Invaders VHS

Well I like Scott Bakula. He's a good actor and did a good job in the film. The problem I had with this movie is it did not follow the storyline of the original television at all. This head shaking vibrating business when the aliens were trying to control humans was NOT in the original TV show and actually was kind of ridiculous. If the movie had followed the original storyline and had similar but updated special effects the movie could have been a home run. It was obvious the writer was trying to create something different and unigue but that is where he or she failed miserably. That is not what people wanted to see. The people who went to watch this movie went to see the old Invaders but with better special effects. What they got was a poorly written film and mediocre special effects.

THE INVADERS was one of my favorite t.v. shows when I was growing up; Roy Thinnes was superb as David Vincent, the man trying to tell the world that aliens were taking over the earth by inhabiting the bodies of humans. Twenty years after the series went off the air, THE INVADERS became a made for TV movie, and obviously a pilot for another series that didn't come to fruition. Hence, you're given a three hour movie that is not given commercial breaks; therefore, you have some tedious dialogue and redundant chases that ultimately bog the movie down. The special effects, what little they are, are below average, and the direction needed some Geritol.Scott Bakula as the new David Vincent tries hard but ultimately his actions seem foolish and he's never really convincing as the possessed human. Richard Thomas gets by in his role, but he never possesses the menace he should. Terrance Knox as Detective Coyle has a hard time showing the changes once he's been programmed. His cocking of the head left and right is supposed to show his implant; it's actually hilarious. Elizabeth Pena brings no life to her role as Bakula's reluctant assistant; needed an actress with more vitality and intensity. Pena always seems to underplay her roles to the point she looks bored. Thinnes himself makes a cameo appearance and seems as excited as a slug.THE INVADERS is not awful; it entertains, even at its lengthy three hours; it's ending is also very disappointing.

Would not play in the USA wrong region

I thought this was in English with German subtitles. Wrong.

This is a sci-fi thriller with a common 'plot' of an alien race slowly infiltrating the human race and taking over earth. Of course.The interesting thing is takeover 'symptoms' of these Aliens (smoggy and dirty air, flies swarm around them, they only eat steak & eggs), in my mind mirror what we see manifesting in our world now. Chem-trails sprayed throughout the worlds skies for weather control, sun blocking, and much more (aluminum, strontium, barium, and human blood cells... Morgellon's disease), GMO's and pesticides massively corrupting the food chain, killing masses of bee's , animals, and water sources... if we continue down this path, the earth will be inhabitable by the current human. HERE'S THE 'RUB'!...The Invaders have to have very dirty smog filled air, flies swarm everywhere they go, and want to change the atmosphere too.Did you see the Fringe series to the end? Same thing, techno advanced psychopathic 'reptilian' Aliens need dirty air, and are taking control of the earth.Anyways, I always like Scott Bakula, and it was a pleasant twist to have Roy Thinnes, reprise his role as David Vincent (also, starred as the hands-on-healer IRS Agent, X-Files).It is an enjoyable sci-fi mini-series.

Interesting movie, great price!

As a fan of the original show I found the premise of this remake to be interesting on the takeover of the earth. "Leave them to destroy the environment themselves". Corporate America must be full of implants! On another note getting these tapes new was very cool. Lastly I love Scott Bakula...I would watch him read the phonebook!

Original version is far better that this "pilot" version. Special effects in the Quinn Martin Production were so real... look at the way this version show the death of an alien. Did you see the UFO's here? And the main character has nothing to do compared to the famous David Vincent role. Forget it!

Diesen Film muß man NICHT gesehen haben.Als Sci-Fi-Fan mit über 50 kenne ich auch die original Serie. Für die damalige Zeit nicht schlecht, heute ein Klassiker. Über die Sinn- und Logikdefizite sieht man gerne hinweg und freut sich, das diese Geschichten, auf die wir seinerzeit immer hinfieberten und es kaum erwarten konnten, bis es wieder Dienstag, Mittwoch oder Samstag wurde, um eine neue Folge zu verschlingen, auf DVD endlich zu kaufen sind.Das, was hier geboten wird ist Trash, nein, Müll. Trash wäre vielleicht noch kultig, aber das hier?Die Geschichte wurde bereits beschrieben und andere äußerten sich zum Inhalt. Wieder glaubt niemand dem Protagonisten. Diesmal ist das Erkennungszeichen nicht der abgespreizte kleine Finger, sondern Fliegen (Insekten) und der Tod der Außerirdischen sieht nicht mehr aus wie Verglühen oder Verbrennen, die Leichen verschwinden einfach und zurück bleiben Unmengen von Fliegen.Die Story ist absolut hirnlos, schade, das Schauspieler wie Scott Bakula und Roy Thinnes sich hier verschwenden.Irgendwie wartete ich beim Zusehen auf Action oder wenigstens nette Effekte oder ...... Spannung. Das einzig spannende war - wann der M..t endlich zu Ende sein würde. Das ich den Film tatsächlich bis zum Schluß schaute, bezeichne ich mal als wissenschaftliche Neugier und das ist genauso an den Haaren herbeigezogen, wie der ganze Film.Im Ernst, als der Abspann lief fragte ich mich, warum ich nicht schon nach zwanzig Minuten ausschaltete. Die zwanzig Minuten hatte ich, gebe ich zu, auf eine Geschichte, eine Story gewartet, aber danach????Ich erstand den Film gebraucht für knappe 4 Euro - und das war schon zu teuer. Das Amazon dafür am heutigen Tag €94,99 aufruft ist der Hammer.Liebe Science-Fiction Fans, und noch mehr, liebe "Invasion von der Wega" Fans, erspart Euch diesen Unsinn. Es lohnt sich wirklich nicht.Invasion von der Wega, die deutschen Folgen, gibt es ja jetzt und hier auf DVD und bei Amazon.UK könnt Ihr alle Folgen, in englischen Original erstehen. Die machen Spaß und beleben das alte Fieber neu (wenigsten ein bisschen...). Und für obigen Preis bekommt Ihr alle Folgen, die deutschen einschließlich der englischen.LGOliver