Which movie is better: Alien vs Aliens
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That's how I felt about Saw X
When 'Alien' came out, I was pretty young. It really scared me. No movie has scared me more, since.
Can't really compare them. Alien is a haunted house/horror movie in a sci-fi setting and Aliens is a sci-fi action movie with horror elements. Both movies are near perfect in what they are and what they want to be.
I like the horror/thriller genre more, so Alien for me, and The Terminator, and Predator, and Jaws.
I saw Aliens when it was released in the theater. I like it better because the effects were more modern.
Suspense movie or action movie?
Sigourney Weaver made the the final secene in Alien perhaps the sexiest, heart-stopping denounment in movie history.
I think I like Alien more due to being darker and the suspension of disbelief was really low. They let the scenes take their time without thinking "We gotta trim time and make it more fast paced." I put Aliens #2 due to the Marine crew being too Hollywood. They could have made them into total bad*****, still kept a portion of B. Paxton's humor, and been more believable.
Alien was way scarier for me but Aliens gets props for cultural influence and phrases that entered the common lexicon like "Phased Plasma Rifle in a 40 watt range" and "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
You’re mixing movies.
The Terminator asked for a “Phased plasma rifle in a 40 watt range” to which the proprietor said, “Hey, just what you see, Pal.”
I like the 2nd "Aliens" better. It had a better story line and more action, but you kind of new what to expect. "Alien" was really the first of its kind (most notably Sigourney Weaver as the 1st female leading action role), and you really had no context of Xenomorphs.
I think they both portrayed a more realistic version of "future space travel and inhabitance" in comparison to other movies like 2001 ASO.
My vote is for "aliens'' other than the Weaver cameo in the first one. @Passport1
I think they both portrayed a more realistic version of "future space travel and inhabitance" in comparison to other movies like 2001 ASO.
My vote is for "aliens'' other than the Weaver cameo in the first one. @Passport1
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It is funny how hollywood is prophetic sometimes.
It was not until a laser was placed on a gun in the original terminator movie, that the concept was adopted by special service forces around the world. The visible laser gave way to red dot sights of today, and the rest is history.
Not so much a laser gun, but the idea is legit.
