Alien 3 & 4

pixelburp · 27-04-2012 01:41PM

Apparently they also tried using a dog in an alien costume for the younger version of the creature; there's test footage of it knocking about it & it looked utterly laughable.

Professey Chin · 27-04-2012 01:48PM

pixelburp wrote: »

Apparently they also tried using a dog in an alien costume for the younger version of the creature; there's test footage of it knocking about it & it looked utterly laughable.

Thats on the special feature dvd with the quadriligy. Its amazing :pac:

OldeCinemaSoz · 27-04-2012 05:20PM

james cameron?

he's more at home with PARANHA II: FLYING KILLERS

:rolleyes::D

i will admit though, the terminator wasn't half bad. Unlike it's
rank sequel and whatever he did since.

:P

al28283 · 27-04-2012 05:22PM

OldeCinemaSoz wrote: »

james cameron?

he's more at home with PARANHA II: FLYING KILLERS

:rolleyes::D

i will admit though, the terminator wasn't half bad. Unlike it's
rank sequel and whatever he did since.

:P

OldeCinemaSnob does it again :P

OldeCinemaSoz · 27-04-2012 05:29PM

al28283 wrote: »

OldeCinemaSnob does it again :P

Snob? :eek: Not really!

I just like me films.

:P

ps..."I like your style!"

pixelburp · 27-04-2012 09:07PM

Huh? Not sure what point you're trying to make here except to try and shoehorn in some pointless elitism: Cameron is very very good at what he does as an entertainer, is something of a master technician, but nobody would ever claim his movies as high art - nor has he ever claimed them as such. Man knows how to make a good blockbuster.

indough · 28-04-2012 01:53PM

i would consider that an art itself. i mean we see on the other end of the scale just how bad they can be, the transformers movies for example

28-04-2012 02:12PM

Alien 3 is on tonight ^

FlashD · 29-04-2012 09:11AM

pixelburp wrote: »

Man knows how to make a good blockbuster.

Does he?

I just didn't get Avatar.

Hope all those wishy washy smurfs get wiped out in the sequel.

Human race forever.:)

pixelburp · 29-04-2012 02:54PM

FlashD wrote: »

Does he?

I just didn't get Avatar.

Hope all those wishy washy smurfs get wiped out in the sequel.

Human race forever.:)

Never said the man was a master scriptwriter, his characterization is often simplistic & 2-dimensional at best; but as poor as I thought Avatar was, as a spectacle and example of how to do an Action-Blockbuster right Cameron still delivers.

krudler · 29-04-2012 02:56PM

such an atmospheric opening, Horner reuses a lot of his own (and other peoples) stuff but the opening to Aliens is fantastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK9cPymRVbs

Jelly 292 · 03-05-2012 02:47PM

Imagine an Alien game where there's only one enemy, instead of hundreds of them. Perhaps it's outside the realm of what developers are capable of and what a demanding audience expect

Check this out:

http://www.vg247.com/2011/05/12/creative-assembly-hiring-for-alien-blockbuster-vaizey/

Cork boy 55 · 03-05-2012 06:03PM

WHo the **** came up with the AVP idea?

Professey Chin · 03-05-2012 06:06PM

Cork boy 55 wrote: »

WHo the **** came up with the AVP idea?

Old comics that were excellent and a couple of great PC games (plus the xenomorph head in predator 2).
Then bad filmmakers got hold of it

johnny_ultimate · 16-05-2012 06:06PM

Alien Blu-Ray anthology is going for 10.99 in HMV at the moment for anyone interested. Had to indulge, if only to fulfill the morbid curiosity concerning Alien Resurrection this thread has provoked

Goldstein · 16-05-2012 07:15PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Alien Blu-Ray anthology is going for 10.99 in HMV at the moment for anyone interested. Had to indulge, if only to fulfill the morbid curiosity concerning Alien Resurrection this thread has provoked

You are going to love Shaquille O'Ripley.

johnny_ultimate · 19-05-2012 03:09AM

Well that's the last time I let morbid curiosity get the better of me :pac: What appalling trash Alien Resurrection is. Wildly uneven tone and pacing. Misjudged performances all around (did that French fellow Dominic Pinon really have to be in it, Jeunet?). Weak central ideas, and a terrible new creature. And they straight up ruined Ripley. Wow.

That said I do see the Firefly DNA in there. Not just the crew, but the hyperstrength Ripley and a handful of other indicators too. Alas, it has none of the wit or strong characterisation of what was to come. Few of the crew stand out, and fewer still are likeable (you even want Ron Perlman to get chest bursted). A curio in that regard, maybe, but Whedon and Jeunet portray none of the skill or passion they regularly prove to have in excess.

19-05-2012 09:06AM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Well that's the last time I let morbid curiosity get the better of me :pac: What appalling trash Alien Resurrection is. Wildly uneven tone and pacing. Misjudged performances all around (did that French fellow Dominic Pinon really have to be in it, Jeunet?). Weak central ideas, and a terrible new creature. And they straight up ruined Ripley. Wow.

That said I do see the Firefly DNA in there. Not just the crew, but the hyperstrength Ripley and a handful of other indicators too. Alas, it has none of the wit or strong characterisation of what was to come. Few of the crew stand out, and fewer still are likeable (you even want Ron Perlman to get chest bursted). A curio in that regard, maybe, but Whedon and Jeunet portray none of the skill or passion they regularly prove to have in excess.

We warned you!

kowloon · 19-05-2012 10:03AM

Would have loved an Aliens film that showed the mining colony trying to defend itself with limited means, mining tools etc. Knowing that they were all going to die might have taken away from it though. Perhaps if it had been made before Aliens.

Looking forward the Prometheus, I can understand why they aren't making it an actually part of the franchise, seeing as everything after Aliens sucked.

GAAman · 19-05-2012 01:59PM

Goldstein wrote: »

You are going to love Shaquille O'Ripley.

It took me a minute :pac:

krudler · 19-05-2012 08:43PM

the character I was even remotely interested in in Resurrection was Michael Wincott, because he's underrated and should be in more stuff, and because he was cool in his brief role. the rest sucks though.

Basq · 19-05-2012 10:52PM

Girlfriend just told me today she's never seen any of the Aliens movie...

.. perfect excuse to crack out the Quadrilogy on Blu-ray before Prometheus!

Turtyturd · 20-05-2012 06:52PM

Basq wrote: »

Girlfriend just told me today she's never seen any of the Aliens movie...

.. perfect excuse to crack out the Quadrilogy on Blu-ray before Prometheus!

Likewise, watched Aliens a few weeks ago and the Facehugger freaked her out............................................we are yet to watch Aliens.:mad:

Duggy747 · 20-05-2012 08:21PM

Basq wrote: »

Girlfriend just told me today she's never seen any of the Aliens movie...

.. perfect excuse to crack out the Quadrilogy on Blu-ray before Prometheus!

When I was 1st going out with my current GF she hadn't seen them either (Well, I only showed her 1st 3 Alien movies), nor Terminator 1 or 2, nor Predator, nor The Hitcher, nor..........

Twas a glorious reason to watch them all again :pac:

TheDoc · 21-05-2012 03:36PM

ziedth wrote: »

I didn't mind Alien 3 so much TBH. I was crushed as a young Fella because Hicks was my favourite movie character growing up and he wasn't even in it but its definitely good enough to watch.

I was the exact same, there was absolutely no need to kill him off !

jcf · 21-05-2012 05:25PM

10.99 ? is that the version with all the special features ? wow ... blurays have come down in price ....

to those who haven't seen the directors cut of Alien3 , I highly recommend it , watched it last week there - fantastic version - like a different film, there is a whole different story in there that the theatrical doesn't touch on.

Basq · 21-05-2012 05:27PM

jcf wrote: »

10.99 ? is that the version with all the special features ? wow ... blurays have come down in price ....

No, it's a bare-bones version (4 discs with the 4 movies on each).. still a bargain though!

krudler · 21-05-2012 06:10PM

Basq wrote: »

No, it's a bare-bones version (4 discs with the 4 movies on each).. still a bargain though!

I'd rather spend the money on the one with the extras, its still one of, if not the best blu-ray set around

Beefy78 · 21-05-2012 06:15PM

Agreed. If one Box Set didn't need a slightly cheaper vanilla set it's the Alien Anthology.

WhiskeyGoblin · 21-05-2012 10:49PM

Imagine an Alien game where there's only one enemy, instead of hundreds of them. Perhaps it's outside the realm of what developers are capable of and what a demanding audience expect

Jelly 292 wrote: »

Check this out:

http://www.vg247.com/2011/05/12/creative-assembly-hiring-for-alien-blockbuster-vaizey/

Something along the lines of Amnesia could work out pretty well, imo.

Alien 3 & 4

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