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Electric Dreams (1984) | Steve Barron

November 13, 2020November 12, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

A San Francisco-based architect named Miles Harding buys a new computer to help him stay organized and on schedule, as well as to assist in the design of a brick that will hold a building together through an earthquake. Realizing that it has the potential to streamline everything in his life, Miles uses it to […]

Demon Seed (1977) | Donald Cammell

November 6, 2020November 5, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Demon Seed‘s story is set 20 years in the future, Proteus IV is a new, highly advanced computer that scientists at the ICON Institute (International Control Corporation) spent eight years constructing as a massively powerful synthetic version of the organic human brain, hoping to use it for the financial success of the conglomerate funding the […]

Saturn 3 (1980) | Stanley Donen

October 30, 2020October 29, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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In the future, Earth is a polluted wasteland. People have resorted to drugs and promiscuity while relying on off-world food production systems for salvation. Research chemists Major Adam (Kirk Douglas), his young assistant/lover Alex (Farrah Fawcett), and their dog Sally are the sole residents of the subterranean Experimental Food Research Station on Saturn’s third moon, […]

Outland (1981) | Peter Hyams

October 22, 2020October 23, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Sometime in the future, humans establish a mining operation on Io, a volcanic moon orbiting Jupiter, a week’s distance from the nearest space station. The mining base is currently shattering records for productivity. Sean Connery is William T. O’Niel (Sean Connery), in his second week of a one-year stint as the federal district marshal of […]

Total Recall (1990) | Paul Verhoeven

October 16, 2020October 15, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Set on Earth of the future, where we’ve already mastered the ability for space travel to through the solar system, and even set up colonies on Mars, Total Recall surrounds a lowly construction worker named Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who has recently been plagued by a recurring dream of being on Mars. His doting wife […]

They Live (1988) | John Carpenter

October 9, 2020October 8, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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This sci-fi actioner stars “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (yes, the ex-pro wrestler) as Nada, a drifter desperately in need of a decent job. He lands a temp job at a construction site, but strange doings in the church across the street cause him to investigate, and after the place is raided he discovers what looks like […]

V: The Final Battle (1984) | Richard T. Heffron

October 2, 2020October 1, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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In this three-part TV miniseries sequel, the Resistance is fending off the pressing Visitors, who continue to fool the people of Earth by controlling the media, while depleting the planet of precious water and rounding up humans for food. The resistance scientists hope, hoping to find a weakness in the overpowering Visitor defenses that will […]

V – The Original Miniseries (1983) | Kenneth Johnson

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

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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 […]

Starman (1984) | John Carpenter

August 28, 2020August 27, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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An alien race intercepts Voyager II, a space probe describing Earth, effectively inviting aliens to visit. These aliens take Earth up on the offer, sending a scout pod to see what we’re up to. American fighter jets greet it and the alien scout crashlands up in the American backwoods in Wisconsin. Using DNA found in […]

E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982) | Steven Spielberg

August 21, 2020August 19, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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E.T.: The Extraterrestrial starts in a forest outside a California suburb. An alien spacecraft lands, and several extraterrestrials emerge, gathering flora samples. Suspicious humans arrive, the aliens escape, leaving one behind. He hides in a backyard shed, discovered by a 10-year-old boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Startled and scared, Elliott hides the alien, whom he dubs […]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | Steven Spielberg

August 14, 2020August 12, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Richard Dreyfuss stars as Muncie, Indiana electricity lineman, Roy Neary, one of many people in the world to experience a close encounter with a UFO. Others experiencing the phenomenon exhibit the same odd behavior — radiation burns and an obsession with a mountainous shape. Roy’s obsession strains his relationship with his family, who think he […]

The Abyss (1989) | James Cameron

July 31, 2020July 30, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Virgil ‘Bud’ Brigman (Ed Harris) is the lead foreman of Deepcore, an underwater oil drilling rig 2,000-feet deep. Deepcore receives word of a downed US Navy nuclear submarine in the area near the Cayman Trough. As Russian subs are close by, foul play is suspected. The crew must escort Bud’s soon-to-be ex-wife Lindsay (Mary Elizabeth […]