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Post by **Mikey** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:20 pm

Granitehewer wrote:re: alien quadrilogy

'Alien' has a haunting, harrowing, brooding, conspiratory menace, in the shadows of the sterile hulled ship, and 'Aliens' has the gunho jingoistic fun of swarm bashing, always thought that 'Alien 3' was a little dull and that 'Alien Resurrection' with its space misfits, would have had been substantially better with a more sinister prothesis for the hybrid.

Read: Ridley Scott, then amusing shoot-'em-up, then everything else.

At least, that's my take.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:40 pm

My take on them is basicaly this:
Alien: Great sci-fi horror film, with one of the most unique creatures ever created, and decent plot.
Aliens: Great action film, cool plot, pretty explosions, brought down slightly when you realise the protagonists wouldn't be in that situation were it not for a ridiculous chain of events.
Alien 3: An attempt at recreating Alien. Boring plot, non-sensical premise, no action, but fairly good ending.
Alien Resurrection: An attempt at recreating both Alien and Aliens that failed horribly. Stupid premise, idiotic characters, boring 'dramatic' moments, 2-D personalities and craptastic ending. Attempted to create it's own unique, horrifying moster. It failed horribly.

mwhittington · Post by **mwhittington** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:52 am

Totally agreed, Rochey. H.R. Giger would be rolling in his grave if he saw the last 2 sequels.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:38 pm

As I said, there's a Scott movie, then there's everything else. Except Kingdom of Heaven - even Van Gogh must have poked a hole in a canvas once in a while.[/i]

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:32 pm

The extended edition of Kingdom was actualy quite good. It explained a lot.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:17 pm

Hmmm... I'll have to rent it to see if it helps.

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:45 am

Masters is nearing completion.

I ascended in KOL (Go me!)

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:29 am

Here's to your new degree!

What is a KOL?

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:44 am

Kingdom of Loathing. MMORPG. I've mentioned it before. Dork stuff!

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:15 pm

Good luck, Bryan.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:05 am

Just got back in town from a great trip to Austin; I got to hang out with one of my best friends who I haven't seen in a while.

Good luck from me as well, Bryan.

Granitehewer · Post by **Granitehewer** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:51 am

i'll cheerlead ''go moore'' later,when can find a suitable bikini,that doesn't chaff so damn much.......lol but good luck in the mean time

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:54 pm

well lets see....I got my first bf...Love him but that isn't exactly important...
This is though. I am being entered early into the PDL exams early...Mrs. Bailey is desperate for us to get basic qualifications. cause few others will ^^

Post by **Mikey** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:00 pm

IDK what kind of standardized testing you have over there, but best of luck!

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:15 pm

Good luck, Reliant!