Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-01-20 (Monday)

On Jan 21, 2025 at 8:29:15 PM PST, "Arthur Lipscomb"
<arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

V: The Final Battle (blu-ray) 1984 sequel miniseries which picks up with
The Beast Master still fighting aliens this time with help from a half
human half alien star child (Jenny Beck who was the lead in "Troll").
As everyone knows whenever a human has sex with an alien the resulting
child will of course have magical powers.  That's just science.  Also,
the aliens want to steal the water from Earth because water is an
unusually rare element that can't be found anywhere else. I know this is
true because they said it in the series. Apparently Kenneth Johnson, who
wrote and directed the first series, was contracted to write and direct
the second series but quit and had his name removed because the studio
was trying to make the second series on the cheap and didn't care about
script quality.  I can't imagine what changes the studio forced that he
didn't agree with.  Anyway, "Final Battle" has Michael Ironside joining
the series playing a tough guy.  I know it's hard to imagine Ironside
playing a tough guy, but you just have to suspend your disbelief.  Sarah
Douglas joins the fun to try and steal scenes from Jane Badler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4JBPhh9bA8
 
While the first series was a very serious thought provoking drama, the
second series devolves pretty much into nonsensical camp. But I love it
anyway!

I kept watching for Jane Badler, who was a smokeshow back then.