Alien Series

The Best of the Alien Films?


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Travis85

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Alien and Aliens are both classics :) Alien 3 felt like a cop out to me, the way most of the surviving cast from Aliens were killed off for no good reason at the beginning of the movie. Alien 4 was pretty strange in some parts, but it was fairly entertaining.
 

MaxPhactor23

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Aliens 3 is a terrible film. I?d even watch Resurrection before it...and that?s saying something. Honest to god, here is nearly every line in the film: ?Oh my f-ing god! It?s a f-ing alien! F^*%^! Get the F&(%$ OUT OF HERE. F&(^&* YOU ALIEN!? The dialogue had to have been written by a sixteen year old boy looking to rebel against his parents. They say the f-word about every other line. It?s a ridiculous film and a shame to the series. It marked the beginning of the downfall of what should have been an amazing series. Sadly we only got two worthwhile films out of the run.
 
MaxPhactor23 said:
Aliens 3 is a terrible film. I’d even watch Resurrection before it...and that’s saying something. Honest to god, here is nearly every line in the film: “Oh my f-ing god! It’s a f-ing alien! F^*%^! Get the F&(%$ OUT OF HERE. F&(^&* YOU ALIEN!” The dialogue had to have been written by a sixteen year old boy looking to rebel against his parents. They say the f-word about every other line. It’s a ridiculous film and a shame to the series. It marked the beginning of the downfall of what should have been an amazing series. Sadly we only got two worthwhile films out of the run.


The series had already met its downfall with Aliens.

Sure, the language is gratuitous but remember that...

A. They're sex criminals
B. The word "****" was almost not used at all until the alien started offing people. They were under distress and the profanity only picked up when their distress did.


No, Alien is a much better conceived film than Aliens. Even Sigourney agrees.
 

MaxPhactor23

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ResidentAlien said:
The series had already met its downfall with Aliens.

Sure, the language is gratuitous but remember that...

A. They're sex criminals
B. The word "****" was almost not used at all until the alien started offing people. They were under distress and the profanity only picked up when their distress did.


No, Alien is a much better conceived film than Aliens. Even Sigourney agrees.

You do realize you're pretty much alone there...right? I've met only about three people in my entire life that prefered another alien flick over the second...and they still all enjoyed the second very much. Do you also think that Empire Strikes Back is terrible? I really can't tease though, I think T2 is terrible and vastly prefer the original terminator...of which I think I'm alone on.
 
MaxPhactor23 said:
You do realize you're pretty much alone there...right?


And? Just because my opinion is of the minority makes it invalid?

I can't help it that you can't see what **** Aliens is... That's your own blindness... Sorry you must blindly follow in the well-traversed path of the mainstream. I chose to float along my own path.



But hey, cool for you if you want to see Ripley with a big ol' gun in an ill-conceived B-Movie "romance" (read teen-soap flirt-fest), with lots of things gettin' blown up real good.


...I just have better things to feed my mind. Seems Sigourney does too. She's a cool lady like that.
 
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MaxPhactor23

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ResidentAlien said:
And? Just because my opinion is of the minority makes it invalid?

I can't help it that you can't see what **** Aliens is... That's your own blindness... Sorry you must blindly follow in the well-traversed path of the mainstream. I chose to float along my own path.



But hey, cool for you if you want to see Ripley with a big ol' gun in an ill-conceived B-Movie "romance" (read teen-soap flirt-fest), with lots of things gettin' blown up real good.


...I just have better things to feed my mind. Seems Sigourney does too. She's a cool lady like that.

Hm! Slow down there Tex. You?ve got a temper. Daddy never hug you? Perhaps I just think it?s a good movie that just so happens to also be popular. What others think of it doesn?t effect my opinion of it. Are you implying that you?ve never agreed with a majority before? I find that hard to believe.

I can?t help it if you can?t see what **** Aliens 3 is?that?s your own blindness?Sorry you must blindly follow in the less-traversed path of the ?nonconformist?. I chose to float along my own path just as much as you.

The irony is that in describing Alien?s?you?ve basically also described Alien. Don?t worry, I?m not laughing at you. Okay, I am! You got me! You're just so angry for seemingly no apparent reason. I never said your opinion is void because you?re in a minority, but your opinion certainly isn?t fact because some washed up she-he actress agrees with it?so stop treating it as such. It's all opinion. No one cares what Weaver thinks. Plus, just so you know, she also apparently found Resurrection brilliant. I think that speaks volumes.
 
MaxPhactor23 said:
Hm! Slow down there Tex. You?ve got a temper. Daddy never hug you? Perhaps I just think it?s a good movie that just so happens to also be popular. What others think of it doesn?t effect my opinion of it. Are you implying that you?ve never agreed with a majority before? I find that hard to believe.

I can?t help it if you can?t see what **** Aliens 3 is?that?s your own blindness?Sorry you must blindly follow in the less-traversed path of the ?nonconformist?. I chose to float along my own path just as much as you.

The irony is that in describing Alien?s?you?ve basically also described Alien. Don?t worry, I?m not laughing at you. Okay, I am! You got me! You're just so angry for seemingly no apparent reason. I never said your opinion is void because you?re in a minority, but your opinion certainly isn?t fact because some washed up she-he actress agrees with it?so stop treating it as such. It's all opinion. No one cares what Weaver thinks. Plus, just so you know, she also apparently found Resurrection brilliant. I think that speaks volumes.


LOL. The irony is all this is from the guy who has already resigned to hate Indy 4 in other topics and has stated that others definitely hate the idea of a son or an alien or whatever it was. As if your "opinion" were fact.

You sir are a hypocrite. I've given you the benefit of the doubt long enough... but no, I know for sure now. You're an idiot.

But that's all good. You'll never understand why so what does it matter. Blissfully unaware.



And yes... guns and romance really describe Alien 3. Hmm... since there were no guns and no romance in the movie. Yes, that makes sense.
 

MaxPhactor23

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ResidentAlien said:
LOL. The irony is all this is from the guy who has already resigned to hate Indy 4 in other topics and has stated that others definitely hate the idea of a son or an alien or whatever it was. As if your "opinion" were fact.

You sir are a hypocrite. I've given you the benefit of the doubt long enough... but no, I know for sure now. You're an idiot.

But that's all good. You'll never understand why so what does it matter. Blissfully unaware.



And yes... guns and romance really describe Alien 3. Hmm... since there were no guns and no romance in the movie. Yes, that makes sense.

Careful. The last person who talked to me like this was banned. :)

Apparently you lack the ability to read where I said you just decribed Alien. . . cause I'm the idiot. :)
 
MaxPhactor23 said:
Careful. The last person who talked to me like this was banned. :)

Apparently you lack the ability to read where I said you just decribed Alien. . . cause I'm the idiot. :)


*Gasp* I'm scared. You gonna go cry to Finn that I stepped on your little toesies?


:(



Meh. You're such a child.
 

MaxPhactor23

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ResidentAlien said:
*Gasp* I'm scared. You gonna go cry to Finn that I stepped on your little toesies?


:(



Meh. You're such a child.

You're calling me a hypocrite...and then call me a child? Right! Please, keep entertaining me, boy. You're rather humorous. :whip:
 
MaxPhactor23 said:
You're calling me a hypocrite...and then call me a child? Right! Please, keep entertaining me, boy. You're rather humorous. :whip:


LOL

And who called who a hypocrite? Allow me to quote you:



What others think of it doesn?t effect my opinion of it. Are you implying that you?ve never agreed with a majority before? I find that hard to believe.


Calling me a liar? A hypocrite prone to hyperbole? Or just flatly misrepresenting me for your own pointless point? Eh?



Meh. And to think I'd defended you in the past. You just don't seem to understand moderation? You have no sense of reality, only your own self-assured superiority.

Whatever. Pointing this out is pointless.
 

MaxPhactor23

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ResidentAlien said:
LOL

And who called who a hypocrite? Allow me to quote you:



What others think of it doesn’t effect my opinion of it. Are you implying that you’ve never agreed with a majority before? I find that hard to believe.


Calling me a liar? A hypocrite prone to hyperbole? Or just flatly misrepresenting me for your own pointless point? Eh?



Meh. And to think I'd defended you in the past. You just don't seem to understand moderation? You have no sense of reality, only your own self-assured superiority.

Whatever. Pointing this out is pointless.

Now you're getting nasty. I mean common...I'm not flaunting superiority. I don't need to. I already know I'm better then you. That's not really saying much whatsoever. I’m shockingly amused that you even have the ability to reply. It’s like watching a monkey use power tools. You make about as much sense too. Next time I'll introduce you to logic, you've clearly never met. Personally I think you're so whiney right now, aside from possibly being on the rag, is that I've actually just pwned you in your argument with logic and reason. Why else would you be so pissed off about someone not agreeing with you? Now please, stop acting all butt hurt.
 
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Lol.

Not worth my time.


Such a tool. Such a tool, that it's hilarious.

Well, anywho, I'm looking forward to seeing Indiana Jones 4 and deciding whether I like it. Glad to know you hate it before having laid eyes on it.



Hope this works out for you, this cocksure masturbatory attitude. Keep slinging your **** at the wall... maybe one day the monolith will speak to you.

...doubt it.
 

MaxPhactor23

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ResidentAlien said:
Lol.

Not worth my time.


Such a tool. Such a tool, that it's hilarious.

Well, anywho, I'm looking forward to seeing Indiana Jones 4 and deciding whether I like it. Glad to know you hate it before having laid eyes on it.



Hope this works out for you, this cocksure masturbatory attitude. Keep slinging your **** at the wall... maybe one day the monolith will speak to you.

...doubt it.

You act like I've seen nothing from Indy 4 and...

...at least I can read. :)
 
Matinee Idyll said:
'Haggis' is a clear indicator of the quality of the mans films. ;)


Took me a second to get what the hell you were talking about.


Punny!


...but true.


Haggis is the only way to explain the over-zealous, over-long reboot that was Casino Royale. Admittedly I'm not much of a Bond fan to begin with... but I can usually enjoy a Bond movie. His script made it nigh unbearable. Wasn't too surprised to later find out he wrote it.
 

MarxBrosFan

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Well i just made it a tie between Alien and Aliens. I hope more Alien fans vote for it! Aliens was entertaining but the first film was more intelligent, and it had some of the best production design I've ever seen. That derelict space craft is one of my favorite set pieces ever.
 

Eric Solo

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The thing that made Aliens great for me was I loved all the characters (or loved to hate them).

When I saw Alien3 in the theater, I almost walked out when they killed off two of my favorite characters DURING THE CREDITS!!!

Haven't seen the directors cut of Alien3.

I think Aliens aged just fine, but I just re-watched it on cable last night and something bugged me that I never really thought about before. Ripley has been drifting in hypersleep for 57 years and the colony on LB-426 has been there for 20 years. What are the odds that Ripley's coming out of hypersleep and the aliens attacking on LB-426 happening at the exact same time like that? How much time passes between Ripley's rescue and the alien incident on LB-426. Do they indicate that at all?

The less said about Alien Resurrection the better. Has there EVER been a #4 sequel that was worth a damn? Indy IV wasn't horrible but definitely the weakest in the quadrilogy IMO.
Some of the worst movies in history have been a part 4.

Examples:

Superman IV
Alien IV
Death Wish IV
Batman and Robin
Friday the 13th IV

I think when they make a part IV it's ONLY about making a buck. People are going to go see it even if it's crap.
 
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Where's everyone with some actual taste? Can we allow this travesty? A vote for Alien is a vote for quality!





They only made a part 4 because Sigourney Weaver didn't want them to make an Alien Vs Predator spin-off instead.
 

Eric Solo

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I'm afraid "quality" is losing 15-12 right now. I think Alien is great, but I liked the characters in Aliens more.
 
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