In Reply to: Pretty bad news. Sequels and prequels usually suck. nt posted by tinear on December 19, 2010 at 14:39:22:
although I'd make the case that they are completely different genres
(horror vs. action/adventure). Alien 3 and 4 were, of course, awful.
Well, we'll see how this one comes out. I like having Scott in the
director's chair.
MK
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Follow Ups
- Well, Aliens is arguably better that Alien - Mike K 18:21:14 12/19/10 (19)
- I prefer Alien, it has a much better cast, people like: - PhilJ 14:12:42 12/20/10 (7)
- Absolute truth. nt - tinear 07:58:11 12/21/10 (0)
- RE: Much better cast - Fretless 18:22:50 12/20/10 (2)
- Like Jaws, that may have been a happy accident - Analog Scott 04:18:40 12/21/10 (0)
- LOL - nice video! - PhilJ 19:41:58 12/20/10 (0)
- Thank you! Those space marines... - Harmonia 14:24:27 12/20/10 (2)
- I don't know of anyone that likes continual fighting in films in which - tinear 08:01:36 12/21/10 (1)
- Just a random or side tracked thought? - Analog Scott 11:25:34 12/23/10 (0)
- Another vote for Alien. Anybody else like The Thing? - grantv 12:16:47 12/20/10 (6)
- Love The Thing - Doug Flynn 00:20:21 12/21/10 (5)
- Thanks. Yes, the remake! - grantv 07:11:01 12/21/10 (0)
- "(before they were replaced by computer nerds)." - Analog Scott 04:12:29 12/21/10 (3)
- That's good to hear - Doug Flynn 11:53:13 12/21/10 (1)
- Ditto. - grantv 12:19:02 12/21/10 (0)
- Well then... - grantv 07:12:45 12/21/10 (0)
- The original was a cross genre classic the influence of which is legion and it was downhill from there. - Tony D. 21:02:15 12/19/10 (1)
- ALIEN is like a good novel, ALIENS like a good comic book - danj 11:26:10 12/20/10 (0)
- I'd argue the first was way better and a classic...(nt) - mkuller 20:17:58 12/19/10 (0)
- Not in my book. - Harmonia 19:42:02 12/19/10 (0)