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Alien Nation is an American science fiction media franchise created by Rockne S. O'Bannon (later known for Farscape ), comprising film, television, and other media productions about alien refugees living on Earth. The series began with the 1988 film Alien Nation, which was adapted into a Fox Network television series of the same name in 1989.
Oct 7, 1988 · Earth makes first contact with alien civilization in 1988 and integrates them into society in 1991. A human cop and a Newcomer cop investigate the alien underworld and face discrimination and danger.
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Alien Nation is a 1988 American science fiction action film written by Rockne S. O'Bannon and directed by Graham Baker. The ensemble cast features James Caan , Mandy Patinkin , and Terence Stamp . Its initial popularity inaugurated the beginning of the Alien Nation media franchise.
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- Gale Anne Hurd, Richard Kobritz
Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997) Alien Nation is a science fiction police procedural television series in the Alien Nation franchise. Adapted from the 1988 Alien Nation film, it stars Gary Graham as Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly working with "Newcomer" alien Sam "George" Francisco, played by Eric Pierpoint.
No.TitleDirected ByWritten By1"Pilot"Kenneth Johnson2"Fountain of Youth"3"Little Lost Lamb"Diane Frolov4"Fifteen with Wanda"Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van ...- September 18, 1989 –, May 7, 1990
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A TV series set in the near future, where a human cop and his alien partner fight crime and discrimination in Los Angeles. The series explores the themes of culture, identity, and fear through the perspective of the Tenctonese, or "Newcomers", who are former slaves of an alien race.
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Alien Nation takes the interesting premise of extraterrestrials living among us and doesn't do enough with it, emphasizing a police procedural plotline over the more intriguing sci-fi elements. In ...
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A movie about aliens integrated into human society in 1991, starring James Caan and Mandy Patinkin. Roger Ebert criticizes the film for its lack of imagination and originality, and compares it to a standard cop action potboiler.
