When you're 60% through a show and it suddenly introduces far and away the best character in the penultimate episode like ain't no thang Ham Tyler, we salute you.
Ham Tyler, one of the best characters in the original V. He was a total badass, but he did have a human side too as he formed a bond with Ruby. His revenge plot on Daniel was great.
@@landonbenford8369 that's right he sure did I forgot about that, plus Richard Herd also guest starred on an episode of Quantum Leap and HardCastle & McCormick
I saw this episode for the first time back in '84 at age 6 and was instantly hooked. It's still my favorite episode to this day. Ham Tyler's a badass merc and was always my favorite character. The series really began to suck after he left. Oh, and I had a huge crush on Lydia from 'The Series.'
@@alucard624 IMHO, the series was doomed when, I think it was the first episode of the series, my favorite character Martin. I always love a bad guy/girl who turns good. I think he died of the red mist in the very first episode. I barely watched the rest...
@@robertbeckman2054 I think that was Elias who was killed off at the beginning of the series. V had a tendency to either kill off or write off characters you liked and keep the annoying ones around for some reason.
@@gregorydotson6776 They brought Martin (Frank Ashmore) back as his twin brother Phillip in The Series. I understand that were trying to save money, but you get what you pay for.
Michael Ironside was such an intimidating presence in anything he was in! Even when he played the so-called "good guy", you just didn't want to mess with this guy!
This is the 2nd time I saw Michael Ironside after his role in *Scanners.* Plus his biker dude partner. Badasses the both of them. I have the original series on DVD and the show still rocks over 35 years later. 👍
It’s a war of attrition and you need to prosecute it in the most demoralizing, painful way possible for the invader. The longer a war of resistance goes on the more it favors the defender
Back when they casted roles perfectly. Over halfway through a show's combined run they bring in a beleivable actor who you could believe would be a hardened fighter from another part of a global war elsewhere. Not a pretty boy with perfectly messed up shaggy hair and abs, Ironside was fantastic here and one of his best roles.
This was one of my favorite scenes in the entirety of the original "V" saga. During the first miniseries and part 1 of the Final Battle the Visitors did most of the heavy duty ass kicking but this was the first time when someone with the Resistance finally punched back in a physical and violent way-and won. Ham Tyler was THEE bad ass on this show, bar none. I still don't want to find myself on Michael Ironside's shit list.
Fun fact, in the Christmas episode, Ham Tyler dressed up as Santa Clause to surprise a little girl he'd bonded with throughout the episode. In battle he was a merciless killer, but he had a human side. We saw it first with Ruby, he later went on to be close with Julie and despite all their many disagreements, he also cared for Donovan and saved his life several times.
Fair few have now passed on of course. RIP.. You ALL contributed to this series brilliantly. Bless 👏.... Wasn't aware Mickey Jones (Chris Farber) died in 2018.. Thought his character was 'Jackson'!! ❤ the OG's + series tbf
One of my favorite scenes from The Final Battle miniseries. Tyler was/is a badass! You want him on your side, and you do NOT want to cross him. You will find out that you have made a tragic mistake not soon after....
Not to forget the last SEA QUEST Season. After Roy Schneider he gave the whole project a new drive. In a way he always reminds me at John Wayne just in better.
Loved the comment Ham Tyler gives at the end of this scene. Loved both miniseries when they were broadcast. The series , however, didn't live up to the success of both miniseries!
I'm convinced that half the reason V: The Series was made was to simply give Ironside more screentime as Ham Tyler, as his presence in the Final Battle is such a shot in the arm that the showrunners had no choice but to capitalize on his presence.
(( Now that's a waste of good luggage .)) , Classic line . Ham is working that sub machine gun like a pro . Iconic character , archetype mercenary , the resistance became deadlier when he joined .
I loved this show when I was a boy. TV scifi at it's best. Back then though it didn't register that the visitors shot like stormtroopers and Ham used a small caliber weapon that vastly overstated its actual effect.
Amazing character. There’s a scene at the end of the movie series where they’ve taken the visitors embassy. One of the visitors, Andrew is trying to get away. Ham Tyler trips the guy and then as he’s lying on the ground dumps a pouch of the red dust right on his face. I had never seen anything that crazy bad ass when I was six years old and first saw Ham Tyler do it.
Ham Tyler was a favorite of mine total badass, Total Recall he was ruthless as Rictor. Had a major crush on him.looking like Jack Nicohson, oh and he was good in Scanners.
One of the best parts of VTFB....aside from the unmasking of John....and hearing Daniel Bernstein scream like a girl when he gets hauled away to be thrown on a platter. 😂
Ham Tyler was a great character, and I always loved the Visitors combat gear and uniforms, they may be dated designs by todays standards but they look both cool and threating at the same time. The helmets really make them scary, it makes them kind of like Stormtroopers from Star Wars.
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No word of a lie V was The Game of Thrones of its day. Everyone was hooked. 1984. One of the best shows ever
One of the best years ever.
You ain't lying 😂😂😂!!! As a kid, I stayed plugged to my TV just to watch it ❤❤❤... #80skid
Best 📺 tv show ever.v is the g.o.a.t. 🐐 👑.word up son
Yes it was❤😮scared me as a kid but I loved it and still do.
I'd say it was bigger.
Ham Tyler only has one rule: everyone fights, no one quits!
C'mon you apes, do you wanna live forever?!?!?
When you're 60% through a show and it suddenly introduces far and away the best character in the penultimate episode like ain't no thang
Ham Tyler, we salute you.
Michael Ironsides is one of the BEST anti-hero actors ever.
Scariest smile in the business.
Ham Tyler, one of the best characters in the original V. He was a total badass, but he did have a human side too as he formed a bond with Ruby. His revenge plot on Daniel was great.
Daniel got what he deserved he was a brownshirt.
In one scene during the Series, a Visitor kicked over a Nativity set. Ham immediately said "That one is mine."
Victor Kain He then dressed up as Santa Claus and hugged the little girl in the same episode, another nice side of Ham Tyler you don’t often see.
@@Squab1972 A jewish brownshirt.
@@Ozymandias1 Exactly and a complete failure to his family
Ham just looking flat out bored at a few points really sells just how experienced he really is.
For many 80s children this guy has one of the great tv heros
He played the best villains and anti-heroes. This was his breakthrough role.
Wasn't he on total recall too .?
@@jonathanturek5846 Totally right, he´s the villain in total recall
Yep,.
The series definitely got a boost when they brought in Mike Ironside
Without him V would of been nothing
Originally the character as written was going to be in a wheelchair. When cast, Ironside objected to this because... well... Ironside.....
Pretty much every production that casts him can say that, in all fairness 😊
Gotta love a bad ass in a leather jacket and a grey comfy jumper. Been a fan of Ironside for over 30 years. Great actor.
Michael Ironside! The original swiss army knife of bad asses!
Just imagine if Ironside had played Clarence Boddicker in Robocop as had been originally planned...
Ironside´s sidecick played often in HOME IMPROVEMENT as well.
All I hear is Sam fisher
Tyler is badass
R.I.P. Mickey Jones (Chris) The best friend of Ham Tyler
Good luck, Brother..I'm gone
R.I.P. Mickey Jones (Chris Farber)Lane Smith (Nathan Bates) & Richard Herd(Commander John, Captain Dennis Sheridan From T.J. Hooker.)
@@jasonmatney8025 Richard Herd also played the part of Admiral Paris; Lieutenant Tom Paris' Father; in "Star Trek: Voyager"😎😎
@@landonbenford8369 that's right he sure did I forgot about that, plus Richard Herd also guest starred on an episode of Quantum Leap and HardCastle & McCormick
Ham Tyler is the type of guy I would want on my side.
FUBAR 2020 the anti-hero you love to hate
@@Squab1972 Yes, but against a genocidal militaristic enemy with superior technology, you need him.
FC v
There are a lot of visitors in this scene who wish they never met Ham Tyler.
Well, they would have wished it had they survived the meeting.
Ham Tyler played brilliantly by Michael Ironside.
Love that bit at the end about wasted luggage -
Visitors: "We use you for FOOD!"
Humans: "Well, we use you as LUGGAGE!"
Ham Tyler was the real savior of the human race. He even came up with armor piercing bullets that could defeat 28th century body armor.
"NOW THAT'S A WASTE OF GOOD LUGGAGE ! ! !". I WAS JUST WAITING FOR HAM TYLER TO SAY THAT MEMORABLE LINE ! ! ! LOL ! ! !🤔🤔🤔😆😆😆😂😂😂👍👍👍
I saw this episode for the first time back in '84 at age 6 and was instantly hooked. It's still my favorite episode to this day. Ham Tyler's a badass merc and was always my favorite character. The series really began to suck after he left. Oh, and I had a huge crush on Lydia from 'The Series.'
I never did understand why he was written out of the series.
@@alucard624 IMHO, the series was doomed when, I think it was the first episode of the series, my favorite character Martin. I always love a bad guy/girl who turns good. I think he died of the red mist in the very first episode. I barely watched the rest...
@@robertbeckman2054 I think that was Elias who was killed off at the beginning of the series. V had a tendency to either kill off or write off characters you liked and keep the annoying ones around for some reason.
What else ? To save money. V had a large cast , so to save them money , they had to go. Including Robin , Elias , and Martin.
@@gregorydotson6776 They brought Martin (Frank Ashmore) back as his twin brother Phillip in The Series. I understand that were trying to save money, but you get what you pay for.
Michael Ironside was such an intimidating presence in anything he was in! Even when he played the so-called "good guy", you just didn't want to mess with this guy!
This is the 2nd time I saw Michael Ironside after his role in *Scanners.* Plus his biker dude partner. Badasses the both of them. I have the original series on DVD and the show still rocks over 35 years later. 👍
Love Star Trek, Star Wars and so on....but this my favorite show for ever .
Ham Tyler was my favorite character once he showed up.
He was a damn good one for sure. Just as Mike equates to Rick Grimes, I’d say Ham was pretty much a near-equal to Negan…
Ham was the ingredient the resistance didnt know they needed. Hell, they probably wouldn't have won without him.
I agree! Ironside's character Richter in Total Recall uses a Mac-11, and it sounds like an assault rifle!
It’s a war of attrition and you need to prosecute it in the most demoralizing, painful way possible for the invader. The longer a war of resistance goes on the more it favors the defender
A pure soldier.
Back when they casted roles perfectly. Over halfway through a show's combined run they bring in a beleivable actor who you could believe would be a hardened fighter from another part of a global war elsewhere. Not a pretty boy with perfectly messed up shaggy hair and abs, Ironside was fantastic here and one of his best roles.
I liked how they showed the human side to him and the way Ruby’s death affected him.
I’ve got both “V” and “V the final battle” on DVD. I need to re-watch them again....
Loved this show as a kid in the 80’s
Same
The best addition to the human resistance. This was the best action sequence and character intro in the V miniseries saga.
The visitors remind me of the Storm Sroopeers from Star Wars with a weapon accuracy of Cobra .
Mike Donavon meeting up with Ham Tyler is reminicent to Han Solo meeting Lando Calrissian in *"The Empire Strikes Back."*
One of the best scenes! The best is the fight Donovan and Tyler have on the truck and it ends with "The truck stays" lol
They hated each other , but as the series progressed they had mutual respect for each other and ended up being friends watching each others back.
Michael Bad Ass Ironside
I swear he better voice Darkside in that new Justice League movie otherwise I’m gonna be pissed.
This was one of my favorite scenes in the entirety of the original "V" saga. During the first miniseries and part 1 of the Final Battle the Visitors did most of the heavy duty ass kicking but this was the first time when someone with the Resistance finally punched back in a physical and violent way-and won.
Ham Tyler was THEE bad ass on this show, bar none. I still don't want to find myself on Michael Ironside's shit list.
Wasn't this scene from the second mini-series?
Agreed. They probably wouldn't have won the war had he not been there to finish militarizing the group.
blove88 the definitely wouldn’t have won, hams provided them with the new bullets and voice changers
This is the role Michael Ironsides was born to play.
'Now that's a waste of good luggage' great ad libbed line from Mr Ironside which Johnson wisely kept in the show...😁
Fun fact, in the Christmas episode, Ham Tyler dressed up as Santa Clause to surprise a little girl he'd bonded with throughout the episode. In battle he was a merciless killer, but he had a human side. We saw it first with Ruby, he later went on to be close with Julie and despite all their many disagreements, he also cared for Donovan and saved his life several times.
Michael Ironside has always got the best lines. :D
I enjoyed the music. My favorite tv show of all time after 24.
Michael Ironside amazing ! Missing this so much !
" Now, that's a waste of good luggage...". Superb.
Don't forget he was in the movies "Total Recall, Starship Troopers and Terminator Salvation. EVERYBODY FIGHTS...... NOBODY QUITS!!!!!!!
Can’t forget about Jester from top gun. He knew Maverick and goose we’re gonna get him so he bailed below the hard deck.
Michael Ironside also voiced Darkseid on the 2000s justice league cartoon series
Ironside the bad ass. Great actor
Michael Ironside adds a lot stoicism to the series.
Bringing back some really great memories. Thanks for posting.
"SEE YOU AT THE PARTY, RICHTER!!"
Haha total recall
Still have a crush on Arnold's wifee lol
Fair few have now passed on of course. RIP.. You ALL contributed to this series brilliantly. Bless 👏.... Wasn't aware Mickey Jones (Chris Farber) died in 2018.. Thought his character was 'Jackson'!! ❤ the OG's + series tbf
Anything that has Michael Ironside in it is good.
Standing straight up and shooting an Uzi from waist high. Classic 80's
Ham Tyler was like the Boba Fett or Stormshadow (from GI Joe) of the series. He was never a true hero or villain, but was just so badass!
GREAT MOVIE!!!! I see why Kenneth Johnson is pissed at it but for 12 year old kids V The Final.Battle was out of this world. RIP Mickey :(
One of my favorite scenes from The Final Battle miniseries. Tyler was/is a badass! You want him on your side, and you do NOT want to cross him. You will find out that you have made a tragic mistake not soon after....
The music for this scene was really well done.
Always loved this series and the v troops looked really cool
Loved Ham Tyler! Thanks for posting. Wow, those aliens are worse shots than Stormtroopers....
2:56
Chris: Havin' fun?
Ham: (chuckles)
V The Final Battle had its shortcomings, but goddamn was Michael Ironside a major plus. As a villain or hero he's always a force to be reckoned with.
Every time I see this actor all I can hear is “See you at the party Victor!”
Lmao!! Ironside & Billy Drago, & maybe Richard Lynch, are probably da few bad guys from da 80's part of me roots 4.
Richter, not Victor.
I hear “They sucked his brains out”.
"Take cover behind these cardboard boxes!"
love Ironside, thought this scene was dope when I first saw it in the 80's
Saw in an interview that the "waste of good luggage" line was improvised.
Side Note, Dennis McCarthy was the music composer. I can hear what will one day be Star Trek TNG action cues.
Jester kicking ass before joining Viper to become fighter instructor
Ham was the best character on the show, also liked his partner Chris played by Mickey Jones....
Ham Tyler! The 1st real Wolverine! And why not? Logan's Canadian and so is Michael Ironside!
Genetically grafting a pair of Mac-10's to both hands would a problem though.
I thought you were referring to the Wolverines from Red Dawn.
“Now that’s a waste of good luggage!”
HAM TYLER - THE MAN !
should have put Ironside in the Expendables.
Yeah but he would have made everyone else look bad when he started actually, you know....acting.
That was John Saxon: www.second-reel.com/annex/saxon-ironside.shtml
Not to forget the last SEA QUEST Season. After Roy Schneider he gave the whole project a new drive. In a way he always reminds me at John Wayne just in better.
Truth!
Yeah, but DEFINITELY as a supervillain!
The ammunition Tyler has is very effective against the Visitors armor.
"Teflon Coated" AKA Armor piercimg rounds. Designed for beating soft armor by allowing rounds to maintain integrity passing through armor.
I remember this scene and that last line the most when I saw this amazing series back in the 80’s!!! 🔥❤️
Loved the comment Ham Tyler gives at the end of this scene. Loved both miniseries when they were broadcast. The series , however, didn't live up to the success of both miniseries!
Me had V movie episodes 1 - 2 on DVD to.😊❤️
I've always wanted to visit the location they used for this scene.
Michael Ironside the Canadian kiss of death.
This was better than the remake. Sure it's a bit derivative, but still good for its time. & It was ( probably ) Robert Englund's first exposure to TV.
yes daniel it was i think he did nightmare on elm street after this
@@mckennalester2248 Correct.👍
Brings a smile to the face and a twinkle to the eye.
I loved the way Ham was firing aimed bursts, not just spraying the room. It shows his experience.
I'm convinced that half the reason V: The Series was made was to simply give Ironside more screentime as Ham Tyler, as his presence in the Final Battle is such a shot in the arm that the showrunners had no choice but to capitalize on his presence.
RIP Mickey Jones
He passed away just around the time when you posted this comment 🙁
Rest in peace 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿😭😭😭!
Anyone order a badass?
Ham tyler..except no substitute..
(( Now that's a waste of good luggage .)) , Classic line . Ham is working that sub machine gun like a pro . Iconic character , archetype mercenary , the resistance became deadlier when he joined .
Shoot out was so intense even the hidden cameraman at 3:27 ducked.
Really?!? Awesome catch!!
I just spotted that.
I loved this show when I was a boy. TV scifi at it's best. Back then though it didn't register that the visitors shot like stormtroopers and Ham used a small caliber weapon that vastly overstated its actual effect.
Plot armor and Hollyweird. He would've been better off with an Uzi or CAR-15..
It's all about style in this scene.
And always standing up straight before delivering.
The man they call "The Fixer" LOL - Legendary! His weapon of choice: a no nonsense UZI!
Can you Imagine if the A team had crossed over into this episode? They could have written into the storyline that ham Tyler recruited them. 🤔
You don't need Army special forces. Just send Ham Tyler to deal with whatever, and he get's te job done.
And that's why Michael Ironside is terrific as tough mercenary Ham Tyler.
Amazing character. There’s a scene at the end of the movie series where they’ve taken the visitors embassy. One of the visitors, Andrew is trying to get away. Ham Tyler trips the guy and then as he’s lying on the ground dumps a pouch of the red dust right on his face. I had never seen anything that crazy bad ass when I was six years old and first saw Ham Tyler do it.
THAT GUY WAS STEVEN!!
@ OMG you’re right. Hell WAS there even an Andrew?
Still regardless of name it proved Tyler was ten times the badass Mike Donovan was
Actors name was Andrew also Father Andrew!!!
Ham Tyler + Teflon Loaded Uzi = GAME CHANGER
Tyler was always my favorite character in this show.
Now that's a waste of good luggage. I miss this show!!!
See you at the party Richter!!
You gotta love Michael Ironside in his prime.
Ham Tyler was a favorite of mine total badass, Total Recall he was ruthless as Rictor. Had a major crush on him.looking like Jack Nicohson, oh and he was good in Scanners.
My absolute favorite character in this series. Ham Tyler: Say hi to the bad guy!
Yeah. The anti hero.😂
Michael Ironside rules! V rules! The '80's were awesome! I need a flux capacitor to take me back where I belong. Gigawatt my ass back to '83 please.
you can tell they had fun making this!
I love Ham Tyler. I love Michael Ironside 😍
I was in college when this came out WTF it was fun. Michael Ironside is pretty cool. Even when Arnie removed his arms I actually have this on DVD
I remember when I saw Top Gun years after this and said, "Oh! Tyler's in this movie!"
One of the best parts of VTFB....aside from the unmasking of John....and hearing Daniel Bernstein scream like a girl when he gets hauled away to be thrown on a platter. 😂
Loved this miniseries. WAS hoping toys would be available.
Very underrated actor
Ham Tyler was a great character, and I always loved the Visitors combat gear and uniforms, they may be dated designs by todays standards but they look both cool and threating at the same time. The helmets really make them scary, it makes them kind of like Stormtroopers from Star Wars.