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[dolari]

I spent most of the evening watching a childhood fave: 1981's New Zealand Scifi Mini-Series "Under the Mountain." A scifi story about twins who are drafted by an alien named Mister Jones to destroy the Wilburforce, an alien species bent on consuming the Earth.

I was fully expecting this to be terrible - like the Tomorrow People, once you grow up, you see the glaring flaws and problematic plot decisions that can destroy your old memories of a good show. Instead, other than a few 80s cringe-worthy moments ("Oh, so you're in a life threatening war between two alien factions. Okay. Well, that's alright then. Breakfast?")

Instead, it's a pretty gripping story. The Wilberforce start off looking kind of goofy - a bunch of slimy old tinted green men...but quickly become terrifying baddies. And the explanation of their alineness is horrific: A creature that's a brain without a body, meets a body withouth a brain, and morph into unfeeling, uncaring consuming machine...that eventually technologically evolves without actually emotionally evolving. They're not here to take over and control the earth, but to consume it until all that's left is mud.

The last third of the series is seriously intense, and had me on the edge of my seat. Especially when the kids begin fighting their mentor as they take charge of the fight. I really enjoyed the series, and was somewhat pleasantly surprised to find that it was remade in 2009, which I may need to check out. 24% on Rotten Tomatoes, though....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhRR-Z168Fc

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[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Just dropping by, if I may.. ^_^ I think I'd like to give that a try. It reminds me somewhat of a 70s ITV production, Children of the Stones (which you may even know) - set in a village with a neolithic circles of stones around it, the story follows the adventures of a boy and his father newly moved into the village. The first indications of something being a touch odd are when said boy realises quite a few other pupils are taking material of quite a more advanced level than would ordinarily be expected. They also seem rather uniformly.. compliant, and unnervingly chipper. There are some exceptions, but then.. =:)

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

If you'd like to check it out, head over to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJpUA3hQyO8

I DO remember Children of the Stones, and I remember it being incredibly creepy. Especially the ending where it appears time is kind of restarting and the main baddie appears in town again. One of my faves from when I was a kid.