Watched the original two for the first time back-to-back. Really unfair, in retrospect; they're two absolutely different flicks with different aspirations that just happen to take place in the same universe. But I agree -- Aliens will always have a spot in my upper echelon of cinematic awesome. Holy God did the last half-hour or so of that film just scream on past. Or was that me when Hicks peeked in the ceiling?
And I have no idea what the hell is going on in that trailer, other than OMG SPAEC JOCKIE. Still, Prometheus? I guess Alien Zero and This Will Not End Well were already taken?
This winter has had better trailers than most winters have had movies.
I KNEW those screechy noises sounded familiar... :)
I remember a promo for Alien that was just the egg and nothing else... the crack, the glow, and that was all I needed to know that no, I'm not seeing that anytime soon (I was five or six). Then I saw it when I was twelve and it became one of my favorites of all time...
Yep, I saw that commercial for Alien as well when I was a wee one. Thus establishing for my entire life the fact that I can be very easily creeped the hell out. (Nope, I've not watched either movie through at this point. No no no no no.)
I am waaaaaay too chicken shit to watch any of the Alien movies. I think it's the Body Horror that does it for me. That and the Gorn are my major squicks. Which is why I avoid most horror movies.
Mom and I are planning epic movie marathons the day after Christmas. We want to see Sherlock for the second time, Alvin and the Chipmunks (yes) and I plan to see Dragon Tattoo while she sees Mission Impossible. I think it's mostly to find something to do on our day off, but also to distract her from the anniversary of my sister's death, so that's good.
I have fond memories of going to the movie theater with my mom and brother to see "The Iron Giant," which was our first trip to the movie theater after my father had died. It was a wonderfully hilarious, sweet little film that took us outside of ourselves for an hour and a half, and it's remained one of my favorite flicks to this day partly because of that. Movies can be truly good at that.
Hope you both get through the day okay. Anniversaries are hard. My condolences.
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And I have no idea what the hell is going on in that trailer, other than OMG SPAEC JOCKIE. Still, Prometheus? I guess Alien Zero and This Will Not End Well were already taken?
This winter has had better trailers than most winters have had movies.
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(will never get used to Fassblonder though.)
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I remember a promo for Alien that was just the egg and nothing else... the crack, the glow, and that was all I needed to know that no, I'm not seeing that anytime soon (I was five or six). Then I saw it when I was twelve and it became one of my favorites of all time...
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Mom and I are planning epic movie marathons the day after Christmas. We want to see Sherlock for the second time, Alvin and the Chipmunks (yes) and I plan to see Dragon Tattoo while she sees Mission Impossible. I think it's mostly to find something to do on our day off, but also to distract her from the anniversary of my sister's death, so that's good.
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Hope you both get through the day okay. Anniversaries are hard. My condolences.
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And it's been over 30 years but I know it's still pretty hard for my parents, my mom especially. So thank you.
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Sorry to hear about your injury! If you can get hold of some arnica gel, it's really good for muscle strain.
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