ALF
Number of entries: 5
Survey: Apart from obviously jokey entries like "ALF Meets William Hung" and the ALF/Family Matters/Mork & Mindy crossover "ALF And Urkel Visit Planet Ork 1111," the only name anyone needs to know when it comes to ALF fan fiction is "Anistan Summers." Summers, who has also dabbled in Designing Women fanfic, writes dialogue-heavy short stories that do a pretty good job of mimicking the tone of an ALF episode.
Sample: "ALF's Christmas Carol" opens with ALF pondering what he would do with an ice-cream machine, suggesting one already-existing flavor after another. But it's not all fun and games for the old Alfster, as he recalls the death of his terminally ill friend Tiffany (as seen in the two-part season-two episode "ALF's Special Christmas"). At the suggestion of his foster dad Willy, ALF takes some time out to send her some Christmas wishes, wherever she might be.
Representative quote: "'Uh, Tiffany, it's me, Alf. Uh, I hope you remember me... uh, I found your picture the other day... anyway, I know you didn't really have the Christmas of your dreams the last time you were here...'"
Sexual tension: Nonexistent.
Critical response: "I laughed out loud, this was so funny, and so like Alf. I want some of his ice cream."
Krull
Number of entries: 2
Survey: Not much to survey here, since there are only two entries expanding on the Conan The Barbarian-inspired 1983 fantasy film: "Prequel to Krull" and "Sequel to Krull," both by "Glaivester."
Sample: The five-part "Prequel To Krull" imagines, in terse detail, the events leading up to Krull. The single chapter of "Sequel To Krull" imagines what happens next. Both are light on characterization and heavy on proper names and references to weapons.
Representative quote: "It was able to travel through space at speeds 10,000 times that of light. With it, the Beast could travel 27.4 light years in a day [A/N I am translating into Earth days and years here]. He now had all he needed to establish his space empire."
Sexual tension: Not too much.
Critical response: From "Krullster": "Dude, PLEASE continue your work on the Sequal to Krull. I love this movie, and you're doing a great job so far."
The Salton Sea
Number of entries: 1
Survey: Filed in fanfiction.net's "Misc. movies" category, this appears to be the only piece of fanfic inspired by the meth-themed 2002 Val Kilmer thriller The Salton Sea.
Sample: In the one chapter of "Is He Dead Or Isn't He" posted to date, the Kilmer character—though apparently dead at the film's conclusion—has relocated to New York, taken a job in a restaurant, and befriended someone named Johnny No Name ("the name stuck with him and it's on his drivers license.") As the chapter winds down, he meets a woman from his past.
Representative quote: "I am a completely different person living in a completely different world. A world of terror. Yes. A world of famine. Yes. But it doesn't matter to me because it hasn't yet ceased to exist and until the day the world blows itself up, I will continue to be as happy as I can, which may not be joyous, but hell. My roommate is a four-inch cockroach."
Sexual tension: Present but muddy, as in this description of the mystery woman: "Her hair is darker and almost stick straight, her makeup is applied correctly, and her clothes are nice, designer maybe. A silk blouse and tight faded jeans with stilettos. Fashion is useless these days, but designers are brainwashing anyway."
Critical response: "Wow, this must be the first Salton Sea fic ever!"
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