Alien , BBC 2 , still a fantastic film

43 years ago ?

Kin hell

The sets , suspense , claustrophobia

Still very scary

I think most of the Alien films are pretty good, and some of them I've watched many times. Alien 3 and Resurrection were patchy and dark, but they did keep things going until the franchise got back on track. Some say they dislike Prometheus and Covenant, but both go a long way towards explaining what happened in the past, and are also excellent stand-alone films in themselves. Looking forward to Romulus.

I don't think much of the Alien/Predator cross-over films myself - I don't understand why they chose to go down that route.

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Originally Posted by tforturton

I think most of the Alien films are pretty good, and some of them I've watched many times. Alien 3 and Resurrection were patchy and dark, but they did keep things going until the franchise got back on track. Some say they dislike Prometheus and Covenant, but both go a long way towards explaining what happened in the past, and are also excellent stand-alone films in themselves. Looking forward to Romulus.

I don't think much of the Alien/Predator cross-over films myself - I don't understand why they chose to go down that route.

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I like all the originals, especially 1 and 2. The later films weren't a patch imo.

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I think most of the Alien films are pretty good, and some of them I've watched many times. Alien 3 and Resurrection were patchy and dark, but they did keep things going until the franchise got back on track. Some say they dislike Prometheus and Covenant, but both go a long way towards explaining what happened in the past, and are also excellent stand-alone films in themselves. Looking forward to Romulus.

I don't think much of the Alien/Predator cross-over films myself - I don't understand why they chose to go down that route.

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I thought the alien predator films were rubbish , just about money

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I like all the originals, especially 1 and 2. The later films weren't a patch imo.

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Alien , Aliens

That's it

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I don't think much of the Alien/Predator cross-over films myself - I don't understand why they chose to go down that route.

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Doesn't the Predator have an Alien skeleton in its collection in the first (?) Predator film? That might be where the idea came from. Don't think they should have bothered though.

I think Romulus will be garbage.

What is fascinating about Alien is that it was one of the first huge movie hits where the main protagonist was a female. Other movies had had female leads, but Alien was the first where females were the action leads. Great movie.