Before Alien there was...

[xoggoth]

The atmosphere of 1st was great, that wierd ship before anything even happened. At risk of sounding arty farty, a lot to do with Geiger's set.

A lot of films concentrate too much on fancy effects and lose the atmosphere. Dunno if anyone here saw the original of The Mummy, far scarier than the latest remakes, that computer-generated mummy was so unconvincing they couldn't really do it as anything but an adventure comedy. Same with The Haunting, you never saw anything really in the first version but it was much scarier than the Liam Neeson one with statues coming to life and kids' faces popping up in curtains.

[VectraMan]

A lot of films concentrate too much on fancy effects and lose the atmosphere. Dunno if anyone here saw the original of The Mummy, far scarier than the latest remakes, that computer-generated mummy was so unconvincing they couldn't really do it as anything but an adventure comedy. Same with The Haunting, you never saw anything really in the first version but it was much scarier than the Liam Neeson one with statues coming to life and kids' faces popping up in curtains.

That was the problem with the underwater aliens. They were there on the screen right in front of you looking crap and unconvincing. In Alien (1), for most of the film you never got a good look at the alien, and that's what made it good. Only at the end did you get to see a hilariously bad man in a rubber suit alien, hanging out the airlock.

[VectraMan]

Looks like there's a new Alien film much sooner than you think:

http://www.aliensintheatticmovie.co.uk

[gingerjedi]

I have a financially distressing number of editions of Blade Runner.

I'm waiting for the definitive final director's cut of cuts of versions to come out.

Sometime around 2019.

Do you accept that Deckard was a replicant or are you in denial?

[xoggoth]

I have long suspected that Brownstuff is being guided by a tiny alien or perhaps an Iranian built nanobot living in his false eye. It is consumed by hatred for the British.

[Churchill]

I have long suspected that Brownstuff is being guided by a tiny alien or perhaps a Scottish built nanobot living in his false eye. It is consumed by hatred for the English.

Fixed that for you!

Hth.

[gingerjedi]

Depends what his incept date was... (and which version of the film you watch).

HTH.

I read an interview with Ridley Scott where he said that Deckard was a Nexus 7 with an indeterminate life span.

[Zippy]

In the book Deckard is human

[Incognito]

Worth the wait. Beautiful movie, Rutger Hauer - what's not to like?

Watch 'Salute of the Jugger'. Top Rutger film.

[Zippy]

Watch 'Salute of the Jugger'. Top Rutger film.

Ooh yes - what was the plot again?