In Reply to: Gotta disagree with you there. Much thought went into Alien posted by Jazz Inmate on March 17, 2011 at 15:08:05:
"Alien" qualifies as one of the best sci-fi pics ever AND one of the
best horror pics ever. How many films work extremely well in two
differing genres?
As far as it's sequels are concerned, I thought "Aliens" was a superb
film, although it could not be considered as either horror or sci-fi
(well, a little bit sci-fi). I've always thought of it as an
absolutely superb action-adventure flick, or maybe even a "western in
space". The story line was great, the acting was great, there were
multiple points when you thought the story was over only to have a new
wrinkle in the story appear - in many ways I like it more than the
original. But 3 and 4 were truly crap. I only got around to seeing
the last one about a year ago.
I've had an idea for an Alien 5 for several years, but I don't think I
could sell it ... sigh ...
MK
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Follow Ups
- Even if you ignore the multi-level "other" business - Mike K 18:34:34 03/17/11 (2)
- Especially when you consider it was made in the '70s on a relatively low budget - Jazz Inmate 00:36:26 03/18/11 (1)
- Just a concept * - Mike K 09:28:40 03/18/11 (0)