#michael durrell

[green-light-kid]

“My dear friend, a good magician never reveals his secrets!”

VOYAGERS! “Agents of Satan”

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[80smovies]

[scenesandscreens]

V (1983)

Director - Kenneth Johnson, Cinematography - John McPherson

"You always said it couldn't happen here... Then one day we woke up and we were living in a Fascist state."

[brokehorrorfan]

V: The Original Miniseries will be released on Blu-ray on August 27 via Warner Archive. It’s written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, who went on to create The Bionic Woman and The Incredible Hulk for TV.

The two-part science fiction miniseries premiered on NBC in 1983. It was successful enough to warrant a follow up, V: The Final Battle, in 1984 and a television series that ran in 1984-1985.

The series stars Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, Faye Grant, Peter Nelson, David Packer, Neva Patterson, Tommy Petersen, Marc Singer, Blair Tefkin, Michael Wright, and Robert Englund star.

V has been newly remastered in high definition with DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0. Although it initially aired in 4:3 full screen for television, Johnson has authorized a 16:9 widescreen presentation.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary with writer/director Kenneth Johnson

Behind-the-scenes documentary

Fifty spaceships, each three miles across, hover ominously above Earth’s major cities. The Visitors that emerge are humanlike in appearance and extend the hand of friendship. Our planet’s resources are just what these aliens need to survive. And for its future survival, unsuspecting humankind will need… a miracle! Kenneth Johnson's science-fiction spectacular V mixes dynamic special effects with cliffhanger thrills. As fascist rule enslaves the globe, freedom fighters battle to save our species. Marc Singer heads an epic-sized cast of human defenders and — behind sleek uniforms and benevolent behavior — reptilian invaders. For unparalleled extraterrestrial excitement, the invaders of V are unstoppable.

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V

[denver-carrington]

I recently ordered the complete box set of Hotel, another Spelling show that was sometimes referred to as “the Love Boat on land”. It arrived last week and I’ve watched the first three episodes. I’ve already spotted several Dynasty cast members and guest stars, so I thought I’d post screen caps of the ones I see. In the pilot episode there were three: Lloyd Bochner (Cecil Colby), Duncan Gamble (Boyd Curtis), and Michael Durrell, who was in a couple of episodes in Season 6 as Sgt. Landers, the cop who was in charge of finding Joel and Rita. Lloyd was the only one who was included in the opening credits, but he was only in one scene that only lasted about three minutes out of a two-hour pilot. I thought it was strange that he wasn’t used more.