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Yes, Star Wars definitely played a role in the beat-up, used look of Alien, but in terms of direction, Kubrick was probably Scott's greatest influence on his first three movies. And even to this very day, Ridley regards 2001: ASO the best science fiction movie of all time. He even calls Prometheus a 2001 on steroids. Kubrick's influence is of course quite obvious in The Duellists but even on the set of Blade Runner Scott always wondered (according to the people who were there) how Kubrick would have shot it. Or Alien, I mean, just look at how similar the Space Jockey scene in Alien is to the Monolith on the Moon scene in 2001. “The design on ‘2001’ … that’s the threshold for everything being real. You look at ‘2001’ and you look at ‘Star Wars.’ Stanley’s design influenced everybody. I’ve never shaken it off; it influenced me even with ‘Prometheus'. Stanley really got it right. Stanley was like the Big Daddy, so I never got jealous of him.” - Ridley Scott

I thought it was already clear that in 2001: ASO, man's achievements are wondrous (or so it seems*), but space is cold and deadly. * Seemingly because in space man is still at its infancy, merely taking baby steps into the universe, and his achievements are also working against him (later repeated by Ash in Alien).

He must be thinking of that Game Of Thrones chick, Emilia Clarke. You probably can't find Edge Of Tomorrow or The Quiet Place in the 99p bin, so Richard hasn't seen those yet. - Emily Blunt - Emilia Clarke

Wine? You mean coffee, right?! Here, Thor!

This!

She was believable in both roles.

That's why I call Alien the dark side of 2001: ASO.

I didn't buy the premise of The Village, and, as usual, Shyamalan never bothers to make things believable. Oddly enough, Unbreakable, with the exception of the family scenes, is his most believable movie, which is probably due to the core idea of making superheroes more realistic, and thus more believable. It's an incredible movie. One of Scorsese's best.

Have you seen the movies she's in? You don't think she's adequate for these type of flicks?

Who hasn't seen The Village (2004)?!

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 remember that I did not switch it off.

I once bought it for a friend's birthday. It's probably worth its weight in gold now.

Anyway, I think it was because of Omar Sharif.