Baby Geniuses And The Space Baby ((exclusive)) -
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to return a video cassette. The Space Baby is calling. Have you seen this cinematic oddity? Share your memories of "Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby" in the comments below, and don’t forget to check out our list of the Top 10 Direct-to-Video Sci-Fi Sequels.
But how did this movie come to exist? And why, two decades later, does it maintain a strange gravitational pull for nostalgic millennials and ironic meme-lords alike? Let’s blast off. To understand the Space Baby , we must first revisit the original. The 1999 Baby Geniuses was a high-concept nightmare: what if babies could talk to each other in a secret language, and a nefarious corporation was trying to steal their wisdom? Critics eviscerated it, it won multiple Golden Raspberry Awards, and yet—it made over $36 million on a $12 million budget. Hollywood math is simple: if trash makes treasure, make a sequel. Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby
Bob Clark, the director, tragically passed away in 2007. While he is rightfully remembered for A Christmas Story and Porky’s , weirdos like us keep the flame of Space Baby alive. Is Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby a good movie? By any objective metric—acting, writing, visual effects, sound design—no. It is a catastrophe. But is it a memorable movie? Absolutely. In an era of polished, algorithm-approved children’s content, there is something refreshing about a film where a bald alien baby uses psychokinesis to throw a businessman through a wall. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to
However, by 2004, the franchise had lost its theatrical luster. The actors (and literal infants) had aged out. The solution? Go intergalactic. Enter , director of both the original Baby Geniuses and the holiday classic A Christmas Story . In a career move that defies logic, Clark co-wrote and directed Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby , effectively swapping a corporate conspiracy for an outer space rescue mission. Plot Summary: Diapers to the Dark Side For the uninitiated, here is the plot of Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby without irony: A brilliant infant named Sly (who speaks in a deep, adult voice by way of a moving CGI mouth) lives in a high-tech baby facility. He discovers that an evil alien baby—known only as "The Space Baby"—has crash-landed on Earth. The Space Baby is not just an extraterrestrial; he is a powerful extraterrestrial with the ability to levitate objects, shoot lasers from his eyes, and communicate telepathically. Share your memories of "Baby Geniuses and the
