Y'know I kinda wish we had more 'hybrid' knock-offs: How bout' a combo of "Home Alone" & "Jurassic Park" where a kid rigs his house with traps to fend off dinosaurs? Or a mix of "Rocky" & "Jaws" where Sylvester Stallone has to box a shark?
@@PeteTheGrouch Ever since people could make 2nd life models pose, it only got worse when 3d modeling became easier to mesh the xeno eggs with uh certain parts and have the face huggers crawl out between the legs.
I think it would have worked better if it was a cross between ET and Predator, like, an alien kid gets lost on earth and befriends human kids, but the government chases them, meanwhile the alien father looks for his son while kills a lot of people
I remember watching this as a kid and having a wtf moment when the alien turns friendly. It's like it was part 80s horror creature feature and part kid's movie.
The characters' befriending Gar might seem out of place, but if an intelligent alien creature killed three crewmates, I'd probably play buddy-buddy too in order to not get killed.
The fictitious Movie in the new Fall Guy movie is Metal Storm, and it kind of is a bit of a tribute, it doesn’t have the dude with the cool acid spitting arm though
@@TheBrandonTenold I love the crystal Mcguffin the alien has. That's one of the best Mcguffins I've ever seen "while the crystal is an advanced computer the alien uses when confronted with a problem" (from wiki). No shit that crystal fixes ALL plot holes! Hack control of the ship (crystal got you covered!), Meteor storm (crystal got you covered!), Need to cut commination (crystal got you covered!), Need to learn about the Bible (crystal got you covered!), convert Alpha-7 into a ship (crystal got you covered!) . Maybe most abused Mcguffin ever ??
@@TheBrandonTenoldYou didn't hear? The Gling was tragically killed in a drive-by shooting. The suspect was widely believed to have been The Bling, an up-and-coming rapper with whom they were involved in a copyright infringement lawsuit.
@@TurboLoveTrain Yeah but where is that The thing about Olympos Mons is that the land area it takes up so large that "do you take the curvature of the planet into account?" is a valid question too
That's one thing I miss about the video store you would see the cover of some of these videos and they'd look real good but you had to take a chance sometimes you got a masterpiece sometime you got crap.
Oh my god. this movie. I picked it up at a used video/CD/Record store on VHS. It took me FOREVER to get through since i kept falling asleep watching it. Better than Melatonin gummies.
I'm glad you finally did this one ... I thought it was kind of strange at first but the final twist is unique to say the least .... Having the alien killing out of self preservation (a common trope) and then learning ethics and becoming a born against Christian is certainly an interesting development and is also more optimistic, ending with compromise and understanding rather than who blows who up the most ... A little like say "Robot Jox" "The Dark Crystal" or the two 'Lego Movies'. .... Yes, it's cheap but who would have financed a big budget movie with the same storyline? ....and the ballad ending is quite touching.
Hi Brandon! I’ve been watching your content for a long time, my first video of yours that I watched was your review of the green slime and ever since then I was hooked! I wanna say I love your content and you’re my favorite film review channel!
I know I was joking when I made the "E.T. must assimilate you!" comment on the community post, but wow, the last act of this movie literally turned into "E.T.". Kind of an odd one here, the first half is basically a traditional "Alien" knockoff, but after all the blood and carnage, the movie becomes lighthearted and the monster turns friendly for no reason. Seeing this was made in 1986, I wonder if creative process involved something that has the first half of "Coca-Cola", minus the Cola.
Coke did try to sponsor everything back in the 80's. They were at war with Pepsi. The war ended after Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a commercial for Pepsi. *At least thats how I remember it.
In the Jacksons tv miniseries it showed that the Pepsi contract was their abusive father's last attempt at trying to manage the group. Michael didn't want any part of the deal but his mom talked him into it. Then of course the accident happens. Talk about "family stuff".
I had this movie on VHS when I was in Jr High. Crystal of a Star, which I rewound and listened to several times in a row once I'd seen the movie, eventually ended up on a mix-tape of music from movies along with the theme song of The Last Dinosaur(1977), the songs from House(1986), the Only You sequence from Hot Shots(1991) and others.
I did not expect the Christianity angle to come into play. Just having the alien negotiating with the last two would have worked, but instead they have this huge stretch of an explanation for it to suddenly change heart. It would have been more believable if it saw that passage as a framed picture on the wall of a crew member's room or heard them say it, but nope, it just uses a computer to investigate religion. It was a bold strategy and you can argue it did pay off.
My God. I saw this when I was 10 at a friend's birthday party (my mates mum had no idea about age restrictions) and it scarred me for life at that tender age. I've been trying figure out what movie the was called for decades so I could revisit it but could never figure it out! What a nostalgia blast for me, thank you! 🙏
Honestly the twist at the end could have worked if we saw the crewmate victims attack the alien first, then the alien retaliates and kills them, then at the end when the alien explains that it was scared and killed in self defense, it would make more sense. It wouldn't save the movie but it's something
Darn, my Alien Rip off movie was going to have the creature find religion by eating the crew and gaining their memories shortly after. Then again mine was suppose to be more comic spoof borrowing from The Thing, Red Dwarf and Ultraman.
I think Species II did this too cuz the terrifying alien clone there helped the humans locate the sex-crazed alien male. And lol it actually wasn't the first one. Star Crystal did a redeemable horror alien creature first, nice. (i'll give it that... i just like monsters that suddenly change heart for some reason, like an unknown powerful threat siding with man, I guess the early 80's-90's wanted that narrative dynamic, but that's just my goody-two-shoes self talking)
Not just sponsor, coke was involved in a lot of movie production back in the 80’s. And the 90’s… probably now too. That would explain some of the decisions Hollywood makes.
That was a great twist for an alien sci fi horror movie. Its definitely less predictable than your usual type of horror. IN YOUR FACE SHAMALAN! I mean this is something Guillermo del toro could come up with. But yeah awesome idea. Thanks for reviewing this one.
20 minutes went by, but it felt like 5 minutes. Not in the way that time flies by when you're having fun, but more like I forgot everything I just saw immediately. Or more like my brain was failing to connect each event to the next as it was happening. Whether I just developed short term memory loss, the movie was forgettable, or confusing. I couldn't give you a synopsis of what just transpired even if you asked me.
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Y'know I kinda wish we had more 'hybrid' knock-offs: How bout' a combo of "Home Alone" & "Jurassic Park" where a kid rigs his house with traps to fend off dinosaurs? Or a mix of "Rocky" & "Jaws" where Sylvester Stallone has to box a shark?
I would Kickstart any of those as long as Keith David and David Keith starred in them.
Or Predator and Creature from the Black Lagoon, where a group of military go to a mission in the Amazon and have to fight Gill man
A Star Wars knock-off that is also a King Kong 1976 knock-off.
Stars a giant ape fighting spaceships.
Yo is that et on the thumbnail
Godzilla Minus One gave us Jaws and Jurassic Park in a Godzilla movie
Xenomorph: "I'm sorry for killing all your crew mates and turning their bodies into eggs, Ripley. Think we can still be friends?"
No problem Xeno. I'll make some lemonade & get the checker board!
Ripley: "Oh, I think there's ANOTHER way to make it up to me..." [activate sci-fi-ish porno music]
@@louisduarte8763 Sadly, there's probably already a r34 of that out there somewhere...
@@PeteTheGrouch Ever since people could make 2nd life models pose, it only got worse when 3d modeling became easier to mesh the xeno eggs with uh certain parts and have the face huggers crawl out between the legs.
@@PeteTheGrouchThere is...
If Gar were scattered all over space it would make a Garfield.
This movie is what happens when you mix up 2 acts of an Alien knockoff script with the final act of an ET knockoff script.
What about "Pod People?"
I think it would have worked better if it was a cross between ET and Predator, like, an alien kid gets lost on earth and befriends human kids, but the government chases them, meanwhile the alien father looks for his son while kills a lot of people
@loschrodproductions4519 Metal. That movie is somehow very 80's and 90's at the same time.
"ET phone...DEATH!!" 👽💀
"What does Gar need with a starship?" Great line given the context. 😂😂
And it was 3 years before the Star Trek V movie asked a similar question.
This is the first time I actually watch that the horror plot twist at the end was the friends we made along the way
"Whitesnake groupie" and "space fudge" got me. Comedy gold.
"What does Gar need with a starship?". That quote alone is deserving of a like.
The real horror was the friends we made along the way.
also the end credits say, FILMED ENTRIELY IN SPACE
I suppose it is technically correct.
Damn, talk about location filming!
@@MrDj232 Oh, yeah, you're right. The Earth IS in space.
Eh, it was funnier when "Moonraker" did it.
@@ConstantineFurman You mean when Roger Moore was filling Louis Chile's space?
Now I need to know more about "the Gling".
That last line.... "why is he such a jerk?" Such writing.
"They had us in the first half, not gonna lie" the motion picture
“…drank lemonade and played checkers”
I don’t know, I had him pegged as a 40k man myself.
You had me at "I had him pegged".
Awesome, "Star Trek V", reference. 100 cool points for perfect usage! "Why does Gar need a spaceship"? Sweet.
I remember watching this as a kid and having a wtf moment when the alien turns friendly. It's like it was part 80s horror creature feature and part kid's movie.
Trancers? That's the machine from Airplane 2, they're still trying to figure out what it does besides have the lights go back and forth.
The characters' befriending Gar might seem out of place, but if an intelligent alien creature killed three crewmates, I'd probably play buddy-buddy too in order to not get killed.
Perfectly logical response
Good point
That’s actually a pretty good point
Ok, this was definitely one of the weirdest endings to a horror film I've ever seen.
Still waiting for that “Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared-Syn” review.
It'll happen...eventually...
@@TheBrandonTenold Promises. Promises🥱
I saw that in the theatre!!
The fictitious Movie in the new Fall Guy movie is Metal Storm, and it kind of is a bit of a tribute, it doesn’t have the dude with the cool acid spitting arm though
L.I.L.Y. CAT had references not only to Alien, but some from The Thing(1982) as well
I got some big "Leviathan" vibes from that one.
...he already covered that exposition-fest, though.
I saw this at the theatre when I was 15, I was mildly entertained.
"I was mildly entertained" should be a quote on the Blu-Ray.
@@TheBrandonTenold I love the crystal Mcguffin the alien has. That's one of the best Mcguffins I've ever seen "while the crystal is an advanced computer the alien uses when confronted with a problem" (from wiki). No shit that crystal fixes ALL plot holes! Hack control of the ship (crystal got you covered!), Meteor storm (crystal got you covered!), Need to cut commination (crystal got you covered!), Need to learn about the Bible (crystal got you covered!), convert Alpha-7 into a ship (crystal got you covered!) . Maybe most abused Mcguffin ever ??
When the white goo dripped out of the egg, I thought "yeah, he's done". Time for a cigarette.
Cronenberg handshake....Classic.
Oh, and Brandon, you should do GOR
"What does Gar need with a starship?"
OK he def got me with that one. Well played!
I remember my friend telling me years ago about how this destroyed sooo many careers
You're telling me "The Gling" would've been a superstar if not for this movie?
The Gling? Maybe a star, but not a superstar like The Bling
@@TheBrandonTenoldYou didn't hear? The Gling was tragically killed in a drive-by shooting. The suspect was widely believed to have been The Bling, an up-and-coming rapper with whom they were involved in a copyright infringement lawsuit.
'What does Gar need with a starship' indeed...
"Lieutenant Whitesnake Groupie" - that's the kind of weird statements (that somehow makes sense) that makes me love your videos!
the design of the spacecraft makes it feel like a prequel to comedy series Red Dwarf.
If so: Was the Red Dwarf model made with packing carton with styrofoam cups?
@@LarixusSnydes That would have been too expensive for the original BBC red dwarf budget.
15:45 Didn't expect a Star Trek: The Final Frontier reference 😂
For those interested, Olympus Mons is NOT a crater on Mars. It's actually a shield volcano. In fact, the largest volcano in the entire solar system.
A SHIELD volcano? Is it run by Nick Fury?
How do you measure the height of a volcano on a planet that hasn't got a sea level? 🤔
@@Takeshi357 from the base.
@@TurboLoveTrain Yeah but where is that
The thing about Olympos Mons is that the land area it takes up so large that "do you take the curvature of the planet into account?" is a valid question too
@Takeshi357 at that point, it's a safe bet it is in fact, the largest (observed).
That's one thing I miss about the video store you would see the cover of some of these videos and they'd look real good but you had to take a chance sometimes you got a masterpiece sometime you got crap.
So did Sturgeon's Law apply?
I grew up in a small town which never had a video store that lasted for long.
I wonder how many people were disappointed when they saw the alien in this movie and it didn't look like the cover?
Hollywood should be remaking THESE movies, and making them actually match what was promised on the box art.
I miss the adult movie section they would hide behind curtains. But hey, we all miss different things.
Airplane 2 also had those laser bars too lol
Oh my god. this movie. I picked it up at a used video/CD/Record store on VHS.
It took me FOREVER to get through since i kept falling asleep watching it. Better than Melatonin gummies.
I actually enjoyed the pseudo-Disney end song....but yeah, this one is all over the place
Living in the mountains near Vegas, it looks like home. So you're not far off.
I'm glad you finally did this one ... I thought it was kind of strange at first but the final twist is unique to say the least .... Having the alien killing out of self preservation (a common trope) and then learning ethics and becoming a born against Christian is certainly an interesting development and is also more optimistic, ending with compromise and understanding rather than who blows who up the most ... A little like say "Robot Jox" "The Dark Crystal" or the two 'Lego Movies'. .... Yes, it's cheap but who would have financed a big budget movie with the same storyline? ....and the ballad ending is quite touching.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: I think George Lucas is gonna sue somebody 4:23
For a second? I read "Dark Crystal", and got very excited.
Now I'll have to settle for moderately excited instead...
I'm still waiting for the day Brandon will review The Dark Crystal
Would like to see him review a rip-off/mockbuster of The Dark Crystal.
@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 I don't think that exists
@@loschrodproductions4519 Does the Netflix series not count?
@@MrDj232 no, since it's a legit follow up and not a rip off. A very good follow up by the way
Hi Brandon! I’ve been watching your content for a long time, my first video of yours that I watched was your review of the green slime and ever since then I was hooked! I wanna say I love your content and you’re my favorite film review channel!
15:26 IT'S THE USELESS MACHINE FROM AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL!!!!
I know I was joking when I made the "E.T. must assimilate you!" comment on the community post, but wow, the last act of this movie literally turned into "E.T.". Kind of an odd one here, the first half is basically a traditional "Alien" knockoff, but after all the blood and carnage, the movie becomes lighthearted and the monster turns friendly for no reason. Seeing this was made in 1986, I wonder if creative process involved something that has the first half of "Coca-Cola", minus the Cola.
Alien with ET is a thing, imagine the other way around: ET with a Xenomorph
Hey there's a robot Chicken sketch about that
@@Boomerjojo79 didn't know that! I'll search for it!
@@Boomerjojo79Seen it
Chicken kicks butt.
"ET with a xenomorph" is actually a thing as well
XTRO
look it up
We'll call it TE
What a wholesome ending!
Just what every sci-fi/horror movie needs.
The twist is actually very beautiful
I bet James Cameron shit himself when he saw he had this as competition.
Shit himself with laughter maybe.
It's different than when he saw Ferngully and blue a load.
@@JohnnyBurnes 😈
3:00 - Yeah, Coke would sponsor anything in the Eighties, as they had lost so much market share with New Coke and had a lot of catching-up to do.
I guess the 80's really were the 'coke' decade.
Did they pay in money or just hand out the leftover reserves from when Coke actually had coke in it?
@@MrDj232 Bill Cosby was their spokesman back then. I'm sure some Coke had drugs in it at some point.
That machine with the red lights was in Aeroplane 2
Greatest twist ending I've ever seem. Actually GENIUS. That closing song, tho. I was weeping with emotion.
The alien in this looks less like ET and way more like the Spice Pilot(s) in David Lynch’s DUNE. Love the trivia on Daphne, lol…
That long light thing was pointed at by Shatner in airplane 2!
And we STILL don't know what it does!
@@jakarnilson at least it flashes in order now.
When you wanted a straight forward horror movie, instead you get a movie with an identity crisis
Lieutenant White Snake groupie?
I wonder how many are old enough to remember that.
Tentacles? I've seen enough Hentai to know where this is going.
Always a great day when a new Brandon video drops.
7:04 The energy you put into that line made me laugh really hard.
Coke is what most people remember about the eighties, and the drink too.
Awesome. Trapped on a ship with a snot monster.
Coke did try to sponsor everything back in the 80's. They were at war with Pepsi.
The war ended after Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a commercial for Pepsi. *At least thats how I remember it.
In the Jacksons tv miniseries it showed that the Pepsi contract was their abusive father's last attempt at trying to manage the group. Michael didn't want any part of the deal but his mom talked him into it. Then of course the accident happens.
Talk about "family stuff".
nah, they continued to battle even after that. pepsi paying off celebrities continued on
And this is why we don't need that much hairspray boys n girls
The alien in the numb nail looks like it is about to sneeze.
Looking at the thumbnail "ET Phone a doctor!"
Hallelujah! Just got home from work and there iv a video from Mr Tenold!!! Thank you sir.
Baywatch Running requires at least a C-cup, Brandon. Let's keep things scientifically accurate.
Great job as always, love your videos. Keep up the good work my friend.
Passed this so many times in video store. Glad I sensed the farce was strong with this one!
Entertaining commentary, fun to watch and listen too! Great job.
When I heard the ending song my brain immediately thought "Jem and The Holograms" but to find out it was goddang Daphne is even more wild.
"crystal of the star" song (or whatever it's called) rejoin "against the ninja" to the pantheon of best song in bad movie... i guess
Against the Ninja is a masterpiece, how dare you!
I listened to it and honestly The Words Get Stuck In My Throat
9:28 damnit! I've told sherry not to slime in her work clothes, and not on company time!
I had this movie on VHS when I was in Jr High. Crystal of a Star, which I rewound and listened to several times in a row once I'd seen the movie, eventually ended up on a mix-tape of music from movies along with the theme song of The Last Dinosaur(1977), the songs from House(1986), the Only You sequence from Hot Shots(1991) and others.
The claw, the sound, man this movie creeped me out as a kid
Airplane II uses those same lights. Shatner even makes a joke about them if I recall.
the music is banging
Looks like the ending creature from the "I have no mouth and I must scream" game.
I did not expect the Christianity angle to come into play. Just having the alien negotiating with the last two would have worked, but instead they have this huge stretch of an explanation for it to suddenly change heart. It would have been more believable if it saw that passage as a framed picture on the wall of a crew member's room or heard them say it, but nope, it just uses a computer to investigate religion. It was a bold strategy and you can argue it did pay off.
Thank God it didn't read the old testament or they would have been screwed
The top of the spaceship looks like a bunch of spray painted bottles and cups
Some of the best movies are the shttier ones. Also , Billi died way too soon. Have a great day
Holy shit creepazoids! Memory unlocked!
Fresh and delicious content adding this one to my sleep playlist
10:36
Personal foul on Mr. Tenold. Illegal reference of using the stereotypical type 15 yd penalty.
Thanks for the laughs and chuckles Brandon. You never fail to give me a lift when I need one!
How underwhelming
I was expecting a wall to wall bloodbath and instead got ET in Space
That alien 👽 had a completely out of nowhere and unexpected face turn! Lol 😂😊
i tell you this: if you hadn't pointed at the Falcons, i wouldn't have noticed them 😅
Geez... they forgave that alien quicker than the hero forgives the villain in your typical shonen anime!
love the opening music compose at the intro showing the credits
It's a beautiful tune
The “machine” also makes an appearance in “The Last Starfighter” when Alex first talks to Grig. 🙂
a recent episode of "The Lower Decks" has named that machine "Tucker Tubes"
As far as I know it is the machine's only name.
Was that the one where they added a third tube named after chief engineer Billips?
"Livik!"
My God. I saw this when I was 10 at a friend's birthday party (my mates mum had no idea about age restrictions) and it scarred me for life at that tender age. I've been trying figure out what movie the was called for decades so I could revisit it but could never figure it out! What a nostalgia blast for me, thank you! 🙏
Ah man, I was hoping this was the Star Wars - The Dark Crystal cross over I’ve always wanted lol
This movie is a hybrid of Alien ET and the Things blended into one movie.
Honestly the twist at the end could have worked if we saw the crewmate victims attack the alien first, then the alien retaliates and kills them, then at the end when the alien explains that it was scared and killed in self defense, it would make more sense. It wouldn't save the movie but it's something
Darn, my Alien Rip off movie was going to have the creature find religion by eating the crew and gaining their memories shortly after. Then again mine was suppose to be more comic spoof borrowing from The Thing, Red Dwarf and Ultraman.
I think Species II did this too cuz the terrifying alien clone there helped the humans locate the sex-crazed alien male. And lol it actually wasn't the first one. Star Crystal did a redeemable horror alien creature first, nice. (i'll give it that... i just like monsters that suddenly change heart for some reason, like an unknown powerful threat siding with man, I guess the early 80's-90's wanted that narrative dynamic, but that's just my goody-two-shoes self talking)
Never seen either species movies
The 'how much harder do I have to grab your arm' line got me. Laughed my ass off
Not just sponsor, coke was involved in a lot of movie production back in the 80’s.
And the 90’s… probably now too. That would explain some of the decisions Hollywood makes.
That was a great twist for an alien sci fi horror movie. Its definitely less predictable than your usual type of horror. IN YOUR FACE SHAMALAN! I mean this is something Guillermo del toro could come up with. But yeah awesome idea. Thanks for reviewing this one.
And here I was thinking that Pod People was the strangest Horror/E.T. knockoff.
One of my favorite Canucks! Haven't seen any of your vids pop up in my recommendations in a hot year.
20 minutes went by, but it felt like 5 minutes. Not in the way that time flies by when you're having fun, but more like I forgot everything I just saw immediately. Or more like my brain was failing to connect each event to the next as it was happening. Whether I just developed short term memory loss, the movie was forgettable, or confusing. I couldn't give you a synopsis of what just transpired even if you asked me.