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[FortyTwo]

I watched Aliens last night and loved it. Digger is right, it's definitely a different kind of movie than the original. The original seems more like a "wouldn't it be cool if..." scenario, and the second movie seems more like a movie movie.

I especially like how they justified the aliens' reproductive habits. In some movies, the aliens have an "alien nest" for no good reason, and the distinction between people made into cocoons and people being eaten is only based on whether they're a character that is important to the plot or not. In Aliens, even though they did kill off characters that weren't important to the plot and saved others that were, it just seemed more realistic to me.

Spoiler

What I mean, of course, is the fact that the little girl (Newt?) was cocooned rather than simply eaten, and this was because she was important to the plot, but it still seemed plausible that she could go save her.

If that makes any sense.

 

[Lord Snot]

The Woman in Black

They handled having Daniel Radcliffe brilliantly. They gave him minimal dialogue and his only direction seemed to be "look slightly apprehensive" and he managed okay. Still very wooden and unemotional but it's only really noticeable when he speaks, so good job there. It wasn't a great movie though, it relied exclusively on jumpy moments to make it scary and bog standard horror movie music and sound effects to keep the tension up. The cinematography was nice though.

 

[Moll Flanders]

^ I might watch TWIB next.

I saw Aliens the other day on telly. It made me think - it has all the cliches of a really bad cheesy sequel... so why is it so good?!

Ripley is such a great character, feminist icon!

 

[Lord Snot]

^ I might watch TWIB next.

I wouldn't pay for it. We got it through LoveFilm so although we kinda paid for it it isn't so bad. I would have been mad at myself if I'd bought it or rented it through Blockbuster or something.

 

[FortyTwo]

Ripley is such a great character, feminist icon!

"GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU *****!"

I'm inevitably watching the third one next, but I've heard it's terrible.

 

[Moll Flanders]

The third film is still good.

 

[FortyTwo]

The third film is still good.

I hope so. I don't have much faith in Alien vs. Predator though. I'm betting it'll probably end up being simply an action movie detailing whether Predator or the Xenomorphs can have better CGI effects.

 

[cornsail]

Alien vs Predator is horrible. I liked "Predators" though.

 

[thefadedone]

Alien vs Predator is horrible. I liked "Predators" though.

 

[yakherder]

Alien vs Predator is horrible. I liked "Predators" though.

Too bad too. I honestly really liked the idea, and am a big fan of both Predator and the Alien movies. They could have made it really cool, but instead it was just a bunch of cheese.

As for Predators... I like anything with Danny Trejo. He's awesome even though he never lives through any of the movies he's in.

 

[FortyTwo]

I also liked Aliens because it seemed slightly more realistic. While the first movie had a more realistic scenario, the way he alien acted was incredibly unrealistic and seemed only good for a scare. The second movie, while having a slightly less realistic premise, really expanded on the creatures and made them believable, IMO.

 

[FortyTwo]

I have to admit I loved Bill Paxton's (Hudson) character in Aliens...

"Game over, man! Game over!"

"THEY cut the power!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY CUT THE POWER!? They can't do that! They're animals, man!"

 

[Moll Flanders]

We were saying the other night how much we loved Bill Paxton in that film.

 

[Pirate]

Ripley is such a great character, feminist icon!

She is! Apparently the character was originally meant to be male. I wonder if she was written to be female originally her character would be any different. Probably, they'd make her more stereotypically female. It makes Sigourney Weaver awesome by default though. when she had a cameo in a film recently, the whole cinema cheered when she came on screen. You know thats because of alien not some other crappy film haha.

I liked Alien 1 2 3 4 (funnily enough in that order of preference). but yeah, Alien Vs Predator was AWFUL. Eeuuughhh.

 

[Moll Flanders]

Apparently the character was originally meant to be male.

I think I have read that before actually. I can't imagine anyone else playing that role so well.

 

[Swamp-Dweller]

Sitting in front of the theater waiting to see MIB3 on a rainy afternoon. I'll give my verdict later.

 

[FortyTwo]

I think I have read that before actually. I can't imagine anyone else playing that role so well.

It would have made the underwear scene a lot nicer IMO.

 

[Swamp-Dweller]

MIB3 was your typical MIB movie but have to admit near the end there was a scene that brought tears to both our eyes. Maybe hubby and I are sappy...

 

[Rosie1]

Bee Movie is on tv. I've never seen it but I'm only kinda-sorta watching it.

 

[Amy SF]

I've never seen any of the Alien(s) movies, not even the first one. *cowers in fear*