JTN

“It’s better to burn out than to fade away!”

"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Udun! Go back to the shadow!"

Absolutely. Less is more (sensual).

Thanks, will check it out. But have you seen the DC of Revenge? Heck, she’s not wearing ANYTHING.

I never not wanted to be an Alien or SW or ST geek, either, it just happened. I adore ALIEN, all three films, and my favorite part of the first film is when they get into the derelict space ship and find the “space jockey”, who to me always seemed like some sort of an “elephant” race and always thought “what a huge effin gun!”. Not knowing the backstory, the shroud of mystery surrounding it all made it much more interesting and frightening. When the camera zooms in on the eyes of the creature, it’s very scary. And when Kane descends to the cargo hold and finds the eggs under the laser forcefield, it’s all so well done, amazing that they could make a film like that 45 years ago with zero CGI, and it looks so cool. It’s a classic.

“Leeloo Dallas Multipass.” Sorry, couldn’t resist.

It’s not nice.

Wow, I didn't know there was such hardcore nudity in this film (I watched the Director's Cut). Madeleine Stowe was hot as f. The film was OK, kind of like a modern Shakespearean tragedy.

I guess I'll never (want to) be that level of geek about ALIEN, or any other film franchise for that matter. I'm perfectly happy with the three films (I sometimes watch the fourth one, but I don't really consider it an integral part of the Alien franchise), the great scores and the novelizations. With that said: I need a new ALIENS super deluxe edition, NOW.

I'm sorry, I don't get it...

I don't know, maybe I was a horny little kid, but whenever I think of POLTERGEIST, I think of this: 70s and 80s horror films were kind of my introduction to sexuality. Some of these young women were the sexiest, and the directors knew this very well and used it. May they be blessed for it.

"They're heeeeere!"

“Micro changes in air density, my ass.“

I also recommend the novelization by Alan Dean Foster. This one is pretty scary too.

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...

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.

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.

Now I had to shut my ears.

And The Exorcist. 😈

I’m reading book #1 right now, like it a lot. Won’t watch the series until I finish it.

Disc 2. I’m starting to like this score a lot now that I listened to the album program. I even like all the usual hornerisms.

The kind of movie you can’t remember five minutes after having seen it.

Kids these days. What scared the living crap out of us, has no effect on them whatsoever. I miss more innocent times where I had to shut my eyes when the alien burst out of Kane’s chest. @GerateWohlHave you showed him The Thing yet? Let’s see if that scares him. Hehehe… No wonder kids aren’t scared of xenomorphs anymore.