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11-16-2017, 09:39 AM | #20492 (permalink) |
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Almost 40 years old and still hasn't aged a bit. Did ya know that in this scene (which was a single take), Scott purposely didn't tell the actors about the massive explosion of blood from Kane's chest? He wanted the actors' reactions to be genuine. Veronica Cartwright was so freaked out (she got really splashed in the face) that she stumbled back and fell.
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11-16-2017, 09:43 AM | #20493 (permalink) |
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I watched that again for the first time in years last weekend. It is indeed timeless as ****.
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11-16-2017, 10:38 AM | #20494 (permalink) |
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It just looks so lifelike. Stunning effects and not least the sets and lighting. There are high-budget movies from just 10 years ago that haven't aged a 100th as well. A lot of not-quite-there-yet CGI especially.
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That stinks. I had a similar problem, (in that I don't own a TV) Thankfully the complete series including the KTMA eps is out there free to download if you look around.
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Honestly, though I love Alien the **** to death, I think the rubber suit can be a bit not-so-great at times whenever you see more than just the head (the head is quite possibly the high watermark of all horror though). That jumpscare in the vents honestly looks kinda goofy even if the entire rest of the scene was ace. A CGI alien would have been far worse, but the rubber suit still wasn't perfect.
And while the second half is slasher movie nirvana most of the time, it's still a bit more generic than the first half of the movie up till the chestburster scene. From second one till after that thing runs off screen is like the best sci-fi movie ever though, with the ultimate, can never be topped expression of what can happen when unsuspecting explorers encounter secretly hostile alien life on an uncharted planet. But if I didn't have the first half to compare the second half to I probably wouldn't have the slightest problem with it beyond that suit kinda sorta.
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What really makes me love the first half is the atmosphere and believeability of it all. I'm not joking when I'm saying that my favorite part of the movie is at the very beginning before anyone has woken up. That whole stretch from when the credits begin, to the first person wakes up from cryo. Audiovisual porn. Last edited by MicShazam; 11-16-2017 at 12:03 PM. |
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The movie just has this groundedness to it that no other movie in the same genre has had for me. I've mentioned before how I don't even like horror movies. Alien just has this incredible sort of flair to it that makes it something very special. Even as a Ridley Scott fanboy, I'll admit he hasn't come close to replicating that in any other movie. Like it's halfway some happy accident. |
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