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Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)

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You'd think, after being in exile since they were five, the twin prince and princess of the Hyades empire would have more humility, yet they've been aboard the Silver Swift for ten minutes and have proven to be as spoiled and ignorant as you'd expect royal teenagers to be. And that music! What's nu wave cyber-synth post-alternative retrocore, anyway? It just sounds like a racket to Nebuleena. And now the door of the twins' cabin has mysteriously jammed, locking them both inside. Oh well. That'll have to wait until they arrive at the Hyadean Imperial Palace and Nebuleena is royally paid for transporting these brats. Nebuleena rests the fuse of the cabin door on the console and activates the stardrive. In folded space, time and space mingle, and a journey of light years can be achieved in hours. There are signals here, too, leaked into space centuries ago and frozen in time; echoes of an Earth long lost to memory, but accessible to a spaceship's scanners. Le...