MovieChat Forums > Without Warning (1980) Discussion > Creatures lifted from Star Trek

Creatures lifted from Star Trek

posted 10 years ago by ccr1633
6 replies | jump to latest

Episode: Operation -- Annihilate!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708441/

[–] Akzidenz_Grotesk 10 years ago

The Without Warning creatures have teeth, tentacles and a glow in the dark ring around their edge, though.

"The sport is in the trackin' an' the huntin'..."

[–] ccr1633 10 years ago

The Without Warning creatures have teeth, tentacles and a glow in the dark ring around their edge, though.

Yes. I still think the similarities outweigh the differences though. Anyone making horror, fantasy, or sci-fi movies in the 70s and 80s must have eaten up Star Trek and The Twilight Zone when they were kids.

[–] rp69 9 years ago

Both the alien and his frisbee jellyfish creatures were lifted from star Trek.
The alien looks very similar to the alien in the Corbomite Maneuver episode.
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/b/b3/Balok_puppet.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110331033507&path-prefix=en

The Frisbee suckers were from Operation Annihilate.
http://saguisag.com/rewatch/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/parasitespock.jpg

I made the comparison 5 years ago here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081764/board/nest/167045539

[–] 9 years ago

[deleted]

[–] 9 years ago

[deleted]

[–] MystMoonstruck 8 years ago

I always wondered if both weren't inspired by It Conquered the World! though those flying critters are a bit bat-like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdL9OLZUb8

(W)hat are we without our dreams?
Making sure our fantasies
Do not overpower our realities. ~ RC