Ollie 1,059 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Amen.Some people deserve a happy ending to their stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I dont understand the relevancy to Alien 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Ripley and Newt should have made it back to earth, Ripley adopts Newt and the live happily ever after.Maybe she bangs Hicks and has a torrid affair with him as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Boooring! Newt needed to die for Ripley's sacrifice to make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Fuck that that's just Alien 3 canon and therefore disregarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Point being, Alien 3 could have dumped Ripley and come up with a new story to move the franchise along.Instead it began it's sad downfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 The Theatrical Cut is better than the DIrector's Cut, for Alien. After you are done watching, there is an option to watch just the scenes added into the DC separately, as well as the rest of the deleted scenes that were never in either cutOh, how can you do that?can i do this from the menu? or i have to watch the theatrical version first?Ok, I'm trying to figure this out.I see the deleted scenes are 6 and a half minutes. Do these incluse both the scenes from the DC, and the others that don't appear in any version?Because I can't find an option to show me the deleted scenes that were added in DC only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Boooring!Newt needed to die for Ripley's sacrifice to make sense.there was no need for Ripley to die, nothing about the film makes sense. There were no face huggers aboard the ship after Ripley ejected the Queen. You can be certain of that. Alien 3 was an insult to everything before it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 If there were no Facehuggers in that ship, after Ripley ejected, then there were no people in those skyscrapers when Supes knocked them down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Alien 3 was an insult to everything before it.This is the very first time that I agree with this Joey character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 non sequitor for you my friend Stefan.We know Ripley was a very thorough individual and she would not sleep if she felt the slightest danger.Hopefully much of Metropolis was evacuated but in a city of 8 million + there is simply nowhere to go, nor was there time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Alien 3 was an insult to everything before it. This is the very first time that I agree with this Joey character. You must be very worried!non sequitor for you my friend Stefan.We know Ripley was a very thorough individual and she would not sleep if she felt the slightest danger.Hopefully much of Metropolis was evacuated but in a city of 8 million + there is simply nowhere to go, nor was there time. Both are assumptions not supported by anything seen in the film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I'm not worried, it just means it's true from two completely different perspectives. Poor Fincher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 His career really suffered!Ironically, Alien3 might be Fincher's Piranha II: The Spawning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 At least Cameron didn't wreck a beloved franchise though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Alien 4 was fine, AvP was fine.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Oh, no, Piranha 2 is much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Bought the complete Harry Potter series on Blu-Ray today for 47 Euros. Seemed like a fair deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Bought the complete Harry Potter series on Blu-Ray today for 47 Euros. Seemed like a fair deal.oh yes, it sounds good,. What edition was it? How many discs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 What are you gonna do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Oh, no, Piranha 2 is much worse. Cameron even denies it's his first film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 If there was no way for facehuggers to get aboard the ship between Aliens and Alien3, are we faced with the possibility that Burke impregnated Ripley before they even returned to LV-426 in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 No. The Facehuggers is seen in the opening of Alien 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Alien 4 was fine, AvP was fine....Alien Resurrection is a wonderfully awful film with some precious moments,Kill meKill meeeeeee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Thanks Stefancos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Bought the complete Harry Potter series on Blu-Ray today for 47 Euros. Seemed like a fair deal. oh yes, it sounds good,. What edition was it? How many discs? The regular editions, so that's 11 discs in total (the last three movies have 2-disc sets), featuring mostly the same material as the initial DVD releases. Except now it's in HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 2, 5, and 6 really pop in HD, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Oh, no, Piranha 2 is much worse. Cameron even denies it's his first film.So does Fincher with Alien 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Bought the complete Harry Potter series on Blu-Ray today for 47 Euros. Seemed like a fair deal. oh yes, it sounds good,. What edition was it? How many discs?The regular editions, so that's 11 discs in total (the last three movies have 2-disc sets), featuring mostly the same material as the initial DVD releases. Except now it's in HD.Still I haven't seen the last 2 movies.I lose interest when there are a lot of films on something.That's why I say, leave Star Wars alone.Anyway..I don't remember anything either from 4, 5, 6, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Oh, no, Piranha 2 is much worse. Cameron even denies it's his first film.So does Fincher with Alien 3.the difference is Cameron had 145,786.00 dollars to work with, Fincher had 50,000,000.00 to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 It also has a nice scene with weaver discovering her daughter is dead. That's the most important one, I think, because it plays a hugely important part in the whole Ripey/Newt relationship. I like the early Newt & brother scenes, but I also see the problem with revealing stuff to early (cf. Dark City, where the DC actually removes the prologue which explains everything right away), but I consider the Ripley/daughter plot essential. Oh, no, Piranha 2 is much worse.Cameron even denies it's his first film. So does Fincher with Alien 3.the difference is Cameron had 145,786.00 dollars to work with, Fincher had 50,000,000.00 to work with. (Disclaimer: I've never seen Piranha 2) But Fincher also had to deal with an incredibly troubled production full of disagreements and complete script writes and concept changes. He actually walked off the movie before the final cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 I've explained that several times but Joey still gives full blame to Fincher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 He deserves full blame, you didn't have the ability to control the film, he lacked the balls to take charge, and if he wants to be blameless he should have walked in the first place.sorry but I blame his queenie lack of gumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 How the hell can you control the film if the producers are changing everything on a daily basis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Oh, no, Piranha 2 is much worse. Cameron even denies it's his first film.So does Fincher with Alien 3.the difference is Cameron had 145,786.00 dollars to work with, Fincher had 50,000,000.00 to work with.Having a small budget is no excuse for making a bad picture. Lots of low budget movies are great and lots of multi-million dollar productions are bad.Piranha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Yeah it's excellent. Saw its original run on tv and have been waiting for a good price. 8 quid on Sainsbury's supermarket website did the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Recently purchased movie(s)?Considering how rarely I purchase DVD these days, can I call one year ago 'recent'?If so, then it was a DVD of - "A Dangerous Man : Lawrence After Arabia" a TV movie made in 1990.For years I glimpsed this on Amazon but ignored it (missing the second part of the title), assuming that it was just a re-boot of Lean's Movie. How wrong I was, and for a long time missed out on something well made and worth seeing.It was interesting that although this was an ITV (one of the British Channels) collaboration, the only way I could view this at the time was to buy a Polish import of it on Amazon.co.uk. It has since been by someone earlier this year, with Dutch Subtitles. Basically the secondary title is correct. All of this takes place in the years directly 'following' the Arab Revolt, dealing with Lawrence' political campaign back home to fight against the pre-arranged Sykes-Pico agreement that had carved up the former Ottoman Empire into European colonies, betraying promises to the Arabs who fought against the Ottoman Turks.Ralph Feinnes plays Lawrence and very much interprits him in his own unique way. Anyone who has read the writings of Lawrence and descriptions of his character, will find that Feinnes picks up on, and portrays the nuances of, the complex character that comes through from his own writings and descriptions of him by associates and family. It it also a film that corrects several oddities of Lean's superb film, such as the portrayal of Faisal. In Lean's film, Faisal is portrayed rather like an elder of the desert, a world weary cynical man looking back on a distant past, wistfully.Essentially Guinness was playing Old Ben Kenobi, before even playing that role. In this TV movie, the portrayal is more accurate as in reality Faisal was a young ambitious man in his 30s who Lawrence identified early on as someone who's passion he could harness for his purposes. Faisal is played by Alexander Siddig, his acting a little sticky in this as it is one of his earliest appearances. Compared to how settled he is in the movie Syriana playing a similar role, it is quite striking how his acting improved .Getrude Bell, the formidable female political officer who was instrumental in this era for providing Lawrence with intelligence about the various tribes for the revolt, makes an appearance in this TV movie played by Gillian Barge, as do various actors playing the big political characters of the day. Curzon, etc. Anyone expecting the 'action' of Lean's movie, don't watch this one. It is a movie about the political chess game that went on, and the trauma Lawrence went through. Its whole aura is very much of the British TV movies of the era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 It was interesting that although this was an ITV (one of the British Channels) collaboration, the only way I could view this at the time was to buy a Polish import of it on Amazon.co.uk. It has since been by someone earlier this year, with Dutch Subtitles.It wasn't me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Admirable purchase. I saw a number of episodes of this, and enjoyed it.Schama's interesting voice and constant head movement alone, keeps viewers engaged too.I find the presenters of such programs (Dan Cruickshank, David Starkey, Michael Wood) all eccentric presenters.If you don't have it (or didn't see it) already, I recommend Michael Wood's - "In the footsteps of Alexander the Great".It wasn't me!It won't stand up in court Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Watching a program with David Starkey feels like getting a history lesson by Emperor Palpatine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Watching a program with David Starkey feels like getting a history lesson by Emperor Palpatine.Agreed. In recent days he has a new series showing about Music and Monarchy.At 0:12 you can imagine him looking on and saying to himself - "I will be Chancellor". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Had got this steelbook along with the Alien Anthology:watched it yesterday! (of course not for first time)How great director Mel Gibson is!I wish he can do other films too..These ARE movies!And i think the Horner score is a masterpiece.. I thought so from the first moment I heard it without having seen the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Had got this steelbook along with the Alien Anthology:These ARE movies!Not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Because of your limited tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 It's a good old fashioned Hollywood epic which I never did really click with. In this genre I much prefer Gladiator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Its the last of the "true" pre-digital epics.It feels more real then films like Troy etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Its the last of the "true" pre-digital epics.It feels more real then films like Troy etc... I haven't seen Rob Roy though. I wonder if it's any good.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 The Godfather Trilogy (The Coppola Restoration) (DVD)Super 8 (DVD)The Towering Inferno (DVD)Borgen (The Castle) (The Danish political drama series) Season 1(DVD)All 4 brand new for measly 11€ at a local flea market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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