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....
Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.
'Trash'
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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.
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.
Polter-Cow - Apr 19, 2006 9:14:39 am PDT #1396 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Red Eye was a recent suspense movie that had excellent, tight pacing.
Yeah, I thought it was pretty competently done. Nothing superb, but entertaining and well made.
Aims - Apr 19, 2006 9:15:57 am PDT #1397 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Know what isn't on that list?
The Cutting Edge 2.
That was damned scary.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2006 1:50:56 pm PDT #1398 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hey, if we're going beyond the traditional definition of horror movies there's one in wide release right now that includes a Terry Bradshaw nude scene.
ChiKat - Apr 19, 2006 1:53:10 pm PDT #1399 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Why would anyone do that? Were they trying to be mean?