Firefly, or Aliens. Which is better?

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UPDATED: Monday, February 28, 2005 23:52
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IAMJACKSUSERNAME

Monday, February 28, 2005 11:45 AM

Aliens, T1, and T2 were my holy trilogy as a kid (too young to understand the fuss with Star Wars), and while I still love Cameron's early work and will regularly pop in one of those DVDs; Firefly's 11 hours are gonna see more play than Aliens' 2.5.

Anyone noticed how Aliensy the first half of "Bushwhacked" is?
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EST120

Monday, February 28, 2005 2:15 PM

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Originally posted by Smith:
My answer has sort of a "chicken or the egg" dilemma. Being one of the very few people who loved "Alien:Resurrection" (not solely because of Joss's involvement, my addiction to it is unexplainable really, I just like it and suppose I am therefore certifiably insane)

i do not think you are crazy. i kind of liked it too. i thought it got back to the horror aspects of the first film and not so much the high impact action of the second and third movies. still, the second movie was the best, but the original is pretty good too. i would rate resurrection third with alien3 a distant fourth. i know a lot of people thought it was stupid looking, but i felt the alien-human hybrid in resurrection was pretty creepy looking (not to mention one of the most painful ways to die!).

as far as the original intent of this thread, i also think this is a somewhat difficult comparison. i would have to throw my hat into the firefly pile, though. i am more drawn to the character driven and storytelling aspects of firefly than i am to the action and inherent creepiness of aliens. for me, firefly just has the right blend of action and dialogue. i cannot explain it.

REAVERMADNESS

Monday, February 28, 2005 2:55 PM

I want to get a little spooked... Let's put in Firefly... No that doesn't work.

Hey I want to watch something that was written for an intelligent audience... Lets put in Alien.. or one of that line... Nope. That doesn't work either.

Hey. I want to be entertained. Let's watch Firefly. OK! That works.

When I die I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandpa. Not screaming and yelling like everyone else in the car he was driving.

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, February 28, 2005 4:23 PM

Firefly, no doubt. Why we still talking about this?

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QUIETUDE

Monday, February 28, 2005 5:18 PM

I have to say Firefly as well, cause I have seen both the TV series and the BIG DAMN MOVIE. I can't remember laughing or applauding at an Aliens movie, plus Lance Henriksen always annoys me, one of the most deadpan actors there is. No wonder his face is so craggy, its cause he never uses his facial muscles.

I grew up with the movie Alien as a major influence. It was one of those movies that was always on TV late at night, and you would have to creep down and watch it while not trying to wake up the parents who would put you back to bed again. It was physcological rather than action (guy in a wetsuit with a huge helmet on, was all the Alien was, but you never really got a good look at her), and a lot of suspense.

Aliens ripped the not seeing the Alien bit apart, although you still had the motion sensor bits to keep the tension up.

But all that pales in comparsion to Firefly and Serenity. With that crew you would care if someone is going to live or die, in Aliens who cared except for Ripley and she never dies anyway. Even molten metal didn't do the trick in the end, hell she even had to try and kill herself off in Resurrection with a flamethrower, but that was just one of her.

Aliens is all about testosterone, you have that in Firefly, but you also have comedy, plot twists and lets not forget whores!!

YT

Monday, February 28, 2005 8:44 PM

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Originally posted by christhecynic:
I love that line, Newt was the best character in that film.

My favourite has always been:
"I don't know if you've been keeping up with current events, but we just got our asses kicked."

Typing it doesn't do it justice; you have to hear Bill Paxton's whining delivery.

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CHRISTHECYNIC

Monday, February 28, 2005 11:52 PM

I think Hudson was perhaps the best character from an artistic standpoint. A lot of people in the world are all talk when they aren’t in immediate danger, they act tough when it doesn’t matter, but when the shit hits the fan they just fall to pieces.

Hudson was a character that was no less real than those people, and indeed did go to pieces, but only after they were safe, only when it didn’t matter. Then he spent most of the rest of the movie being a whiny crybaby without a backbone, but when the shit hit the fan he pulled together.

There are people like that, many in fact, but usually they are left out, they defy expectation.

I like the fact that it showed someone who couldn’t take the pressure, was breaking down, but when the time came and he was necessary he didn’t show any fear. Right up until the moment they burst through the ceiling he was a crybaby, but from that moment till when he was pulled through the floor he was a hero.

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