Produced by Amblin Television, SYFY s
Resident Alien puts a clever twist on the famous Elliot-E.T. dynamic that Steven Spielberg (founder of Amblin) established in his 1982 sci-fi classic,
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The only person in the small town of Patience, Colorado, who can see Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle s (Alan Tudyk) true alien form through his human disguise is young Max (Judah Prehn). But instead of forming a poignant bond with the cosmic visitor, the boy is scared out of his wits. Not only that, but the two characters form a hilarious rivalry as Max attempts to convince his parents of the truth, to no avail.
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It s less than a week until the new comedy (with some drama)
Resident Alien lands on SYFY so the cast got together for some out-of-this-world trivia to celebrate. The live-action adaptation of the Dark Horse comic of the same name starring Alan Tudyk as alien-in-human-form, Harry Vanderspeigle, would normally get a big public press launch, maybe with some aliens on a red carpet or a big space ship faux crash-landing on Hollywood Boulevard. But in keeping with our still socially distant reality, things had to get a bit creative for 2021.
The question being: How do you welcome a new series into the pantheon of sci-fi and alien related works while honoring the genre as a whole? Well, you hold a sci-fi-centric trivia event hosted by trivia pro and 12-time Jeopardy champion Austin Rogers to test some geek journalists and the show s stars on their knowledge.