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1979's Alien rewatched it. 2006 when I was 18 or 19 I watched it. Much scarier on the first viewing. I've seen a lot of horror movies since then. I remember being big time shocked (spoiler) Ash was a robot I didn't expect that at all. In my memory however Ash was outed as a robot because the alien went after him but on this viewing it seems like his software just hit error or something because of the stress of the situation after Ripley maybe pieced it together because of the messages she read? If you've never seen it before it's probably worth watching. 1982's The Thing is a better movie with a similar premise so if you haven't seen either probably watch The Thing instead.
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One thing that made Alien so famous is the design of the aliens. No matter if you've seen it before they will still scare you and they will always be terrifying.
The Thing and Alien have almost completely diffrent themes. In fact the premise is only similar on a very basic surface level.
Also don't think we need spoilers for a 46 year old movie.
Also don't think we need spoilers for a 46 year old movie.
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And having a female in a mainstream movie as an all action lead who was serious and wasn’t sexualised.
The Things a great movie, still hate the dogs scene.
The interesting thing there is because of how it was written. Ripley was written as a man but after Weaver screen tested and cast they made the conscious choice (screenwriters and director) not to change the script at all.
Of course this changes a large amount in Aliens with Hicks but the fact she's a mother is integral to the film, which is why Special Edition is better as it adds all the scenes where we discover she was a parent and her daughter died of old age whilst she was cryostasis following the events of Alien.
John Carpenter didn't put a foot wrong in the 80s, every film a banger
Oh yeah wasn't dismissing it the paranoia and tension of The Thing is utterly brilliant. The petri dish scene is up there in best scenes in cinema.
Everything other than "The Fog", if you've ever read the original "The Fog" book by James Herbert you would realise what an abomination that film was.
I've just watched the first two episodes of the new Aliens series, the first episode opening scenes was a literal recreation of the opening sequence of the original Alien film.
After that, he all started to go a little bit downhill but still compelling story.
No spoilers, but I will say the timeline has been completely destroyed for the first three Alien films, negating the reasons behind the first three films.
I will continue watching, but I'll now wait for the end of the series to be dropped before watching the rest. I hate drip fed TV nowadays and much prepared to binge watch a storyline.
After that, he all started to go a little bit downhill but still compelling story.
No spoilers, but I will say the timeline has been completely destroyed for the first three Alien films, negating the reasons behind the first three films.
I will continue watching, but I'll now wait for the end of the series to be dropped before watching the rest. I hate drip fed TV nowadays and much prepared to binge watch a storyline.
It was a great film, but it's not an original, it was a reboot of "The Thing from Another World" 1951
The Thing from Another World - Wikipedia
The Long Walk movie will be interesting. Personally i think the cast of 'kids' are too old.
It's one of the few books I found quite disturbing but loved it. Not sure i read it again though.
It's one of the few books I found quite disturbing but loved it. Not sure i read it again though.
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Actor Terence Stamp, who starred as Superman villain General Zod, dies aged 87
The Oscar-nominated actor shot to fame in the 1960s, going on to star in numerous films across a six decade career.
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RIP.
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I remember him perfectly well as the Visitor in one of my favourite films "Teorema" (Pasolini's one). Amazing film... highly highly recommend to watch it. Terence was incredible in it.Actor Terence Stamp, who starred as Superman villain General Zod, dies aged 87
The Oscar-nominated actor shot to fame in the 1960s, going on to star in numerous films across a six decade career.
RIP.
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1986's Aliens. Remember being a teenager and seeing Paul Reiser early in the movie and thinking "This future isn't a place you'd want to live in, this isn't Star Trek". Nearly the whole movie felt new to me so maybe I'd never seen it all the way through before. I can see why people who saw this before Alien would like it more. Watching them a couple days apart the humour felt a little jarring. But kudos to whoever was in charge deciding the sequel would be different and not a repeat of the original.
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They're very different movies really and keyed in to their time. Alien is horror which chimed with the late 70s/early 80s crowd. Aliens is an action movie, when Arnie and Co were all the rage. I love them both, and think they're well judged for what audiences were after at the time.
