A L I E N 30th Anniversary!

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UPDATED: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 01:37
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TRAINBANDIT

Monday, June 22, 2009 9:58 PM

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Originally posted by lwaves:

And for the record I still say Alien is better than Aliens (just) although they shouldn't really be compared as they are two different film styles.

I watched "Alien" when it came out in the theater thirty years ago. I was taking theater and we all thought it was amazing, which it was. I remember the chest burster...sigh...good times.

I think the second one was a little better, though, because of Ripley's character development, plus adding Newt into the mix made the whole thing that much more scary.

However, they should have stopped there. I HATED the next ones. I heard, back when it came out, that #3 was written by too many writers who couldn't get in synch. I do remember one good moment, though: when Ripley sits down to eat with the prisoners, the guy who eventually sacrifices himself with death by hot lead tries to intimidate her by saying "I am a rapist of women," and Rip just looks at him and says, "Oh. Well then. I must make you pretty nervous." Loved that moment, but hated the "I love you, little monster, erupting out of my chest," moment at the end, during her swan dive.

I didn't even bother watching "Resurrection" all the way through, I thought it was so bad.

I am happy with my movie one and movie two DVDs. To Ripley!

LWAVES

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:47 PM

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Originally posted by TrainBandit:
plus adding Newt into the mix made the whole thing that much more scary.

Yeah, Newt was REALLY scary.

She did what all but one marine failed to do.
Survive.
I love her line "They mostly come out at night. Mostly". It's just downright creepy.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

TRAINBANDIT

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:37 AM

Yeah, I also loved that Newt survived: she was TOUGH. And she had that Wednesday Addams sort of stare which just scared the hell out of me.

I also meant that putting a child in that situation made the movie even scarier. Bad enough adults are being glued to the wall and perforated, but kids too? Good plot device!

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