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30 years of The X-Files in Germany
17. January 2024
Thorsten Walch looks back on over 70 years of extraterrestrial invasions in cinema and television.
What has fortunately not yet taken place in reality has long been happening on the big screen and in panto cinema. Starting with pioneering films for the science fiction genre such as “The Thing “, “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, “Invaders from Mars” and “The War of the Worlds” from the 1950s, through TV series such as “Twilight Zone”, “The Outer Limits”, “The Invaders” and Gerry Anderson’s “UFO” in the 1960s, to later TV and film classics such as “V” in the 80s and “Independence Day” in the 90s: the most famous alien conquests on the big and small screen are to be presented. Of course, this will also include the most famous film and TV aliens – if you have actually seen them …
Lecturer: Thorsten Walch
Duration: 60 min - The Lecture will be held in: germanThorsten Walch is an author, journalist and translator. In addition to the book "Es lebe Star Wars", published by In Farbe und Bunt in 2019, he is also co-author of the now five-volume "Star Trek Chronik" (together with Björn Sülter and Reinhard Prahl) as well as "Es lebe Captain Future" and "Es lebe Firefly" together with Reinhard Prahl from the same publishing house.
Walch also writes for print magazines such as Geek! Magazine, Star Wars: The Official Magazine, TV Series Highlights and FedCon Insider, as well as contributing to websites such as www.planettrek.de and www.serienjunkies.de. He is very interested in the real-life backgrounds of his favourite film and series universes.
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