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My Favorite Martians, er, uh, Aliens
By an Amazon.com customer
Alien Quadrilogy (Alien/ Aliens /Alien 3 /Alien Resurrection)Alien Quadrilogy (Alien/ Aliens /Alien 3 /Alien Resurrection)
Buy new: $42.99 / Used from: $18.95
Arguably the best of the entire bunch, with that acid-blood, the double mandibles, the raw violence--a complete package.
The Thing - Collector's EditionThe Thing - Collector's Edition
Buy used from: $2.96
A superb, ultra-freaky shape-shifting mass of unflinching nastiness, one of the best.
2001 - A Space Odyssey2001 - A Space Odyssey
Buy used from: $3.56
Unseen, yet unimaginably powerful, on an inter-time-spatial scale, even omnipresent.
Galaxy QuestGalaxy Quest
Buy used from: $2.00
Ya just gotta love those Thermians, their movements, their voices, their clapping and walking--Tony Shalhoub's character sure did.
Independence Day (Limited Edition)Independence Day (Limited Edition)
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Pretty cool bug-like bad guys, with those hollow, empty eyes, and that weird telepathic thing going on.
Mars Attacks!Mars Attacks!
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Really enjoyable little cartoon freaks, with the greatest alien voice that could be conceived.
The Fifth ElementThe Fifth Element
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $1.75
All kinds of fun aliens, including our hero Leeloo, but my favorite has got to be the Mondoschawans.
Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with MeTwin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.27
Okay, Bob and The Giant and the Little Man--just plain inter-dimensional Black Lodge residents, or space-time-hopping aliens?
Invaders from Mars (Special Edition)Invaders from Mars (Special Edition)
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A great collection of nutso critters from the Red Planet.
Mork & Mindy - The Complete First SeasonMork & Mindy - The Complete First Season
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One of the most engaging and friendly aliens you can find, if a bit schizophrenic and overly hairy.
PhantasmPhantasm
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Aliens from another dimension/planet/galaxy re-animate buried corpses and squash them down into Jawa-like slave trolls for off-world labor.
Little Shop of Horrors (Snap Case)Little Shop of Horrors (Snap Case)
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $4.62
Audrey II, a harmless name for a plant that's anything but, and bent on World Domination!
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy used from: $3.44
Coolest for their spacecraft, rather than for their kind of bland, white-bread, predictable shapes and sizes, and they're just not that over-the-top engaging, just too quiet and polite.
The BlobThe Blob
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So simple, yet so destructive. And with that great, big, monster-movie question mark at the very end.
Ultraman 1Ultraman 1
Buy used from: $999.99
A more or less involuntary visitor, who reluctantly accepts his role as ultimate protector of Japan's massive collection of city scale models.
Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition with Bonus Disc)Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition with Bonus Disc)
Buy used from: $17.30
An entire galaxy full of neato aliens, with my personal favorite being that hot cabaret babe who sang "Lepti Nik" in "Return of the Jedi."
Killer Klowns from Outer SpaceKiller Klowns from Outer Space
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.79
A great assortment of intergalactic nutcases, and horrible dream-fodder for anyone with a serious clown hang-up.
Titan A.E. (Special Edition)Titan A.E. (Special Edition)
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Okay, the Dredge blew up the Earth, that's pretty bad, but they're still pretty cool aliens.
Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (Special Edition)Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (Special Edition)
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The aliens are ghosts--neat concept.
Superman - The Movie (Limited Edition Collector's Set)Superman - The Movie (Limited Edition Collector's Set)
Buy used from: $39.99
Don't forget, this guy is an alien, from another world. Back there on Krypton, he'd just be another skinny nimrod with a goofy cowlick in the 7th grade locker room.
Ghosts of Mars (Special Edition)Ghosts of Mars (Special Edition)
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.89
Again, the aliens are ghosts, or more like a sort of ghost-virus. Again, pretty neat concept.
Life of BrianLife of Brian
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A short but sweet, and riotously funny interlude, with the aliens swooping Brian down for a roller-coaster chase through the solar neighborhood, only to crash him back where he started.
PredatorPredator
Buy used from: $1.73
Kind of a gargantuan intergalactic Rasta-man, he's pretty cool, but a bit bland without all of his gadgets.
V - The Complete SeriesV - The Complete Series
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Cutting-edge alien invasion sci-fi from the late 70s, with the ultra-smooth aliens actually being nasty lizard-dragon-freaks, out to eat us up.
Men in BlackMen in Black
Buy used from: $27.59
Lots of nutty, crazy space critters from which to choose--my favorite was the little doughboy-looking guy up inside the dead jeweler's head.