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Yes, it was watchable, but totally forgettable.

He got old. He's not "hungry" anymore. He should've left ALIEN alone, not ruining his own mythos (e.g. giving an absolutely unnecessary origin story to the space jockey etc.). He forgot what he perfectly understood when making Alien and Blade Runner: that less is more, and leaving certain things to the imagination is better than giving a lackluster explanation that can never live up to the mystery. And let's not forget about a completely different type of dream that occurs after Sigourney Weaver walks around in her tiny little panties and tank top...

Generations change, I suppose, but ALIEN is the most scary film I've ever seen (a bit too early, at 10 or so). Xenomorphs haunt me in my actual nightmares to this day. Even if I've seen the film close to 100 times.

https://bobpeak.org/2024/04/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition-the-paintings-of-bob-peak/ A WORLD PREMIERE CONCERT LEONARD SLATKIN • LOS ANGELES FILM ORCHESTRA Produced by ABU DHABI FESTIVAL and ROBERT TOWNSON PRODUCTIONS JUNE 14, 2024 8:00 PM at WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL Hosted by ROBERT TOWNSON Featuring paintings, illustrations and movie posters created by one of the most sought-after illustrators of the 20th Century, Bob Peak. The evening will feature the artwork inspired by the films and simultaneously the scores inspired by the films including Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, John Williams’ Superman: The Movie, Jerry Goldsmith’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Frederick Loewe’s My Fair Lady & Camelot The second half of the concert features the world premiere of the new piece Pictures at an Exhibition: The Paintings of Bob Peak, featuring original works by leading composers inspired by specific artwork by Bob Peak including, Maria Newman’s Rhapsody for a Golden Age, 1937 Academy Players Directory, Mychael Danna’s Mother Teresa, Time Magazine cover portrait, Marco Beltrami’s Special Olympics, The Spirit of Sport – Jack Nicklaus, Jeff Beal’s New York World’s Fair 1964-65, and Michael Abel’s Golden Moments: Jesse Owens 1936 Olympics TICKETS: https://www.musiccenter.org/tickets-free-events/lease-events/pictures-at-an-exhibition-the-paintings-of-bob-peak/ LOS ANGELES (April 11, 2024) – Abu Dhabi Festival and Robert Townson Productions present Pictures at an Exhibition: The Paintings of Bob Peak, A World Premiere Orchestra Concert Event at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall on June 14 at 8pm PT. The Los Angeles Film Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Leonard Slatkin, will perform music from classic films accompanied by Bob Peak’s iconic illustrations including Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, John Williams’ Superman: The Movie, Jerry Goldsmith’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Richard Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries from Apocalypse Now, Bruce Broughton’s Silverado, Frederick Loewe’s My Fair Lady and Camelot. The second half of the concert will feature new music from leading composers, inspired by Bob Peak’s artwork including Michael Abels (Get Out), Jeff Beal (House of Cards), Marco Beltrami (Hurt Locker), Bill Conti (Rocky) Mychael Danna (Life of Pi), Ihab Darwish (Symphony of Three), Don Davis (The Matrix), Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian), Maria Newman (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,1917) and Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns).

I managed to get to the first confrontation with other humans before being too frightened and turning it off. I never got to meet an actual xenomorph.

Although I've already seen Goldenthal in Ghent years ago, it's a nice addition to the event. Surely another good reason to go, for those (unlike me) who can afford it.

Garb is elegance.

In 1979 I thought Alien was the scariest movie ever. Now I think it's a masterpiece in mood, design and direction (storytelling). It also makes me wonder what the frack happened to Ridley Scott.

I was around 12 for Fellowship.

Oh, excuse me wasn't aware, it shows for me. Yes, it's In The Land Of Saints And Sinners

I remember that I did not switch it off.

Paramount was mind-numbingly stupid when releasing M: I Dead Reckoning. They released their mega expensive movie (almost $300 million budget) that absolutely depended on the "you must see this on an IMAX screen" kind of buzz one week before Oppenheimer, which would also use IMAX. Instead, why didn't they release the movie in a less crowded date? Like October or November or whatever, those months were pretty devoid of blockbusters. In retrospect, I guess they were so confident with the mega success of Maverick that they thought "Heh, we have another Tom Cruise action epic, everyone is craving that after Maverick! Nolan with his stupid WWII drama biopic won't be a match for us! Of course IMAX will prioritize our movie instead of Oppenheimer!" They didn't count on two factors: IMAX's loyalty to Nolan (despite Cruise's desperate appeals to them); and The whole Barbenheimer thing. This story only illustrates how unpredictable movie audience has become post-pandemic. In 2022, six months after the success of No Way Home Hollywood thought people wanted more Marvel multiverse epics featuring the return of older characters played by their original actors. Then, to the surprise of anyone, Maverick outgrossed Multiverse of Madness. So, in 2023 Hollywood thought people wanted Tom Cruise action movies (Dead Reckoning), the return of beloved 80s heroes (Indy 5)... and of course more superhero multiverses (The Flash) No one thought the two biggest movies of that summer were going to be a fantasy feminist comedy and a World War II drama. For 2024, the main bets based on conventional wisdom build throghout the 2010s are on Despicable Me 4 and Deadpool & Wolverine. Will these bets pay off and so this will be a rather "boring" summer (in terms of not having a surprise hit)? Or will some movie that no one thought would be "big" is going to make a billion dollars? And if so, which one?

Yeah, The Exorcist is intense — and I haven't seen anything in the whole exorcism genre since that comes close. But as a kid, the one that chilled my blood the most was The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And probably still today.

Yeah, the tepid response to 'Dead Reckoning' had everybody scratching their heads. As for 'Oppenheimer,' I also think the whole "Barbenheimer" thing that went viral on social media played a significant role in its success. It piggybacked on the buzz around 'Barbie.'

My parents officially wouldn't let me watch scary movies, but I did anyway, and they pretended they didn't know about it. The only film I was genuinely scared of was the aforementioned Exorcist. That film still scares me, and I'm an atheist, but that film is so powerful it makes even me fear demons.

I loved Horror movies as a kid... For my 10th birthday party, we watched 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' while eating cake and drinking cream soda floats. An innocent, wholesome memory for me. lol My folks had no problem letting me watch scary flicks, or feeding my interest by buying me magazines like 'Fangoria' and 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' — but, they took issue with me seeing nudity... So, for example, they forced me to cover my eyes during the naughty scenes in 'The Howling'...but I peeked between my fingers! Oo-la-la!

Maverick being a huge hit in the summer of '22 and MI : Dead Reckoning failing to be last summer (especially unexpected for a franchise that has delivered success after success) illustrates 'nobody knows anything' quite well, I think.

Absolutely, I was only kidding. I wouldn’t show any of these films to my child before the age of 12-14. I know how scared I was when I saw them, probably way too early, and who knows how it messed with my head. On the other hand, kids deal with trauma way better than adults, so maybe your son will enjoy The Thing. But I seriously don’t recommend watching The Exorcist, that film is too much, even for an adult, let alone a child.

Let's see. But to avoid misunderstandings, my goal is not to scare my boy, I just wanted to show him a movie classic that has been immitated by many new movies, that he knows and likes. In that sense I am happy if he is not scared.

I remember when I had The Empire Strikes Back's plot twist first "ruined" by Toy Story 2. By the time I saw TESB I already knew that both Luke and Leia were Vader's kids. And some classic Simpsons episodes "ruined" Planet of the Apes' plot twist. At least the 68 one. The 2001 remake caught me by surprise and pretty much "traumatized" me. How come such a grim movie involving slavery wouldn't have a happy ending, 8-year-old me thought. I remember even asking my mom after just seeing the movie: "mom, is the movie going to have a sequel?". These days I'm thankful we didn't got another awful Apes movie by Burton...

Now I had to shut my ears.

This.