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.
The OP must be talking about the weekly TV series which was a steaming pile of crap - although my brother and I just forced ourselves to watch it.
My wife, who had never seen or heard of it as a kid, and doesn't really care for Sci-Fi stuff, thought it was excellent. She couldn't believe how well done it was. Maybe because it IS a good series.
Great writing, the special effects for a TV show at the time were great. Kenneth Johnson also did The Incredible Hulk TV show...so what you get is quality.
Must have been a typo. Fixed that for you.
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The OP just didn't like it because it didn't have any crappers trying to be actors, cheesy CGI (ala Lucas), or a slamming soundtrack by Gsleezy or Snoop doggy sh*t or some other MTV fueled babbling BS.
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I thought the special effects were pretty good. Refreshing to remember a time when there was no CGI (cartoon) overload. >>> I agree. Yes, the effects are dated, but what do people really expect when watching material that is so old? If one can't watch this stuff in the context of when the series was made, then they don't have any business watching it at all. The effects were extremely good back in those days. It was a very impressive looking series. And yes, I do prefer these old school effects to the CGI cartoons of today. They seem to get so carried away now that they can do anything they want. It robs the new material of critical thinking skills, if you ask me.
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Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
Well if you want a really bad Sci fi show... U.F.O.
Omg, did it stink.
Watched some of the repeat on Syfy yesterday.
The special effects weren't bad for the era, considering it was a made for t.v. series.
It was fairly preposterous how a resistance band of perhaps 25 people, tops, were able to infiltrate any Visitor stronghold they wished to at any time and managed to defeat the super-advanced army and armada of aliens using molotov cocktails and mirrors. I guess it helped that the Visitors left the doors on their vehicles wide open when parking them.
Loads of creamy music and lots of time to make it.
If it was so bad, why was it named one of the best TV 25 miniseries of all time? Why Did it engender a sequel and a TV series? and why are they remaking it? if the special effects were so bad why were the most iconic scenes copied practically frame by frame by the makers of Independence Day? It's not fair to judge the special effects of over 25 years ago by today's standards, to state the obvious.
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The first miniseries is a well-made and thought-out masterpiece. It's dated (like what hasn't), but there's enough on how good, solid drama is made and it holds up well where it's supposed to. The pacing, the revelations, everything. Right down to having Visitors that you cannot get around due to their advanced weaponry. And guile. It makes sense.
The second miniseries, "The Final Battle", has giant gaps in logic all over the place, but at least remains entertaining thanks to the quality of the actors.
The TV series starts out BETTER than "The Final Battle", but quickly loses its way - down to conveniently forgetting issues like Nathan Bates' wristband that would blow everything up or whatever (I don't recall the TV show, despite buying it on clearance at Walmart for a low price). Later episodes really jumped the shark when we had Visitor rituals but it's the Visitors in their human skins with face paint on. (Gee, not in their natural lizard skins?!)
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Alien Visitors that drive around in Black Golf Carts?"
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There are No Black Golf Carts in any "V"
You must be talking about a different Show.