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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Apr 14, 2004 19:47:49 GMT -5
I don't know what made me think of this, I just remember watching it religiously when it aired in the 80's. I can't even remember that much about the characters, except for the alien "George" character, he was a policeman or something & had a human partner. I wonder if it's on dvd or even on reruns on tv somewhere?
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Post by Valasher on Apr 14, 2004 20:13:19 GMT -5
Yes, I remember it, but I didn't watch it. I was just a kid. The aliens just looked like bald humans with patterns of skin tones on their heads. lol.
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Post by Bartwald on Apr 15, 2004 8:18:38 GMT -5
I haven't seen the TV series but used to be a fan of Alien Nation The Movie. The strange heads of the aliens and the overall atmosphere - together with James Caan's smooth performance - got me for some reason. But I was pretty young back then, I'm not sure what I'd feel watching it right now.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Apr 15, 2004 17:18:00 GMT -5
Yes, I remember it, but I didn't watch it. I was just a kid. The aliens just looked like bald humans with patterns of skin tones on their heads. lol. Yeahh, that's it! I don't know why I was such a fanatic about it back in the day.  But that's been MANY years ago. lol There was another one called "V" I think,, I remember it b/c Robert Englund was in it. I didn't watch that one very much though. |
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Post by spacer on Apr 16, 2004 10:10:50 GMT -5
Yeeeeeeeeeeees I remember it too!
I saw it on TV.
Some 8 or 9 years ago. So it definitely must have been a rerun.
I guess there happen to be reruns of it from time to time somewhere.
If I'm not mistaken I think I saw it in the preview on the Sky One British satellite channel a year or so ago.
I can recollect some scenes vividly like for example one in which members of both races played the basketball in which 'bald patchy aliens' were no match for humans as they always scored from all positions and were rebuked by their human partners to play more collectively. They answered that the objective of the game was to score not to pass the ball.
I rememeber also that their ears played the most important part in their sexual life. ;D
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Post by spacer on Apr 16, 2004 10:18:46 GMT -5
Yes I can recollect it too.
The main character was the alien serving together with his human partner in the police. But I can't remember his name.
The main plot & theme was around aliens' assimilation.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Apr 16, 2004 11:01:34 GMT -5
I'm definitely more familiar with the movie than the tv series, though it was basically the same premise. A human cop is partnered with an alien cop. Haven't watched the movie in years, but I still have a VHS copy. In the movie, the alien cop's name was Sam Francisco. Here's another quirk of the aliens that I remember. They would get drunk from spoiled milk. |
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Post by spacer on Apr 16, 2004 11:12:48 GMT -5
I've watched it only on TV and I can't remember that milk was so hallucinogenic to them. Anyway I like the idea. ;D Aliens beware of the milk! |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Apr 16, 2004 17:35:32 GMT -5
Yeahhhhhh, It's starting to come back to me now....I remember the ear thing & the spoiled milk! ;D God, I loved that show. Man this is like a therapy session or something..I'm starting to remember all those old sci-fi shows I watched...Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers... now I know what's wrong w/ me, I watched all that weird sh*t when I was a kid!! |
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Post by spacer on Apr 16, 2004 18:24:14 GMT -5
To me you are perfectly A-O.K.  On the contrary, I'm only suspicious of those who don't like science fiction as they might lack imagination |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Apr 16, 2004 19:39:37 GMT -5
Oh, well, I guess I'm ok then....I've always had a BIG imagination. I guess that's why I like to write too.  |
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Post by Bartwald on Apr 17, 2004 1:48:23 GMT -5
On the contrary, I'm only suspicious of those who don't like science fiction as they might lack imagination That's a cool thing to say, spacer! If you wrote 'I'm suspicious of those who don't get Star Trek' - then I'd be in trouble, I guess, but with science-fiction as a genre I think I'm quite safe!  |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Apr 18, 2004 10:56:44 GMT -5
I just remembered another sci-fi show I used to watch..."Time Trax". Dale Midkiff starred in it (he was the dad in "Pet Sematary") & he was a cop who traveled back in time to capture fugitives who were hiding there,,or something to that effect. He had some kind of card that would project a holographic image of a woman who would give him information & such. Anyway, I think I started watching it purely b/c Midkiff was in it, then got into it.
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Post by Sybillness on Apr 20, 2004 15:31:58 GMT -5
I didn't catch Alien Nation too much, but I do remember one episode where George gives birth and his alien wife is giving him shit about being so whiny while he was pregnant. And that the alien males had pouches or something like kangaroos where they gave birth. And (does she ever write a complete sentence you ask) George's human partner had to stick his hand in the pouch and help deliver George's baby because the baby was breech or something. Whew! I got V not too long ago on DVD, one of my guilty pleasures.  |
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Post by spacer on Apr 20, 2004 16:32:19 GMT -5
That's a cool thing to say, spacer! If you wrote 'I'm suspicious of those who don't get Star Trek' - then I'd be in trouble, I guess, but with science-fiction as a genre I think I'm quite safe! Easy, Bartwald I like all kinds of people even if they don't like Science Fiction. Sometimes only I'm a little bit suspicious but you can sleep well I'm not gonna hurt you I won't be pissed too if you say something bad about Star Trek.  I am not a fundamentalist. I'm a very tolerant man. |
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But that's been MANY years ago. lol There was another one called "V" I think,, I remember it b/c Robert Englund was in it. I didn't watch that one very much though. 
