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Stretching across seven discs, and bringing together the entirety of its second season, this DVD collection of Invaders brings a welcome opportunity to check out a supreme slice of television science fiction from the 1960s.
Considering that four decades have past since it was first shown, Invaders holds up really very well, too. At the heart of it is the marvelous Roy Thinnes and his character, David Vincent, who realises that aliens have invaded, and are disguising themselves as human beings. And while in the first series he was frequently up against those who simply didn’t believe him at all, here he does find some who do think he’s telling the truth. That provides a good platform for the series, and allows it to cleverly evolve.
And that’s just what Invaders does. Courtesy of some skilled writing, and a real feeling of making the most of what they’ve got, the production team serve up some at-times really quite sinister and edgy episodes, with real intelligence to them. It sustains this for the vast bulk of the 26 episodes you get here, too.
Invaders may not have the profile of many science fiction series of old, but it’s ripe for rediscovery on the DVD market, and it really is something of a treat. Whether you’re new to it or not, it’s very much worth giving it a spin. Before someone inevitably remakes it… --Jon Foster
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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
THE INVADERS #2: The Believers come out!,
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This review is from: Invaders Season 2 [DVD] (DVD)
You are about to witness the second and final season (1967-1968) of Quinn Martin's sci-fi series "The Invaders", produced by Alan Armer and whose new associate producer named David W. Rintells revises the series' original concept by introducing a team of experts called "The Believers", led by financier/industrialist Edgar Scoville (played by Kent Smith) who support the struggle of architect David Vincent (played by Roy Thinnes).
A new team of composers popsup under the direction of jazzman Duane Tatro who writes six scores. A fine writer named Laurence Heath (former "Mission: Impossible" writer and story consultant) puts to pen four scripts: the mind control intrigue "Condition: Red" (guest starring Jason Evers, Antoinette Bower and Mort Mills), the Soviet-oriented plot "The Captive" (guest starring Fritz Weaver and Dana Wynter), "Counterattack" (guest starring Anna Capri and Lin McCarthy) and perhaps' the season most challenging story "The Life Seekers" (guest starring Barry Morse and Diana Muldaur) in which David Vincent meets a couple of pacifist invaders willing to reform the politics of their society. Find a selection of shocking episodes dealing with mental cruel acts as "Valley of the Shadow" (an entire town is reprogrammed to forget the presence of the invaders, guest starring Nan Martin, Harry Townes and Joe Maross), "Dark Outpost" (in which four students are brainwashed to see one of them executed in different ways, guest starring William Sargent, Andrew Prine and Whit Bissell), "The Possessed" (in wich an alien conditions the brain of a scientist to kill at will as a Pavlov's dog, guest starring Michael Tolan, Michael Constantine and William Smithers), "The Pit" (in which the invaders fashion a dream machine to turn scientists into madmen inside a Research Center, guest starring Charles Aidman, Joanne Linville and Donald Harron) and "The Pursued" (the unofficial sequel to "The Mutation" in which a female invader is the victim of a failed experiment and cannot control her wild impulses, guest starring Suzanne Pleshette, Dana Elcar and Will Geer). Two episodes try to depict the true form of the invaders: "The Spores" (guest starring Gene Hackman) which makes a veiled reference to alien seed pods from Don Siegel's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and "The Enemy" (guest starring Richard Anderson). This season 2 set contains optional English subtitles (SDH) which is a good tool to read the dramatical narrations of the voice-over William Woodson. Find the list of the 26 episodes from this season: "Condition: Red" "The Saucer" "The Watchers" "Valley of the Shadow" "The Enemy" "The Trial" "The Spores" "Dark Outpost" "Summit Meeting, Part I" "Summit Meeting, Part II" "The Prophet" "Labyrinth" "The Captive" "The Believers" "The Ransom" "Task Force" "The Possessed" "Counter-Attack" "The Pit" "The Organization" "The Peacemaker" "The Vise" "The Miracle" "The Life Seekers" "The Pursued" "Inquisition"
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The nightmare has begun,
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This review is from: Invaders Season 2 [DVD] (DVD)
I watched this on a b/w tv as a child in the 60's and loved it. Now watching as an adult and in colour it is as good as I remembered. A bit dated in some respects and not the best of visual effects but better than most from the time. Good story-lines with all episodes worth viewing.
One minor niggle is why didn't they use THE INVADERS logo used in the titles on the box. It is so iconic and instantly recognisable. Great value 25 stories (26 episodes) on 7 discs. I would have given 5 stars but marked it down due to a complete lack of extras .
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
What happened to the extras ?,
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This review is from: Invaders Season 2 [DVD] (DVD)
Loved this series in the 60s - like many classics of that era, now criminally neglected by tv (200+ channels and no room for this or The Fugitive or The Prisoner or The Twilight Zone ?).
Anyway, so glad to have this but one small quibble - the US version apparently includes introductions to each episode by Roy Thinnes as well as new interviews with him. Why leave them off the UK release, which offers no extras at all ?
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