::starts living it up like the fundi-Rapturists::
Bring on the Apocalypso!
Everybody limbo.
Wrong Christians...
She ain't movin'. Serenity's not movin'.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Frankenbuddha - Apr 19, 2006 7:39:29 am PDT #1386 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
erikaj - Apr 19, 2006 7:45:17 am PDT #1387 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't know... they make* me* think 'how low can they go?' pretty frequently. I think it fits.
Gris - Apr 19, 2006 8:04:46 am PDT #1388 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Yeah, Alien (the horror movie, not the action movie sequel) scared the living crap out of me. Possibly the best slasher ever made - slasher meets sci-fi! (though I do love Halloween - actually, I love the entire slasher genre).
Gudanov - Apr 19, 2006 8:15:20 am PDT #1389 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Alien would be scarier, but I saw Aliens first so it wasn't new. Can't put the Alien back in the belly so to speak.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2006 8:17:55 am PDT #1390 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Alien would be scarier, but I saw Aliens first so it wasn't new. Can't put the Alien back in the belly so to speak.
Yes, but did you know that the science guy in Alien was an evil android?
I read the novelization of Alien as a kid....
beekaytee - Apr 19, 2006 8:21:41 am PDT #1391 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I don't know... they make* me* think 'how low can they go?' pretty frequently. I think it fits.
erika read my mind. I was going to say this but thought I'd wait for someone else to put the fine point on it.
you go girl.
askye - Apr 19, 2006 8:56:56 am PDT #1392 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I saw Alien after Aliens and it still creeped me out, even knowing that there was an alien it still held my attention, the whole inevitable -ness of it (like the dread of knowing Bayliss will pick up the phone in the first episode of Homicide)
What really stood out to me about Alien is how much movie making has changed. It starts off so slow and quiet, I was almost a bit impatient with it because I'm so used to quick cuts and things like that.
erikaj - Apr 19, 2006 9:02:58 am PDT #1393 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Loving the comparison, although if you've not seen the arc, it probably reads like "WTF? He picks up a phone..." But after a few times you start hoping for Kay to be the Big Damn Heroine she is and handle it for the kid.
Hayden - Apr 19, 2006 9:04:17 am PDT #1394 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Definitely. The pacing in Alien was superb. Wasn't it a Ridley Scott movie? 'Cause that's semi-demi-ironic, at least.
Red Eye was a recent suspense movie that had excellent, tight pacing.
Gudanov - Apr 19, 2006 9:11:24 am PDT #1395 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Yeah, I thought Alien was a really good movie. But I knew too much before seeing it (from Aliens, from hearing about it and stuff) to be really scary.