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''V'' is a science fiction franchise created by American writer, producer and director Kenneth Johnson about a genocidal invading alien race known as the "Visitors" – reptilian humanoids disguised as human beings – trying to take over Earth, and the human reaction to this, including the Resistance group attempting to stop them, while others collaborate with the aliens for power and personal wealth. It debuted in 1983 as the two-part television miniseries ''V'', written and directed by Johnson. It was followed in 1984 by a three-part miniseries, ''V: The Final Battle'', and a nineteen-episode weekly television series, ''V'' (sometimes referred to as ''V: The Series'') during the 1984-85 television season. ABC ran a remake known as ''V: The 2009 TV series'' which ran for two seasons for a total of 22 episodes between 2009 and 2011. A number of novels, comic books, video games and other media have been spun off from the franchise. Johnson's novel ''V: The Second Generation'', an alternative sequel to the first miniseries which disregards ''V: The Final Battle'' and ''V: The Series'', (because of his non-involvement with them) was released on February 5, 2008. Johnson claimed he was in negotiations for a TV adaptation of his sequel novel, but in October 2008, Warner Bros. Television announced they were producing a complete remake of ''V'' instead. This new ''V'' series ran for two truncated seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. In the original series the title refers to the "V for Victory" sign just like the two years earlier movie ''Escape to Victory'', which used a similar poster and red suits. In the 1983 ''V'' miniseries, a group of children are shown spray painting generic graffiti over the Visitors' propaganda posters, but are then shown how to spray the V over the posters by Abraham Bernstein, a Holocaust survivor, who explains the meaning of the sign to them as he defaces the first poster. In the 2009 reboot of the series, however, ''V'' is used within the show as an abbreviation for the Visitors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title="V" IS FOR VICTORY, NOT FOR VISITORS! )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.tvtyrant.com/2009/08/11/v-is-for-visitors-%E2%80%94-and-victory/ )〕〔 ''(Emphasis added)''〕 ==Television== The original miniseries debuted in the United States on NBC on May 1, 1983. Series creator Kenneth Johnson has said that the story was inspired by the 1935 novel ''It Can't Happen Here'' by Sinclair Lewis. Also, several scenes from the original TV pilot resemble the Bertolt Brecht play ''The Private Life of the Master Race''. Damon Knight's short story "To Serve Man" (previously adapted into an episode of ''The Twilight Zone'') had a similar theme of deceptively friendly aliens secretly cultivating humans for food. In a commentary track on the DVD release of the first miniseries, Johnson reveals that ''V'' was originally intended as a straightforward political thriller, charting the rise of a fascist movement in the United States. NBC was interested in a sci-fi hit, to capitalize on the success of films such as the ''Star Wars'' trilogy. The story remains a Nazi allegory, including the Swastika-like emblem used by the Visitors and their SS-like uniforms. There is a Visitor youth auxiliary with obvious similarities to the Hitler Youth and Visitor broadcasts mimic Nazi-era propaganda. The show's portrayal of human interaction with the Visitors bears a striking resemblance to stories from Occupied Europe during the Second World War with some citizens choosing collaboration and others choosing to join underground resistance movements. Where the Nazis primarily persecuted Jews, the Visitors were likewise depicted to persecute scientists, their families and anyone associating with them and distribute propaganda in an effort to hide their true identity. Some of the central characters in the initial series were from a Jewish family and the grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, frequently commented on the events of the past again unfolding. The Visitors declared martial law to control the scientists. Later, throughout the TV series, the Resistance Network's TV news bulletins report stories of erstwhile enemies uniting in common cause against the alien occupiers, such as black and white South Africans (the series was produced when South Africa was still under apartheid), and Israelis and Palestinians. In addition, direct figure analogies are used, such as the senior Visitor scientist, Diana, who is a direct analogue of Dr. Josef Mengele. The miniseries was successful enough to spawn a sequel, ''V: The Final Battle'', which was meant to conclude the story, and also a television series in 1984-1985 that continued it. Johnson left the franchise during production of ''The Final Battle''. The cancellation of the TV series in the spring of 1985 appeared to have caught its producers by surprise, as the season ends with a cliffhanger. The TV series' single season was released on Region 1 DVD in 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「V (franchise)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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