ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

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~ A Question for the Members: I dislike pessimistic stories which depict the darker side of mankind.

But perhaps the only sequel to this movie should be one which sticks with the Alien movies it allegedly inspired.

So, should we design a sequel similar to the idea in Alien, in which the "Weapons Division" of Wayland Industries attempts to capture all the surviving Martians we see in this movie and turn them into super-soldiers?

~ Here's what I came up with.: Obviously the answer to this question is yes, since the Alien franchise did that very thing.

But since we're "turning back the clock" and creating an imaginary 1950s sequel, we've got to make it distinctly different from Ridley Scott's later versions.

Therefore, let's do what the Alien movies never did!

The warmonger authorities bring a few dozen of these nasty Martians back to Earth with the idea of turning them in "super soldiers" who could be unleashed on the enemies of our country!

Sound like a great strategy, right? Hell no, of course not!

The plot twist here is that these creatures prove to be smarter than their captors imagined after they escape from their hi-tech confinement.

The rest of the story is all about the ruthless military men who just want to hunt down and destroy the escaped Martians — and the more rational scientist who realize these terrifying creatures might be intelligent enough to reason with!
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)