I have a confession to make.... I.... like ALIEN 3 more then ALIENS

[Kasper Kroenen]

PLEASE WAIT! DON'T EXECUTE ME! LET ME EXPLAiN....


I mean, aliens was a .... well... good movie you know.... popcorn entertainment,eh? But let's be honest, without Ripley and the lil' girl it was just a B-movie action movie with one liners. What is the first time that comes up when you think of Aliens? Right... one liners (Game over man, Game over!). ALIEN was about an unstoppable force that could not be killed, in ALIENS they were just mindless drones!

For goodsake, I liked ALIENS because of the relationship of Ripley and the girl, but the rest... it was kinda butchering what ALIEN was about no? The reason I liked ALIEN 3 is because it tried hard to go back to what ALIEN was about. One alien, no guns, depressive atmosphere, almost everyone died, no hope. ALIEN 3 was depressive, dark, sad and horrific and THAT is what I liked. Yes the CGI was crap back then, but so was the suit in ALIEN. That is why they didn't gave a lot of close up shots of the alien in those movies. In both movies WHEN they gave close up shots (in ALIEN - suit and in ALIEN 3 - CGI) it both looked fake....

So yeah, I don't know. Don't want to get my ass handed out to me for my opinion on IMDB, so I prolly check how mature the STEAM FORUMS are...

This binding to the game, I like they use the ALIEN route instead of the... "popcorn" entertainment that was ALIENS. Am I the only one sad that ALIENS gets more recognition then ALIEN? I just want to hear opinions if people rather wanted to go the ALIENS route, rather then the ALIEN route this game taked.

[ArtVandelay]

Didn't read anything but Alien 3 is the best movie of the 4.

David Fincher's best directing job next to The Game.

Tywin Lannister being ripped in half due to having sex w/ Ripley.

Token Born Again Religious Black Guy.

Shaved head Sigourney Weaver.

$3 Million to Michael Biehn to have his face imposed on a computer screen for 3 seconds to say deceased.

Good times.

[entspeak]

I also am a huge fan of Alien 3. Not a perfect film (Fincher had some great ideas, apparently, that never made it into the film), but it was much closer in style to the first film.

[Beetroot]

I hated Alien 3, until the director's cut, or remastered or whatever version came out. Now it's actually awesome.

Alien is the best movie.

[Jaegar]

Why can we settle on Alien being the best?

[Dan The Swine]

Alien³ was in my opinion great, well the directors cut version at least. Still, I love Aliens for a different reason, it was a re-imagining and it worked well, the third was dark, almost despairing and I liked that, I thought the backwater prison setting was great and I liked the cast, the only thing I didn't enjoy were some of the animations but that can't be helped, technology at the time and all, 1 2 and 3 were different in their own ways and I think that's what made them work well together, or at least that is my opinion. For me the Alien franchise only has a trilogy, I refuse to acknowledge the piece of s**t Alien Resurrection and the disastrous AvP films that came thereafter.

[Dan The Swine]

Origineel geplaatst door Heinrick:

Why can we settle on Alien being the best?

I could never argue with that, Alien is the big daddy. It revolutionized a genre.

[Simulacra_53]

Origineel geplaatst door Hemi:

so? :

" Ash: You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility."

Doesn't look like Ash is describing Cameron's Alien. This game sure gets it, and I hope future extensions of the Alien franchise do too.

I don't agree.

The words are spoken in admiration fitting the discovery of an alien species that is both able to survive in a hostile environment. The fact that its acid blood is also a defensive counter measure works in its favor in a relatively small space tug like the Nostromo. So it is a wonderfull new discovery, with survival build in and a ♥♥♥♥♥ to kill in a space ship.

Taken from out of a space ship it becomes more vulnarable to man and his weapons.

The great equalizer in Aliens are 1. The fact that the Marines don't have all the intel 2. They don't take Ripley serious and 3. They basically go in without real stopping power because they fear it might damage the reactor of the terra firming plant.

The only reason they don't get decimated is because not all Marines (Drake etc) give up their ammo and Ripley saves the survivors.

In Alien the Xenomorph uses stealth because it is alone, in Aliens there is such need. The Aliens have strength in numbers.

I can expect both movies to co-exist, cannot say the same of the other movies.

[Kasper Kroenen]

I am afraid to ask, but I really would like to know your guys age who like ALIEN or ALIEN 3 more then aliens... it's just like... I'm 24, there.

[Beetroot]

My age is irrelevant. Alien is best.

(I'm 38)

[Dan The Swine]

30. Alien is best for me, though as I said, I like the trilogy but the original is my favourite.

[Kasper Kroenen]

wow... I feel like a kid... I'm not used to older people then me on a gaming forum. I feel quite... happy to know this.

[Pixelfetish]

Well, Alien had 3 direct follow ups, two spin-offs (AVP 1&2), plus a true successor, Prometheus.
I think none of the 4 Alien movies is perfect in itself.
Rather to make a chartlist, saying whats the best or the worst,
I prefer to acknowledge in what each of tehm is outstanding.
Alien 3 was the first movie to offer a realistic Alien. Not by its intelligence, but in its motion and appearance. And yes, the atmosphere was very dark, depressing & sinister, not only due the Alien itself.
For the same reason most viewers dislike Alien 4, as it was much to 'quirky'. Especially Winona Ryder. They acted more like 'comedians', plus the story wouldnt go far beyond a 2 page booklet. The FX was very good indeed.
Alien 2 was the movie with the most bullets fired. The whole military scenario and their nightmarish, claustrophobic experience vs. the Aliens has many fans. The whole movie seems to me the most complete of all 4. You'll get a 'good package'.
Alien, the first part, would have been a masterpiece, as setting, actors, etc. are all beyond what Star Wars & Co. had to offer at this time. Only 2001: A Space Odyssey is up to Alien when it comes to setting and design. Sadly the Alien itself is in a misarable shape, when it is seen in fullscreen and motion. The most horrible part is really due its first appearance. First 2/3 of the movie are amazing, until Ash reveals his robotic nature. However the last 1/3 of the movie isnt really up to the rest.

[Simulacra_53]

43 - and I like Aliens, just not as much as the original Alien.

In the end they are just movies

[Kasper Kroenen]

thank you pixel. I like what you said. I respect such an opinion

[Kasper Kroenen]

Simulacra, I know... all movies, but hey. As long as us keep us happy in live eh :)