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Alien Nation (1989)
great names
How can you not like a show with names like Kenny Bunkport, Norman Conquest, Phil Dirt, Al Fresco, Polly Wanakraker, Marina DelRay, Gail Warning, Rick Shaw, Terry Firma, Carey Onbag, Patty Melt, Len Guini and Paul Bearer. My children and I watched each week just to see what name they would come up with next. The fish out of water aspect was the best part of the show. The deadpan delivery of the newcomers who were oblivious to what was going on around them made it as much of a comedy as it was science fiction. In order to appreciate science fiction you have to suspend disbelief and if you can't do that then you won't get it at all.
Amerika (1987)
availability on tape
I noticed several respondents mentioned this was not out on video. I have had the VCR tapes for years. I imagine it can only be found in used condition but it was made in 1995 and distributed in a five tape set by Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc. I have to agree that the entire premise of the Russians as a threat was long over, if it ever existed outside the minds of the far right. The acting was adequate although Robert Urich and Sam Neill could not give a bad performance regardless of script, direction or production values. I never quite understood the controversy when it was shown and it certainly isn't any sillier than Red Dawn