It would have been great if the aliens had the Luke and the princess fakes run out of the spacecraft with Darth Vader and the storm troopers giving chase.
How naive and overly trusting people were in the 80's...no Walmart in every town for a quick gun stop just in case. What no black and brown Aliens either. My red flag would already be up and my arsenal packin.
For those that say the Nazi theme is heavy-handed. There are acts of genocide being committed all over the world right now & our silence makes us complicit. Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it & I have no doubt the same thing would happen if aliens landed on our planet.
Maybe the Visitors (on their way to Earth)went past The Millenium Falcon,The Jupiter 2(t.v.)The Discovery,The 2nd Death Star(before the heros blew IT UP!)Luke's XWING,Captain Kirk's Starship Enterprise and Major Tom's Space Capsule!
I did really like V, but the parallels made between the visitors and the Nazis are a bit too obvious and seems forced. The show should have eased into that notion a little more subtley.
@pitcalco yeah the nazi thing is wayobvious but the studios pay writers employed by them to keep writing the same story in a different format but the moral of the tale is always the same ,using independent writers and we would have awesome shows(we still do but not as many imo)if the visitors where on a mission of peace whu not bring civilians along,the fact that its all military is suspisious,its like sayin,give us humanitarian aid or its war boys lol but a great show nonetheless
@reksub10 Yeah, its funny. Watching again so many years later, I kept imagining how the show could have been much better if a whole bunch of small changes were made. This is especially true of the series.
@cravintruth I think you're right. It doesn't really make any sense. It never really meshed well at all. I agree that the star wars theme do not belong in this series--no disrespect. Star Wars theme should stick with Star Wars and The Original V Theme should stick with V.
@littledebbie187 The band are meant to be a high school brass band...hence the yellow school buses in the background, and the presence of a school girl Robin Maxwell at the event. Playing the Star Wars was wholely appriopiate, if aliens had arrived in 1983 THAT is exactly the type of music a school band would play for visitng aliens!
@LaserBadler Now that's one good reason, and I'm sorry, I did not realize it. From what you just said has made so much sense. Thank you for clarifying that with me. I was younger and never understood that. So, again, you're right.
The band sucks...but you should've heard the opposing high school play the "Thriller" by Michael Jackson at one of our football games...*shivers* uhg, never again...
lol, I like the black guy's reason not to like the V's...THEY'RE AFTER OUR JOBS!!!! :O
*NOTE: I do NOT say "black" in a racist way, in fact I find "African American" more racist, since not all blacks are from Africa. (Jamaca, Hati, ect.)
I think the intent, even in 1983 was to have it be cheesy that humans would greet aliens with the theme from Star Wars. Especially greeting aliens that seem more like from our near future then aliens thousands of years more advanced. Just because it seems like something people would do in real life. I say this b/c back in the 80s I remember thinking how goofy it was to have the Star Wars theme, so I figured it was the purposeful intent to make it a cheesy thing to do.
The black characters were intregal to the plot. The working class dad with the 2 sons, one a physician one a criminal. I thought the only stereo type was Elias until his brother was killed. it was a great show.
Lucas probably insisted the band play horribly, a cheap plug for Star Wars and he probably got paid. Heck I probably owe Lucus a few bucks for mentioning his name lol
The 'Star Wars' theme is played as it's the most popular sci-fi theme of the time... It's being played in the show as a sort of welcoming of beings in which earthlings had no idea existed and as a celebration of their "gift" exchange and "hospitable alliance."
The band was MEANT to be a joke. Perhaps you and your family are too busy stealing towels and sun beds to notice HUMOUR and IRONY. Perhaps you don't understand these concepts . You've already raped the Brits of our currency. You have no right to comment on American Television programs, until your little country can produce ANYTHING worth watching and subsequently worth the same scrutiny
that you place the rest of the world under. You Nazis criticize without offering ANYTHING. Fucking Krauts.
LOL but as a huge star wars fan, when I first saw this and heard the theme it made this mini series more believable because they were referencing a movie within a movie. It was great back then and so are the memories.!!
@JadenMalik The band are meant to be a high school brass band...hence the yellow school buses in the background, and the presence of a school girl Robin Maxwell at the event. Playing the Star Wars was wholely appriopiate, if aliens had arrived in 1983 THAT is exactly the type of music a school band would play for visitng aliens!
they are from sirius. ha. very strange. read about the freemason board. checkerboard floor. sun moon and "sirius" freemason symbol . siruis stands for the "eye in the sky" the all seeing eye. new world order. this is real people. wake up!
Wow, I totally see what you are saying... OBAMA and the american media are very frightening and are the perfect analogy... The public (you) are told to accept Obama without question. And you do. The media (Christine Johnson) fill you full of lies and people like you believe it! Hilary Clinton (Diana) is your new secretary of State. Nancy Pelosi is Pamela. Obama is "John" and that little sleazebag from Illinois, "Bloggo" is Steven. Christ, The Visitors modeled themselves on Democrats!!!
Uh, excuse me Miss Catlady. What the Hell are you talking about? This makes no sense whatsoever. Can you explain? Who are "they" as in "Their New World Order"? Is Condoleezza Rice "ARYAN" or are you being racist.
Hmm, I am getting the idea that you are not disabled, are claiming benefit illegally and were fired from your job as a union carpenter because you are insane and were a threat to those around you. Uh, just keep stroking your cats love... probably safer that way for all of us!
lmao @ the black guy! Cross reference this movie with the G.I. Joe movie (youtube), david icke material (youtube), and Sitichin's material, and tell me if it's all coincedental....
Man...You truly had to live as a child in the 80's and seeing "V" for the very first time. To me, it was like discovering "Star Wars" and "Alien" all over again.
If you're serious about wanting "V" to return, google writer/director Kenneth Johnson's website & pre-order the novel for "V - The Second Generation" - if there is enough interest in the novel it will give the potential financial backers enough faith in the project to have it produced for television!!!
I have always wondered about the band also. I used to be a band director so I noticed it right away but it is pretty obvious to anyone that it is not very good!
Well I can understand the Star Wars theme...the Visitors shoot just about as bad, if not worse, than the Stormtroopers.
SnakeMan227 1 month ago
That old bitch is ready to get her husbands money
clarencep90 6 months ago
Lol, USA...!..
Hancerlioglu 7 months ago
LOL welcome visitor, it just looks stupid
phabbiola 7 months ago
LOL wut! Star Wars?
LupineFreon 7 months ago
@LupineFreon the band sucks
randaloko 1 month ago
It would have been great if the aliens had the Luke and the princess fakes run out of the spacecraft with Darth Vader and the storm troopers giving chase.
MadeByEduNotLaziness 8 months ago
How naive and overly trusting people were in the 80's...no Walmart in every town for a quick gun stop just in case. What no black and brown Aliens either. My red flag would already be up and my arsenal packin.
theslabbxxx 8 months ago
For those that say the Nazi theme is heavy-handed. There are acts of genocide being committed all over the world right now & our silence makes us complicit. Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it & I have no doubt the same thing would happen if aliens landed on our planet.
melfaery 1 year ago
Maybe the Visitors (on their way to Earth)went past The Millenium Falcon,The Jupiter 2(t.v.)The Discovery,The 2nd Death Star(before the heros blew IT UP!)Luke's XWING,Captain Kirk's Starship Enterprise and Major Tom's Space Capsule!
1worriedman 1 year ago
I did really like V, but the parallels made between the visitors and the Nazis are a bit too obvious and seems forced. The show should have eased into that notion a little more subtley.
pitcalco 1 year ago
@pitcalco yeah the nazi thing is wayobvious but the studios pay writers employed by them to keep writing the same story in a different format but the moral of the tale is always the same ,using independent writers and we would have awesome shows(we still do but not as many imo)if the visitors where on a mission of peace whu not bring civilians along,the fact that its all military is suspisious,its like sayin,give us humanitarian aid or its war boys lol but a great show nonetheless
reksub10 1 year ago
@reksub10 Yeah, its funny. Watching again so many years later, I kept imagining how the show could have been much better if a whole bunch of small changes were made. This is especially true of the series.
pitcalco 1 year ago
I keep hoping that Scott Wolf's character on V eventually becomes as interesting as Christine Walsh's was in the original.
Stigmatainmypants 1 year ago
what's with the star wars theme? is that song a top hit in the galacic radio waves? fucking stupid
cravintruth 1 year ago
@cravintruth I think you're right. It doesn't really make any sense. It never really meshed well at all. I agree that the star wars theme do not belong in this series--no disrespect. Star Wars theme should stick with Star Wars and The Original V Theme should stick with V.
littledebbie187 1 year ago
@littledebbie187 The band are meant to be a high school brass band...hence the yellow school buses in the background, and the presence of a school girl Robin Maxwell at the event. Playing the Star Wars was wholely appriopiate, if aliens had arrived in 1983 THAT is exactly the type of music a school band would play for visitng aliens!
LaserBadler 10 months ago
@LaserBadler Now that's one good reason, and I'm sorry, I did not realize it. From what you just said has made so much sense. Thank you for clarifying that with me. I was younger and never understood that. So, again, you're right.
littledebbie187 10 months ago
The visitors must get their shuttles made at the same place as Doctor Who's Tardis.
Apophisguard 1 year ago
@Apophisguard they could be timelord spies prenting to b v's
gallafey 1 year ago
@gallafey Yeah :)
Apophisguard 1 year ago
The band is the reason they decided to steal our water and eat us! Up until that point, they really HAD come in peace. : )
BloodOfRayne 1 year ago
The band sucks...but you should've heard the opposing high school play the "Thriller" by Michael Jackson at one of our football games...*shivers* uhg, never again...
lol, I like the black guy's reason not to like the V's...THEY'RE AFTER OUR JOBS!!!! :O
*NOTE: I do NOT say "black" in a racist way, in fact I find "African American" more racist, since not all blacks are from Africa. (Jamaca, Hati, ect.)
Mkayla50 1 year ago
@Mkayla50 those blacks are all from africa too silly. They were brought in as slaves to work there too. read a history book on occasion
gogogodancer 1 year ago
Yud think theyd have an army! LOL
MercuryRis 1 year ago
Star WARS?
sociallooter 1 year ago
panty moist at 2:17
applemac555 1 year ago
Diana (Jane Badler) was really hot back then! I hear she still is today
Mikez4 1 year ago
Wow, you're a real sociologist, aren't ya?
beautydaddy 1 year ago
@beautydaddy Wow, you're a real troll, aren't ya?
GodHatesYouPeople 1 year ago
@GodHatesYouPeople WOW, you're a real waste o' flesh, aren't ya?
beautydaddy 1 year ago
wonder how much and to whom nbc had to pay to use the star wars opening theme?was it lucas or williams?
TheReboot70 1 year ago
@TheReboot70
idk...did you know the makers of the "Droid" phone had to pay Lucas to use the name "Droid" since it's his creation? (He has a copyright)
Mkayla50 1 year ago
I hope the Vs are like the red-shirts in the origional Star Trek Series they "fall over" lest and right.
JoSoProductions 1 year ago
@JoSoProductions
lol, red shirt: useless.
Mkayla50 1 year ago
lol ha ha there playing the star wars theme
brownside956 2 years ago 2
ojala lo vuelavan a repetir eran muy buenos
AYSHAify 2 years ago
They play the Star Wars theme song. How corny.
alextubeta19 2 years ago
I liked the red jumpsuits and the echo voice.
Youttubi 2 years ago
Haha I always knew Kanye was an alien
3KS26 2 years ago
Ahh, the good ol days before copyright law and royalties turned us into the litigious society we have become!
Speaking of which, countdown to Youtube purging and banning accounts playing this show begins!
MrChunkB 2 years ago
I think the intent, even in 1983 was to have it be cheesy that humans would greet aliens with the theme from Star Wars. Especially greeting aliens that seem more like from our near future then aliens thousands of years more advanced. Just because it seems like something people would do in real life. I say this b/c back in the 80s I remember thinking how goofy it was to have the Star Wars theme, so I figured it was the purposeful intent to make it a cheesy thing to do.
gothatway09 2 years ago
loved the starwars theme.
diablitoo86 2 years ago
A marching band... to welcome the Visitors... talk about cheesy...
kljMN2 2 years ago 2
It DID have a nazi theme to it referencing how the nazis conquored poland etc. and the old Jewish guy was a concentration camp survivor.
NETWORK23STUDIOS 2 years ago
oh my god! it's the imperial march!
ProfSnapesWife 2 years ago
uh its the main theme to star wars, not the imperial march
NETWORK23STUDIOS 2 years ago 2
This has been flagged as spam show
IMPERIAL GANGSTERS
ALMIGHTYIGZ 2 years ago
oops my bad sorry
ProfSnapesWife 2 years ago
imperial gangsters
ALMIGHTYIGZ 2 years ago 2
who are imperial gangsters?
ProfSnapesWife 2 years ago
i'm a imperial gangsta
ALMIGHTYIGZ 2 years ago
ooohhhh-kayyyyyy
ProfSnapesWife 2 years ago
I think maybe Darth Vader's Theme would be more appropriate for this situation!
XD
lonelysith66 2 years ago 6
And Martin is introduced for the first time...unlike other Visitors, he's not wearing a smile.
dharmaseed 2 years ago
never picked up on that, good call!
eisenkreuzmusik 2 years ago
The black characters were intregal to the plot. The working class dad with the 2 sons, one a physician one a criminal. I thought the only stereo type was Elias until his brother was killed. it was a great show.
dlr1241 2 years ago
The size and the ship and the amount of people that came out of it do not add up. C'mon , you think we can't count? LOL>>>>
Farsadelcatolicismo 2 years ago
boy, they welcome visitors with a marching band ! I never see that happen to visitors from Mexico !
karlito5757 2 years ago
Maybe the aliens decided on a change of plan after hearing the band play.
winter14282 2 years ago 22
love the swaztika reference on its ensignia. Or logo on the ship.
nyran125 2 years ago 4
This has been flagged as spam show
there is a website where you can download the alphabet and fonts
NETWORK23STUDIOS 2 years ago
all the black characters on this show are so ridiculous....
"good luck, yo"
pinholedstars 2 years ago
it was the 80s...still dragging the stupid stereotypes from the 60s and 70s...that is whack !
karlito5757 2 years ago
I hope the lizard people had earplugs during these scenes. Geez, that marching band sucks.
Where are you, the guy from Postal? ^^
Amalekites 2 years ago
Lucas probably insisted the band play horribly, a cheap plug for Star Wars and he probably got paid. Heck I probably owe Lucus a few bucks for mentioning his name lol
hooligan78twat 2 years ago
thats almost as bad as the playing of the rocky theme by the marching band in Rocky 3..
JediMar1970 2 years ago
God, this is why I hate marching band music. Even something as brilliant as John Williams is easily mangled.
Dozirulf 2 years ago 2
Actually the visitors were going to come in peace....than the marching band set them off.
olivemike81 2 years ago 3
you meet aliens and you play the Star Wars theme WTF?!
Abridgedfan134 2 years ago
Thats what I thought LOL
NETWORK23STUDIOS 2 years ago
2:28 - LMAO!
xtronicx 2 years ago
Big LoL at the starwars theme!
Aelkamal 2 years ago 2
For an early-eighties mini series, this had awesomely good special FX.
celebrityscience 2 years ago 3
Wat? !!
"we had to fight you irish for a job, then was the mexicans now its these guys, and they're not even from this planet. " OMG!
wh2hashitaka 2 years ago
Man I hated this scene as a kid because of the horrible high school band. I wish John Williams was there so he could yell at them.
Adrianrulz 2 years ago 2
They should have played the theme from Empire Strikes Back.
olivemike81 2 years ago 4
Yeah that would have been a more appropriate selection but alas it would have sounded just as bad. lol.
Adrianrulz 2 years ago
0:55
champion63225 3 years ago
Back in teenage I thought Lydia was hotter, look at Diana... woah... and that was only 1983 Oo
BurialBunny 3 years ago
not to mention their logo looks just like the swastika
FaShoFaSho1212 3 years ago
The 'Star Wars' theme is played as it's the most popular sci-fi theme of the time... It's being played in the show as a sort of welcoming of beings in which earthlings had no idea existed and as a celebration of their "gift" exchange and "hospitable alliance."
jayhouser 3 years ago
This band is so fucking bad..could be misunderstood as a delcaration of war!!:P:P
JadenMalik 3 years ago 25
Haha! So funny.
jayhouser 3 years ago
ROTFL!!!
mrovantes 3 years ago
Yeah! The visitors can eat the band for all I care :p
Skylinesandsunsets 3 years ago
The band was MEANT to be a joke. Perhaps you and your family are too busy stealing towels and sun beds to notice HUMOUR and IRONY. Perhaps you don't understand these concepts . You've already raped the Brits of our currency. You have no right to comment on American Television programs, until your little country can produce ANYTHING worth watching and subsequently worth the same scrutiny
that you place the rest of the world under. You Nazis criticize without offering ANYTHING. Fucking Krauts.
terrapinist 3 years ago
@JadenMalik
LOL but as a huge star wars fan, when I first saw this and heard the theme it made this mini series more believable because they were referencing a movie within a movie. It was great back then and so are the memories.!!
gplus46 1 year ago 2
@JadenMalik The band are meant to be a high school brass band...hence the yellow school buses in the background, and the presence of a school girl Robin Maxwell at the event. Playing the Star Wars was wholely appriopiate, if aliens had arrived in 1983 THAT is exactly the type of music a school band would play for visitng aliens!
LaserBadler 10 months ago
@LaserBadler What? They wouldn't play Jurassic Park?
MadeByEduNotLaziness 8 months ago
they are from sirius. ha. very strange. read about the freemason board. checkerboard floor. sun moon and "sirius" freemason symbol . siruis stands for the "eye in the sky" the all seeing eye. new world order. this is real people. wake up!
michaelcccc 3 years ago 3
Right ON.
They have been among us before Christ.
George Bush Jr has BIG PLANS FOR THE USA in alliance with the ETs. The NWO wants to exterminate 80 0/0 of Earths Population.
catlady4justice 3 years ago
Wow, I totally see what you are saying... OBAMA and the american media are very frightening and are the perfect analogy... The public (you) are told to accept Obama without question. And you do. The media (Christine Johnson) fill you full of lies and people like you believe it! Hilary Clinton (Diana) is your new secretary of State. Nancy Pelosi is Pamela. Obama is "John" and that little sleazebag from Illinois, "Bloggo" is Steven. Christ, The Visitors modeled themselves on Democrats!!!
terrapinist 3 years ago
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catlady4justice 3 years ago
Uh, excuse me Miss Catlady. What the Hell are you talking about? This makes no sense whatsoever. Can you explain? Who are "they" as in "Their New World Order"? Is Condoleezza Rice "ARYAN" or are you being racist.
Hmm, I am getting the idea that you are not disabled, are claiming benefit illegally and were fired from your job as a union carpenter because you are insane and were a threat to those around you. Uh, just keep stroking your cats love... probably safer that way for all of us!
terrapinist 3 years ago
terrapinist,
Wake Up & smell the coffee !!
catlady4justice 3 years ago 2
It does seem to foreshadow events to come, doesnt it?
swordofisis 3 years ago
LOL, thats hilarious.
TWheels94 2 years ago 3
reminds me of the Nazi entry into the Sudetenland
eisenkreuzmusik 3 years ago
is robert englund in this ep
thenightmarecafe 3 years ago
2:38, ha! its the boss from Herman's Head!
eisenkreuzmusik 3 years ago
Mike...How many of them are there?
AKN74 3 years ago
So nice of them to take out our garbage for us!
tomk1974 3 years ago
I love the scene of school band playing the Star Wars march!
cmsahe 3 years ago
The school band sucked!
sirdcac 3 years ago 3
our future...
droly 3 years ago
jerryaltman (5 months ago)
In this Sci-Fi fantasy the comunists (REDs) took the world!
***********
They're more nazi than communists. Even look at their insigna, it's quite obvious.
maxulic 4 years ago 3
haha the theme to starwarse made me laugh terribly
tiorojo 4 years ago 4
in chapter nine, diana is DIVINE.
rongravy 4 years ago
'first we had to fight you honkies for these jobs...' lol
Gugguggug 4 years ago 2
i've always loved how they play the star wars theme. fucking hilarious
tessieinc 4 years ago 3
HAHAHAHAHAHA! I can't believe it! it's been such a long time that this is more suprising then I thought it would be!
Spock!
dinokaiser 4 years ago 2
TODAY WE KNOW THAT HUMANITY DON'T NEED EVIL ETs INVASORS TO DESTROY EARTH. HUMANITY DESTROYS BY THEMSELVES.
jerryaltman 4 years ago 4
REAL TALK, SON
freakyfadge 4 years ago
In this Sci-Fi fantasy the comunists (REDs) took the world!
jerryaltman 4 years ago
lmao @ the black guy! Cross reference this movie with the G.I. Joe movie (youtube), david icke material (youtube), and Sitichin's material, and tell me if it's all coincedental....
NubianCipher 4 years ago
Its all in your god damn head
dark320 4 years ago
They look real snappy in those uniforms!...what a classic line. lol.
mooneepondskid 4 years ago
Man...You truly had to live as a child in the 80's and seeing "V" for the very first time. To me, it was like discovering "Star Wars" and "Alien" all over again.
Grooveraider 4 years ago 2
That's a big AMEN! LOL
MissyKwan 4 years ago
then let me throw a WERD on top of that!!!
surprised Lucas let them use the song even.
rongravy 4 years ago 2
That was a pretty horrible playing of the starwars theme
kenosis1 4 years ago
I think it was an intentional "dig" LOL
nortofacto 4 years ago
lol ya more super cheese :D
InfiniteExistance 4 years ago
lol Starwars theme...i didnt remember that!!!I'm so happy to see V again....
coubette 4 years ago
it was an inside job do your research. and act like an adult.
mew1157 4 years ago
If only the US gave the real immigrants, who really come in peace and to help the economy, that kind of welcome and opportunity.
karlito5757 4 years ago
If you're serious about wanting "V" to return, google writer/director Kenneth Johnson's website & pre-order the novel for "V - The Second Generation" - if there is enough interest in the novel it will give the potential financial backers enough faith in the project to have it produced for television!!!
nortofacto 4 years ago
people that believe 911 was an inside job = fucking retards that need to die for the sake of the species.
mrstcloud 4 years ago
I have always wondered about the band also. I used to be a band director so I noticed it right away but it is pretty obvious to anyone that it is not very good!
bdrman 4 years ago
9/11 was an inside job, dont believe em when they stage another attack to justify war with iran
NickSpinner 4 years ago
Got nothing else to do all day sunshine? Play on the PC all day? Go move in with the sand niggers or get a life pal.
terrapinist 3 years ago
terrapinist,
Wow, what a Nasty Attitude you have, do you ever say anything NICE about anyone??
You, might notice that it takes 2x as much Spiritual Energy to be an Asshole than it does to be a NICE PERSON.
OMG !! You must be exhausted, You Poor Thing.
They do make Chill Pill did you know that??
Im sending Positive Energy your way...
Wage Peace
catlady4justice 3 years ago
it takes 48 muscles to frown,
it only takes Half a dozen to reach out and punch someone.
Daisycutt3r 2 years ago
Thanks DaisyCutt3r this is Awesome Responce.
Mind if I use your material??
Wage Peace !!
catlady4justice 2 years ago
lol sure its not mine, not sure where i heard it.stand up prolly.
Daisycutt3r 2 years ago
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coboltoe 2 years ago
Wonder if the school band playing the Star Wars March intentionally butchered it, or they were really that bad...
LordBicen 4 years ago
Chan! que buena serie!! Peter Nelson esta hermoso! ni hablar de Jane Badler!!! Picture of a beauty queen!!
Lennycba74 5 years ago