science fiction

Alien Nation is a 1989 science fiction television series with aliens which ran for one year.

buddy cop neo-noir science fiction action

Alien Nation is a 1988 American buddy cop neo-noir science fiction action film directed by Graham Baker.

sci-fi

It's likely that one day we will see remakes of every single genre movie released in the 1980s, and apparently the next title in line for a modern update is the Graham Baker-directed sci-fi flick Alien Nation.

a science fictional crime story

Basically Alien Nation is a science fictional crime story.

Psychedelic

Alien Nation is a superb expo of Psychedelic, Progressive, Minimal, Tekno plus so many more genre!

a science fiction/crime drama hybrid that delt with lots of social themes

Alien Nation was a science fiction/crime drama hybrid that delt with lots of social themes.

by Graham Baker, produced by Gale Anne Hurd and , and written by Rockne S. O'Bannon Richard Kobritz

Alien Nation is a 1988 American science fiction film directed by Graham Baker, produced by Gale Anne Hurd and Richard Kobritz, and written by Rockne S. O'Bannon.

a science fiction drama that aired on FOX

Alien Nation is a science fiction drama that aired on FOX.

action picture

Though mostly an action picture, Alien Nation was somewhat of a throwback to other similar genre films such as Planet of the Apes and Silent Running.

by the connection between sci-fi cinema of the 1950s and and the Cold War period

Inspired by the connection between sci-fi cinema of the 1950s and ‘60s and the Cold War period, Alien Nation is curated by John Gill, Jens Hoffmann and Gilane Tawadros and presents the work of twelve contemporary international artists who all explore themes of ‘otherness’ and ‘difference’ through the language and iconography of science fiction.

a 1988 american science-fiction movie, directed by Graham Baker, and starring James Caan, Mandy Patinkin and Terence Stamp

Alien Nation is a 1988 american science-fiction movie, directed by Graham Baker, and starring James Caan, Mandy Patinkin and Terence Stamp.

a buddy-cop movie

Alien Nation’ is simply a buddy-cop movie, but one of the the cops just happens to be from outer space.

gritty sci-fi, crime procedural

A gritty sci-fi, crime procedural in the vein of The Hidden and District 9, Alien Nation is a tense tale of urban life in Los Angeles circa 1991.

a buddy cop/sci-fi hybrid that contains a lot of the usual 80s action flick cliches

Alien Nation is a buddy cop/sci-fi hybrid that contains a lot of the usual 80s action flick cliches; the burned out, alcoholic cop, gratuitous car chases and stranger in a strange land analogies are all very familiar.

crime procedural

A gritty sci-fi, crime procedural in the vein of The Hidden and District 9, Alien Nation is a tense tale of urban life in Los Angeles circa 1991.

a choral piece about the effects of racism on young people.young peoplehas

Alien Nation was a choral piece about the effects of racism on young people.young peoplehas been performed in schools and youth groups all over Ireland.

an allegory of immigration and discrimination about the tensions between humans and the 300,000 former slaves whose spaceship crashed in the Mojave Desert, after which utopias move to Los Angeles

Begun in 1988, the Alien Nation story is an allegory of immigration and discrimination about the tensions between humans and the 300,000 former slaves whose spaceship crashed in the Mojave Desert, after which utopias move to Los Angeles (apparently, even alien former slaves all think utopias have a screenplay or two in utopias ).

a live, immersive alien movie about a group of college seniors who might be terrible people, and the race of aliens that invade their bodies to make them better

Alien Nation is a live, immersive alien movie about a group of college seniors who might be terrible people, and the race of aliens that invade their bodies to make them better.

an allegory of immigration and discrimination about the tensions between humans and the 300,000 former slaves , whose spaceship crashed in the Mojave Desertafter which utopias move to Los Angeles

Begun in 1988, the Alien Nation story is an allegory of immigration and discrimination about the tensions between humans and the 300,000 former slaves whose spaceship crashed in the Mojave Desert, after which utopias move to Los Angeles (apparently, even alien former slaves all think utopias have a screenplay or two in utopias ).

with a mix of intrigue, adventure, and sometimes humor

Additionally, popular culture, through movies, TV shows, and books, often portrays aliens with a mix of intrigue, adventure, and sometimes humor, further fueling their appeal to young audiences.