Television offers up a mixed bag of delights today, with programming choices ranging from the somber Robinson Crusoe on Mars to the bloodthirsty humor of Starship Troopers.
(all times Eastern)
12:00 AM The X-Files (FX) - Conduit
Early episode sees Scully and Mulder travel to an Iowan UFO hot spot to investigate whether a local girl was kidnapped by aliens.
4:15 AM Star Portal (Showtime)
Athena Massey plays a misunderstood vampiric alien -- she's only trying to help her people --in this film which features recycled footage from Battle Beyond the Stars.
4:20 AM Star Hunter (Showtime Beyond)
Predator rip-offs stalk a bus full of football players in this marginally inspired creature feature, to which Roddy McDowell and Stella Stevens lend their unique talents
5:45 AM Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Showtime Beyond)
Good, albeit somber 1964 update of the Defoe novel moves the castaway to the Red Planet. Adam West of "Batman" fame plays a key role.
1:00 PM The Twilight Zone (SciFi) - The Lonely
A man sentenced to a long solitary term on a prison asteroid finds companionship in the form of a feminine robot.
2:00 PM Lost in Space (SciFi) - Princess of Space
Aliens mistake Penny for their missing princess and kidnap her in order to groom her to inherit the throne. Arte Johnson (best known for his Laugh-In work) guest stars
4:00 PM Star Trek (SciFi) - Whom Gods Destroy
The inmates take over a Federation asylum, leaving Spock to choose which Kirk is his trusty captain and which is a shapeshifter crazy enough to kill his own Orion girlfriend (Yvonne Craig).
8:00 PM Starship Troopers (Showtime)
In this 1997 production based on Robert Heinlein's novel, heavily-armed forces from Earth go off-world to battle alien "bugs" bent on planetary conquest. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, who is otherwise known in the science fiction scene as the director of Robocop and Total Recall.
9:00 PM Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (USA)
Those wacky Klingons accidentally blow up their own moon, prompting hardliners to rebel against a desperate plan to seek help from the Federation. Meanwhile, the Klingons capture Kirk and put him on trial for war crimes, while the long-suffering McCoy continues to bear the brunt of his friends' misdeeds.
9:00 PM The X-Files (FX) - Conduit
See 12 a.m. listing for summary.
11:00 PM Predator (Cinemax)
Invisible alien stalks Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse 'The Governor' Ventura, Carl Weathers and others.
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