Standing the test of time... A quarter century

[lordandrei]

In 1983 my grandparents remembered World War II although none of them had been directly touched by it. I suppose I was lucky not to have relatives that were in Germany or the surrounding countries at that time.

You may find it odd for me to be discussing WWII in conjunction with such a random year.

1983 was muchly a year like any other with highs

Comments

[happi_feet]

I was about six years old the first time I saw that movie. I have seen it again since then, and if the opportunity arose I wouldn't hesitate to watch it a third time. I'll never forget my six-year-old horror at the senseless ostracizing and subterfuge, or more importantly the gullibility and naivete of the humans. Remembering how stirring the movie was the first time was what made me seek it out a second time later in life.

Mark Hammil???

[ichae]

Actually, I thought Marc Singer was more of a Kevin Bacon knockoff... or was it the other way around?

Anyway, it's interesting how different people pick up different things from a movie. I never noticed the WWII analogy myself until you pointed it out. (And by way of comparison, we didn't defeat the Germans with germs... ;-) The whole UFO subculture at the time seemed to be big into the idea that reptilian aliens were the bad guys, and Sirius was a prime target for their origin. So in that respect, V was no different from say "Men in Black" in echoing a subset of popular culture at the time.

V

[sea_gaagii]

Are you saying you didn't like the whole series spinoff :-)

Btw: Sally Ride was the first 'American' woman in space, I think she was the third woman.

This will blow your mind - at work on Friday one of the people on my team celebrated his 25th Anniversary at MS! You should see the size of his service award!