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I rewatched Aliens this past week. Lance Henriksen is a national treasure and he's not even the best part of the movie. I do prefer the basic Xenomorph design in Alien to the more armored look in Aliens, but the Queen is still an absolutely amazing effect today and looks cool as hell.
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Any chance Dallas was just thirsty, and Argentinian?
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For those who want to get in the festive spirit, remember that ‘Prometheus’ is a Christmas movie. 
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Spent Xmas Day talking with my Dad about all the cool behind-the-scenes stuff from the Aliens video a few posts back. Then spent the evening watching Aliens.
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Carrion has a new Christmas campaign thing
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In an attempt to feel positive emotions this year, I've been down the rabbit hole of reaction videos on Youtube, and there are a lot of good ones for Aliens. If you're wanting to see what other people think about Aliens, I would recommend going to Youtube and searching "Aliens 1986 reactions" and similar. Usually they're reacting after watching Alien, and in the beginning are all "I'm not sure about this one because the title is "AlienS", PLURAL, which means there's probably going to be more than one". It's obvious early on if they're watching the director's cut or not, and from there you can anticipate how they react to the different developments. The Director's Cut ruins the suspense of just where and how Ripley gets involved with the xenomorphs again, but has the "oh poo poo" reveal of the time jump emphasized with the fate of her daughter, and from there Newt's "Mommy!" at the end hits that much harder. The Theatrical Cut keeps the reactor in suspense as to the fate of LV-426, even though they can pretty much guess what's happened to the colony as soon as they learn contact has been lost, and has more suspense in that way. Either way, my favorite part is always "Get away from her you BITCH!" and the fist-pumps, "gently caress yeah!"s and "Oh, it's ON NOW!"s that ensue. I've only been following this thread the last month or so, so this may have been covered before. But I wanted to post something up in case anyone wants to see other people thinking about Aliens.
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Beef Hardcheese posted:In an attempt to feel positive emotions this year, I've been down the rabbit hole of reaction videos on Youtube, and there are a lot of good ones for Aliens. If you're wanting to see what other people think about Aliens, I would recommend going to Youtube and searching "Aliens 1986 reactions" and similar. Usually they're reacting after watching Alien, and in the beginning are all "I'm not sure about this one because the title is "AlienS", PLURAL, which means there's probably going to be more than one". It's obvious early on if they're watching the director's cut or not, and from there you can anticipate how they react to the different developments. The Director's Cut ruins the suspense of just where and how Ripley gets involved with the xenomorphs again, but has the "oh poo poo" reveal of the time jump emphasized with the fate of her daughter, and from there Newt's "Mommy!" at the end hits that much harder. The Theatrical Cut keeps the reactor in suspense as to the fate of LV-426, even though they can pretty much guess what's happened to the colony as soon as they learn contact has been lost, and has more suspense in that way. Either way, my favorite part is always "Get away from her you BITCH!" and the fist-pumps, "gently caress yeah!"s and "Oh, it's ON NOW!"s that ensue.
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Splicer posted:Mrs Splicer hadn't seen Aliens so when we watched it we did the director's cut but I skipped through the colony scene. I consider this the definitive cut. Please stop gaslighting your wife.
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My definitive cut would likewise omit the pre-infestation colony stuff. I would also cut the brief bit where Hudson, of all people, speculates about a queen. All the other Special Edition stuff is good.
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Mutant Headcrab posted:My definitive cut would likewise omit the pre-infestation colony stuff. I would also cut the brief bit where Hudson, of all people, speculates about a queen. Hudson's monologue on the dropship and Sgt. Apone telling him to sit down and STFU is priceless.
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:Hudson's monologue on the dropship and Sgt. Apone telling him to sit down and STFU is priceless. Picking Al Matthews for the role given that he was actual marine was a casting masterstroke similar to when R. Lee Ermey as cast in Full Metal Jacket
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Biplane posted:Please stop gaslighting your wife.
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I checked someone's rap sheet and saw this as their probe reason and laughed.
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HBO2 is running an Alien marathon right now, starting with Prometheus, going thru the Alien quadrilogy, and finishing with AVP: Alien vs. Predator.
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Splicer posted:Mrs Splicer hadn't seen Aliens so when we watched it we did the director's cut but I skipped through the colony scene. I consider this the definitive cut. I think the colony scene should be a DVD featurette rather than part of the main movie.
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Thought of Aliens when I saw a dumb facebook meme: Pick a movie Keep one actor The rest are muppets Hudson as a muppet is good but Hudson freaking out at a bunch of muppets is real good too.
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Jan 5, 2021 19:59
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zenguitarman posted:Thought of Aliens when I saw a dumb facebook meme: Burke as a human, the rest muppets. Mainly thinking about the scene where he's confronted about letting the facehuggers loose and how great it would be to have a bunch of muppets berate and threaten a distressed paul reiser.
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just heard aliens is cancelled because vasquez was played by a white woman??
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zenguitarman posted:Thought of Aliens when I saw a dumb facebook meme: Bishop being the only human actor would be hilarious. Just the irony that the only non-muppet in the movie is an artificial person.
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Mutant Headcrab posted:Bishop being the only human actor would be hilarious. Just the irony that the only non-muppet in the movie is an artificial person. I would absolutely watch this movie.
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Gasmask posted:just heard aliens is cancelled because vasquez was played by a white woman?? Go away.
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zenguitarman posted:Thought of Aliens when I saw a dumb facebook meme: Mutant Headcrab posted:Bishop being the only human actor would be hilarious. Just the irony that the only non-muppet in the movie is an artificial person. Class Warcraft posted:Burke as a human, the rest muppets. Mainly thinking about the scene where he's confronted about letting the facehuggers loose and how great it would be to have a bunch of muppets berate and threaten a distressed paul reiser. I'd watch all of these.
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Jan 5, 2021 23:15
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Can we have Muppet aliens too?
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Jan 5, 2021 23:53
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Mutant Headcrab posted:Bishop being the only human actor would be hilarious. Just the irony that the only non-muppet in the movie is an artificial person. Spunkmeyer: Hello~ Bishop... do you need anything else?? Bishop: 
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Class Warcraft posted:Burke as a human, the rest muppets. Mainly thinking about the scene where he's confronted about letting the facehuggers loose and how great it would be to have a bunch of muppets berate and threaten a distressed paul reiser. This got a laugh hahah
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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem is on Windows Movie House and it's still gloriously stupid. Then again mission accomplished if the point was to make the Yautja the protagonist.
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Android Apocalypse posted:Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem is on Windows Movie House and it's still gloriously stupid. Then again mission accomplished if the point was to make the Yautja the protagonist. I love that the Predator just does not give a gently caress about the humans, full stop.
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It's one of the great ironies of the past year that a lot of classic movies have been returning to theaters when people can't/ shouldn't be going. https://www.showtimes.com/movie-times/alien-697/ It appears Alien has just been given a rerelease stateside in 500 theaters. There's of course a goddamn pandemic going on right now so it's out of the question for most of us, but if there's a drive-in nearby, or if you can make it so you're the only person in the theater, or if you happen to have a hazmat suit you can wear you might be able to make it work. Edit: Drive-in, not drive-thru SidneyIsTheKiller fucked around with this message at 10:09 on Jan 7, 2021 |
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I hope Aliens gets a re-release where I live. I got to see Die Hard on a massive screen during December, in a packed cinema.
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Xenomrph posted:I love that the Predator just does not give a gently caress about the humans, full stop. Oh, just like the audience, then.
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etalian posted:Picking Al Matthews for the role given that he was actual marine was a casting masterstroke similar to when R. Lee Ermey as cast in Full Metal Jacket Which is pretty interesting because the two movies were filmed at the same time. Ricco Ross was even offered roles in both movies. He had to turn down Stanley Kubrick!
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Gasmask posted:just heard aliens is cancelled because vasquez was played by a white woman?? Yup. Brown face is never acceptable.
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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:It's one of the great ironies of the past year that a lot of classic movies have been returning to theaters when people can't/ shouldn't be going.
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 Thinking about Brett's outfit.
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Thinking about how prissy and effeminate Ash's outfit is.
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:
100% perfect costuming.
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:
Looks like what mechanics would wear if they could work from home.
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PeterCat posted:Thinking about how prissy and effeminate Ash's outfit is. -Dr. Venture
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PhotoKirk posted:100% perfect costuming. Alien's costuming is 100% perfect. 
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:Alien's costuming is 100% perfect. Everything about Alien is perfect. Except maybe the idea of a future with those horrible green & black monochrome computer screens but that's more to do with tech limitations of the late 1970's than anything else 
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