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Old 02-28-2007, 09:02 AM
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Yes,looks great and the movie as a whole hasn't dated at all badly considering it was made 28 years ago.
still looks amazing imo...much more 'real' than all the shiny cgi these days.

the only thing i wish was different is them having shown the alien in full body shot at the end.
It was kind of a shame to finally give it a sense of scale, as all the other shots throughout the film had only been of sections of the creature which made it very hard to gauge the size or mass of it - and that added to the sense of mystery and threat.

As it is, the final shot kind of looked what it was - a man in an alien costume

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Old 02-28-2007, 01:47 PM
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still looks amazing imo...much more 'real' than all the shiny cgi these days.

the only thing i wish was different is them having shown the alien in full body shot at the end.
It was kind of a shame to finally give it a sense of scale, as all the other shots throughout the film had only been of sections of the creature which made it very hard to gauge the size or mass of it - and that added to the sense of mystery and threat.

As it is, the final shot kind of looked what it was - a man in an alien costume

:mad:
You know, that's a very good point. I'm a big advocate of the 'what you don't see is more scary than what you do' train of thought, and Alien did that right the way through.

I think what saved that scene for me, though, was already knowing how invincible the creature was - 'You can't kill it, it's perfect' is what we are told.

It took me a long time to respect 'Aliens' when that came out, simply on that premise - I always considered the Aliens to be more or less invulnerable, and yet there are hundreds of them getting blown apart without much of a problem. Once I saw it as an action film, though, (and once I saw the special edition) I fully accepted it for what it was, and I love both films now.

Alien is still far scarier, though.
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Old 03-01-2007, 08:59 AM
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You know, that's a very good point. I'm a big advocate of the 'what you don't see is more scary than what you do' train of thought, and Alien did that right the way through.

I think what saved that scene for me, though, was already knowing how invincible the creature was - 'You can't kill it, it's perfect' is what we are told.

It took me a long time to respect 'Aliens' when that came out, simply on that premise - I always considered the Aliens to be more or less invulnerable, and yet there are hundreds of them getting blown apart without much of a problem. Once I saw it as an action film, though, (and once I saw the special edition) I fully accepted it for what it was, and I love both films now.

Alien is still far scarier, though.
agreed - less is most definitely more. i felt that about 2001 - where the sheer threat of Hal came through just through that one immobile red light....Sunshine has shades of that now i think about it
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Old 03-01-2007, 09:00 AM
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oh and also - i think that's why i'm a much bigger fan of the silent hill games, rather than resident evil..

[are you allowed to talk about video games on here?] :o
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Old 03-02-2007, 03:14 AM
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Yes,looks great and the movie as a whole hasn't dated at all badly considering it was made 28 years ago.
'28 Years Earlier'



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Old 03-02-2007, 05:00 AM
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agreed - less is most definitely more. i felt that about 2001 - where the sheer threat of Hal came through just through that one immobile red light....Sunshine has shades of that now i think about it
Agreed as well - I think Hal is one of the most threatening adversaries in film. Kubrick is an absolute master of this type of thing. He really gets across the idea of a flat, emotionless THING you're seeing - how can you reason with that?

I have to turn my webcam away from my face when I'm not using it - it reminds me too much of Hal. I'm sure it's watching me, even when the PC's not switched on... :eek:
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Old 03-12-2007, 03:36 AM
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I have to turn my webcam away from my face when I'm not using it - it reminds me too much of Hal. I'm sure it's watching me, even when the PC's not switched on... :eek:

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!



oh god - i do that too

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Old 03-14-2007, 02:55 AM
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found a lovely new clip

check THIS cgi out :eek:

http://www.sunshinedna.com/videos/19
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Old 03-15-2007, 04:21 PM
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found a lovely new clip

check THIS cgi out :eek:

http://www.sunshinedna.com/videos/19
That's a lovely sequence. I'm really looking forward to seeing this.

And CGI too. I should be ashamed.

I've always been a bit of a sucker for space CGI though, I suppose. Just not the fast moving 'live-action' CGI, like for example the appalling Godzilla, which I think is already dating very quickly. IMO, Star trek TNG CGI still stands up very well to this day.

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Old 03-16-2007, 12:09 AM
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I saw the trailer, and I'm looking forward to this too!
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