Alien Poll

**slickwilly13** · 09-Dec-2008

The alien/predator hybrid was cool looking. Other than that. I didn't care for the movie. It didn't follow the rules of the previous movies. But I was glad they made it R and it was better than the first movie.

**MinionZombie** · 09-Dec-2008

3p - aye, I watched all the making ofs for the Alien 1 through 3 double disc DVDs (I got those separately, rather than the quad boxset, which I explained about earlier in the thread a while back, long story).

Anyway, yeah, a wooden planet ... erm, NO.

Interesting idea - but it would have sucked balls and just been too silly, especially for the Alien franchise.

As for the 'PredAlien' - the name sucks, and is as clunky and obvious as the hybrid itself, which was so damned obvious it just underwhelmed all over itself - like "let's pick these identifying features, cram them together like a toddler might with a Mr Potato Head, and go with that", it was a whole bucket of gimmick is what it was.

AvP2 was better than AvP1 ... but BOTH were absolute SH*T. Fetid sh*t, in fact. I mean ... they're so goddamned awful it's undeniable.

As for Predator 2 - I really dig that flick, really takes me back to my youth, but Predator 1 is definitely the better of the two, no argument, hands down fact-juice all over your face, running off into a fact-puddle at your feet, all sticky and such.

**Exatreides** · 09-Dec-2008

I'm actually quite fond of both Predator films. The first one was just a classic, Arnold at his best IMHO.

The second, I just loved the atmosphere of the decaying LA, the crazy news reporter, the train ride. It was a great flick.

Alien was good...
Aliens was better..
Alien 3 Theatrical(Only seen that) was...bad
Alien resurrection was...badder

AVP=Suck
AVP2= Haven't seen.

capncnut · 09-Dec-2008

Originally Posted by 3pidemiC

Oh, and did you watch the full "Making of..." for this film? Talks about how the original idea was going to be on a man-made wooden planet. Where men live as monks to escape all technology and live primitive lives? Very intriguing.

Yup. That was from Vincent Ward's script, which I enjoyed immensely.

**3pidemiC** · 09-Dec-2008

I almost walked out during AvP2.

Probably the worst dialogue/acting that I have seen in a theatrical movie in a long time.

Exa,
Watch the directors cut of the third film, it may change your mind.

**SRP76** · 09-Dec-2008

I'll still stick with the original. Aliens was just a rehash with a bunch of shooting and explosions thrown in. Cool movie, but not necessary once you've seen the first. Everything after that belongs in the trashcan. I'm ashamed to have watched them.

**ProfessorChaos** · 09-Dec-2008

yeah, the original predator rocks the motherfukken house beyond belief. easily one of the best films of the eighties, imo. i'd say without hesitation that the original predator is a far superior film to alien.

maybe we should start another poll about which of those two films is preferred amongst us.

**3pidemiC** · 09-Dec-2008

Although I absolutely love the original Predator (and have since I was a wee kid), I don't think it can hold a candle to the filmaking, atmosphere, plot, acting, and tension of the original Alien.

**Doc** · 09-Dec-2008

Originally Posted by MinionZombie

AvP2 was better than AvP1 ... but BOTH were absolute SH*T. Fetid sh*t, in fact. I mean ... they're so goddamned awful it's undeniable.

Hmm...I haven't seen those yet but, after what you said...I guess I'll stay away.

**RustyHicks** · 19-Dec-2008

It was hard to choose between Alien and Aliens,
but I went with Alien...Aliens was so close behind though.
Alien is a classic, sci fi horror movie that really was intense
the first viewing...Never see the alien until the end, kind of like
Jaws, never see the shark until the end

I was peeved off when I went and saw Aliens 3 at the show and
found out they killed off Hicks, I thought he was so cool, plus to have
a character have the same last name as me was also cool...but after
buying the nine disc box set and seeing the directors cut of Alien 3,
I've learned to appreciate it more.

Won't even mention Wionna Ryder and the fourth film

**MinionZombie** · 19-Dec-2008

I think Alien 3 ever only actually works in the assembly cut. After seeing the assembly cut, you can't imagine how you ever watched the theatrical cut - which is comparitively a giant mess.

Hicks was f*cking awesome - when playing with mates, you'd always end up fighting over who got to play Hicks - or indeed, who got to play as Reese if you were playing Terminator. Indeed.

**3pidemiC** · 20-Dec-2008

Not me man. Hudson all the way!

**Dachan-da** · 29-Apr-2009

Firstly, I did a boo boo. I didn’t look hard enough in the forum and set up a thread for Alien(s), it wasn’t a “pole”, but there really wasn’t any point in setting it up with this thread being here.
Here’s the link for it anyway

Ok, so here I go again….. (well copy and paste again)
I love the alien I’m a huge Alien fan, a ‘Fan-boy’ in fact (as I believe that’s what the kids on the net call it these days). The Alien franchise is the sole reason I got into horror films, art and in a funny way, zombies.
The first film I saw when I was about 7 years old, and it made me wet my self, literally! It still stands the test of time as a fantastic horror film, and is still pulling new fans constantly. Riddly Scott made a beautifully shot film that will hold its own against most modern horror films.
Aliens (James Cameron) just blew me away, it’s a monster of an action science fiction film, it managed to do the first film justice and didn’t destroy the story line.
Alien3 again was, in my eyes, awesome, and somewhat romantic oddly.
Alien resurrection…… well, I like it because it’s part of the alien films, but all in all I feel it was a failed attempt to expand the story.

I do love the AvP films (due to my love of the Predator, or Yautja as it’s sometimes referred to) but I don’t feel that they were a ‘valid’ addition to the Alien films.
Oh, I voted for Alien, it was a fight between the first two, but I went with the one that ‘showed me the way’ lol