Rent Earth Final Conflict: Series 1 (1998)
2.7 of 5 from 14 ratings
15h 12min
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- Synopsis:
- Many years ago they came, forever altering the future of humanity. In the early twenty-first century an alien species called the Taelons arrive on Earth, wishing to share knowledge and claiming to be companions of humanity. As world leaders welcome these aliens, they help with some of humanity's most important problems: war, famine, disease. All seems well and the Taelons ask nothing in return but our friendship. But some are suspicious of the Taelons, and form a resistance movement to learn the true intentions. They soon find out these 'companions' are not as innocent as they appear.
- Actors:
- Lisa Ryder, Blu Mankuma, Miranda Kwok, David Hemblen, Majel Barrett, James Purcell, Kevin Kilner, Leni Parker, Richard Chevolleau, Robert Leeshock, Lisa Howard, Von Flores, Shauna MacDonald
- Directors:
- Allan Eastman, David Warry-Smith, Stephen Williams, Jeff Woolnough, Ken Girotti, Milan Cheylov, David Wurry-Smith, Gordon Langevin, Tibor Tacaks, Joe Scanlan, Ross Clyde, Neil Fearnley
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Reviews (1) of Earth Final Conflict: Series 1
Some intelligent ideas make this worth watching. - Earth Final Conflict: Series 1 review by RunDeckardRun
I wasn't sure about Earth: Final Conflict at first, but having now watched the entire first series, I would definitely recommend it. This was originally created by the late Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, but it is definitely a different programme; his widow who was also a Star Trek actress, Majel Barrett, is executive producer and appears in several episodes but that's about all that superficially connects the two series.
Some of the SFX have dated a bit, but alot of the design elements hold up well, such as the alien Taelons themselves. A few episodes fall slightly flat, with a few too many unanswered plot aspects at times but, overall, there's some interesting ideas here. The lead actors are engaging: unlike Star Trek, characters do clash regularly and have duplicitous agendas which they have to conceal. This leads to some interesting moral dilemmas for the main character, played with conviction by Kevin Kilner, to deal with. Unfortunately, only series 1 seems to be available to rent and I would really like to see how the story develops in series 2.
In short, if you liked the original series of V then you'll probably like this.
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