― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 19 September 2003 23:10 (twenty years ago) link
1.) I find it hilarious that John Hurt, perpetual sufferer in film (Mel Brooks cast him as Jesus in History of the World Part 1), is the one who has the alien burst out of him.
2.) Even better, in the Mad Magazine parody, the head poking out of his stomach was Kermit the Frog.
3.) The Alien comic by (I think?) Walt Simonson was AWESOME.
4.) In my memory, Alien was the last sci-fi movie that obsessed me in that Star Wars/Close Encounters/2001 kind of way.
― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 20 September 2003 04:45 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Saturday, 20 September 2003 15:07 (twenty years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 20 September 2003 15:11 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Saturday, 20 September 2003 15:19 (twenty years ago) link
plus, it pays off the joke of Barf ordering the special, and then them watching the thing dance.
― Kingfish (Kingfish), Saturday, 20 September 2003 15:52 (twenty years ago) link
That was the first thing I thought of when I said "John Hurt, perpetual sufferer."
― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 20 September 2003 16:03 (twenty years ago) link
― jones (actual), Saturday, 20 September 2003 17:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan I., Saturday, 20 September 2003 18:45 (twenty years ago) link
― jones (actual), Sunday, 21 September 2003 17:25 (twenty years ago) link
― jones (actual), Sunday, 21 September 2003 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
http://skeletonart.com/images/Art/334-Strange01-400.jpg
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 1 November 2003 02:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Saturday, 1 November 2003 03:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Leee (Leee), Saturday, 1 November 2003 05:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 1 November 2003 05:59 (twenty years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 1 November 2003 07:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 1 November 2003 07:24 (twenty years ago) link
I'm quite curious to see the Director's Cut. Is it radically different? -- Alex in NYC (vassife...), October 26th, 2003.
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Couldn't say, since I didn't see the first version. I assume the big dance number with Madeline Kahn and Burt Reynolds was in the original? -- Skottie (n...), October 26th, 2003.
No, it was pulled because RS was worried it'd be too scary for family audiences. -- s1utsky
― Skottie, Saturday, 1 November 2003 07:27 (twenty years ago) link
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That made my night.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 1 November 2003 07:30 (twenty years ago) link
Nine discs. Three billion hours of bonus material, including featurettes, screen tests, production artwork, interviews, and way more. All in a tidy little case. It's beauuuuutiful.
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:24 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:43 (twenty years ago) link
DVDS ARE A SCAM
― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:53 (twenty years ago) link
Region 1 - 2 December.Region 2 (UK) - 8 December.Region 4 (Australia) - 10 December.
All the sets are identical.
― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:56 (twenty years ago) link
I picked up both, but used and some time back. So I'm content to rebuy in this case.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 November 2003 01:00 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 14 November 2003 01:22 (twenty years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 14 November 2003 01:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 14 November 2003 18:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Friday, 14 November 2003 18:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 November 2003 18:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 14 November 2003 18:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Hunter (Hunter), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:31 (twenty years ago) link
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:32 (twenty years ago) link
(Also, how glad am I that the theatrical Aliens will FINALLY be on DVD? I like some of the extra footage but the whole feel of the movie is undercut by showing the happy terraforming station before the aliens come along -- the Marines arriving and finding nothing = far more effective.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:35 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Leee Majors (Leee), Friday, 14 November 2003 22:22 (twenty years ago) link
― DG (D_To_The_G), Friday, 14 November 2003 22:25 (twenty years ago) link
Along with Ned, I'm happy that the theatrical version of Aliens is getting released. It's really the only one of the four that I would want on DVD.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 15 November 2003 12:07 (twenty years ago) link
Alien: too scary for me! I had to watch the intense parts virtually on mute.
Aliens: I love video games dressed up as movies. If they limited the dialogue to practically nothing, this would be the best movie ever. (which also holds true for first Matrix)
Alien^3: terrible. Brits in movies must be classy and well-groomed, otherwise they are just Australians. CGI was wretched, obv.
Alien: Resurrection: surprisingly good, I'd actually watched it once before and I think I was lukewarm to it, not to mentioned confused b/c I had not seen the others yet. However, I have a feeling that Ripley/Sigourney hurt the film; since the film was mostly about gloss, having a familiar character and the attempts to provide enough characterization really conflicted with the mood of the band of outcasts, who are all neat poses and smarmy one liners.
― Leee Majors (Leee), Saturday, 22 November 2003 21:32 (twenty years ago) link
Which to watch first? I just saw Alien in the theatre, so Aliens is the logical choice - but I've never seen ^3 and Resurrection has Winona...
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 27 November 2003 00:19 (twenty years ago) link
Revive.
I can't believe this, but I've never seen any of these in their entirety. Just watched the first one (director's cut, so I don't know what extra stuff I shouldn't have seen) and it was great, about to watch the second.
The question is, should I bother with the last two?
― S-, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:08 (sixteen years ago) link
god that scene in the air ducts with Dallas running around with the flamethrower, and that panicky woman yelling in his earpiece where the alien is. One of the greatest horror moments in movie history.
I said in my original post that the last two films were tripe. Actually the third was is worth a watch just for the dog alien, be prepared for some dodgy cgi though.
I may have to watch the fourth one again myself, can't remember much about it.
― Ste, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:23 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.sayagain.co.uk/b3tapix/images/alienminer.gif
― and what, Thursday, 29 May 2008 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
bloomerbait
― latebloomer, Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:23 (fifteen years ago) link
A+, btw
― latebloomer, Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Just watched the first one again, do we know if and when it's coming out on bluray?
Now to watch Warriors, movies from the fucking 70's are the tits !
― Ste, Monday, 23 June 2008 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
warriors vs aliens
― s1ocki, Monday, 23 June 2008 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link
http://rictone.tumblr.com/photo/1280/625849601/1/tumblr_l2w0epkJsG1qzu6nx
― like an ant to a crumb (DavidM), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link