Bad Movie Thursday

Starring: Francine Smith (American Dad), Ferris Bueller’s dad

Date Watched: 8/21/14

Plot:   A crew of scientists arrives on a far, cold planet to examine archaic artifacts of unknown origin. They discover that their German enemies already have a ship there. When they seek their help after a failed landing, they only find the Germans’ bodies, obviously slaughtered by one of the archaic creatures, awoken to new life. Now the alien is after them.

Rules

• People on headphones
• Old-school computer screens
• Star Wars and/or Alien rip-offs
• Stuff that is just WAY too 80’s (hair, lingo, technology, etc)
• Aliens take control of a person

Quotes

• “It looks like some sort of container or something.”
• “Let’s go back on my space craft. I’ve got bombs there. We’ll blow it all to hell.”
• “Like mind control?” “Except they replace the brain.” “Yeah, and we’re next on the menu.”
• “Why were you away so long?” “I got lost…”

Viewer Quotes

• “This is the most 80’s movie ever.”
• “Whoa! He’s got a space-suit wedgie!”
• “How come some people are reanimated to look like normal people, and some people are just dead?”
• “This guy has a walkman and a track suit.  He couldn’t look any more 80’s.”
• “So that thing just eats bodies and bites heads off?”

What We Learned

• Never, EVER split up. 
• Germany split into East and West Germany (again) in the future
• Polaroid cameras were the apex of technology
• People in space also wear nametags
• Never assume an alien is dead. 

Final Take

• A low budget, slow alien movie. Could have used more boobs (only one pair).