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30 years of Alien

  • 13-10-2009 2:45pm
    #1
    mike65
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    The Guardian is going big on the 30th anniversary of Ridley Scotts space bound haunted house horror film.

    Overview

    Derek Malcolm 1979 review

    the Chestburster

    For me the films greatest legacy is not its splatter and goo but the textures and atmospheres. Its a masterpiece of production and costume design, lighting, and sound evoking a mood of foggy uncertainy then dark damp dread.


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  • #2
    speedboatchase
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    There's a pretty good retrospective on the series (rather than just the original) in this month's Empire. I know the magazine doesn't get much love here but it's pretty interesting stuff. My girlfriend saw Alien with me for the first time only last year and didn't know about the chest-bursting scene at all, got quite a reaction :D


  • #3
    Rhyme
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    It's funny, people talk about the claustrophobia of the ship, character development, costumes and set-pieces and while these things are great, I find the scenes involving the derelict ship and the Space Jockey to be the best.

    Giger really was a messed up guy and his involvement really set the basis for the films.


  • #4
    scottie pippen
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    Rhyme wrote: »
    It's funny, people talk about the claustrophobia of the ship, character development, costumes and set-pieces and while these things are great, I find the scenes involving the derelict ship and the Space Jockey to be the best.

    Giger really was a messed up guy and his involvement really set the basis for the films.
    [FONT=&quot]Have to agree, without him this movie may have been awful (based on some of the pre giger artwork/designs)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]


  • #5
    rednik
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    Fantastic film which should get a blu ray release soon, although a lot of the movie is very dark. Aliens is a decent film but personally I would have prefered no sequels to this all time classic. The cast were no big stars and this worked well. Atmosphere and tension are brilliant. Unfortunately its legacy today is Alien vs Predator rubbish.


  • #6
    krudler
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    Still as scary today as it ever was, I saw it on its 25th anniversary rerelease in the cinema and the girl I was with at the time I never seen any of them, she was terrified the whole way through, plus it was on Halloween night which didnt help :) my arm was nearly black and blue from her squeezing it all the way through


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