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May 27 11 7:01 AM
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.
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May 27 11 9:04 AM
May 28 11 12:59 AM
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!
May 28 11 1:07 PM
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Jun 6 11 6:14 PM
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.
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!
Jun 6 11 6:24 PM
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.
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Mar 9 12 4:54 PM
paulcairns wrote:Hi guys have a look at an alien that i made in my back garden.
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Mar 10 12 9:48 PM
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.
A perfect Monster has no end...
Mar 17 12 8:36 PM
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