UFO: Invasion UFO endings comparison

The 1980s UFO compilation movie Invasion UFO exists in two versions. The first, rushed to cable and then later released on VHS, has a shorter ending. The second, which is available on the Umbrella DVD release, features an additional pair of scenes from Identified.

[@tsopmocful1958]

The cloud patterns on the Earth in the last scene look quite like a half shadowed skull and makes it an unsettling match to the monologue.

[@FandersonUfo]

Thank you for this comparison. I would say the first cable version ending was an extremely rushed and barely reviewed thing. I wonder if Gerry Anderson noticed the mess that got released and stepped in to clean it up.

[@yujinakamura3316]

Very interesting, thank you.

[@jeanettecarnell8933]

don't forget,this movie is a mishmash of episodes from the tv series.so it is abit chopy and confusing.still,it was the only versin I could get my hands on back then,having only seen the series as a child in the 70s.thankfully the TV series is now on dvd.I finaly got it.I highly recomend it.you can also see the full episodes here on youtube.but nothing beats owning it.

[@thebladezmanII]

I rather wonder why the music just fades in later on the DVD version. The version on UA-cam (from some really bad VHS version) has the second version but the music stays throughout the whole scene like the first one.

[@NewController01]

I never really could understand the ending to this

[@thebladezmanII]

Both are so abrupt and odd, but at least Straker's "long finger of tragic coincidence" comment at the end makes sense with the second version.