tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055371926273104448.post5878962272832118287..comments2024-03-08T17:11:54.696-08:00Comments on THE INVADERS: Episode 17: The Condemned - 5/9/67Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594017640571724035noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055371926273104448.post-20379561481905246812024-03-08T17:11:54.696-08:002024-03-08T17:11:54.696-08:00It’s quite ironic really that this episode should ...It’s quite ironic really that this episode should feature two detectives by the names of Regan and Carter. Somehow, reminds me of two cops from a certain British police drama series from the seventies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055371926273104448.post-28098147110401161562019-09-10T22:08:53.579-07:002019-09-10T22:08:53.579-07:00The "Quincy ME" episode as it featured J...The "Quincy ME" episode as it featured John S Ragin amd Garry Walberg who would appear in the TV series Quincy as Dr Astin and Lt. Monahan respectively. Zlotyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237013382211440871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055371926273104448.post-67373580794027557872017-10-28T09:09:29.424-07:002017-10-28T09:09:29.424-07:00I recall this episode as a kid, and Ralph Bellamy ...I recall this episode as a kid, and Ralph Bellamy dying at the end was a real shocker. He was a pretty big name still, from his movie days, so we just naturally expected he'd live. But that was one of the great things about The Invaders -- it went so against type by having major characters, even "heroes" getting killed. Heightened the feeling that NO ONE was really "safe". Also, David Vincent wasn't really "winning a battle every week" in his war against them. Sometimes the only victory he could claim was saving the life someone previously a stranger to him -- and often at the price of having to surrender some important piece of evidence. Vincent's basic "humanity" definitely was a handicap in his battle -- a weakness the aliens knew they could exploit. I can't speak to today's TV (since I watch so little of it), but back in the Sixties many aspects of this show went so against what audiences were used to, that it was quite a dark and rather pessimistic show. My folks watched it, but I don't think they really liked it. Yet it was The Invaders being so different in tone that was the appeal! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com