Line #14 Film/ProjectALF


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2	The 1996 MadeForTVMovie of ''Series/{{ALF}}'', following up from that series' cliffhanger ending. ALF is taken to a secret research facility, being looked after, experimented on, even [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] by a litany of scientists, though cared for by a few, in particular Major Melissa Hill and Captain Rick Mullican. They, though having the most sympathy for the diminutive alien, still are quite annoyed by him, but not so annoyed they don't take him to one of Melissa's friends, the wealthy ex-NASA pilot Dexter Moyers. What he has in store for ALF, though...
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4	Most definitely DarkerAndEdgier than its parent series in some parts, the attendant wacky humor often making the transition to BlackComedy with jarring effect.
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6	Stars Creator/MartinSheen as a xenophobic GeneralRipper type with a FreudianExcuse who wishes to see ALF dead.
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9	!!''Project: ALF'' provides examples of:
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11	* BigBadEnsemble: Colonel Milfoil and Dexter Moyers.
12	* BlackComedy: Mostly near the beginning, actually, when the traumatized ALF simply cannot forget the fate of one of his researchers, and ends up running through a half-dozen more with his grisly descriptions.
13	* BrickJoke: When ALF is going for his interview, he's told that his afternoon will either be [[BigEater dinner]] or shock therapy, with ALF praying for the former. As the review board breaks up, one of the things they ''do'' agree on is that ALF won't be doing his tests until the review is completed.
14	* ChekhovsGun: Moyers' recording equipment, used in the EngineeredPublicConfession noted below.
15	* DeadpanSnarker: ALF, of course, but much of the rest of the cast too.
16	* DeadStarWalking: Ed Begley, Jr. as Dr. Warner, who gets fried by his own electrocution machine.
17	* FreudianExcuse: An alien kidnapped and tortured Milfoil's mother, resulting in his current vendetta against ALF.
18	* EngineeredPublicConfession: Mullican activates Moyers' cameras just so he can discuss the requisition order Milfoil took out for the poison; Milfoil specifically throws his Second Lieutenant Reese under the bus and burns the order on camera, sealing his downfall.
19	* GeneralRipper: Milfoil, who seeks to use a chemical bio-weapon to kill ALF.
20	* HighVoltageDeath: Dr. Warner, due to the electroshock machine having one major design flaw.
21	* HumanFocusedAdaptation: A good chunk of the film focuses on the two human leads trying to protect ALF and their UnresolvedSexualTension, with ALF almost in a [[SupportingProtagonist seemingly supporting role]], as an alien that happens to be with them making wisecracks. This is one of several reasons why the film isn't looked at too fondly amongst fans.
22	* InterspeciesRomance: ALF wants this with Nina, Moyers' secretary, and she doesn't seem to be unwilling, but it may just have been a HoneyTrap.
23	* LargeHam: Milfoil again; the only thing that keeps him from being downright scary is his brief ChewingTheScenery moments.
24	* PutOnABus: It's mentioned that the Tanners were relocated to Mozambique and later Reykjavik following ALF's capture.
25	* SleepMask: When Melissa and Rick come to rescue ALF from his imprisonment in his luxury cell, ALF is wearing one of these which he claims is to keep his cold cream on. It is really just another symbol of how he has turned his jail cell into his personal spa.
26	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Rick seems intended to be one for Willie when it comes to his dynamic with ALF. Several of their scenes together seem designed to try and recreate the ALF/Willie dynamic from the old show.
27	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: ALF's friends Skip and Rhonda never come back for him in this film, even though they were present in the series finale, ready to beam him back aboard their ship before the military showed up.

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