Customer Reviews

V: The Final Battle

5 star:		(40)
4 star:		(16)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I concur with the majority of the prior ratings. I own both V and V The Final Battle. When the original series aired on TV in 1984 (I believe it was a marathon 4 nights), the series consisted of not only V but also V The Final Battle. For those of you that remember the original mini series, you need to buy both CDs to see it as you remember it (it's still just as great as it was almost 20 years ago)

Back in the 80s, V and V: The Final Battle were huge hits on television. The story of mankind uniting and fighting back against an intergalatic menace is still an appealing storyline and a welcome addition to my dvd collection. Though you will notice (after seeing movies such as Attack of the Clones, for example) that the special effects are a bit cheesy, it is the story that pulls you in and delivers a good sci-fi treat. The reason I didn't give this dvd 5 stars is that it has no extras. I was hoping to see some TV commercials, maybe some commentaries by the director and actors, deleted scenes---any of these would have been welcome. That being said, if you were a fan of this 80's hit or if you are a sci-fi fan, you'll enjoy this dvd. I have to add that Jane Badler is an excellent villain. She was my favorite character in the series.

I Think v was really well done. I've been waiting for this sequal for a long time on DVD. I will enjoy this. It wasn't as good as the first one, but nethertheless a good movie. It wasn't as good because it lost Kenneth Johnson. He did a great job with the miniseries. Hopefully this will feature a commentary like the first one did. Marc and Faye were great as usual, More Action and see Julie almost get converted by Diana. Elisibeth was born and meet another band of resistance fighters. I can't wait to get this on DVD. So get this and maybe Warner will give us the Series on DVD as well. I think V is the best 80s TV saga of all time and the best miniseries ever. It was also great because we take so much for granit and we don't really appreciate what we have til it's gone. Oh I'm speaking of our water. I also like V because of the of the earthlings and the Visitors defecting to either side. I think Jenny Sullivan should of had a bigger role in the final Battle. She was great in the Miniseries and Martin was as well. The 5th column was great!

I bought "The Final Battle" after I buying the excellent "Original Series" DVD, expecting a similar quality. Unfortunately, the effort put into this second DVD set is sparse compared to the first. I won't comment on the story, but just the technical features.
There's no feature length commentary by Kenneth Johnson, who left the director's role, nor by anybody else (no one's baby). The soundtrack is Mono, instead of the newly mastered stereo for the "Original Series". These 2 shortcomings make "The Final Battle" less of a collectors item than "The Original Series". You may want to get that set before this one, or not get this one at all.

V the Final Battle is very uneven. Or maybe I should say it starts off on a high note, but slowly sinks. The first part of V the Final battle is Sci-Fi fans dream ... action, excitment, and a captavating story. But by the third part we have the red dust, and a half lizard alien child that looks all human amd morphs into an adolecent before our eyes. I also think the ending was a little farfetch. I mean the Visitors don't seem like the kind of folk who would admit defeat and leave peacefully, c'mon these lizards eat humans for breakfast! Also, the vistors are several hundreds of years more advance than we are so I doubt Julie, a wiz kid med student, could outsmart them.

I think that the follow up to V the orginal mini-series, should have had more of a tone similiar to The Empire Strikes Back, what I mean by that is the reistance should have made some progress,but should have had some MAJOR set backs. (I don't see how us earthlings could turn the tide so quickly in just 4 months!!!) There then should have been a third mini-series with the happy ending.

Word has it a new V mini-series is in the works for NBC by the orginal creator of the first V. You can bet the events of V the Final Battle will be ignored in V - The Second Generation!

Verdict on the three parts of V the Final Battle

Part I ***** Five stars
Part II **** Four stars
Part III ** Two stars

I bought this product as a Christams gift for my sister and her husband. They are fans of the 2010 mini-series, and especially her husband, has not seen the original, which in my opinion is just fantastic!
It is worth purchasing, if you are a sci-fi fan, and best of all, no commercials!
I saw it in 1983 and was hooked. I have been wanting to get it in DVD since. Worth the price.

I wasn't all that impressed, It doesn't really end and the ending really isn't well written. It was like they were in a hurry to finish it and didn't care what it looked like.

This second V mini series wasn't quite up to the standards of the first V and yet it was still a helluva lotta fun. Loved it. Popping it into the DVD player is always a blast! Sure I know it's not highbrow but hell it's FUN. Just have fun watchin' space lizards get their butts kicked by Marc Singer. Works for me!

Both these TV movies and the short lived series that followed were cheesy soap opera plots put into a science fiction form. It was pretty much a case of stories where someone was trying to stab someone else in the back, someone was sleeping with someone elses girlfriend and the rest of that daytime soap genre. In this second movie, two characters played by Sarah Douglas and Jane Badler struggle for the leadership of the alien ships that have conquered earth and it leads to one killing the other and that's it. Oh yeah, and there is a silly romance that goes on between the charecters played by Faye Grant and Marc Singer (but I won't go there). End result, you are better off watching One Live to Live then this phooney balooney series.

When the Region 2 Version DVD for Europe ?
Galactica and V Series, such like Buck Rogers (Space1999), Knight Rider or A-team, belongs to an all 80's generation. I live in the border between Spain and Portugal, and I saw all these Series in both countries. Why didn't sell this DVD Series in Europe ? I think that will be ( i'm sure ), a bestseller.