I'll be contrary and say that I really liked Alien 3, despite the deaths of Hicks and Newt (which did upset me) and absolutely hated Resurrection.
Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!
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Sean K - Nov 09, 2007 9:53:15 pm PST #2174 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Kevin - Nov 10, 2007 2:45:32 am PST #2175 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I actually saw the international trailer for AVP-R at the cinema the other day and for the first half of it I was, like, "Wow, this trailer is great. What is this?". Then I realised and was all "Wait, I'm supposed to hate this, aren't I?".
Polter-Cow - Nov 10, 2007 7:18:03 am PST #2176 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I saw Alien 3 in the theatre and really liked it, I think, but I had probably only seen pieces of Aliens and never seen Alien. I don't remember much of Alien: Resurrection.
sumi - Nov 10, 2007 9:47:47 am PST #2177 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Helen McCrory has been cast as Narcissa Malfoy.
Strega - Nov 10, 2007 1:10:15 pm PST #2178 of 10000
I haven't seen them in a while, but from what I recall Alien Cubed was very pretty and shallow, which is Fincher all over. But it got points for the awesome bit with the dog, which was cool because we'd had geeky theories about that kind of thing. Plus Clive Mantle, who I didn't recognize but when he said something I was all, "OMG, it's Little John!"
Resurrection had some interesting ideas, but it wound up feeling like a mix of The Poseiden Adventure and Deep Blue Sea.
Thinking about it, the Alien series should get some kind of "franchise with consistently awesome character actors" award. Despite Winona.
Anne W. - Nov 10, 2007 3:01:57 pm PST #2179 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Helen McCrory has been cast as Narcissa Malfoy.
Ooh! And I see that Jim Broadbent is playing Slughorn. Perfect!
DavidS - Nov 10, 2007 3:41:12 pm PST #2180 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thinking about it, the Alien series should get some kind of "franchise with consistently awesome character actors" award.
I wrote a whole piece once about how Alien could almost stand by itself as a hall of fame of seventies character actors. It just needed Warren Oates and Strother Martin and E. Emmett Kelly.
Beverly - Nov 10, 2007 5:32:57 pm PST #2181 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
M. Emmett Walsh, you mean? Ol' M'emmet? Deckerd's boss in Blade Runner M'emmett?
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2007 5:55:22 pm PST #2182 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Nov 10, 2007 6:01:08 pm PST #2183 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. The article that said she'd be a Vulcan, non-Amanda Spock mommy claimed Variety as the source of that info. (ita's link is to Variety.)