Wow, Alien 3 is a mess. Huge step down from the first two.
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
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Polter-Cow - Jan 17, 2012 8:32:43 pm PST #17603 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
le nubian - Jan 18, 2012 3:59:33 am PST #17604 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have never been able to finish that movie.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 18, 2012 4:01:00 am PST #17605 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well these are fun: [link]
Jessica - Jan 18, 2012 10:07:12 am PST #17606 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was just coming to post that!
I want that version of Big Lebowski SO MUCH I can't even tell you. So much.
Also that Die Hard.
DavidS - Jan 18, 2012 10:34:46 am PST #17607 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You can't have Zappa as Lebowski! He famously didn't do drugs.
Though Iggy as Donny is perfect.
Tom Scola - Jan 18, 2012 10:43:39 am PST #17608 of 30000
hwæt
You can't have Zappa as Lebowski!
It should be Marc Bolan, right?
Connie Neil - Jan 18, 2012 12:58:34 pm PST #17609 of 30000
brillig
I rather liked Alien 3. It's not as good as the other two, but it's always seemed inevitable, in a saga-ish kind of way.
Polter-Cow - Jan 18, 2012 1:27:46 pm PST #17610 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't think it's inevitable that Ripley crash land on a prison planet full of indistinct Brits and Charles S. Dutton who blab a lot and are really boring and vaguely religious and, whatever, alien, just eat them.
But if you mean the stuff with Ripley's being impregnated and dying, maybe. I also liked the appearance of Bishop at the end. The last half hour or so is pretty good. Alien-POV-cam was Fincher's best contribution to the franchise.
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2012 1:37:12 pm PST #17611 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Alien 3 was just...not up to 1 or 2 for me. I don't feel vaguely inclined to revisit it. I'm more likely to watch 4 again, and even then, not much.
I love this BBC estimation of which American actors can do a good British accent. I wouldn't have seen #5 coming, but I ain't mad at them. In fact, I'm laughing.
JZ - Jan 18, 2012 2:14:16 pm PST #17612 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Nice list. And lots of lovely first-runner-up praise for Claire Danes in the comments.