History Series / GuestFromTheFuture

* PropheciesAreAlwaysRight: Alisa tells the children their futures. However, it's ambiguous if she isn't making this up on the spot.
** HarsherInHindsight: given what we do [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia know]] about the kids' future... Wonder if any single one of them survives long enough to see it all and meet Alisa again.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

** In the book, when the pirates go to the hospital (with Rat disguised as Alik Borisovich and Jolly U posing as Alisa's father), Alisa starts screaming bloody murder, which confirms she doesn't have amnesia. Here, when they do the same, Alisa sweetly says "Hi, Daddy!" and hugs Jolly U, throwing them both completely off guard.

* ActionizedAdaptation: Played straight for the book's part one (the events in the future), but surprisingly inverted for part two (the events in the 20th century).

** HarsherInHindsight: given what we [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp do]] [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia know]] about the kids' future... Wonder if any single one of them survives long enough to see it all and meet Alisa again.

The series is considered a classic of Soviet sci-fi, and is often aired on television to this day. It exemplifies the optimism the Soviets had for science, technology, and futurism, as well as their faith in children. The film was followed by a sequel, ''Literature/LilacSphere''. The theme song "Prekrasnoye Dalyoko" (roughly "Fair Unknown") by Music/YevgenyKrylatov has also become very popular. The star, Creator/NataliaGuseva, was inspired by her role to become a scientist herself. The FanSequel ''WebAnimaton/GuestFromTheFuture2'' may be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXR9r2-9euw here]].

* [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Getting Crap Past The Mielofon]]:
-> "It's some kind of fool who's in love. I don't feel comfortable listening to her."
-> "It's not entertainment; it's business."
-> "And we're not supposed to have satisfaction doing that."

** The Kosmozoo.

%%* SixStudentClique
%%** The Head: Kolya Gerasimov.
%%** The Muscle: Kolya Sadovsky.
%%** The Quirk: Fima Korolyov.
%%** The Pretty One: Albina Fetisova or Lena Dombazova.
%%** The Smart One: Yulia Gribkova.
%%** The Wild One: Alisa Seleznyova.

%%* LiteraryAgentHypothesis

* RousseauWasRight
** To the point where every person is more or less TheIdealist except the two antagonists who are alien. There is this great sense of genuine optimism about the whole series. The people making it were not paying lip service, but truly believed in a "beautiful faraway future" in which there is peace, equality, great technological advancement and humanity as a whole took a great step forward. Alisa states that she is not special, all future children are as smart and athletic as her. The series ends on a fantastically optimistic point as Alisa tells her classmates that they will all become great members of a wonderful socialist country, making the finale particularly heartbreaking in hindsight.

* ComputerVoice: The time machine has a computer that speaks in a flat male voice. "Enter the circle. Grasp the handrails. Close your eyes. Breathe deeply. [after trip] Transfer finished. Happy trip!"

** In the book, when the pirates go to the hospital, Rat disguised as Alik Borisovich and Jolly U posing as Alisa's father, Alisa begins screaming murder, after which they learn for certain she doesn't have amnesia. Here, when they do the same, Alisa sweetly says "Hi, Daddy!" and hugs Jolly U, throwing them both completely off guard.

** In the episodes three to five, however, though all the chase scenes from the book are retained, all the fights (Alisa and Yulia vs. the pirates at the hospital, [[spoiler:the gym teacher vs. the pirates at school, the children vs. Rat in the final showdown]]) are gone. Even the long volleyball match with the 7A class is cut and replaced with long jumps that involve no competition with another class and last a couple of minutes. [[spoiler:As for the finale, Marta Erastovna does at least punch Jolly U, but after that the pirates just shoot from their blasters to frighten the kids (they specifically aim at the columns) for several seconds, and then Polina appears and paralyzes them in one second]].

** In the episodes three to five, however, though all the chase scenes from the book are retained, all the fights (Alisa and Yulia vs. the pirates at the hospital, [[the gym teacher vs. the pirates at school, the children vs. Rat in the final showdown]]) are gone. Even the long volleyball match with the 7A class is cut and replaced with long jumps that involve no competition with another class and last a couple of minutes. [[spoiler:As for the finale, Marta Erastovna does at least punch Jolly U, but after that the pirates just shoot from their blasters to frighten the kids (they specifically aim at the columns) for several seconds, and then Polina appears and paralyzes them in one second]].

''Guest from the Future'' (''Гостья из будущего'') is a 1984 CultClassic Soviet ScienceFiction TV MiniSeries directed by Pavel Arsenov. It is based on the book ''One Hundred Years Ahead'' by Creator/KirBulychev, part of a [[Literature/AliceGirlFromTheFuture series about Alisa Seleznyova, a girl from the future]].

* ThemeSongAssonance: The opening notes to "Prekrasnoye Dalyoko" sound like "Alisa Seleznyova, Alisa Seleznyova..."

* TotallyRadical: Averted. The children speak pretty much like any kids who are 12 or 13.
%%* TraumaInducedAmnesia
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: AvertedTrope. The plot starts off very quickly, and the scenes of characters arguing have been cut down from the book. See PragmaticAdaptation above.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Kolya Gerasimov.

* FantasticAesop: In the narration. "If you ever find a time machine in the basement, never turn in on without the adults' permission!"

** In the book, when Rat [[spoiler:gets disguised as the English teacher and goes to Alisa's classroom]], he asks "Is it [[spoiler:the sixth-B class]]?", after which everyone smells [[{{Pun}} a rat]]. In the movie, he acts the part believably enough and even Alisa is taken in at first, and until [[spoiler:the real teacher]] bursts inside, the majority of the class doesn't realize something's off.

* DeadpanSnarker: Kolya Sadovsky.

-->'''Kolya''': My last name's Holmes. And what's your name?

* BigDamnHeroes: The children come to save Kolya from the pirates, Marta Erasovna steps in to defend the children against the pirates, and then Polina appears from the future to arrest the pirates.