I seem to remember that one of the ships on Star Trek: TNG was the Crazy Horse. And in Starship Troopers there was the Rodger Young...
I have a soft spot for the Alien series entire (yes, even the oddball Alien: Resurrection... otherwise I wouldn't have got the oddly named "Quadrilogy"), but the first is still my favorite of the bunch.
This new trailer gives me a sort of "At the Mountains of Madness" vibe... only in space.
Alien Resurrection does have a certain charm, dosen't it? There's a general feeling of, "Screw it, worst has happened, time to be BADASS" and tounge in cheek humor that's a definite relief after the angst of Alien3.
my brother showed me those movies to desensitise me when I was about... maybe 3? and I'm so scarred I still can't watch the trailers without hyperventilating
dreading the wave of "WELL BUT HE'S NO BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH" comments, because, seriously, you guys, they're both no Jeremy Brett so I need you to focusThis'll probably sound odd, but: this made me feel a whole lot better, somehow. I'm a huge (HUGE) fan of the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes films (put it this way: after twenty years of trying to get into the Conan Doyle stories, the first Ritchie film came along and then I finally, FINALLY dived into the original stories, and have since become a big fan of them) -- but I do not have any particular desire to watch the new BBC "Sherlock" series. And this seems to be perceived as a moral failing on my part by many people, because I keep getting informed that I HAVE to watch it, it is so very AWESOME, and while the latter part of that thought process may very well be true, it doesn't really have anything to do with the former, but I am frustrating multiple friends with my lack of interest all the same. But I don't know what to tell them, other than: I'm just not interested; _please_ stop,
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Actually... that's exactly the way I feel. Well, maybe not exactly; I came to the stories through 8th grade English, where my teacher had us watch some of the Brett episodes, and so I loved both the books/stories and the show, and they're the closest to the teatime coziness of the stories (as opposed to saving the world 24/7). I like the Guy Ritchie movies a lot, but that may be more because I like portrayals of the Victorian era, no matter how, uh, "creative." I mean, the thing that made me the happiest in this new movie was that a bomber who had one scene was named "Ravache"--obviously after the French bomber Ravachol, who I'd coincidentally been researching. And, I'll be honest, I like fancy costumes and action scenes where things explode real good. So you give me a modern-day Sherlock Holmes and... I just kind of don't see the point? At least in terms of how I relate to it? I mean, "House" is basically a modern day Holmes but they don't SELL IT as "Sherlock Holmes," you know? (And I've still only seen a couple of episodes of THAT
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People have to find a way to manage their media consumption in an age when they're bombarded left and right with all kinds of wonderful thingsTHIS. AAAHHHH SO MUCH THIS
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I, too, was exposed to Alien and Aliens at a young age (thanks HBO!). Once I could sleep again, I found I really enjoyed them! CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE.
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I have a soft spot for the Alien series entire (yes, even the oddball Alien: Resurrection... otherwise I wouldn't have got the oddly named "Quadrilogy"), but the first is still my favorite of the bunch.
This new trailer gives me a sort of "At the Mountains of Madness" vibe... only in space.
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They had me at "Michael Fassbender" :)
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Well, that clearly worked.
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I adored the Brett version of Holmes. I was very young when they first aired, and kind of impressionable. I think it was very probably love.
That said, I was pleasantly surprised by the BBC's new version.
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