When you sit down to marathon your favorite film series with friends, always make sure to check behind you. And above you. You never know who else might be watching, too!
A wonderful little mutual birthday gift from our dear from
Aw, thank you! It actually covers the two of us. My birthday is in February and Grace's is in March and Otlan was sweet enough to include us both in this piece.
Aw, thank you! It actually covers the two of us. My birthday is in February and Grace's is in March
I can't say I blame anyone for that. It is the most unrelenting of the original four, with almost none of the levity of the others, especially Aliens. There's some banter between Parker and Brett, there's some teasing at the final meal, and that's about it. Not to mention, the crew don't have anything like the camaraderie the marines do, so everyone already feels sort of isolated from the start. If you can ever make it through, it's well worth the experience. But hey, each to their own!
I can't say I blame anyone for that. It is the most unrelenting of the original four, with almost no
I could tolerate Alfred Hitchcock's suspense better than "Alien"'s suspense. Like you said, that's probably because he incorporated enough humor in his movies to take the edge off the suspense. There was very little humor in the original Alien (although Harry Dean Stanton's line when he was calling Jones, "What's this kitty crap?" was rather humorous). From the moment the Nostromo landed on the alien planet, the movie's suspense reached out, grabbed you by the throat and wouldn't let go.
I could tolerate Alfred Hitchcock's suspense better than "Alien"'s suspense. Like you said, that's
I think the way the movie is shot helps with that, too. It has a rather different look and feel to modern films, with a lot more long, slow pans of empty rooms, or long views of the ship. There's a scene, just before Kane wakes up, where Dallas is sitting in the shuttle Narcissus and listening to music, and we first pan in from outside the ship, looking up at it, which really makes him, and the crew, seem small and alone and isolated from anywhere friendly. It's really well done, but it gives the film a very, well, alien feel compared to any of its sequels.
Buuut, I'm showing my fangirl pretty hard here.
I think the way the movie is shot helps with that, too. It has a rather different look and feel to m
Do it because you're glad they went with his design and not the one Ron Cobb cooked up. Not that his was a bad design, but it does look more like it ought to pass you a beer at the Mos Eisley cantina rather than stalking the corridors of the Nostromo.
Do it for Giger. Do it because you're glad they went with his design and not the one Ron Cobb cooke
