September 2020 – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

V – The Original Miniseries (1983) | Kenneth Johnson

September 25, 2020September 24, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

The people of Earth are visited and befriended by a human-like race from outer space inhabiting massive spacecraft, 50 of them measuring three miles in diameter, hovering over cities throughout the world. These newcomers speak Earth’s languages fluently, though they have distinct electronic-sounding voices and are so sensitive to light that they frequently wear sunglasses. […]

Alien Nation (1988) | Graham Baker

September 18, 2020September 17, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Set in the near future of 1991, it’s been three years since the landing of an actual flying saucer landed on Earth, containing a species of aliens (dubbed “Newcomers”) who had been genetically engineered as slave laborers. The Newcomers are smarter and physically stronger than their human counterparts, which makes them more suitable to perform […]

Stranded (1987) | Tex Fuller

September 11, 2020September 10, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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In the story, five escaped alien refugees come to Earth like a bolt of lightning and find themselves in a remote North Carolina Victorian-style farmhouse inhabited by a newly-orphaned teenage girl Deirdre Clark (Ione Skye) and her grandmother Grace (Maureen O’Sullivan). Suspicions are high, resulting in the aliens taking casualties in a gunfight with the […]

The Brother from Another Planet (1984) | John Sayles

September 4, 2020September 3, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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A mute extraterrestrial resembling a black man (but with feet that have three toes) crash lands his spaceship near New York City. Not understanding where he is or what people are saying, he finds his way to Harlem’s 125th Street. Although derided as either crazy or homeless, others discover his worth when he can heal […]