Did this thread break the word "alien" for anyone else? The more I looked at that word, over and over again... the more I was sure that wasn't the way it was spelled.
And Allen is still at 0.
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
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MJPollard said:
Alien - 5
Aliens - 5
Sorry, but I like both equally, but for different reasons. Alien is a great horror movie, while Aliens is a great action movie. Comparing them, let alone pitting them against each other, makes this one of the stupidest threads I've ever seen, and that's saying a lot for this forum.
The fact that you voted for both makes you one of the stupidest members I've ever seen, and that's saying little for this forum.
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I think Alien is better than Aliens simply because the creature is more mysterious in the first film. When the aliens were made into just a bunch of stupid, overgrown ants all that mystique was stripped away.
That being said, I think all the Alien films are overrated - the ones I've seen, anyway.
DuracellEnergizer said:
That being said, I think all the Alien films are overrated - the ones I've seen, anyway.
;-)
I prefer Alien. Aliens was OK, but I don't like how awful the dialog is. That's why I'm waiting for Alien to get an inevitable individual blu-ray release.
Ziggy Stardust said:
Aliens was OK, but I don't like how awful the dialog is.
You guys must be watching a different movie.
TV's Frink said:
Ziggy Stardust said:
Aliens was OK, but I don't like how awful the dialog is.
You guys must be watching a different movie.
Said the great almighty Hudson:
"Game over man, GAME OVER!"
A phrase I use quite often
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume this won't come as a shock to anyone.
I saw Alien when it was first in the theaters in 1979 and loved it.
I went to see it weekly (like Star Wars), wore out the soundtrack (one of only two pieces of vinyl I still own), immersed myself into everything Alien I could, it was the very first VHS I ever had, also one of the first Laserdiscs, ripped the audio to cassette in the 80s and MP3 these days, etc, etc. In short - I'm a huge nerd, as much as Star Wars77.
The sequels - I've never seen them. Alien was a complete, awesome story and I have zero interest in the story-as-franchise.
I don't know if I've already bored people with this story but my pal Marty had never seen an Alien film until the so called Director's Cut came out at the pictures.
He had gone out of his way to avoid them for some reason which escapes me (I think he was just picking the right time but it just hadn't come up).
I managed to talk him into going to see it and he loved the film so I got him the Quadrilogy box set (stupid name for a quartet of films but there you go) for a 'not Christmas and thanks for being a pal for another year' present (he hates Birthdays and Christmas so I just got it).
He saw only the special and extended versions and he chose as his favorite Alien 3 (I imagine Brian Glover played a part in his decision but it was an eye opener).