Another shelf space saver I made....
A great sci-fi concept created by the legendary Kenny Johnson -- a modern WWII resistance story using alien "visitors". The original 4 hour miniseries aired in 1983 and it still holds up wonderfully.
The sequel 6 hour miniseries The Final Battle, aired in 1984, but was made without Ken Johnson. No where near as deep or thoughtful as the original, it is still a very entertaining and solid action adventure sequel.
Then came the weekly television series in 1984-85. It started out fairly decent for the first 8 to 10 episodes, though it was mostly just an action show with none of the allegory of its previous incarnations. But the show quickly devolved... half the cast was axed along with most of the budget... and it became alien Dynasty LOL. Still it has it's silly charms. The series ended on an unresolved cliffhanger.
Ken Johnson wrote a sequel novel entitled V THE NEXT GENERATION based on script proposal he did for the Networks, but they passed on the project.
In 2009 there was a reimagined reboot that ran for 2 seasons on ABC. It had some interesting bits, trading the WWII metaphor for modern terrorism. But most the characters and plots were bland.
It was announced last month (March 2018) Ken Johnson was developing a theatrical remake of V.
It seems you can't keep a good franchise down.
