Starman (1984). An alien takes the form of a young Wisconsin widow's husband and makes her drive him to his departure point in Arizona. Distrustful government agents, along with a more ambivalent scientist, give pursuit in hopes of intercepting them.
Aliens have long been used in sci-fi to inspire a sense of wonder in the audience, but I can't remember the last time I saw a film that captured the wonder of its characters so organically. This is John Carpenter at his best and Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen are just magic together. Really loved this one. 8/10.
Just remembered that Jay from RedLetterMedia really said that the first 20 minutes of Starman (1984) are like a sequel to The Thing (1982) and that’s my preferred way of watching both now there's no other way.
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Just the idea that these two babes are the same species... spot the difference, there is none, Jay's not even wrong:
The only difference is that thing is pissed off from having been stuck in the ice for 100.000 years and people trying to kill it once he's finally free so it'll try to assimilate them to fit in and be left alone. Jenny Hayden isn't trying to set starman on fire so the only thing he wants to assimilate is dutch apple pie!