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Joe Karlosi		#61	[-]
May 27 11 6:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The whole theme of A3 was that life isn't fair, there isn't always a way out ala Star Trek, and good people die. The movie didn't take prisoners. That's the kind of ballsy stuff I like in movies of any kind. I can't think of any movie that started with such a kick in the guts as this one, AND it kept with the movie's thematic concerns. Bravo! "Guy named Squeamy got thrown from the fifth floor. He's deader'n a mackerel."
Rakshasa		#62	[-]
May 27 11 8:04 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey, THE MUMMY'S TOMB was pretty unforgiving and tough! Why, we lost all our favorite Mummy's Hand characters one after another! Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Jonatwork		#63	[-]
May 27 11 11:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rakshasa wrote: Hey, THE MUMMY'S TOMB was pretty unforgiving and tough! Why, we lost all our favorite Mummy's Hand characters one after another! Rakshasa, I meekly confess that I enjoy the sequels over the original MUMMY. And I was surprised to see the characters in MUMMY'S TOMB, and then to have them dispatched. That series is, to be kind, loony. That's a good thing. “The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.” Joseph Priestley
delgadosaur		#64	[-]
May 28 11 12:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can watch the revival of Karloff, then the others are just more fun for me. Plus the flapper girl in the mummy does nothing for me.
Jonatwork		#65	[-]
May 29 11 5:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	delgadosaur, The Mummy movies have always perplexed me. He's a strangler who moves slow and smells moldy. Unlike zombies, werewolves or Romero-style zombies, the mummy doesn't have the resonance of a great monster, he doesn't MEAN anything. It's interesting to see all the takes on the meaning of ALIEN (he said, swinging back on topic). The sexual, the feminist, the freudian. “The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.” Joseph Priestley
delgadosaur		#66	[-]
May 29 11 10:54 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	On their own level, I think the sequel where the mummy's eyes are painted out are pretty creepy. Taken in comparison to the other monsters at the stable, clearly the motivation and depth vanish after the first film, but even though Kharis is just a murdering pawn, he's somehow more interesting to me than Karloff in the first film.
blackbiped		#67	[-]
May 29 11 12:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kharis always had his own agenda, first to get revenge against those who defiled Ananka's tomb, then to recover her body so that he and she could return to Egypt together, and finally to reunite with her in reincarnated form. The weak-willed high priests whose bidding he was forced to do put their own self-interest in the way until Kharis began to rebel against them. He was a pretty emotional character, really--there was always something going on with him under those wrappings. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
Uncle Bingo		#68	[-]
May 30 11 11:21 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Aliens are gonna eat the mummies for invading their topic!
strangenstein		#69	[-]
May 30 11 5:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hi Uncle Bingo, While I agree with you on the "Newt and Hicks" issue in Alien 3, I think the main problem with the movie is Ripley's being impregnated by an alien. All suspense immediately dissipated (at least for me) knowing that she wouldn't be attacked, and the movie just played out the string. ALIENS is my favorite of the series. Strangenstein
Jonatwork		#70	[-]
May 30 11 11:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Uncle Bingo, Considering the Giger descigns for the temple in the original script--Chris Foss did one, too, and Scott storyboarded some of it--I am surprised when they were doing the AVP disasters someone didn't say "Alien MUMMIES!!!!" and get a bonus for original thinking. “The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.” Joseph Priestley
Godziwolf		#71	[-]
Jun 6 11 5:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Jonatwork wrote: Uncle Bingo wrote: I disagree that it was "brave" to kill off Hicks and Newt. What's the point of them surviving Aliens? It makes the finale of that movie a waste. They didn't want to pay Michael Biehn and Carrie Henn....not so brave. Ripley goes through an hour of saving Newt and she is killed off before we can say goodbye? Thematic letdown - and a big reason why Alien 3 was a downer and was a failure. If they wanted to kill them off, do it IN THE STORY, make it mean something - not just wipe them out in the first 10 minutes of the film. Glad you got attached to the characters - sorry though! Uncle Bingo, In a movie that's about the unfairness of the alien infection, killing them without a goodbye IS the story. ...Aliens kill everyone they encounter...but they KIDNAP the widdle kid! Please. ALIENS should have been directed by Sam Peckinpah. The only two characters who died in the first two movies without deserving it were Dallas and Vasquez -- both of whom were caught in HVAC ducts. Lambert -- panicked Brett -- don't look for the cat in a horror movie, unless you're the protagonist Kane -- greedy Ash -- corrupt; let the Alien on the ship Parker -- had a chance to roast the Alien, but hesitated MOTHER -- was a #%@@* Hudson -- panicked Gorman -- somewhat redeemed, but fundamentally unprepared Burke -- made a bad call Apone and the entry team -- disarmed Ferro and Spunkmeyer -- didn't watch the back door Alien Queen -- wasn't careful around heavy machinery The aliens kidnapped everyone. Newt was cocooned with a facehugger waiting for her to start moving. She lasted that long because she knew the aliens movement patterns and the ducts they couldn't fit into.
Godziwolf		#72	[-]
Jun 6 11 5:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Jonatwork wrote: Uncle Bingo, Considering the Giger designs for the temple in the original script--Chris Foss did one, too, and Scott storyboarded some of it--I am surprised when they were doing the AVP disasters someone didn't say "Alien MUMMIES!!!!" and get a bonus for original thinking. I'm still amazed they didn't just go with the storyline the comics and game used, and have a three-way battle between the Aliens, Predators, and Colonial Marines. It may be obvious, but it works really well, and was a lot of fun.
paulcairns	Homemade life size alien hybrid	#73	[-]
Feb 29 12 6:28 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hi guys have a look at an alien that i made in my back garden.
Godziwolf		#74	[-]
Mar 9 12 3:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	paulcairns wrote: Hi guys have a look at an alien that i made in my back garden. Why is the alien pooping?
John Van Helsing		#75	[-]
Mar 10 12 3:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Because he didn't want to splash his arse, what with all that acid and stuff! JVH
G Vallejo		#76	[-]
Mar 10 12 8:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	strangenstein wrote: While I agree with you on the "Newt and Hicks" issue in Alien 3, I think the main problem with the movie is Ripley's being impregnated by an alien. All suspense immediately dissipated (at least for me) knowing that she wouldn't be attacked, and the movie just played out the string. Wouldn't that be replaced with the suspense of wondering how she's going to get out of being impregnated, or if she will at all? I've got problems with the movie being a downer, but aside from that the movie itself was pretty decent, considering they stuck with that prison-planet-old-time religion premise. A perfect Monster has no end...
Crow T Robot		#77	[-]
Mar 17 12 7:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, this thread made me want to revisit all the films. I still feel the same about them as i did when I first saw them in the theaters. Alien was a great film, but i saw every "shock" coming. I guess I was a jaded film goer even back in 79. Other than that I loved everything about it - the sets, the acting, the characters, the story, the special effects, Goldsmith's score, and especially the alien itself. One slight technical flaw - I saw the film in 70mm on a huge screen. And during the shots where the Nostromo flies across the screen - the star field disappeared after it went by. I can't really see that on my TV set. I loved Aliens even more that Alien. I loved the characters, the effects, the story, and especially the Queen. The music was great too. A slam bang war movie. I had great hopes for Alien 3. I heard it would take place on a prison planet. From the first frame of film i just had a bad feeling about it. the more I saw the more I hated it. The prisoners were Rapists, child molesters, and murderers. Yep - I'm gonna root for them - NOT! Then they killed hicks and Newt. That sucked. I felt cheated. And what was with that autopsy scene on Newt? Ug! The alien design sucked. The Dog Burster sucked. The effects sucked. The final scene trying to get the Alien was OK - and then they killed Ripley. Dumb. So...Hated It!!! I had higher hopes for Alien Resurrection. I figured it couldn't be any worse. It was better than 3 but still not that great. Some really bad hammy acting in it. Characters for the most part were forgettable. Ron Pearlman was good. The Ripley character was interesting. All the Ripley clones were dumb looking and I'm a guy who loves makeup effects. The underwater scenes were the bast part. The baby alien at the end - horrible. Really badly designed and just stupid looking. So - 2 great films, and 2 really bad films. The special edition versions, or whatever you want to call them: Alien - does nothing to make the film better. OK. I can now say I saw the "cocoon" scene. Aliens - very nice, but I prefer the theatrical version. Alien 3 - well, it's a little better than the theatrical version, which isn't saying much Alien Resurrection - it's Ok. Nothing great. No improvement really.

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