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 The end of a mission.... December 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am so looking forward to the release of season two of The Invaders on R2 soon.... US tv at it's very best, and a wonderful example of the finest skills, and amazing creative ability that can be achieved by mere humans.... 40 years on, and I still find it so enjoyable and rewarding to watch, even though I have been recording it on video for years, to be able to own the Invaders (complete) in perfect dvd, will be the end of a mission for me.... All around us the rat race comes ever closer, and the world seems to have lost direction, but being able to collect the things which we value so much, gives us all a chance to preserve them, and to re-visit them knowing that they will never change, a refuge maybe, but at least something we have control over.... The Invaders to me was a very intelligent series, cleverly written, directed, filmed, (35mm) acted and produded, it could also be quite sinister, as with the aliens taking human form you couldn't trust anyone.... Some of the settings looked a little frightening, and I for one wouldn't venture into that power plant in the opening episode, so your on your own!.... Great series, Roy Thinnes did a wonderful job, I believed him anyway!.... One concern I have though, Roy Thinnes has hardly been seen since he made the Invaders, any thoughts?.... The Invaders!!.... a great piece of American tv, great price, thanks Amazon, buy and enjoy.
 THE INVADERS #2: The Believers come out! December 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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).
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"
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