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Xiahou Dun posted:First, gently caress yeah Pandorum. I saw Underwater in theaters and liked it a lot. If there's some genuinely great movie like this I've missed, sure I'll start there, but I figured it's going to be more like ther Screamers of the world, the decent B movies.
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Lol sneaking Terra formars in there
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What I really love about aliens is the props and the "space trucker" aesthetic, it's such a well realized setting. The actual Xenomorph, while great, isn't the prime thing I'm chasing here. AFAIK Aliens is going to be the gold standard here, but I'm not opposed to some anime, and I bet there's some insanely detailed stuff from the 80s and 90s I haven't seen (of course I've seen Akira).
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If you like space truckers, check out Outland. More like Alien in tone and pacing, though, and not much action. Very good.
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Moon 44, believe it or not, is solid. The third act turns into action mush, but it's definitely channeling Aliens. It's also got some interesting and nuanced queer representation for the 90s. The actual movie Space Truckers is super goofy but mught scratch a part of that itch.
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MacheteZombie posted:Lol sneaking Terra formars in there It's undeniably action, undeniably sci-fi, and I'd say the sheer amount of gore makes it close enough to horror. It just happens to also be educational. Jack B Nimble posted:What I really love about aliens is the props and the "space trucker" aesthetic, it's such a well realized setting. The actual Xenomorph, while great, isn't the prime thing I'm chasing here. AFAIK Aliens is going to be the gold standard here, but I'm not opposed to some anime, and I bet there's some insanely detailed stuff from the 80s and 90s I haven't seen (of course I've seen Akira). oh man, if you like extremely detailed sci-fi mechanical animation, 80s and 90s anime will absolutely satisfy you. Gunbuster, Gundam 0080, Gundam 0083, MADOX, And of course, the GOAT, the Patlabor movies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enwTApkJ0cc Gripweed fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Jun 7, 2023 |
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Aliens is a tough one to beat, Cameron does a lot of things right. I'd say Sunshine, Cloverfield Paradox, Event Horizon all have the vibe but just not the exact thing. I'll have a look around and see what else
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feedmyleg posted:If you like space truckers, check out Outland. More like Alien in tone and pacing, though, and not much action. Very good. Another blue collar space movie is Prospect, with Pedro Pascal.
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Jack B Nimble posted:I saw Underwater in theaters and liked it a lot. Well then can I interest you in Virus (1999)? It's objectively not a good movie (it even has a supernumerary Baldwin), but it does have a cyborged-up Donald Sutherland taking a thermite grenade to the chest.
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Hardware (1990) comes to mind.
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Wizchine posted:Hardware (1990) comes to mind. Hardware rules. seconded.
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I'm about to either blow your mind or get you to blow me off: The Scarlett Empress (1934). Best to go in blind, but if you must know what an over-the-top, melodramatic historical about Catherine the Great that is not sci-fi, not really horror, and is barely action could have in common with the Alien movies, well, this movie is 12 types of of crazy, and the most prominent is that past Act 1 it looks like it was designed by HR Giger years before he was born.
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Jack B Nimble posted:I rewatched Aliens last night and I'm wondering what my other options are in the vein of "action horror sci fi". Off the top of my head I've seen Pitch Black, Pandorum, Screamers, Predator. Death Machine is worth a watch, it's a fun love letter to Aliens. I'll suggest Life also, though that's more in the vein of Alien than Aliens.
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Jack B Nimble posted:I rewatched Aliens last night and I'm wondering what my other options are in the vein of "action horror sci fi". Off the top of my head I've seen Pitch Black, Pandorum, Screamers, Predator. Missing the sci-fi part but Dog Soliders felt very much in the vein of Aliens
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Purple Monkey posted:Missing the sci-fi part but Dog Soliders felt very much in the vein of Aliens Agreed, good movie. It's a good indicator of the quality I'm hoping to find.
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Split Second, a Rutger Hauer vehicle, has an Alien-looking baddie but it's more obsessed with flooded London, big guns and the occult. What a weird but good film.
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If we're going that route, Dark Angel and Future Kick are both rad, same with Nemesis. Nothing like Aliens, but still action/horror/sci-fi and fun.
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Looking for movies where the main character or a central theme is being extremely, incredibly and/or maniacally dedicated to a cause or belief (whatever that may be). Doesn't matter what the specifics are or if the cause/belief is positive or negative. Some stuff I've seen recently seen that's what I'm looking for Silence (dedicated to religion) Letters From Iwo Jima (dedicated to Japanese empire) Hostiles (main character's beliefs that Native Americans are evil) Changeling (belief that son is an imposter) King of Comedy (belief that main character has regarding his comedy career) As you can see it's a pretty broad/open question so feel free to toss out whatever you think applies. Kvlt! fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Jun 8, 2023 |
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Jun 8, 2023 18:17
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Take Shelter (2011) starring Michael Shannon & Jessica Chastain.
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ynohtna posted:Take Shelter (2011) starring Michael Shannon & Jessica Chastain. Ive seen that one, but that's an excellent suggestion, exactly the type of stuff I'm looking for. Thank you!
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I feel like Michael Mann is big on "dude appreciates his craft", maybe Collateral?
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Kvlt! posted:Ive seen that one, but that's an excellent suggestion, exactly the type of stuff I'm looking for. Thank you! You might like Anthropoid (2016), which is about the Czech-Slovak joint assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the dude who invented the Holocaust. Just dudes who really, really want to kill Nazis. Cillian Murphy, Jaime Dornan and Toby mothafukkin Jones.
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Misery, The Mosquito Coast, Fitzcarraldo / Burden of Dreams come to mind
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies where the main character or a central theme is being extremely, incredibly and/or maniacally dedicated to a cause or belief (whatever that may be). Doesn't matter what the specifics are or if the cause/belief is positive or negative. Some stuff I've seen recently seen that's what I'm looking for Patriotism by Mishima along with Mishima a life in four chapters by Schrader. Andrei Rublev by Tarkovsky Ad Astra by Grey The Man who loved Women by Truffaut. Cape Fear, Touch of Evil, The Conversation and nearly every Mann movie as well
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morestuff posted:Misery, The Mosquito Coast, Fitzcarraldo / Burden of Dreams come to mind Oooh, yeah. And then The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022)!
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ynohtna posted:Oooh, yeah. And then The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022)! Yeah, basically Herzog's entire body of work
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies where the main character or a central theme is being extremely, incredibly and/or maniacally dedicated to a cause or belief (whatever that may be). Doesn't matter what the specifics are or if the cause/belief is positive or negative. Some stuff I've seen recently seen that's what I'm looking for This is an interesting one. Some of my faves that I think qualify: The Innocents (1961) Aguirre, the Wrath of God Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Bug (more Shannon) Whiplash Hunger The Swimmer The Red Shoes First Reformed Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
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Tysm everyone lots of interesting stuff to check out!!
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Diary of a Country Priest Passion of Joan of Arc maybe The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp if Vertigo, then Rear Window too
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Me and some friends are selecting movies to watch based on a loose theme, and this time it's angels. The criteria is that there must be an angel and he/she/it must be on screen. Already planning to watch The Sky Over Berlin and Constantine - any genre and time is welcome.
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It's a bit disappointing considering the cast, but The Prophecy (1995).
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Okua posted:Me and some friends are selecting movies to watch based on a loose theme, and this time it's angels. The criteria is that there must be an angel and he/she/it must be on screen. Already planning to watch The Sky Over Berlin and Constantine - any genre and time is welcome. The Seventh Seal with a young Demi Moore works for this and is an underated flick
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Dr. Yinz Ljubljana posted:The Seventh Seal with a young Demi Moore works for this and is an underated flick I think you mean The Seventh Sign, but The Seventh Seal works if you consider Death to be an angel.
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Okua posted:Me and some friends are selecting movies to watch based on a loose theme, and this time it's angels. The criteria is that there must be an angel and he/she/it must be on screen. Already planning to watch The Sky Over Berlin and Constantine - any genre and time is welcome. Michael.
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