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I find it totally astonishing that there's no reference to the opening scenes of the ships appearing over major cities on Earth being directly lifted from Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 novel Childhood's End. Andrew G. Doe ( talk) 07:18, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
I saw Kenneth Johnson speak once and he said the main inspiration for Julie Parrish's character was a female nurse who became a leader of the French resistance in WWII. I think it was Andrea DiJon based on basic searches, but I can't find any documentation besides my own memory. It seems like this would belong under the 'influences' section - Mr. Johnson seemed to regard this woman as his primary inspiration for the series. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jancola ( talk • contribs) 19:53, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
"Many of the movie's ideas are very similar to 1983's Strange Invaders including the names of the Alien antagonist Diana and human/alien hybrid character, Elizabeth. The story is resolved in very similar fashion as well."
I've added this to influences but it keeps getting removed.
Strange Invaders was a satire of 1950's drive-in movies similar in retro vain to V and has many of the same plot elements. The character names (and story) are too similar to be a coincidence. IMDB lists Strange Invaders as being released in September of 1983 whereas V first appeared in May of that year. This doesn't mean V was first as the production of Strange Invaders could have begun earlier which was typical of movie productions of that time (as well as holding off release dates).-- 75.6.146.226 ( talk) 01:43, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Without getting too caught up in the debate, I just read the article on the film Strange Invaders and the name of the Alien antagonist was NOT Diana. It was Margaret Newman. The actress that played Margaret Newman was named Diana Scarwid. So this argument doesnt seem to hold water. However, the human/alien hybrid character was named Elizabeth according to the article. But the depiction of the aliens and the story seems vastly different.
We cannot say that everything that came after the original 1983 mini-series is now decanonised purely because Kenneth Johnson didn't like it. Regardless of the fact that he has written a novel entitled V: The Second Generation in 2008 (that ignores V: The Final Battle and V: The Series), those productions have already been made and exist. At the very most, V: The Second Generation can only be seen as an alternative sequel to the original mini-series, not as the sole official sequel and Johnson is deluding himself if he thinks they can be ignored in their entirety. 79.66.35.113 ( talk) 08:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I wonder how the author feels about Strieber using the term "The Visitors". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.114.129.30 ( talk) 11:18, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
The plot synopsis looks correct, however, I distinctly remember that at the very end, they discovered that a secret and fatal weakness of the visitors was a chemical found in chilli powder. They dropped chilli powder from balloons. This represents the most blatant plot contrivance in the history of made for TV movies. I can't believe there is no mention of this. - 72.225.47.167 ( talk) 11:28, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Chili Powder???? In the Final Battle it was called "red dust", but I don't recall or find any reference to "chili powder" anywhere. Do you have a source for this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.190.5.126 ( talk) 00:52, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
besides a news anchor likening the Visitors' motherships to "Darth Vader's star destroyer", the main theme of Star Wars can also be heard being played by the marching band as the Visitors land at the chemical plant. I wonder if that is relevant enough to be mentioned. royalties would certainly have to have been payed for the tune to be included - Bell'Orso ( talk) 02:14, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
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I find it totally astonishing that there's no reference to the opening scenes of the ships appearing over major cities on Earth being directly lifted from Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 novel Childhood's End. Andrew G. Doe ( talk) 07:18, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
I saw Kenneth Johnson speak once and he said the main inspiration for Julie Parrish's character was a female nurse who became a leader of the French resistance in WWII. I think it was Andrea DiJon based on basic searches, but I can't find any documentation besides my own memory. It seems like this would belong under the 'influences' section - Mr. Johnson seemed to regard this woman as his primary inspiration for the series. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jancola ( talk • contribs) 19:53, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
"Many of the movie's ideas are very similar to 1983's Strange Invaders including the names of the Alien antagonist Diana and human/alien hybrid character, Elizabeth. The story is resolved in very similar fashion as well."
I've added this to influences but it keeps getting removed.
Strange Invaders was a satire of 1950's drive-in movies similar in retro vain to V and has many of the same plot elements. The character names (and story) are too similar to be a coincidence. IMDB lists Strange Invaders as being released in September of 1983 whereas V first appeared in May of that year. This doesn't mean V was first as the production of Strange Invaders could have begun earlier which was typical of movie productions of that time (as well as holding off release dates).-- 75.6.146.226 ( talk) 01:43, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Without getting too caught up in the debate, I just read the article on the film Strange Invaders and the name of the Alien antagonist was NOT Diana. It was Margaret Newman. The actress that played Margaret Newman was named Diana Scarwid. So this argument doesnt seem to hold water. However, the human/alien hybrid character was named Elizabeth according to the article. But the depiction of the aliens and the story seems vastly different.
We cannot say that everything that came after the original 1983 mini-series is now decanonised purely because Kenneth Johnson didn't like it. Regardless of the fact that he has written a novel entitled V: The Second Generation in 2008 (that ignores V: The Final Battle and V: The Series), those productions have already been made and exist. At the very most, V: The Second Generation can only be seen as an alternative sequel to the original mini-series, not as the sole official sequel and Johnson is deluding himself if he thinks they can be ignored in their entirety. 79.66.35.113 ( talk) 08:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I wonder how the author feels about Strieber using the term "The Visitors". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.114.129.30 ( talk) 11:18, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
The plot synopsis looks correct, however, I distinctly remember that at the very end, they discovered that a secret and fatal weakness of the visitors was a chemical found in chilli powder. They dropped chilli powder from balloons. This represents the most blatant plot contrivance in the history of made for TV movies. I can't believe there is no mention of this. - 72.225.47.167 ( talk) 11:28, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Chili Powder???? In the Final Battle it was called "red dust", but I don't recall or find any reference to "chili powder" anywhere. Do you have a source for this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.190.5.126 ( talk) 00:52, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
besides a news anchor likening the Visitors' motherships to "Darth Vader's star destroyer", the main theme of Star Wars can also be heard being played by the marching band as the Visitors land at the chemical plant. I wonder if that is relevant enough to be mentioned. royalties would certainly have to have been payed for the tune to be included - Bell'Orso ( talk) 02:14, 24 March 2024 (UTC)