robbieracer3294]

Yea the idiot she was rehearsing with that night, could've done something but he hid in the apartment

[@aliceblack4704]

Some of the best TV we ever had.

[@vinnycochrane5139]

A truly seminal part of 80s Americana. I wasn’t born when it aired, but saw a repeat of it as a kid holidaying in York. I think its legacy shouldn’t be underestimated - it laid the foundations of cinematic ambitions in television, which seems to have been more akin to stage theatre until then. Bravo, and as always, an excellent retrospective. Best, Vinny x

[@OLDSKOOLNYC1]

When V The Final Battle premiered with that unbelievable theme music, you just knew this was something way more terrifying and intense!

[@angel196989]

V and V The Final Battle were 2 of my favorite miniseries loved, loved, loved them, I wish they would bring miniseries back. They were enjoyable fun for 2 to 3 nights (or more depending on the movie) Also, people made a lot of comparisons between V and the Nazis/Hitler. The uniforms, the herding of people onto the ships etc

[@arikwolf3777]

If they used Demon Rat people, instead of Alien Lizard people, the show would of been prophetic.

[@PeterSTIHL]

Na, the blue lasers and black-dressed shock troopers say enough...

[@bumblerbumbling763]

Demonrats... it really is amazing that you only have to change one letter.

[@eclipsehorse8693]

see, they had red hats trying to take over back in the 80's too-

[@PeterSTIHL]

@@eclipsehorse8693 Their hat's were black in the series...

[@tyronehenderson5433]

The mini series was great. Weekly show wasn’t nearly as good. Everyone I knew watched this. My whole family were glued to the tv when it was on. Damn I’m old 🤣

[@coeurdelion1193]

Perhaps V and the movie They Live was trying to tell us something. Hmm...

[@chrisstapleton7317]

Why would they put a warning that humanoid lizards are not real at the beginning of the video? This is a silly TV show from the 1980s... SOO WEIRD

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Incredible show. So relevant to today's issues, social and political. Groundbreaking in that it's prophetic. Seeing as we're facing a reptilian agenda that cannot be addressed as society isn't ready to face complete war and the end of the world. I caught as much of the show as I could when it was on TV originally 😂❤👾

[@TheRealMirCat]

Thank you KZbin for the info card. Without you I would have never known V wasn't a documentary.

[@davidm4566]

It isn't a documentary in the same way that Idiocracy...isn't... a documentary as well.

[@MrAgmoore]

well ... the rumour is that America was given technology in exchange for free reign with alien abductions.

[@roninhood1027]

There’s so much we can learn from this show, in these troubled times.

[@mgratk]

Yep the global elites must be stopped. Trying to reduce the world to 500M like Bill Gates has said in speeches. Evil.

[@hawkpaul8735]

I loved that show and recently managed to get a set of DVDs to enjoy all over again. Loved the title music too.

[@curtislindsey1736]

V scared the shit out of me when I was a kid! I had nightmares about the face skin getting ripped off😂

[@pardeepshori3355]

Especially when Mike was in the air shaft (with camera)and pulled out by that lizard man

[@porkfang]

The part the scared me as a kid was when Mike and Shawn were running down the "mother ship" hallway and the aliens where chasing them.....

[@Clownboy15]

Same here and I loved it!

[@henghistbluetooth7882]

For me it was when the newly delivered child stuck its’ tongue out

[@BagEyes2009]

​@henghistbluetooth7882 same with the Lizard babies scene. It's been burned into my brain ever since. 😂

[@slake9727]

I hated how the first mini-series ended on a dumb open-ended cliffhanger. I hated the second mini-series ending because the solution was so dumb. But it's only the endings I hated. I LOVED everything else about this amazing story. It really was appointment tv before that was a thing.

[@mikeshaffer4912]

Diana unhinging her jaw to eat that guinea pig creeped me out badly as a kid.

[@lorensims4846]

I was all about the two mini-series but I did notice the regular show reusing A LOT of clips from the mini-series. It was very clear that they had no budget and it just wasn't worth sticking with. Twenty years later I learned of an extensive conspiracy theory that claims that all world leaders really are lizard people. It's hard for me to take any of this seriously, but some people really believe it, saying that "V" was just a popular distraction to get us to THINK it was ONLY science fiction. No, I didn't even think to bother to check out the new series. It had all left too much of a bad taste in my mouth.

[@AmandaGilliamPresents]

V was my favorite show growing up. I even got a tattoo of the Visitor's Symbol on my right ankle. Also if anyone here is a huge fan like I am. You need to check out Kenneth Johnson's version of the sequel to the original mini-series. V The Second Generation (It is in book form). There is no Star Child (Elizabeth) And the Visitor's now have full control after 20 years.

[@tbirdparis]

I love that I'm seeing a KZbin warning banner under this video about reptilian humanoid conspiracy theories. Silly KZbin AI, they clearly didn't train you enough on 80s TV pop culture... 🤣

[@PokyBallinBabo]

The show has none of that? 😮 The cover woman's eye 👁️ looks a bit reptilian, maybe that's what YT "saw". 😅

[@tbirdparis]

@@PokyBallinBabo yes but what I meant was, the YT algorithm is clearly not doing so well at distinguishing between a video about a fictional TV series vs a video that is actually _about_ conspiracy theories....

[@PokyBallinBabo]

@@tbirdparis of course, I was making a joke. 😁 YT didn't like my comment and deleted it?

[@chrisstapleton7317]

​@@PokyBallinBaboshh

[@brianb815]

The lizard people putting a community note about lizard people is peek lizard people behavior 🦎🐲🐉🦕🦖

[@DukeRhodes]

I thought the same thing. Insidious.

[@hedruum]

Loved this show when I was a kid!!! Also Minty: “People are delicious” 😂😂😂

[@SharreIWright]

"Peaple" ?

[@hedruum]

@SharreIWright Corrected. I was waiting on my coffee when I wrote that 😴

[@otanguma]

I was young when the first mini series premiered and I was enthralled by it. You can see the parallelism in today's American politics by a seemingly unstoppable force controlling 90% media, posing as good guys.

[@lenaeliza7230]

My thoughts exactly

[@nicks1063]

I mean, Hillary and Kamala BOTH look like they could be lizard people.....lol 😂

[@Rattus-Norvegicus]

There's only one political party in the US talking about rounding up millions of immigrants and taking away the rights of individuals and especially women. Only one political candidate that's called for the suspension of the Constitution. Only one candidate calling people vermin. You need to do some serious soul-searching and realize who you are following.

[@mgratk]

110% correct, and not just in the US.

[@KevinKimmich44024]

Totally. Like "They Live".

[@jayderunelore2617]

I must have been 9 years old in Australia when a TV ad for V came on the for the first time, it was in the evening, the screen went black and the spay painted V appeared with "coming soon" I had no idea what was coming but I was crapping myself in anticipation, the build up was epic

[@Pegfoxx]

I remember watching V on TV, I think I was about 10 years old at the time. When I saw a woman rip her skin off to reveal her true lizard form I screamed and had nightmares for weeks. I just did not expect that to happen on TV, and to this day I refuse to watch V because of the scary time I had when I was a little girl lol.

[@mgratk]

That was an incredible TV moment. That and eating rodents was BIG talk in school.

[@animalking28]

I Found The Complete Series (the original one from the 80's) on dvd years ago and Now I Have To Binged Watch This Show Very Soon!! Good Job Mr. MINTY!!

[@writerpatrick]

This show predicted deep-faking before it was even possible.

[@porkfang]

Haha! They did with Nathan Bates.

[@Clownboy15]

Holy crap, Minty! You just solved a forty year old mystery for me! I’ve always been bugged by Mr. Correander in Neverending Story deviate he looked familiar but I couldn’t place it. Don’t ask me why I never looked it up on IMDB. Just glad to know now 😂

[@Alpha_Omega_1541]

The opening sequence in the first episode of the the final battle is actually very cool for 1980s made for TV movie. It’s strange that you posted this, I’ve been on a V kick for the past couple of weeks and I’m not sure why.

[@PeterSTIHL]

Best shot is when the mothership hovers in front of the industrial plant.

[@vancehutchison2830]

This show was all people were talking about when it came out. It seems so silly today, but back then it was really exciting and thought provoking.

[@samjephcote7811]

You should have mentioned the book The Second Generation- it follows after series 1 when Juliet sends a signal for help. Absolutely brilliant book and hats what Kenneth Johnson wanted Amazing book and ending you wouldn’t believe

[@paulrahme]

As a fan of the series I was also disappointed that the sequel book didn't get mentioned, especially considering how much Johnson disliked what they did with The Final Battle and the TV Series. The book pretty much ignores those and is a "25 years later" sequel to the original.

[@TheHobbyist_76]

V is my comfort show.

[@mychunkyjordi7585]

What's with the Wikipedia 🤣🤣 Great video as always 😊💜🐾👋👍

[@Hardbody217]

Love this series! While I'm disappointed it was canceled on a cliff-hanger, the supposed death of Julie in that 20th episode would have been a HUGE mistake.

[@Belgianbanshee]

Man! This is a piece of nostalgia. I remember watching the aliens eating those rodents; it freeked me out.

[@Kiss__Kiss]

Which again, begs the question; Why were some of the "Poltergeist" characters, stricken with bizarre happenings.

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

I recently rewatched this and notice something I never noticed as a kid. Diana is not just evil, be she's also a creep. She's constantly invading people's personal space and touching them in a manner that clearly makes them uncomfortable. This happens in practically every scene she has with Donovan's reporter friend, Christine. Jane Badler and Jenny Sullivan sold the scenes; believably playing the dynamic of a predator in a position of authority and her victim who is too meek to push back.

[@Cheekycrissy]

It's said somewhere that Diana was Bisexual, which was kinda 'Taboo' Back in the 80's. She was either clearly attracted to Christine, or she was 'toying with her food'..

[@DvLnDsGyZ]

GenX had the best shows.

[@Raz.C]

"Don't run! We are your friends!" That had to be one of the funniest take-aways from Mars Attacks! And best of all - You can apply that quote to just about ANY movie!!

[@joesmockly3839]

"(Couldn't find) A fascist regime starting in America to be believable." The good old days am I right? 😂

[@mgratk]

Yeah here we are in such a regime.

[@davidm4566]

And OJ Simpson was viewed as too nice a guy who was incapable of being a believable sociopathic killer robot in Terminator. Oh, Hollywood!

[@aaropajari7058]

​@@mgratkDid Donald tell you to say that?

[@mgratk]

@@aaropajari7058 lolz it's ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, NYT, etc, all spouting the same exact talking points as the Biden/Harris every day. They often all use the same exact words, just like the grandfather comments in V.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

Its impact can still be felt in projects like Steven Spielberg Presents Taken and The 4400.

[@nightwalkerscrypt]

"Fascism can never rise in America" laughing from 2024.

[@mgratk]

yup here we are under such a system right now

[@austinpowers6260]

If we let her win Kamala will finish the job unfortunately

[@stitchgrimly6167]

The birth scene still haunts my memories. The bad sfx made it so much creepier. First the lizard tongue, then the lizard..

[@richardhussey-cq2se]

Kangaroo courts? Thats were we are going in Britain under Keir Starmer!

[@austinpowers6260]

Same in the states with the Trump trials.

[@travisbell736]

Minty just wanted to throw this tidbit in the comments. Kenneth Johnson wrote a follow up novel called V the next Generation. That picked up 20 years after the original miniseries. The book talks about the effects the Visitors have had on society and the earth after being here for over 2 decades. It was a pretty decent book

[@whitewolf3051]

Too bad it *won’t* be canon. *If* only the execs *didn’t* butt heads with him over how the series was made.

[@bigjermboktown6976]

It also looked like Michael Jackson's suit had a big v on it

[@eclipsehorse8693]

and he had crazy animal eyes in the Thriller video- huh :)

[@anitafowler524]

I loved V it was great. I’ll never forget.

[@markpjf85]

V was a good old fashion TV sci-fi show weird stuff well got Freddy himself Robert Englund

[@someoneoncesaid6978]

The problem with the TV show is that they tried to make it a Sci-Fi version of Dynasty / Falcon Crest (which were popular at the time), which went completely against the show's original demographic of teenage boys. They literally had a subplot toward the end of the marriage of Charles and Diana. So, the teenage boys stopped watching, and transforming it into a Sci-Fi soap opera didn't attract middle-aged women (which is the primary demographic for that type of show). It was probably one of the stupidest network decisions of the decade.

[@porkfang]

I LOVE V with allllll my heart, but the tv show kinda sucked....

[@alanmike6883]

It was one of my mums favourite mini series. She even got me hooked. And yes even so I thought Jane badler was gorgeous

[@Lex-Rex]

Anyone under 50 probably never even heard of the original.

[@porkfang]

Haha

[@eclipsehorse8693]

anyone over, like me, watched it whenit premiered! :)

[@AKWatchX]

I was just thinking of doing a rewatch of this. Love this series.

[@admiralbees1690]

When Diana got hit in the shuttle and her repilitian face was half showing, did anyone else think "Eh, still hot though"?

[@MrRoda8143]

lol, I still remember a very memorable dream I had of her when I was in my raging 16. She was hot in the tv series

[@MrAgmoore]

I was still 10/10 - would bang, but I was born in '75 so... hormones.

[@admiralbees1690]

@@MrRoda8143 I can fix her

[@theriddler8695]

I remember watching it back in the day …one of the greatest TV miniseries of all time. I re-watched it about 2 years ago and it holds up very well. An 80’s classic great childhood memory.

[@bawintermage8351]

The reboot was ok, but it had nowhere near the emotional or cultural impact as the original. I feel that the lessons that SCI FI movies, books, comics and series taught are somehow lost in the current generation. As the US flirts with Fascism, I am hopeful that someone will wake up just in time

[@mgratk]

yes, last chance. If the current admin member wins, the constitution is pretty much toilet paper.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

I was too young to catch V on UK TV and I don't think it got many repeats. The more I learn about this show the more amazing i think it would have been to see it. I'm tempted to get this on physical media. The 2011 series was pretty short but I enjoyed it. 1984 was a really good year for TV as well as movies.

[@MrAgmoore]

just torrent it for free. The story is still great, but the special effects look dated.

[@VorpalBunnysRevenge]

No "Robert Englund AKA Freddy Krueger"?

[@slappyjones2136]

Loved V. Had a massive crush on Jane Badler.

[@richardwaddington2038]

Loved V as a kid in the 80s even tho we never got to see the final series. Couple of points : 1) They reused some of the "ships" from Space 1999 2) The V thing with Churchill dates back to the battles of Crecy & Agincourt and is the UK equivalent of the middle finger (We are archers and we still have our fingers etc) 3) There was an unofficial computer game made for the Dragon 32 and Tandy TRS-80 called "Shocktrooper" . It had the theme tune , symbols , space craft etc but couldnt get the copyright to call it a V game.

[@TwistedSMF]

There is a way to tie this series to a featured movie. At the very end of this first series? They was trying to send out a signal to enemies of the Vistors. (Whom they thought could be help them.) I think that is what was basically the plot of the movie "Independence Day" (I don't think they was any connection.) but ignore that I guess and could be a way to bring this to the big screen. I don't think that would work tho. Probably be better off just making an entire new movie. Too much time has passed now. Either way, I loved this series as a kid. Would love to see a full length movie from it.

[@porkfang]

You have to read the books. That's all I'm going to say.

[@TwistedSMF]

@@porkfang No, I havent. I watched the TV series that only lasted one season. And I stopped. I tried watching the reboot, But lost interest in it. (I need to go back and watch it again.) So you are saying the books are basically cannon, or just fan made to continue the story.

[@porkfang]

@@TwistedSMF YES!!!! Read the books. Look online to see which ones to read first.

[@porkfang]

@@TwistedSMF if we were neighbors, I'd let you borrow them!!

[@christopherwebb3517]

Between Diana from V, Princess Diana, and my mom's boss at the time being named Diana, I still think of "Diana" as being a distinctly 80s name.

[@trasktalker1782]

Typically when KZbin puts those little disclaimers on a video it’s because it’s true, yikes 👍🏿

[@johncarnes2688]

This was one of my favorite shows as a kid and I have the DVDs even to include the new ones that weren't as good as the originals

[@tank247comicnerd7]

I absolutely loved V. Me and my Dad would watch it together. I would love to see minty do a review of the Highwayman from 1987 with Sam J Jones.