WRITTEN BY: Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett
RELEASED: 1979
I love the film. The gothic cathedral design of the Nostromo, the design of the creature (courtesy of H. R. Giger), Jerry Goldsmith's score and by god those opening titles! If you haven't seen it by now, then where the Martin Van Buren have you been! Go see it and watch the trailer too.
My poster contains parts that stand out in my mind.
- We have warrant officer Ellen Ripley (which introduced us to Sigourney Weaver), in the spacesuit.
- I placed MU/TH/UR, the ship's computer amongst the stars, because that's what it always reminded me off.
- We had to have the title and the most memorable tag-line of all time: In space no one can hear you scream. True story, when we did Space in Physics (circa Year 9), our teacher brought up this awesome quote and some know-it-all at the back complained that it was too cheesy. What an idiot!
- I had to include the egg from the poster, different to the one in the film, with the green glow emitting from it.
- I also added the Alien. Where? Oh it's in there. Like in the film, the creature is hidden in the shadows.
I suppose I should talk about the other films.
Aliens (1986) I love. Its as good as the first one, buuuuuut I like the first film just a little more. I like the fact that Cameron didn't make a carbon copy of the first film. It' s an action film with some real scary moments, especially the scene where Ripley and Newt are locked in the Facehugger room. The reason it isn't on the list is because it didn't seem right putting two films of the same franchise on it. Let's say this spot goes to both. It should have stopped here.
Alien 3 (1992) was a decent film. I don't remember it being dreadful (they saved the best till last). However it did ruin the evolution of the Alien. It shouldn't be that it takes after whatever animal it impregnates. There was no indication of this in any of the other films. However, I liked the cinematography and idea of the prison planet. It managed to create an atmosphere similar to the original film. I never liked the Newt/ Hicks death, but -sigh- it's too late now.
Alien Resurrection (1997) was awful, a truly terrible movie that just killed the the idea of any other good Alien films. It turned what was once a serious franchise into a comic book movie. I can't talk about it now- one day though!
Alien VS Predator (2004)... Oh go SO to hell!
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