Daily Archives: January 9, 2012
Biff Bam Pop! Guest Blogger: Glenn Walker On V – Visitors, Old and New
I don’t know where you were (or if you were even born yet) on Sunday night, May 1st, 1983, but I was planted in front of the family TV set with my eyes glued to the premiere of V.
For weeks previously the NBC channel and other media had been saturated with previews of the mini-series, and print campaigns declaring that “The Visitors Are Our Friends.” In 1983, this was a novel idea, rather than an alien invasion, these aliens wanted to be our friends, they wanted to help us. Even then, we could always use a little positivity – this was not only an interesting twist on an old idea, it was a good thing.
