lkhpinnell
At last after years I know the name of this film, with this title no wonder I couldn't remember it. What is it about this film that causes those who saw it when young to remember it so well, like others who have commented on this I saw this aged about 8 to 10 years old on British TV in the mid 70's, I remember a trailer for it but not the very beginning, perhaps I missed it and that is why I couldn't remember the title. I remember some scenes so clearly however and have never seen it repeated and no one else that I described it to can remember it. Perhaps it is the ending that caused it to stick in my mind the first film I have seen with such a twist, will people who have seen the sixth sense feel the same. The heroin is there to be saved or help the hero , not in this case a real femme fatal, but not happy about doing it. Micale Cain said why do they remake good films, they are already good it is the bad ones that need remaking to make them better, if not a direct quote it describes the gist of what he said. I am not sure if this could live up to my memories of it , but I would like the chance to see it again, would I be disappointed? hopefully not
HyperPup
I feel as though an angel has smiled on me. After years of wanting to see this movie I finally saw it. This was one of the ABC movie of the week deals that I learned about in high school back in the 80's. Unfortunately I was born a scant 5 or 6 months before it aired on ABC, which meant my parents were probably enjoying it whilst I was napping in my crib in another room. I can't remember how I found out about it back in 1988 but I did, and had a nice enough of a working idea of the plot to attempt a remake of my own. That became my senior video project in my Mass Media class and while it got me an "A" in the class, it didn't garner me much recognition. I even built the props in addition to making the script! The producers needn't get their lawyers ready as I have long since lost the footage of me and my friends running around reenacting what was poorly but cogent rendition of their movie. However it would be nice if someone would remake the movie for a more modern retelling. A good made for TV movie with a nice twist-ending.
CatoTSR2
A really strange esoteric sci-fi movie, that came out of the 70s creative culture period: Lloyd Bridges and Angie Dickenson, in a sexy exciting winner takes all,inter galactic rival war,on planet earth: Only identifiable by some really cool looking sexy shades. These aliens were out to kill each other,by hook or crook,cloned as humans! Climatic ending, resulting in a Moor-ssh want for a sequel,that never was.Shame really,yet another one of these black and white 70s B movies,that never gets an airing on afternoon time TV. Out of the Brotherhood of The Bell, Mould: Time for the cover version chaps, Im thinking Charlize Theron and Daniel Craig for the 2008 remake!
mitcheroo
Whole decades have passed since I've seen this one. Up until the late-70's, "The Love War" was TV grist for the afternoon just-home-from-school crowd or nightowls on the independent stations. It has since vanished.Lousy title, but a terrific premise: aliens fight a low-level, unseen war in a U.S. city for territorial control of the Earth. Some neat special effects (for 1970), a starry cast and a twist in the tale make this worth another look. Certainly worth consideration for a re-make.