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Much thought went into "Star Wars." It's still dreck. And a guy writing a PHd hardly

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In Reply to: RE: Gotta disagree with you there. Much thought went into Alien posted by Jazz Inmate on March 17, 2011 at 15:08:05

is evidence of quality. Comic books, graffiti in rest rooms have been the subject of multiple theses.

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The thought that went into Star Wars stayed on the surface - Jazz Inmate 17:09:55 03/18/11 (0)
Star wars was a typical tale of empires and rebels. There was no symbolism you could sink your teeth into, and the producer admitted he ripped off the plot from Kurosawa.

Alien was more original at least regarding the points I made previously about imagery and symbolism. Even the gimmicks used to generate suspense were thoughtful. When you expect to see an enormous reptillian monster, you see a soft furry cat. The way the film throws these constant mindblowing curveballs at the audience is fairly brilliant. I won't say ingenius because it falls short of a masterpiece but not by a whole lot.

If it wasn't your cup of tea, so be it. By the way, the PhD candidate was a "she" not a "he" which is not surprising. The hero of Alien turns out to be...a woman. Which appealed to a lot of feminists at the time. You could throw a dart blindfolded and hit a feminist at UCSC...at least in the days I went there.
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