Aliens : The first time I watched this movie

The first time I watched this movie

I was in awe about what can be done with visual effects. This movie is 36 years old. Nobody laughs at the Queen, Bishop or the xenomorphs.

But other old classic monster movies, the current generation laughs at the visual effects.
There are so many action scenes in the movie that still get my adrenaline pumping.

Wonderful characters also. Ripley is a perfect role model for strong women. Ripley is an ordinary woman that takes on the Queen of monsters. Whenever I am faced with adversaries, I think about what Ripley would do.

I'm a natural anyway, yet Ripley has always been an inspiration for what a good hearted person does to save her loved ones.

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"ALIENS" has got Great Special Effects in it.

However, The Best Special Effects that I have ever seen in a Movie were actually the ones that were done in the 1982 Movie "John Carpenter's THE THING".

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Well The Thing certainly wins an award for having the most disgusting images created by the sfx crew.

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It is one of the best movies ever. I saw that Ridley Scott just said he considers the Alien movies to be super hero movies.

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I never saw Ripley as a superhero. None of characters were superheroes so i don't know why Ridley Scott is trying to lump the Alien franchise with the superhero franchise.

The characters were ordinary humans facing horror circumstances.

Donna is the only member of filmboards that nimda punished for wanting to leave.

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Yeah, they're definitely more horror movies. Either horror sci-fi or horror action.

Super hero movies tend to be more exciting and fun, rather than horrifying.

So many stories, so little time.

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I first saw Aliens in the theater when it came out in the summer of 1986. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and remember that the audience was cheering a lot at periodic intervals. Agree that the practical f/x still hold up well to this very day.

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I first saw Aliens in the theater when it came out in the summer of 1986. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and remember that the audience was cheering a lot at periodic intervals. Agree that the practical f/x still hold up well to this very day.




I agree 💯%

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I wish I could have seen the Movie "ALIENS" at the Movie Theater back when it first came out. I was unfortunately still a little kid at that time and so I couldn't.

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So was I. I was with my parents though. That was a different time though. My parents wouldn't do anything like that when I was growing up on this year with their grandchildren.

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I was unfortunately still a little kid at that time and so I couldn't.
Mentally, you still are.

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Agree that the practical f/x still hold up well to this very day.
They were great visuals for its time and yes, they hold up wonderfully today as well.

Even though some of the blue screen effects have that super-imposed look about them, this is no different to how the green screen cgi effects of today still look fake. Aliens set a benchmark in many areas and still does today.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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It and Alien are both classics, the best of the series by far!



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