After more then fifty years I rewatched The Invaders, a show that had me at the edge of my seat when I was young. For that time it was just the bomb when you talked about sci-fi series. The series actually aged well, even though there are a lot of examples of how different cinema was back then, when people were certainly not as demanding as now. For example the fighting scenes that are a bit woody, the stuntmen that don't even look like the characters (in David Vincent's case it's just so obvious), but nobody really cared about that. The Invaders had a great soundtrack, all orchestral but very efficient to bring a suspenseful atmosphere to the show. Roy Thinnes is the star of the show. His nonchalance in any kind of dire situation is just a delight to watch. I enjoyed every single episode, back then but also now. I wish they would remake this show, just to see what they could do with our modern techniques. The intro of the show is something that you will never forget, after fifty years I still knew it by heart. The structure of the episodes are always the same but even then it's never boring, act 1,2,3 and 4 followed by an epilog. It all adds to the quality of this excellent sci-fi show from the late sixties. The only negative thing to me is that the show should have had more than two seasons. The ending wasn't that satisfying in my humble opinion.
Review of The Invaders
