|  | Directors: Don Medford, George McCowan, Gerald Mayer, Jesse Hibbs, Lewis Allen
Actors: Roy Thinnes, R.G. Armstrong, Diana Muldaur, Arthur Franz, Kent Smith
Studio: Paramount
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Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 7
Running Time: 1320 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1
MPN: 138744
UPC: 097361387444
EAN: 0097361387444
ASIN: B001HUHBB8
Release Date: January 27, 2009
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 A Cryin Shame February 23, 2009
Brad Lloyd (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I still say this show was nowhere near as good as the Fugitive, but I really enjoyed watching it.
David Vincent could be surrounded by 10 armed Invaders and still get out of a jam. Had some really great episodes and some really bad ones !
"The Summit" 2 parter, Valley of The Shadow and "The Prophet", were silly and "The Spores" was a very good episode along with "The Organization"!
It was good to see Barry Atwater again !!
It is a shame they never had closure on this show though !!
 THE INVADERS - SECOND SEASON February 20, 2009
Keith Mirenberg (www.spaceanimations.org)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As in the case of the first season I rate this excellent second season DVD box set four stars for being an outstanding video transfer. I am enjoying viewing these DVD's on a modern large screen HDTV played by an upward compatible DVD player. This is a much better viewing experience than watching THE INVADERS on an old B&W set in the late 60's. The picture is crisp, the colors are vibrant and the sound is excellent.
I was an addict of the THE INVADERS TV series during my third year of engineering school and felt that STAR-TREK was just another of the popular TV fads with the college crowd. Consequently, I was loyal to THE INVADERS during its first season and almost never watched STAR-TREK which was in a competing time slot. During that first season, however, I found that the story was always going places but never really getting anywhere. Week after week we saw similar plots and after a while it started to become a bore because nobody ever believes David Vincent!.
This convinced me to abandon the series during the second season of THE INVADERS and become a STAR-TREK viewer. I am now enjoying the second season of THE INVADERS and am happy to see that the plot is permitting people to believe David Vincent! Individuals from local law enforcement, Air Force Intelligence, the US State Department and even the old Soviet Union are starting to believe THE INVADERS are here, opening up the season for much greater possibilities than the first. This new DVD box set is enabling me to see the second season of this grand old 60's TV series for the first time while watching it in beautiful color, good video and sound fidelity.
They are here! February 18, 2009
R. Shadoe (San Jose, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Season 2 of The Invaders and the bulk of the programming on DVD. The Invaders is simply the best clandestine alien invasion and conspiracy series ever. The plots and visuals hold up after all the decades. In season 2 Vincent gains allies and some hope, only to have them threatened.
A Nice Job February 18, 2009
Gary P. Cohen (Staten Island, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the many great and memorable series I grew up with in the 1950s and '60s. When I think of how many of the classic action and sci fi series I watched and loved during this period, it is mind-boggling.
CBS/Paramount has actually done a pretty good job on this set which, like season 1, includes Roy Thinnes introductions for each episode and an in-depth interview.
Now for my main complaint: I cannot understand how CBS/Paramount can do such great jobs on some shows and such poor jobs on others. I know they can use the excuse that with some series like The Fugitive, The Untouchables and Hawaii 5-0, almost all of the cast members are deceased. However, there have got to be some people still around to contribute to a retrospective on these series. (We know James MacArthur of 5-0 is still around.) However, what is the excuse with Mission:Impossible? The entire cast, with the exception of Greg Morris, are still alive. How can there not have been several retrospectives on this all-time classic? CBS/Paramount added much material to the 1st. seasons of Wild, Wild West and Mannix (Robt.Conrad and Mike Connors intros, interviews, etc.) From the second season on, nothing.
As stated, they have done a very good job with The Invaders. But no extras on The Fugitive, Mission, the 2nd-4th seasons Of Wild Wild West, 5-0 etc. is disgraceful.
Finally with the release of such QM series as the Invaders, Fugitive, etc., when will they release one of my all-time favorite QM series, 12 O'Clock High?
The Father of the X-Files returns for its' last kick at the Saucer! February 17, 2009
Robert Badgley (London,Ontario,Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Season two of "The Invaders" has finally touched down at Amazon.It's with a heavy heart that one realizes that this was it,the curtain was ringing down on such a good show.
The years of 1965 and 1966 had seen a peak of interest in UFOs as they were in newspaper headlines around the world(remember Allen Hynek's famous"swamp gas" explanation?).So while the subject matter The Invaders dealt with was a "hot" topic,the demographics of the folks who had the most say when it came to its'ratings(30 yrs.and up),didn't exactly warm to its'content at all.And so its' demise was rather swift but not unexpected given the times.
For those of us who "got it" though, this was a series to savour all the way through.A main component of this show was the paranoia factor;one man believing in and fighting against a terrible enemy,that no one else would believe in.The only other show I can compare it to in that era was "The Fugitive' with David Jansen;an innocent man accused of something he didn't do,trying to clear his name and constantly on the run from the authorities.In The Invaders though the paranoia factor goes up a notch because it is alien invaders set to conquer the world and only he knows it and no one will believe him.
That was the case in Season One especially.In Season Two the paranoia factor lessens considerably.He finally gains allies now,either through his own work or meeting others that have also stumbled onto the alien menace.In fact he forms a cadre of believers with an industrialist Edgar Scoville,played by Kent Smith.Vincent now has friends and resources to help convince the authorities that the threat is imminent and real.And in Season Two this is just what he does.It's a slant on the theme of The Invaders that I could have seen developing naturally over two or three more seasons but it is possible that the staff of the show saw the writing on the wall very early and decided to give it everything they had for the remaining season.
Whatever the case,season two is still very entertaining and has much to recommend it.Along with the newer story line came alot more guest stars this season than last.The production values of the show remained top notch as was the acting.
Technically even though this series has not been remastered for DVD,season two is definitely of higher video quality than season one(see my review on season one for specifics).There is graininess present here(as in season one)and there are a couple of eps here with signs and book titles in a rack smudged out electronically.Other than that it isn't too bad over all.The DVD set is seven discs long this time and comes with the nice episodic commentaries by Mr.Thinnes that we've come to expect and a commentary on one ep by Alan Armer.There is also an approximately 40 minute interview with Roy Thinnes(which I look forward to seeing right after I finish this review!).Finally,a really nice and classy touch to this set is Mr.Thinnes' intro for the last ep"Inquisition".On top of his set up,he personally thanks the fans for their support over the last 40 years.
In conclusion I would recommend this set to all of those interested in good Sci-Fi on TV.The Invaders was one of my top five favourite shows during the 1960s.I was so glad to see it come to video but have been disappointed in the series not being remastered,especially evident in season one.But the show is consistently good throughout and while season two loses a good deal of its' original paranoic "flavour",it still keeps you on the edge of your seat.
And while Mr.Thinnes will never read this,I just wanted to say to him,thank YOU, for doing such a wonderful job during the series run and giving me and all the fans of that wonderful show some fabulous entertainment memories that we'll never forget.
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