"Humans Building ‘Alien’ Robot To Reinforce Belief In Aliens?" Topic
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Cacique Caribe  | 21 May 2018 8:41 a.m. PST |
How many films, shows or novels have you come across with that specific theme (a mechanical Alien prop/Robot made in order to deceive locals)? 1) What sort of creature was it? What did it look like? 2) Did the ploy work? What could have made it successful? 3) Most importantly … would that premise make a worthwhile game setting? Bonus Question:
What was the name of a Disney 60s(?) film with young kids making a fake fire breathing (Alien?) creature that floated on top of a barge or raft, to scare the locals off from visiting a lake? Dan
PS. I think this picture is by Ed Emshwiller:
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| haywire | 21 May 2018 8:47 a.m. PST |
Not a robot, but to extreme extents… Outer Limits Architect of Fear
The Watchmen comics
X-Files
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TheBeast  | 21 May 2018 10:54 a.m. PST |
Ah, Robert Culp. Also, Demon with the Glass Hand. All was not as it seemed… Doug |
| Zephyr1 | 21 May 2018 2:11 p.m. PST |
"Bonus Question:
What was the name of a Disney 60s(?) film with young kids making a fake fire breathing (Alien?) creature that floated on top of a barge or raft, to scare the locals off from visiting a lake?" Don't recall anything Disney, but I believe there was a Wild Wild West episode that had that. |
| Daithi the Black | 21 May 2018 2:40 p.m. PST |
That was the plot to the original "The Watchmen" comics. |
| Coelacanth | 21 May 2018 6:55 p.m. PST |
…And they would have gotten away with it, if not for those meddling kids. Ron |
| Dennis | 21 May 2018 7:54 p.m. PST |
The cover of the issue of Galaxy is credited to Emsh on the table of contents, so Dan for the win. |
| Cacique Caribe | 22 May 2018 11:30 a.m. PST |
Also, his initials are on the computer, right next to the purple head that sits on the left side of the table. Dan |
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