The ALien movies

[barbra]

Originally posted by Vodstok





The lord of the rings movies were made wiht love and passion. you KNOW the direbeasts, Oliphants and cave trolls (and gollum, lest we forget him) are not real, but they sold them hook line and sinker. those creatures were works of art and looked ALIVE.

I hated the cgi in ltr, I thought it cheapend the movies

[barbra]

so, I loved them all and bought the box set. I thought the end of 4 was really funny, all the maternal crap coming at you full force, it was building up since the second aliens when ripply learned that she had over slept, so-to-speak, her childs life. which is why they introduced newt. Why they killed newt off is between the producers, director and the writters but I think that killing those characters was the best way to keep a franchise and make a new movie at the same time. Ripply's character was all about isolation from the get go. She is usually alone physically and in idea and then in the 4th in breed. But what a neat breed to be. I think I'll watch it tonight!

[MrShape]

That was a great box set, that Quadrilogy collection. I like all of the Alien movies, but the uncut version of Alien 3 was a vast improvement. Made a lot more sense after you saw everything that Fox cut out.

[Tat2]

I've always liked the Alien series and was actually able to pick up the Alien Quadrilogy (9 DVDs!) for $34.00 this last weekend. Not Bad.:D

[barbra]

LAME! I paid $80 for mine a year ago, but it was worth it. I hate Walmart. Killer Clowns from Outerspace is on sale though for a cool $5. I wonder if I'll pay that much for THAT movie. I like the cotton candy cacuns. but thats another thread.

[EXTR3MIST]

the reason the alien mutated in 3 was because it came out of a dog

Hmmm - but the aliens only need a warm body to incubate in, not a host to feed and grow from as such. So human or dog shouldn't make any difference (in the original script, this alien burst from an ox!).

Either way, still no excuse for the intrusion of CGI.

[Chainsaw Guy]

The best in the seris are Alien and Aliens
With the soldiers Aliens has a Full metal Jacket kind of feel
Alien because of the art direction and the fact that theres not a weak actor in the movie

[Red Dragon]

Wanna hear something scary?

I heard Fox wants Paul Anderson to direct/write a fifth Alien film.:(

[The Mothman]

I am obsessed with the Alien series. I loved all the movies except for the third. AVP was a dissapointment and should have never been made. they made the queen look like a pussy. FUCK that movie. The predator gets all nice with that girl and shit. WTF! that just about ruined the predator's reputaion for badassness.

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by Chainsaw Guy
The best in the seris are Alien and Aliens
With the soldiers Aliens has a Full metal Jacket kind of feel
Alien because of the art direction and the fact that theres not a weak actor in the movie

No small coincidence, jim cameron wanted it to feel like a vietnam movie.

This is basically how it is described:
A confident, technologically advanced military goes blindly into battle against a dedicated but technologically inferior foe. Ass gets handed to them. Pretty much describes the movie and the war.