The trailers for Monsters vs. Aliens suggested that the film would be a light hearted fun homage to the cheesy 50 sci-fi films which often involved the invasion of a town/city by an alien monster that then threatened the entire universe. Sadly, the animated film fails more than it succeeds and though it does have some fun moments, it falls flat.
I didn’t expect to see another film of this type any time soon but sometimes, the universe has a way of surprising you. This will come up again in a few days’ time when I post the April preview but this is simply too good to sit on for a few more days. Directed by “X-Files” alumni R.W. Goodwin, Alien Trespass takes on, the trailer suggests in full force, the 50s sci-fi invasion film.
Set in the late 50’s, it’s the story of a town dealing with the crash landing of a flying saucer and an invasion by alien beings. It stars Eric McCormack, Robert Patrick, Jenni Baird, Tom Braidwood, Dan Lauria and it feels as though Nathan Fillion (or Gillian Anderson in 1997) should make an appearance; it’s a little reminiscent of Slither but the trailer suggests an even better pastiche of 50’s sci-fi.
I’m sold so it saddens me to say that Alien Trespass is only opening in limited release on April 3rd. Sad because I have a bad feeling I won’t have the opportunity to see it.
Trailer is tucked under the seat!
Shlocky 60-ish goodness (done splatter zombie style)
note an appearance of Jack Burton apparel in the trailer
On Alien vs. Trespass, looks like Invaders from Mars meets Mars Attacks meets Slither. Fun times. Hope it is better than 8 Legged Freaks!
In quicktime:
http://www.rowthree.com/2009/03/23/trailer-alien-trespass/
The dad from “The Wonder Years.” Has he been in anything worth mentioning since then? He sure likes his 1950′s.
Hey Kurt, is the janitor in Cadaver Christmas the kid from Dick Tracey? Sure looks like him.
And speaking of “The Wonder Years” (just to derail this post further), J. Berardinelli compares Adventureland to Kevin Arnold and crew had we followed them on past high school.
Heh. The first Rowthree ‘double post?’?
OMG. How stupid do I feel?! Bah!
On the Wonder Years thread…that show is back on TV. Still awesome.
didn’t they have to change the music from the Wonder Years due to copyright?
Haven’t seen an episode from the beginning so not sure if they’ve changed it but I do recall they had some problems with the DVD release of the series because of music copyrights.
I think is really cool!