Poll: Alien vs. Aliens

aaharvel
aaharvel Posts: 4,489
edited August 2006 in Music & Movies
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited July 2006
    Well not entirely equal... but definitely apples and oranges.
    I get different kicks from each one, and depending on my mood, will favor one or the other.

    That being said... Alien is in my top five for horror movies. Aliens -- in my top five for action movies.
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited July 2006
    Loved them both but Aliens had me MORE enthralled than the original. I loved the gadgets and portrayal of the futuristic "grunt" marines.

    Zombie had it pretty much on the button. One is more horror, the other action. Both great.
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  • univera
    univera Posts: 848
    edited July 2006
    Can't really comment on this specifically although the Jaws ending was hardcore. However; I will note that I watched Alien vs. Predator a week or so ago in mono t.v. mode. The only movie that was possibly more stupid and worse was the painful, never ending, marathon of ridiculous, Incredible Hulk. On my top five worst ever. Leminy Snickets is right there with it....I would have liked to seen Jim Carey get the boat stake throught the heart...
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2006
    Alien. While Aliens was good, it could not match the greatness of Alien.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2006
    Alien. 5 feet 10 inches of YOUNG Sigourney Weaver in her skivvies is what I'm all about.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited August 2006
    I just thought the Space Jockey was so cool and how the camera back-panned to give it scale. Nothing in Aliens comes close to that.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited August 2006
    George Grand wrote:
    Alien. 5 feet 10 inches of YOUNG Sigourney Weaver in her skivvies is what I'm all about.

    Damn George! Just what I was thinking!

    She was also a very hot "Gate Keeper" in Ghostbusters. Floating around in wind whipped lingerie clinging to her curvaceous figure.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,833
    edited August 2006
    1. I'd go with Alien. Less action, but scarier.
    2. Glad I'm not the only perv that thought of Ms. Weaver's panty scene.
    3. There was a b/w movie out in the 50's that had basically the same premise
    as Alien;ship lands on a foreign planet, takes off with an unknown
    hitchhiker,hitchhiker escapes into the duct work, hitchhiker gets blown out
    of the spaceship into the vacuum of space. Saw that on "Chiller Theater"
    and never forgot it. Except for the name. :(


    "AlienS" did have some great lines, though:
    "Hey, I don't know if you've been keeping up on current events lately, man,
    but we're in a world of **** !"
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2006
    I hear you Carl. They had her all slutted up as the Gatekeeper and she looked great. If it was me that she asked "Do you want this body?", she wouldn't have gotten the entire sentence out.
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited August 2006
    I voted different genera, but Alien is the better of the two. Anyone can throw together the big guns, marines and battles, but the tension building in Alien is second to none.

    Plus those size too small underwear don't hurt.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,833
    edited August 2006
    unc2701 wrote:
    I voted different genera, but Alien is the better of the two. Anyone can throw together the big guns, marines and battles, but the tension building in Alien is second to none.

    Plus those size too small underwear don't hurt.

    Those were underwear ?

    Hmmm......I thought it was a napkin.
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