Besides Faye Grant's mere presence, I'd have to say my favorite moment from "V: Final Battle" would be when Daniel is framed for Brian's kidnapping, we see him dragged into Steven's office after being beaten to a pulp, and then watch him pitifully scream & beg for mercy as he is dragged away to be send off as food. This moment is also rivaled by seeing Marc Singer's bitchy mom get shot in the back by Steven.
shareWhen Ham Tyler empties a whole bag of the red dust bacteria in Steven´s face.
"I was going to the worst place in the world, but I didn´t even know it"
Yeah, that was one of my favorites, too. If I remember right, as he does it, Tyler coldly says, "Say goodnight, sweetheart." Ironside's acting combined with the musical score at that moment plus the shot of Steven's dead body lying over the Visitor's symbol made it a very satisfying moment for me.
shareHam an donavan belting it out over the shipment.
shareYeah, and I think that Daniel is soiling his pants as he's being dragged away to his death and ending up in hell, certainly not in heaven with his grandfather. I think the way Caleb framed him though, seemed a little too simple from what he said. Must've been cut down for time. The book, which has Maggie making the call, is much better on that.
Some of my favorite moments:
1. Gary (the jolly visitor) looking around for a mouse to snack on and saying, "Mousie?"
2. Chris telling Mark to calm down in an argument he is having with Maggie and telling Maggie, "Better have a talk with your friend. He needs to grow up." Sort of like Judge Joe Brown there.
3. After Elias asks Mark if he's going to threaten Willie with his nightstick, Mark angrily approaches Elias and his dad steps in and says, "To get to him you gotta go through me!"
4. The whole debate about Robin wanting an abortion. I don't agree with Father Andrew, by the way. Can't stand religious types anyway.
5. Mike and Ham fighting over the toxin, which ends in a draw, but Ham agrees not to ship the toxin until they finish the vaccine.
6. Chris explaining the experimental explosives, and mentions that it is only stable between 60-72 degrees Farenheit. Guess it was that temperature right then. Also, Ham saying not to shake it like a martini.
Every Brian and Robin scene was my favorite. I liked them together.
shareWhen they are pinned down in the tunnel. Marc just took a mortal blast to the chest. Ham gives Marc the Uzi and sticks an extra clip in Marc's pocket. Cool moment. Ham and Marc never got along, but when it came down to it, they were on the same side and would cover each other's a$$es.
"I sell shower curtain rings. Best in the world." - Del Griffith
I have a few...
The speech that the elder Bernstein gives to his son about their survival during the Holocaust when the Maxwell's need a place to hide from the visitors, and the younger Bernstein objects to hiding them in his pool house.
The look on Robin's face, when she kills Brian with the toxin...ultimate revenge.
When the elder Bernstein walks up on some kids spray painting graffiti on the Visitor's "Friendship is universal" posters. He tells them, if they are going to deface property...to do it right. He then takes the young man's hand (which is still clutching the spray paint can) and sprays a "V" on the poster. He then says....." 'V', for victory...go tell your friends." classic.
"I have one speed, one gear...GO!""
Charlie Sheen
probably when ham tyler appeared on the scene. he was one of the best characters of the series and had some great one-liners.
shareThe elder Bernstein (Abraham) was dead by Final Battle but he was a good character. Leonardo Cimino did a good job playing a Holocaust survivor.
shareIt was like Ham had respect for Mark (correct spelling) in the end. He knew what he was going through with Maggie. We see that Ham might seem tough, but he had a soft side at times.
shareSame here. It almost felt like, despite starting off as an experiment ordered by Diana, that their relationship developed in a different way. Robin blamed Brian, almost wrongly, since both miniseries don't really show him having the proverbial beard being twirled and going "moohahahaha". I think he was stuck between having to follow orders and potentially becoming 5th column, or at least - as was said - he wanting to take Robin elsewhere so they could both live safely. Which wouldn't be possible since his living on Earth would be given away by his voice, and she - if she moved to his planet - would be a target of enough restaurants that any attempt at humor would quickly fail. It really was a tragedy, and Blair Tefkin sells Robin's internal struggle and anger over the situation extremely well when using the red dust. TFB is by no means perfect, but a number of set pieces really were well told.
I disagree with number 2.
There was little to nothing to indicate that Mark & Maggie had any serious relationship at all until after her bedroom scene with Daniel. If they did have a serious relationship, why is Chris inserting his jelly donut into their private argument? What was his angle? What does "growing up" have to do with allowing one's "girlfriend" to sleep around? It was completely unnatural.
The whole "relationship" idea was just dropped on us without any justification whatsoever. Like other here have said, bad writing and soap opera type nonsense.
Diana killing Pamela. After the way Pamela slandered Diana's capabilities behind her back to John I was dying for Diana to sort her out.
Diana was a bit trigger happy in the final one. She killed John and Father Andrews, too.
When Lorraine, the 5th column's second in command, unabashedly strips off her outer clothes while Donovan watches. She was a hottie for an alien!!
share*****SPOILERS, obviously*****
I felt sorry for Donovan and his mom. She was innocent. How she's killed off was probably explained more effectively in the novel, but on screen it works just as well that the Visitors seem impatient and losing their focus.
For TFB, I'd say my favorite bits are:
1. Julie ripping off John's mask (the setup is strewn with plot holes and logic thrown aside, but it is an epic moment once they get to it, with the 2 hours used effectively despite the conveniences (how can Earthlings be able to forge Visitor technology when the 5th Column constantly bleats they can't give out even uniforms since everything is meticulously counted for)
2. The thwarted escape, followed by the conversion of Julie -- it is downright creepy, Diana showing how manipulative she is.
3. using a dam's pipes with the matte of the mothership to show it sucking all the water out of the river (wow, and the effect still holds up today!)
4. Any scene with Diana, the Visitors had some great actors in their roles but Jane Badler constantly steals the show as Diana, her casting was inspired
5. Ruby's murder (it's very well acted and makes the audience truly despise Daniel)
6. Anything with Ham Tyler and his partner (two more examples of inspired casting)
7. The opening credits music sells the miniseries, even better than the 84-85 show's revamped credits (final 5 episodes with voiceover)
8. Brian wanting to take Robin away to live in hiding. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet but with a few great twists.
9. Any scene with Willie and Harmony
Brian wanting to take Robin away to live in hiding. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet but with a few great twists