Alien Anthology

It's about damn time Alien got the Blu-Ray treatment.
 
Hey Lucid, you ever been mistaken for a man?
 
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No, have you?
 
Wish I had a Blu-ray player, I'd get this to join my shedload of different Alien DVD and boxsets I have already.
 
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dammit I just got the entire DVD collection like a year ago for $25. this is just like when I got the Harry Potter DVDs and then I decided to up the ante and get the blurays too.
 
It's nothing like that. The Harry Potter films are all shit. Most of the Alien films are good or great.
 
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on topic:

I just finished watching the aliens quadrilogy the other day too.
 
The question is, will this feature BOTH Theatrical and extended versions of the films? Because the box sets for all the alien films now ONLY feature the extended versions, which is ****ing retarded because the theatrical versions of both are far better.

Eejit said:
Most of the Alien films are good or great.
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Lets not be silly here, only the first two.
 
The first two are great, the third is decent enough to be "good" in my book.
 
Yeah, the first 3 are all equal, the fourth is shit.
 
The third has good atmosphere and that's about it. I'd even argue that Alien Resurrection is slightly better than Alien 3 (Resurrection is still crap). The characters and pacing in Alien 3 are awful.

stemot said:
Yeah, the first 3 are all equal,
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You are so ****ing drunk.
 
I thought it was alright. It was probably the scariest movie I had seen back then.
 
alien 3 is a terrible movie. the rest (counting avp films too) is beyond awful.
 
You don't count avp with the Alien films you dick. Not the first two. I get why people say 3 and 4 sucks, but **** you if you say they are equal to avp. **** YOU!
 
they set in the same universe, so technically they are canon.
 
personally I always viewed the avp movies as part of the predator movies saga, because there is nothing of the alien mood of a dystopia future.
 
Samon said:
Yeah, you know what? No.
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Yes. Resurrection is terrible, but stylistically speaking it has something going for it; art direction is fantastic.
What does Alien 3 have? ****ing nothing. An attempt at a moody atmosphere that comes out as contrived as it gets.

All of the characters in Alien 3 suck. All of them. Even Ripley.

-Do you remember Mr. I'm a Doctor Who was doing drugs and let my patients die? Oh, that's kind of a typical backstory, but I suppose that's somewhat interesting because you and Ripley got this thing -DEAD. Oh well there goes that.
-Or what about Mr. I'M NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO RIPLEY BECAUSE IM THE MEAN BAD GUY. Do you remember how that dude died? He died in the beginning when he was giving a speech in the cafeteria, the alien just grabs him, in front of all these people. Exposing itself. Thrilling.
-But lets not forget typical Mr. I'm a religious badass dude who's gunna save Ripley from rape. Oooo

The entire point of Alien 3 is to be edgy; it's so lame.

Not to mention the Alien in Alien3 sucks so much. A Dog alien that can now SPIT ACID, and the copy&paste first person view running on the wall scenes.

At least Resurrection knows what the hell its doing, at least it knows it's a brain dead action movie cash cow.
 
For the love of any god let them drop that quadrilogy bullshit. As well call it fourology or quintminusunology. Fecking dipsticks.

It's Tetralogy.
 
Nuada said:
For the love of any god let them drop that quadrilogy bullshit. As well call it fourology or quintminusunology. Fecking dipsticks.

It's Tetralogy.
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No.

Un, bi/di, tri, quad, pent, hex, sept/hept, oct.

Trilogy, quadrology, pentology.
 
ZT said:
Yes. Resurrection is terrible, but stylistically speaking it has something going for it; art direction is fantastic.
What does Alien 3 have? ****ing nothing. An attempt at a moody atmosphere that comes out as contrived as it gets.

All of the characters in Alien 3 suck. All of them. Even Ripley.

-Do you remember Mr. I'm a Doctor Who was doing drugs and let my patients die? Oh, that's kind of a typical backstory, but I suppose that's somewhat interesting because you and Ripley got this thing -DEAD. Oh well there goes that.
-Or what about Mr. I'M NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO RIPLEY BECAUSE IM THE MEAN BAD GUY. Do you remember how that dude died? He died in the beginning when he was giving a speech in the cafeteria, the alien just grabs him, in front of all these people. Exposing itself. Thrilling.
-But lets not forget typical Mr. I'm a religious badass dude who's gunna save Ripley from rape. Oooo

The entire point of Alien 3 is to be edgy; it's so lame.

Not to mention the Alien in Alien3 sucks so much. A Dog alien that can now SPIT ACID, and the copy&paste first person view running on the wall scenes.

At least Resurrection knows what the hell its doing, at least it knows it's a brain dead action movie cash cow.
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Not to mention killing off Hicks and Newt. Well, Hicks anyway.
 
as soon as hicks was dead the movie sucked. i ****ing loathe how they crowbarred actually getting the alien to the planet. none of the escape pod backstory makes any sense, and whilst it's pretty sure people just say oh, there was a queen on board the sulaco for a short amount of time no, just no. bullshit.
 
I have seen Alien 3 and Resurrection one time each and that was sufficient. They are better than AVP but that isn't saying a goddamned thing. Alien and Aliens are lightyears away in terms of quality. Together they make the perfect sci-fi action/horror - the slower pacing and beautiful atmosphere / set design of the first with the badassery of the second make it pretty much one of the best movie series ever despite the weaknesses of everything after Aliens.

I will say this though... I've never really been much of a fan of Ridley :(
 
Alien 3 has a fantastic opening montage and a fantastic ending montage. Great montages!

Once I got toaster-man drunk and we watched Aliens and it was badass. Movie was so hardcore she was vomiting for three hours in the morning. It was 'take a shot every time there's conspicuously outdated technology in the space future'. A week later Phobie was trying to pierce me with her vicious tail and toaster was all like "get away from her you BITCH" "VWMMM" "VWWWWM" "POW"
 
Any of you guys seen the alien 3 assembly cut? I prefer that version to the original version.
 
I liked Alien,Aliens and Alien:Resurrection.I fell asleep when watching the third one because too bored.
 
Alien 3 was brilliant.

"Waaahhh, they killed Hicks and Newt". So ****ing what? Aliens didn't have a happy ending after all, get over it this is a horror franchise not bloody button moon.
Alien 3 returns to the claustrophobic feeling of the original and makes the Alien something to be feared again, rather than the stupid insect like intelligence approach that Cameron used to completely disregard the original creature and certainly better than the corny comic book brightly coloured jokey bullshit approach of A:R which if they were going to make should never have brought back Ripley at all. Tone down the jokes, find a different way to get the Aliens back (none of which should involve Ripley because SHE'S ****ING DEAD) and remove the Newborn from the end and the film may have had a chance. I liked some of the aspects in A:R, such as the underwater Aliens and the Aliens having a general higher intelligence (which to keep with the original film they should have never lost) but the rest of it just sucked balls.
 
stemot said:
Alien 3 was brilliant.

"Waaahhh, they killed Hicks and Newt". So ****ing what? Aliens didn't have a happy ending after all, get over it this is a horror franchise not bloody button moon.
Alien 3 returns to the claustrophobic feeling of the original and makes the Alien something to be feared again, rather than the stupid insect like intelligence approach that Cameron used to completely disregard the original creature and certainly better than the corny comic book brightly coloured jokey bullshit approach of A:R which if they were going to make should never have brought back Ripley at all. Tone down the jokes, find a different way to get the Aliens back (none of which should involve Ripley because SHE'S ****ING DEAD) and remove the Newborn from the end and the film may have had a chance. I liked some of the aspects in A:R, such as the underwater Aliens and the Aliens having a general higher intelligence (which to keep with the original film they should have never lost) but the rest of it just sucked balls.
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Killing Hicks and Newt off was pointless. It had no useful impact on the story, and didn't really serve any purpose at all. For your stupid assertion to "get over it this is a horror franchise" then their being killed would have had to have been something that the viewer was invested in, so that it was horrific. Killing them off-screen, in a way that has no relation whatsoever to the actual alien is just lazy and throwaway.
Alien 3 was a poor attempt at returning to the horror-style atmosphere of the first, and it failed miserably. Zero tension, dull story, crappy effects. About the only good part was the ending.

Alien was good.
Aliens was good.
Alien 3 was not.
Nor was Alien Resurrection.
 
Pi Mu Rho said:
Killing Hicks and Newt off was pointless. It had no useful impact on the story, and didn't really serve any purpose at all. For your stupid assertion to "get over it this is a horror franchise" then their being killed would have had to have been something that the viewer was invested in, so that it was horrific. Killing them off-screen, in a way that has no relation whatsoever to the actual alien is just lazy and throwaway.
Alien 3 was a poor attempt at returning to the horror-style atmosphere of the first, and it failed miserably. Zero tension, dull story, crappy effects. About the only good part was the ending.

Alien was good.
Aliens was good.
Alien 3 was not.
Nor was Alien Resurrection.
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Prefer Alien 3 to Aliens these days TBH. Besides, Killing off Hicks and Newt was not pointless. It set up Ripley as being on her own on a planet full of people who potentially wanted her raped and killed, or generally just not wanting her around. The idea was take away any support she had and to make her truly alone. Besides, I had enough of Newt after 20 minutes in Aliens, getting rid of her for the third was a relief.
Not to mention the creature was still better than how they had been portrayed in Aliens.

Then again, my initial point was not that Alien 3 was better than the first two, but that it stands with them and is clearly better than A:R.
 
IMO, I like #2 best out of the four. #3 sucked. #1 started it all. And I refuse to recognize #4 as part of the anthology. It's a separate movie. Now that makes it better. Heck, the fourth movie is a pretty decent movie if you disregard the other 3.

And what's with all the Newt hate? I mean, it makes no difference, alive or dead.
 
15357 said:
Heck, the fourth movie is a pretty decent movie if you disregard the other 3.
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Nah, it's still a corny, comic booky, brightly lit, jokey, bullshitery shitfest TBH. :D

15357 said:
And what's with all the Newt hate? I mean, it makes no difference, alive or dead.
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If she's dead I don't have to watch Ripley pandering to her every five ****ing minutes. Plus, if she's dead she instantly becomes much less annoying.
 
stemot said:
Nah, it's still a corny, comic booky, brightly lit, jokey, bullshitery shitfest TBH. :D



If she's dead I don't have to watch Ripley pandering to her every five ****ing minutes. Plus, if she's dead she instantly becomes much less annoying.
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Hmm. I need to watch the whole series again. I keep forgetting important stuff like that. :p
 
Alien 3 was so bad, I lost all momentum and never even got to Resurrection.
 
the only thing that alien 3 had going for it was pete postlethwaite, and even that wasn't very good

terrible, terrible film.
 
Alien is a brilliant horror movie, Aliens is a brilliant action movie, Alien 3 is absolute shit, complete garbage with nothing good going for it. Alien: Resurrection is a decent film. No more, no less.
 
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