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Alien
Posted on 6/24/20 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 6/24/20 at 12:36 pm
Watched Alien for the first time last night. Available on HBO. It is so well done for 1979.
I turned off all the lights in the room. Felt like I was in the space ship.
It reminded me of how much I enjoy movies from that era. Like Raiders of the Lost Ark, I felt like I was along for an adventure...not just watching a movie.
Great story telling.
I turned off all the lights in the room. Felt like I was in the space ship.
It reminded me of how much I enjoy movies from that era. Like Raiders of the Lost Ark, I felt like I was along for an adventure...not just watching a movie.
Great story telling.
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Posted on 6/24/20 at 12:42 pm to bagboy333
Well done is an understatement.
Many of those late 70s/80s movies with real effects blow away the CGI crap fests today.
Many of those late 70s/80s movies with real effects blow away the CGI crap fests today.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 12:43 pm to bagboy333
probably one if not the favorite movie for me.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 12:57 pm to bagboy333
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Watched Alien for the first time last night. Available on HBO. It is so well done for 1979.
Ridley was arguably the best director in the world from Alien through Gladiator.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 1:07 pm to Helo
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Many of those late 70s/80s movies with real effects blow away the CGI crap fests today.
Those movies also had the good sense to hide effects.
There's a great article about how Jurassic Park's CGI is so well regarded because they worked to hide it. Modern CGI is so front and center, you see all the flaws.
Alien is a great example of using darkness to camouflage your effects. The first looks as good or better than Covenant's broad day CGI.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 2:06 pm to Rep520
I think Jaws is the epitome of hiding most of the effects and just giving the audience a taste.
Spielberg was kinda forced into it because his mechanical sharks kept malfunctioning but it set that precedent that others followed.
Spielberg was kinda forced into it because his mechanical sharks kept malfunctioning but it set that precedent that others followed.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 2:09 pm to Ace Midnight
not a big Sigourney Weaver fan, nor a fan of female leads who try to be tough. But Ripley is probably one of my favorite action characters. Weaver was excellent in that role. Tough and badass but not unbelievable or overdoing it- like Beth in Yellowstone.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 2:12 pm to bagboy333
quote:The very definition of slow burn. It really is amazing how well it holds up.
Alien
Watched Alien for the first time last night. Available on HBO. It is so well done for 1979.
I turned off all the lights in the room. Felt like I was in the space ship.
It reminded me of how much I enjoy movies from that era. Like Raiders of the Lost Ark, I felt like I was along for an adventure...not just watching a movie.
Great story telling.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 2:28 pm to Helo
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Many of those late 70s/80s movies with real effects blow away the CGI crap fests today.
This. The scene in "The Thing" (1982) when Vance's head falls to the floor, spider legs and eyes sprout from it and it walks away still makes me
every time...Posted on 6/24/20 at 2:41 pm to bagboy333
One of the goat horror sco to. Aliens is good, Evey other movie not so much
Posted on 6/24/20 at 3:10 pm to bagboy333
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Watched Alien for the first time last night.
There are 3 days in my life that changed me growing up because of the films i saw in those days
The first one was when I stayed at a friends house and we watched Return of the Living Dead and The Terminator. Bonus: I also discovered video games that day.
The second one was at another friends house when I watched Alien and Aliens in the same night (at 5 years old).
And the third was Predator and Bloodsport when I was 8 while visiting family and catching back to back films on tv while there. Nice and uncensored too.
This post was edited on 6/24/20 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 6/24/20 at 3:33 pm to bagboy333
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Watched Alien for the first time last night.
This is what surprises me the most, unless your are fairly young.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 3:47 pm to bagboy333
My niece watched Alien. She told me it was boring. I guess there weren't enough tiktok dances in it for her taste.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 3:49 pm to boxcarbarney
The first time I watched it, I didn't care for it because the pace is so slow. But it eventually grew on me upon later viewings.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 5:15 pm to ksdolfan
I'm 35. I've seen parts of it, but never a full sit down. Never in the movies. Also, the parts of it I saw were on a standard TV back in 1992. It was a TV/Furniture piece from the 70s. NO remote. My 55inch TCL is an upgrade.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 8:28 pm to Ace Midnight
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Ridley was arguably the best director in the world from Alien through Gladiator.
Take out Blade Runner and Thelma & Louise (and Gladiator, if you absolutely have to):
Legend
Someone to Watch Over Me
Black Rain
1492
White Squall
GI Jane
Gladiator
I love Alien, but we're all just going to let this comment sit there?
Posted on 6/24/20 at 8:35 pm to Jay Are
I saw alien in the theater in 1979 at 10 years old. Horrible decision, Dad.
This post was edited on 6/24/20 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:11 pm to NOSTRODAMUS
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I saw alien in the theater in 1979 at 10 years old. Horrible decision, Dad.
Damn, your dad was of the "throw em in the deep end" school, huh?
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:21 pm to bagboy333
I hate that movies like Alien and Terminator were done so well. Real effort was put into those movies, but when studios saw they could make huge money off of sequels, the effort dropped off the table and they started cranking out garbage.
T2 was good, as was Aliens, but after that, the franchises were effectively done, imo.
I think Alien stands alone as a true movie masterpiece.
T2 was good, as was Aliens, but after that, the franchises were effectively done, imo.
I think Alien stands alone as a true movie masterpiece.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:50 pm to NOSTRODAMUS
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I saw alien in the theater in 1979 at 10 years old. Horrible decision, Dad.
Glad I'm not the only one. We always joked about it in our family.
Our Dad took us when we were all under 7 years old - 4 of us.
The youngest 3. My Dad told her the movie was really scary...so close your eyes. Halfway through the film, she turned to my Dad and said "when does it get scary?"
We were going to see Black Stallion or something but instead we got Alien. I don't think as a kid you can really appreciate the scariness of Alien. The Sci-fi, the ship, dialogue is in essence Alien to you...Wizard of Oz and the Wicked Witch is more scary to you at that point in life.
This post was edited on 6/24/20 at 11:53 pm
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