tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post6733718972090584948..comments2024-03-28T01:09:15.056-07:00Comments on Horrorthon: Alien 3Octopunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948127593611773731noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-79352502065252456402012-11-05T08:40:49.022-08:002012-11-05T08:40:49.022-08:00You can argue to death about the differences betwe...You can argue to death about the differences between Alien (horror) and Aliens (action) but at the end of the day they’re both fun movies. Alien 3, on the other hand, is a grim sleeping pill; a Breakfast Club for prisoners. Full of dysthymic, unlikable characters with very little action I think most agree that Alien 3 was a colossal disappointment. I enjoyed the special edition a lot more but it doesn’t change the fact that we watched Ripley fight off tons of aliens in Aliens and now she’s facing off with a solitary alien in a boring environment. Don’t even get me started on the whole Ripley-is-impregnated nonsense. <br /><br />I agree with your assessment about killing off Hicks and Newt (off-screen too!). It certainly neuters Aliens. I’m reminded of Halloween H20 when Jamie Lee Curtis tangles with Michael Myers one more time. At the end of the film she cuts off his head, which offers a satisfying conclusion to the Halloween trilogy (Halloween, Halloween 2, H20). Buuuuuuuuuuuuut, someone convinced Jamie Lee to make an appearance in the next film, Halloween Resurrection, and Michael kills her in the opening scene (!). Why did we spend decades cheering for Laurie Strode only to have her character killed off in such a cheap, pointless manner. In the end Michael wins, huh? Bullshit!<br /><br />Nice summary of a largely hated film. <br />JPXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213973405902714780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-17204912638677855532012-11-04T09:21:32.594-08:002012-11-04T09:21:32.594-08:00I've actually never seen this either but your ...I've actually never seen this either but your review enraged me. HOW DARE THEY!?!?! I don't think something this blasphemous would be allowed to happen in 2012 because the fanboys would run them out of town. Johnny Sweatpantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096734271846528993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-69623185454828696962012-11-03T17:18:54.955-07:002012-11-03T17:18:54.955-07:00I don't think I've ever seen this one actu...I don't think I've ever seen this one actually. Excellent review, although it doesn't really make me want to see it now either!DKChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564455767137872485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-50000547975976268282012-11-03T16:52:02.764-07:002012-11-03T16:52:02.764-07:00Eh, Landshark's right. I just downgraded my r...Eh, Landshark's right. I just downgraded my rating to a flat 3. The more I contemplate the bummer feeling of this movie the more I think an "adequate" stamp is generous enough.Octopunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948127593611773731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-77942443287378166082012-11-03T13:14:22.864-07:002012-11-03T13:14:22.864-07:00I enjoyed Alien and would watch it time and again....I enjoyed <i>Alien</i> and would watch it time and again. That's the trouble with sequels: they grow exponentially boring with each one.Crystal Mathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05365160047783237193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-704369469847253362012-11-03T10:10:08.315-07:002012-11-03T10:10:08.315-07:00For me, the disappointment came even before Newt &...For me, the disappointment came even before Newt & Hicks were killed (although I agree that that was a slap in the face). In the summer of 1991, before watching Terminator 2, this preview came on...<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_x9W1xKng<br /><br />In it, I was promised an action packed Alien 3 where a futuristic earth would be torn apart by Aliens. According to wikipedia, this was completely the plan for Alien 3 & 4. A two part film that had Hicks and Newt playing a big part. Instead, as you stated, we get 60 minutes of, "why did this prisoner end up in prison"?<br /><br />I was only 13 when I saw this, but it came pretty close to Phantom Menace in terms of disappointment level. I was excited when I heard about Alien 4 years later, thinking it would put the franchise back on track. Yeah, that didn't work out too well either. Trevorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144143421338485411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-58938725366330292832012-11-03T09:40:20.211-07:002012-11-03T09:40:20.211-07:00Hm, I don't remember this as a 3.5 star movie,...Hm, I don't remember this as a 3.5 star movie, but then I barely remember this one at all. Actually, it's possible I've never even seen it, come to that. This isn't the one with the weird monks and Wynonna Ryder, I gather. (She would have come up in your review, I'm sure).<br /><br />Anyway, good stuff per usual.Landsharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05693011705112065424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-14537783207908732622012-11-03T05:05:21.208-07:002012-11-03T05:05:21.208-07:00" They needed to have Hicks wake from a chest..." They needed to have Hicks wake from a chestburster dream, go to get a space beer and reveal the hiding Alien when he shuts the fridge door. There are rules, man." <br /><br />If I was a director then I'd hire you to write the sequel to my movie, hell yeah!Catfreeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215307648862899154noreply@blogger.com