ID the movie: Human & robot enemies stranded together on a planet; team for survival

[CZroe]

OK. When I was a kid, I saw a movie at a baby-sitter's house. I'm watching an '80s movie called "Enemy Mine" and it reminded me of it due to many similarities, so now I want to see the other again. I got a 70's vibe from it when aI originally saw it in the late '80s or early '90s.

These are the things I can remember:
A human and an enemy from a race of machines/robots get stranded on a planet that is very much like a wasteland. They encounter each other and have to team up to survive. I remember a scene where they were taking turns operating a hand-powered generator. At one point, I think the robot guy gets angry during a conversation and throws it down before standing up and walking out. I think it also had the sci-fi stereotype of multiple moons or multiple suns on the alien world or something. I also remember a conversation about reproduction where the robot was disgusted by human reproduction and wondered why humans could not just build more offspring or something like that.

It may have been a made for TV movie. My babysitters had it on a VHS that they recorded onto.

 

[techs]

It sounds like the episode from Battlestar Galactica 1980. Starbuck and a Cylon crash land on a planet together, and the human fleet moves on. There was also a woman who was pregnant, and went on to become Dr. Zee when Starbuck and the Cylon launched to baby in a rocket back towards the fleet.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Techs is right. It also was the only semi-decent episode of Galactica 1980.

 

[CZroe]

I forgot to mention that I remember it looking like a Cylon. I didn't know what BSG was back then so I only made that association in my memory. That said, I thought it was feature-length because I remember being bored for long periods when watching it. Was it a multi-part episode?

Thanks, guys.

 

[techs]

Techs is right. It also was the only semi-decent episode of Galactica 1980.

I forgot to mention that I remember it looking like a Cylon. I didn't know what BSG was back then so I only made that association in my memory. That said, I thought it was feature-length because I remember being bored for long periods when watching it. Was it a multi-part episode?

Thanks, guys.

I agree with both of you. It was the only decent Galactica 1980 episode, and I do remember it seeming to drag on. Don't remember if it was a two parter.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I thought it was a two parter, but I don't have time to check as I need to run to a meeting.

 

[waggy]

yeah i a m pretty sure it was 2 parts.

 

[PClark99]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgx-zanXH2Y


It was a single episode and the last of the series.

 

[techs]

According to tv.com it was not a two parter.

Though they have this about the episode:

This episode was originally written for the original Battlestar Galatica, but when the show was cancelled the script was never filmed. After it became clear that Galactica 1980 was doomed, Glen Larson pulled this out and filmed it. The best of 1980!

 

[rivan]

Man. The amount of time people have on their hands, lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icWK2Uv7IPk&feature=related

 

[MotionMan]

Clearly the answer is 'Robinson Crusoe on Mars'.

MotionMan

 

[IndyColtsFan]

According to tv.com it was not a two parter.

Though they have this about the episode:

This episode was originally written for the original Battlestar Galatica, but when the show was cancelled the script was never filmed. After it became clear that Galactica 1980 was doomed, Glen Larson pulled this out and filmed it. The best of 1980!

Yeah, my understanding was that a second part was planned and scripted but the cancellation meant it was never filmed.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Oh, and brace yourselves -- the ENTIRE Galactica 1980 series (all 10 episodes) is available on Netflix for streaming. I may have to tune in and get my laughs.

 

[MotionMan]

Oh, and brace yourselves -- the ENTIRE Galactica 1980 series (all 10 episodes) is available on Netflix for streaming. I may have to tune in and get my laughs.

I may have to set aside my viewing of the entire Emergency! series to watch these.

MotionMan

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! The first 3 episodes are DVD only. WTF?!?!?!

 

[MotionMan]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! The first 3 episodes are DVD only. WTF?!?!?!

Oh, well. Back to John, Roy and Chet!

MotionMan

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Oh, well. Back to John, Roy and Chet!

MotionMan

I am watching the Starbuck episode now, and I already want to punch "Dr. Z" or whatever the little twit's name is.

 

[MotionMan]

I am watching the Starbuck episode now, and I already want to punch "Dr. Z" or whatever the little twit's name is.

Doctor Zee = Cousin Oliver!

He was a little Ted McGinley.

MotionMan

 

[PClark99]

TBH really the only watcheable episode of that whole crapfest is the last one with Starbuck.

 

[techs]

Oh, and brace yourselves -- the ENTIRE Galactica 1980 series (all 10 episodes) is available on Netflix for streaming. I may have to tune in and get my laughs.

It's a toss up as to which is worse. Galactica 1980 or the SighFy Saturday movie specials.

 

[zinfamous]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! The first 3 episodes are DVD only. WTF?!?!?!

Oh, well. Back to John, Roy and Chet!

MotionMan

NBC.com has everything streaming. and it's 1978-1979, I think. I watched part 1 of 3 at the end of the day at work a week or two ago.

http://www.nbc.com/classic-tv/battlestar-galactica/video/categories/season-1/32424/

 

[zinfamous]

Oh, and i must have watched Enemy Mine a thousand times when I was younger. It was on HBO 5 times a day, haha.

loved that flick--it was the first thing I thought about when I saw the thread title.

 

[Kadarin]

Techs is right. It also was the only semi-decent episode of Galactica 1980.

Damn, look at the hair.

 

[bobeedee]

Clearly the answer is 'Robinson Crusoe on Mars'.

MotionMan

I actually saw that one at the local movie theatre.

 

[tboo]

Sounds like Enemy Mine but one wasn't a robot but an alien.