Bad Movie Thursday

Starring: Christian Slater and meteor man

Date Watched: 2/27/14

Plot: Four astronauts working at a lunar base suffer a meteor strike that brings an infection that leads to paranoia, fear and death.

Rules

• People refer to meteors or you see meteors
• Malfunctions
• Shots of outside that are obviously models
• Excuses for seeing the alien
• Alien noises
• Hallucinations

Quotes

• “I’m sensing what it’s doing”
• “My guess is…is that it sampled Bruce’s DNA when it bit him.  It figured out that the male was physically stronger so it replicated itself into him to survive.”
• “It’s taken on human form.  It should be easier to find.”
• “It is clearly a threat to mankind”

Viewer Quotes

• “It’s an inherently smart organism.  It doesn’t learn, it just knows.”
• “Those space masks are just gas masks with hoses attached.”
• “Step 1 is for you to get back to Earth with your terrible space disease.  That’s all that matters.”

What We Learned

• Aliens can read our positions through their human hosts
• When an airlock is open things move in slow motion
• Aliens are inherently smart, knowing how to use complex systems the day they are born without training of any kind.
• The best way to treat carbon monoxide poisoning in an inebriated person is to put them on a treadmill.   
• Escape pods take a long time to prep.  Do not count on them in emergencies.   
• Alien species exist simply to kill all humans.  Just because there can be only one species.
• Aliens are masters of human hand to hand combat

Final Take