The aliens wear oven mitts; the aliens speak perfect English but don't know what 'trouble' means; and best of all Robert Duvall with the classic 'what am I doing here?' look. This is a great one to play MST3K to. The chase through the lab is great...one lap around the set with a few cubicle walls thrown in for the classic 2 hour wait from this point sign! Oscilloscopes, tape reels and lots of flashing lights...this is a great time waster. I watched Time Tunnel as a child and loved it then,although I had no idea it was in color. I also didn't remember it lasting only 1 season, as IMDb says. If I recall, we watched it Saturday morning. If you can't laugh at this then you don't have a funny bone in your body
5 Reviews
Great movie for Campy Sci Fi fans
crystalrubi4 September 2006
Warning: Spoilers
I caught this movie on FMC not knowing what to expect and I'm glad I gave it a chance. Lets just say we go from metallic outfits with mono toned voice acting to komodo dragons dressed as "dinosaurs." We then venture into a western(?) scene complete with rampaging Indians and all the un-pc stereotypes that comes with it. Definitely not what I expected and I gave it a six stars mostly because of the rather slow beginning. If you want to relax and watch a silly sci fi movie and question whether the lead actors are latent homosexuals then this is the movie for you. I might also mention that Robert Duvall stars in this fun fare. Dare I say as a precursor to his superior role in THX 1138.
It made my brain hurt
HyPro21 January 1999
Dated, but that's what makes it fun to watch.
cobram-14 March 2006
Warning: Spoilers
This "movie" has it all. Spray painted aliens (humans a million years in the future), revolvers with 1 inch silencers, technicians in jump suits, computers with reel drives, and everything is made out of plastic in the future too. Although most of the performances could better be described as wood. Evidently mankind has enough technology to travel in time, but no one has a simple Geiger counter to find a nuclear bomb. From the description in the TV guide, it places the production date of this gem at 1967, this site says early 80's, which gives it a campy feel. Robert Duvall is great in this one, you can see he was destined for better things; his performance is probably why this compilation gem was made, to piggy back off his popularity at the time this came out. All in all not that bad, there are plenty of worse ways to pass a couple of hours on a winter weekend.
The Time Tunnel Re-edited in 1982
StuOz5 November 2021
Badly titled re-edit of Irwin Allen's wonderful Time Tunnel series of 1966-67.
Today, if people wish to re-watch The Time Tunnel they simply get the DVD but back in 1982 someone decided the series would look better if it was all chopped up and turned into little "movies" with silly titles???
I am sure Aliens from Another Planet (1982) is getting poor reviews for the simple reason that viewers expected an 80s movie about space aliens - instead they got something else all together!
This 90 minute chunk of Time Tunnel serves a purpose in that it lets some younger people know that a wonderfully corny series about time travel existed in the 60s. Some of the music is done by a young John Williams (yes, THAT John Williams). The Time Tunnel complex itself looks outstanding!
Does this sound like a bomb to you? No it is wonderful. Outstanding in fact. But see it the right way and get the DVD instead of Aliens from Anther Planet.
Today, if people wish to re-watch The Time Tunnel they simply get the DVD but back in 1982 someone decided the series would look better if it was all chopped up and turned into little "movies" with silly titles???
I am sure Aliens from Another Planet (1982) is getting poor reviews for the simple reason that viewers expected an 80s movie about space aliens - instead they got something else all together!
This 90 minute chunk of Time Tunnel serves a purpose in that it lets some younger people know that a wonderfully corny series about time travel existed in the 60s. Some of the music is done by a young John Williams (yes, THAT John Williams). The Time Tunnel complex itself looks outstanding!
Does this sound like a bomb to you? No it is wonderful. Outstanding in fact. But see it the right way and get the DVD instead of Aliens from Anther Planet.
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