In Reply to: RE: Aiien had gratuitous violence? Really???? Are you sure you know what the word "gratuitous" means??? posted by geoffkait on March 11, 2014 at 17:08:10:
that it was using humans for hosts. Much of the violence in "Alien" is offscreen, the camera moves at the point where the attack occurs, all you experience is sound.
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- Not gratuitous. It established SPOILER - tinear 17:21:59 03/11/14 (9)
- That's so funny! You guys really think this is literature. You should write book reports. Lol - geoffkait 18:28:48 03/11/14 (7)
- Goff, when we went to see Alien during its first run, there was a teen girl with her younger brother - Road Warrior 13:59:48 03/12/14 (5)
- I saw Alien the night after opening night... - rlw 08:23:35 03/16/14 (0)
- That was the scariest movie made and dethroned..... - Billy Wonka 21:32:53 03/13/14 (2)
- I wasn't necessarily scared but I did get hungry during the green pea soup scene. Nt - geoffkait 07:02:37 03/15/14 (0)
- Yup, the only two movies I've ever had bad dreams over. ^ - Road Warrior 10:23:46 03/14/14 (0)
- Nope, wasn't me. I appreciate gratuitous violence as much as the next guy. Nt - geoffkait 22:06:25 03/12/14 (0)
- If Edgar Allen Poe is "literature," well then, this is definitely "literature," too. - tinear 09:11:33 03/12/14 (0)
- Yup, plus, the book was much clearer on what happened (spoilers) - Road Warrior 17:46:03 03/11/14 (0)