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The Invaders (1967 - 1968)
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Randy
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:27 pm    Post subject: The Invaders (1967 - 1968) Reply with quote



The Invaders ...
Alien beings from a dying planet ...
Their destination ... The Earth
Their purpose ... To make it their world.
David Vincent has seen them ...
For him ... It began one lost night on a lonely country road ...
Looking for a shortcut that he never found ...
It began with a closed deserted diner ...
And a man too long without sleep to continue his journey ...
It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy ...
Now ... David Vincent knows that the invaders are here ...
That they have taken human form ...
Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world ...
That the nightmare has already begun!
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got the box set for this series.

Fun to watch, almost like seeing a brand new show for me since I was not following TI when it was first broadcast. So its all fresh viewing to me.

I know, it was totally unrealistic that the aliens with their advanced tech could not eliminate David Vincent.

Beyond that though its a nifty sf show. It was reported by one of producer Quinn Martin's secretaries as the series that received more fan mail than any of his other shows. Including his terrific Fugitive series.

Always loved the design for the alien spaceships.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After the first few episodes the only thing I hung around for was in hopes of seeing another alien die in that characteristic (and evidence-eliminating) red glow.

Hey, in those days we were hard up for special effects.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I certainly love the area of Special/Visual FX.
Have many books on the subject, watched docus on 'em.

We are now in an age of FX where they can do absolutely anything on screen.

But we are now faced with the problem of writers relying on overwhelming FX to dazzle us & take the place of strong scripting, directing, acting.

Whereas back in the days of shows like TI they were unable to fall back on FX all the time. It motivated the writing to be better regarding plot as well as character development.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Couldn't agree more.

Bulldogtrekker and I both bought the DVDs of Science Fiction Theater, and we've been meeting on Facebook to watch episodes "together" by starting them when one of us types "go" after we pause the DVDs at the beginning of an episode.

Throughout the episodes we discuss what the story is about and what developments we find interesting. That show didn't have the money or the technical ability to do impressive FX, so it relied completely on great ideas, presented well.

That, to me, is what science fiction is all about. If a story doesn't give me something interesting to think about, it just wasted my time.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pow wrote:
I know, it was totally unrealistic that the aliens with their advanced tech could not eliminate David Vincent.

That was actually explained in one episode. The Invaders said that they couldn't outright kill Vincent, because he had become too well known to public.

David.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Krel wrote:
The Invaders said that they couldn't outright kill Vincent, because he had become too well known to public.

They hadn't developed any talent like the CIA.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Apparently the aliens were very concerned about unfavorable publicity. Cool
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

To this day, I still look at people's hands for that telltale alien sign of their unusable pinky finger.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Randy wrote:
...their unusable pinky finger.

I figured if they couldn't overcome that glitch, we probably didn't have too much to be concerned about. Or was it maybe the aliens' idea of a secret handshake? Or it allowed them to put shorter handles on their handguns?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Krel wrote:
Pow wrote:
I know, it was totally unrealistic that the aliens with their advanced tech could not eliminate David Vincent.

That was actually explained in one episode. The Invaders said that they couldn't outright kill Vincent, because he had become too well known to public.

David.

I know that was the reasoning for not killing Vincent but I never thought it was a good one.
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PostPosted: Tue May 03, 2016 5:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bud and I are watching The Invaders , and we've been meeting on Facebook to watch episodes "together" by starting them when one of us types "go" after we pause the DVDs at the beginning of an episode.

We have seen 6 episodes so far and the episodes appear to be intelligent. Bud pointed out that it is much better than Land of the Giants.




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PostPosted: Tue May 03, 2016 5:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pow wrote:
Krel wrote:
Pow wrote:

I know, it was totally unrealistic that the aliens with their advanced tech could not eliminate David Vincent.

The Invaders said that they couldn't outright kill Vincent, because he had become too well known to public.

I know that was the reasoning for not killing Vincent but I never thought it was a good one.

What's even more amazing is that the aliens hadn't planned for such a contingency. "Hey, what if somebody gets wise to us and starts blabbing it around?"
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PostPosted: Tue May 03, 2016 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I love this show, and I can't believe I waited all these years to watch it. I never really gave it a real chance, so I didn't realize just how good it was.

But after watching the first seven episodes, I'm very impressed. It just doesn't seem to be making the mistakes that other shows from the era did.

Amazon offers a box set of seasons 1 and 2 for about $40. But the box sets of seasons 1 and 2 separately are under $15 each — which means I can get them both for about $30.

Weird, eh? Very Happy

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PostPosted: Wed May 04, 2016 3:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The CIA plans for events like Snowden and still got blindsided.
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