#alien from LA

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"I know I said anything, but isn't this a little extreme?"

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Alien from L. A. (1988, dir. Albert Pyun)

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Alien from LA, movie poster illustration by Larry Salk, 1988

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my comfort movies are all MST3K ...

absolutely no shame

[cinemajunkie70]

Very sad news! Rest in peace Albert Pyun!

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Alien From L.A. Blu Ray illustration

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[davidwatchedthat]

1/25/22

ALIEN FROM L.A., directed by Albert Pyun, 1988.

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I love how people keep making fun of Kathy Ireland's voice in Alien from L.A.

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I liked the part with the gynoid petrol bowser.

A movie with a ridiculous premise and a consistently silly tone. There was some fun worldbuilding, with decent set work and costuming, but the plot was basic and that left little impression.

For some incomprehensible reason, all of Kathy Ireland's dialogue was dubbed over in a squeaky cartoon child's voice. It was like they were trying to make her seem geeky or meek or something, but it just didn't fit with her appearance at all. It varied between genuinely irritating and simply baffling, even perplexing the other characters within the movie at times.

There were some really unfitting choices of music, especially in the first ten minutes or so, when a song that completely clashed with what was happening was playing so loud that it drowned out dialogue. At one point William R. Moses, who spoke in a terrible fake Aussie accent, was going around questioning people and they replayed the exact same line of dialogue not even thirty seconds after he said it.

All the stuff in the city was pretty neat, but the plot barely progressed during it. They introduced a rogueish Aladdin type named Charmin' (Thom Matthews) far too late in the movie for him to matter, then sort of just sped through to the ending like they'd suddenly realised they had to wrap things up. The final scene was completely inexplicable, but I can't decide if it was in an endearing way or not.

A weird movie, but aside from the bizarre protagonist voice, fairly forgettable. Okay, I suppose.

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Albert Pyun's Alien from LA (1988) offers a depiction of a run-down and retrofuturistic Atlantis akin to Gilliam's Brazil or Jeunet's City of Lost Children

Love all the face makeup and loud suits, as well as the bright red fake eyelashes worn by Deep Roy as Atlantean gangster Mambino. The glittery skirted dress that Kathy Ireland sports is cute too.

Costume design by Birgitta Bjerke; the film's outfits were most likely purchased rather than bespoke-made.

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normaltown pt 1

remember those wips i made... good times... i did not have time to go back to those so just consider them complete 😭 (me procrastinating coloring for hours on end)

anyyways yeah i personality swapped the davis twinks. woww raceswapped kung fu stella too well guess what. cunty alien tank grunt barrage!!

i had the swap fiesta idea swimming in my twisted brain but put it off for soooo long cause i could not for the life of me conjure any ideas for tank/his outfit. then. in a dream.... 💡😇 80s fitness trainer booty shorts tank 👼🪽 you're so welcome // @simstraffikcone how did you know i'd make him evil. man am i that predictable

i just think they're neat

bonuses.. but no context sorry 🏃💨

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pov you are nicholas or perhaps vriska

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In me heart, Killer Frequency has like, 8 movies, 2 failed reboots, and a tv miniseries.