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Do you like Alien 3 "Assembly Cut"?
	Yes, Alien 3 "Assembly Cut" was tits.
	No, Alien and Aliens are the only valid Alien films.
	Nah gently caress you Alien 3 sucks in all its forms.

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blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

The theatrical cut of Alien 3 is pretty bad considering that there are people that simply just disappear with no mention of them ever again.

Also, this is what you get when you can't let go of how Alien 3 began.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mquByeLRYNM

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 00:41

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 20:09

blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

OneThousandMonkeys posted:

From 1:00-onward you could just play Yakety Sax.

Checks out.

http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=h...Name=blackguy32

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 01:05

blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

Martman posted:

I'm just picturing Ivan Ooze from the Power Rangers Movie.

I never realized that Paul Freeman played as both Belloch from Indiana Jones and Ivan Ooze.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2016 12:27

blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

Slashrat posted:

They probably did send someone to check but, not knowing the exact origin of the signal or the Nostromo's point of desctruction, found nothing until the independent salvage crew stumbled across the black box 15 years later, used it to backtrack to LV-426 and there shut the beacon off.

Someone at the company probably had a general idea about what they were looking for out there however, as in Isolation they initially just send Amanda & co on the Torrens when alerted that the black box is recovered, but when being alerted to the biohazard aboard Sevastopol while the Torrens is in transit, they immediately buy out the entire station and remotely repurpose the AI to protect the biohazard, with no specific knowledge being transmitted about the nature of it. That's not a casual investment to make.

My personal pet theory is that people within the company knew they were looking for some sort of alien organism before the Nostromo set out, and that it could probably be found somewhere in the region. Nostromo might not even be the only ship going through that had an android placed on board at the last minute, and that's why its disappearance was written off as a coincidence that wasn't exhaustively investigated.

The bigger question for me is why the Company (or high-ranking people within it) are so intent on acquiring the xeno. I don't buy for a minute that it is just as a bio-weapon (I imagine that it is just the first use that springs to mind to people bringing it up in the movies, but who are otherwise ignorant of the actual plans to acquire the xenos). Considering its biological advantages (extremely rapid growth for example) and supposedly being genetically compatible with humans, I wouldn't be surprised if they want it for study into how to enhance human biology.

They want it so they can turn it into a cyborg with sweet dual plasma launchers on each arm complete with laser guided tracking.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2016 12:27

blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

SuperMechagodzilla posted:

In other words, it's an attempt at reconciling the fundamental ideological incompatibility between Alien and Aliens by forcing Scott into the Cameron box. "Burke did it, because he got too greedy!"

I do really like this point, because Ash is loving fascinated with the thing and you can tell that he is doing it for far more than simply company orders or to obtain a shiny new bioweapon. You can easily read elements of evolution into his monologue at the end.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2016 00:38

blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

I thought Darkness Falls was ok, but I think that was because I don't watch many horror movies, and I saw it with my crush at the time.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2016 22:32

blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

I probably should watch this again, because there was a bunch of poo poo that flew by me. Like, I had no idea that Lope and Hallet were a couple until looking up stuff about the movie at home.

I feel like the characterization wasn't where it needed to be, but I am not an expert on these sort of things, but I feel like really didn't know much of anything about the crew at all, but then again, maybe I am not meant to?

# ¿ May 22, 2017 02:12

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 20:09

blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

I chuckled a little bit when David is throwing pebbles at Oram's body. It's just such a petty thing to do.

# ¿ May 25, 2017 04:43

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