Battle of Los Angeles

'11. Humans band together to fight an extraterrestrial invasion. Starring: Kel Mitchell, Nia Peeples. Director: Mark Atkins

Syfy Saturday movie from this past Saturday. Also made by The Asylum! Yay!

Oh, and in case you were wondering, this isn't the movie that just came out with Aaron Eckhart. That one's Battle: Los Angeles. I can understand the confusion.

I think I've seen this one before. Fighter pilot goes up against 2 mile wide alien spacecraft with central beam weapon hovering over a city.

If this fighter pilot survives the initial scene, becomes black, and uses the phrase "Aw, Hell NAW", then I'll be certain.

And for some reason, it takes the aliens launching smaller fighter things for people to panic, rather than when the ship initially fired its beam weapon at the city.

Also, apparently the Air National Guard has the crappiest air base in the history of time.

Also, this guy looks suspiciously like Zach Braff. Although he distinctly isn't. And we have been subjected to a 5 minute scene that is approximately 5 minutes, discussing one of the characters' apparent cowardice, with someone who's trying far too hard to be R. Lee Ermey. And for some reason he has a "service revolver", which is a Single Action Army. Which you might recognize as the Colt "Peacemaker" cowboy pistol. But, on the plus side, Faux Lee Ermey has been blowed up.And I was hoping that Fighter Pilot Braff had, too, but he seemed to survive. Based on the fact that he is on screen right now, flying his plane. Aw. dammit. Faux Lee Ermey survived, too...

And now a Chance Vought F4U Corsair just landed. That's a WWII fighter. So, it looks like we're gonna have some time traveling wackiness to contend with. Although, I'm not complaining, as The F4U is a quite attractive airplane. And rather unique looking one one, with the inverted gull wings...

Also, why is the Air National Guard wearing helmets with Desert MARPAT covers, to go with their woodland BDUs.

Braff may have been possessed by aliens, and may or may not be dead. I'm not 100% sure. I was busy making dinner. But I do know that Colonel Moustache is dead.

Also, apparently time travelers from the 1940s over-act like fiends.

And apparently the Air National Guard makes some really sturdy F16s. One can eject out of them, and have them crash land into a ruined building, and they'll still look mostly intact. Or maybe The Asylum just couldn't afford a different CG model. Also, in addition to ridiculously sturdy fighters, the ANG seems to issue their pilots Desert Eagles as sidearms. Because they're probably the best suited... Yeah totally...

And now there's a ninja woman. Totally did not see that one coming...

And Faux Lee Ermey managed to shoot down 2 alien fighters. One with his Single Action Army, and one with the first fighter's gun. And then the second one crashed into him. So I guess we're done with him.

Turns out the fighter pilot and the black guy are different characters in this movie. Thus far, neither has uttered the required phrase.

Also, had i not been making dinner, I would have made my prediction of the time traveler (who actually was just a prisoner on the alien ship) was actually in league with the aliens. And had I actually gotten around to writing that, I would have seemed awfully prescient.