So they revived Milo, but couldn't cure Ricky?
The sub plot with Ricky's dead wife, and dream room got annoying, it would have been better if they switched the focus to Milo after the Aliens revealed themselves.
I recommend reading the original book from 1953, everything inconsistent and overly melodramatic was invented for this mini-series. A small book spoiler that links with your post, it's not 15 years before the Overlords show themselves, it's a much more sensible 50 years, and so Ricky is long dead of old age by then.
shareI read the book years ago, it was the only reason I watched the series.
And Ricky's character was greatly changed from the book.
I read the book years ago, it was the only reason I watched the series.
Same here - and I have to say that I was not impressed by this adaptation. The biggest individual change was in the Stormgren character and sub-plot, which ended up being, frankly, not just boring, but annoying. If they'd stuck to the original idea, they could have cut a couple of hours from the series and turned it into a much tighter two-parter. Still, I suppose they felt they had to introduce some sort of romantic sub-plot to appeal to a wider audience, but they forgot that most of the audience would consist of SF (and in particular Arthur C Clarke) fans, who would have wanted more focus on the SF elements. For me, there wasn't enough of the Overlords (presumably for budgetary reasons), but they - and their relationship with the Overmind - were the most interesting elements of the book.