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I never really wanted to be that much of an ALIEN geek either. It's not something that I set out consciously to be. It just happened that way because the first film was so seminal in my formative years.

I dig this turn of discussion about scary film posters (although there's a whole separate thread there). Meanwhile, somewhat back on-topic, I was at the annual critic's dinner two days ago, and I sat next to a colleague who's just as much a fanboy as I am in certain areas. He even likes film music. While his main interest is TRANSFORMERS, he's pretty knowledgeable about ALIEN too, which is MY main area for film nerding. It was great just geeking out for a couple of hours, which is something that I can't really do with the other, more serious critics. Anyways....it made me think about the remaining ALIEN holes in my collection. I'm still looking for those Dark Horse comics, as well as the novels. I look around for them sometimes, on the interwebz, but they're too expensive. The action figures and other memorabilia is not something that I NEED, necessarily, but a few of them would be nice to have. I think even my tiny apartment could house those. I don't know if anyone else has attempted this, but at some point in time, I would like to go through ALL of the ALIEN timeline in chronological order. All the films, shorts, TV series (soon), comics, novels and computer games (at least watching the gameplay) in story sequence. I've attempted a version of it a couple of times, with the films, shorts and gameplay watching, but not with comics and novels.

I love the smell of Karaindrou in the morning! Uhm.....that didn't come out quite the way I expected, but her wonderful, haunting textures are perfect, mild openers for the day.

I'm not a Blunt expert, but the visceral rawness she displayed in the aforementioned films, A QUIET PLACE and EDGE OF TOMORROW (two brilliant films, btw), was great.

I can relate to that, Edmilson. The poster for FRIGHT NIGHT did the same for me (far more so than the lacklustre film itself), although I was as old as 10 when I first discovered the film:

While there are plenty of solid, scary movies that I've seen at various points in my life (THE EXORCIST was pretty heavy too, on VHS in the early 90s), only two have been absolute nerve-wreckers - ALIEN, as mentioned, and the US version of THE GRUDGE (seen with a hangover and nerves on the outside).

Yes, as I say in the article, the folksier, "purer" bits are the best. If you like EDM and electronic music, give it a go. It's a great DJ set, the best conceptual score album from a Reznor/Ross production, thanks to Boys Noize.

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.

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.

Good sport, your brother! I'm glad I'm not into those things. Film versions or not film versions, I wouldn't know anything about such things unless I was told, nor would I care much.

Reviews on-the-go # 6: https://celluloidtunes.no/reviews-on-the-go-6/ RONJA THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER (Johan Söderqvist) SUPERSEX (Ralf Hildenbeutel) HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE (Gavin Brivik) NUDES (Rob, Nousdeuxtheband & Paul Sabin) TIME BOMB Y2K (Nathan Micay) CHALLENGERS (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)

Don't know if I even want to try such a ranking for my favourite director. I know that JURASSIC PARK is at the top, that goes without saying. Otherwise, films like A.I., RAIDERS, E.T., SCHINDLER, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, EMPIRE OF THE SUN will vie for the next spots somehow. Meanwhile, at the bottom, it will no doubt be films like 1941 and THE BFG, but there are redeeming qualities in both. They're not bad films, just "less good" in the Spielberg canon. Maybe the last place will go to the über-patriotic and sentimental documentary short A TIMELESS CALL (we still need that Williams score released, though). So no, I won't attempt a ranking, even though I kinda just did.

Yeah, I realized I wasn't following his Facebook page, for some reason. Remedied now.

Whoa, that slipped past me. And here I was talking earlier about the lack of any new Gilmour in recent years. Thanks for the heads-up!

As long as we're sharing Indy collections, here's mine. I have these physically: Additionally, I have these in digital file format: Now if I could only get my old friend Jim Titus to design a slipcover, print it out somehow and BANG!, I have an Indiana Jones box that outshines this new set from Disney in every way.