Your discussion here is interesting. I have never been able to finish that movie and I think a couple of you are articulating why.
Is Aliens 3 the one that's the allegory for AIDS?
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le nubian - Oct 09, 2010 7:22:41 am PDT #11495 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Sean K - Oct 09, 2010 7:40:13 am PDT #11496 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm amused that the very thing that most people hate about the movie is the ting I like the most about it.
Polter-Cow - Oct 09, 2010 8:00:07 am PDT #11497 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I have a fondness for Alien 3. I saw it in the theatre here when I was a kid. I may not even have seen the first two movies at the time.
And on a David Fincher note, I'm off to see The Social Network !
Atropa - Oct 09, 2010 11:11:48 am PDT #11498 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Calvin and Hobbes meets Let the Right One In
Ha! Oh, that's brilliant.
But "Rocks fall, everyone dies" doesn't work as the beginning of a movie.
Yeah, that's why I don't like Alien 3. Newt was my favorite, dammit.
§ ita § - Oct 09, 2010 12:15:10 pm PDT #11499 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does anyone use runpee.com? I guess I have a pretty stalwart bladder--I don't tend to pee at cinemas, period. But I went to peek at entries for two movies I've seen recently (Inception and Scott Pilgrim) and I would have been miffed at missing any of either of them. And I didn't even like Scott Pilgrim. I'm just a completist.
Sean K - Oct 10, 2010 9:27:27 am PDT #11500 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Wow, and I thought epileptic Elizabeth Berkeley sex was a thread killer. It's nothing compared to approving of murdering Newt off screen before the movie starts.
I think I'll blame ita's refusal to pee during movies for killing the thread.
Laga - Oct 10, 2010 11:53:18 am PDT #11501 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I have wanted to use runpee but I always forget to look up the movie before we leave for the cinema.
Liese S. - Oct 10, 2010 12:44:07 pm PDT #11502 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I have a bladder of iron from many road trips. So I never need to go during movies. But I`m a completist, too. I mean, I watch credits.
Laga - Oct 10, 2010 2:02:40 pm PDT #11503 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I watch credits while trying very hard not to think about my bladder.
erikaj - Oct 10, 2010 4:20:44 pm PDT #11504 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I figure those people have mothers, and I'm used to tuning out my bladder(In fact that may be my one surefire skill in the world...too bad I can't use it in job interviews.)