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The2ndQuest
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RE: Sci-Fi's top 25 movies and TV of the past 25 years: 9. "Aliens"
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soitscometothis
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RE: Sci-Fi's top 25 movies and TV of the past 25 years: 9. "Aliens"
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I watched it again recently, and I was shocked how good it was. None of the action sequences had that set-piece feel to them, if you know what I mean - they made sense and fitted in with the story.
I had expected the movie to feel dated in some way, but it is still as great as ever.
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DarthBoba
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6/1 4:23pm
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Well, there is one way to make the action scenes feel goofy: Join the army. You don't clear buildings the way those Marines do if you want to live. 
But as that's like 1/1,000,000 of the population, it doesn't matter
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Jaden-Skywalker
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Greatest film of all time. Should be #1.
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rumsmuggler
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6/1 5:39pm
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Awesome film. I loved Aliens since I was a young boy.
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6/1 5:43pm
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Jaden-Skywalker posted:
Greatest film of all time. Should be #1.
What?
It's a great movie, but it's not The Godfather or anything.
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rumsmuggler
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Godfather isn't a sci-fi movie.
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Jaden-Skywalker
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KnightWriter posted:
Jaden-Skywalker posted:
Greatest film of all time. Should be #1.
What?
It's a great movie, but it's not The Godfather or anything.
It is not The Godfather. Thus making it the greatest film of all time.
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The2ndQuest
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DarthBoba posted:
Well, there is one way to make the action scenes feel goofy: Join the army. You don't clear buildings the way those Marines do if you want to live.
Maybe they didn't- technical inaccuracy solved! 
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Zaz
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6/2 7:12am
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It's a very good flick; Cameron could really bring it, so to speak. "He's just a grunt!"
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The2ndQuest posted:
DarthBoba posted:
Well, there is one way to make the action scenes feel goofy: Join the army. You don't clear buildings the way those Marines do if you want to live.
Maybe they didn't- technical inaccuracy solved!
I doubt that Cameron studied the fine art of urban combat before he made Aliens.
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DarthBoba
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He should've.
But it still doesn't particularly keep from me from enjoying the hell outta this movie. Although the "Platoon in space" comparisons make my eyeballs want to explode.
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Zaz
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It's fun and different seeing a female protagonist, and the final fight is the clash of mother-ships, so to speak.
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Drew_Atreides
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"Aliens" is probably my favourite movie of all-time. I have watched it a hundred times, i'll probably watch it a million more in my lifetime. It never gets old.
In fact it's one of those rare masterpieces that gets better with every viewing.
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