On this day in 1979, Cinema changed forever.

May 26, 2016 8:54 AM

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9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You are my lucky star...you..are my lu..cky..*Screams*

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

*cough* *cough* blargleahrghbleugh AHHHH *crunch* blarglearghbleughgaaa AHHHH *crunch* *pop* SCREEEEEEEEEE

9 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

I think you mean The Star Beast

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

"Micro changes in air density, my ass!"

9 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Maybe it farted?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

ONION: In space, no one can hear you cry. [From a parody of the Alien poster I saw way back when.] Had a giant onion instead of the egg.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Just watched this movie. Classic

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Wasnt this released 22nd June 1979? C'mon now...

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

We just watched this last night! So incredibly good!

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

In space no one can hear you scream.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Also can't hear the sound of the Plasma Caster charging and the cloaking device activating...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Back in '79 I was 9 and this movie was THE scary movie to see.

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

You saw Alien when you were 9?! Are you OK?!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

No. I finally saw it on Betamax when I was 12. My mom did take me to see Jaws in '75--I was 6. Still don't like going in the ocean.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

On the one hand, I'm relieved you weren't traumatized when you were 9. On the other hand, Jaws at 6 y.o.?! Dang, son.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Panty scenes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swM6pLxxgWE

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

the Blu-ray made this even more enjoyable :]

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nice.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Oh ! Very nice !

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Audible has a 4hr radio drama of this that is actually really good. Bonus: Neville Longbottom voices one of the characters.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"BISHOP" ? . . . "I Don't Feel So good Ripley" . . . AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

"not bad… for a human"

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

this movie was and still is the shiz. and surprisingly, alien 2 was also friggin' awesome.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I got a chance to see it in a theater when they briefly rereleased it.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Scary stuff: http://imgur.com/mpFmAQo

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Took my girlfriend to see it when it came out; still have the marks on my arm from her nails

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You monster! I like you! ;)

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Until it gets remade and called ALIEN again and most likely suck ass.

9 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 2

by Chris Nolan with mind fucked plot

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

What about Shammalammadingdong? He's pretty good with twist ending, maybe he and Nolan could team up with Michael Bay.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Or you know... You could call it Prometheus

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Lmao

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And even then, this one will still be amazing

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It literally can't be done. No matter how well it is made, they can't surprise the audience twice.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

A ship full of aliens takes in a female human passenger - a few months later, she gives birth! And the baby poos everywhere.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Isn't that basically Alien: Resurrection?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Wait wait, what about... An all-female cast Alien!!

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

Wouldn't that be incredibly on the nose with a HR Geiger penis alien hunting down and murdering women?

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

By Michael Bay

9 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Bay-lien

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Dude don't even joke about that. Michael Bay can hear his name mentioned anywhere on earth. This is happening now

9 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

Then I'd invent a time machine, go back, take him to the future, make him see how he ruined it, and make him give it up in the past.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

He'd still do it, because he'd make a profit.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Two years AFTER Star Wars, if only they had collaborated.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

What a shit movie. Why did she go back for the fucking cat? I will never understand so much of the dumb shit that goes on in this movie.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I wrote a papen on this movie

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

god dammit. I wrote a *paper*

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

On this day 39 years ago starwars was released

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The big fakeout was that a woman would be the main character. Everybody expected that one guy to actually be the main character.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It took a while for the writer to actually have the screenplay picked up and Geiger was initially dropped to design the xenomorph!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Also, Dan O'Bannon always makes me think, "Sgt Pinback, it's time to feed the alien!"

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

+1 for "Dark Star"

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Benson, Arizona, blew warm wind through your hair. My body flies the galaxy, my heart longs to be there.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And now Neil Blomkamp is making a new one that totally disregards Aliens 3 and on

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

If they only would have let David Fincher do what he wanted to, without any compromises. It could have been even better.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I didn't think people valued Alien 3 and on, tho? I mean, I'd be pretty happy if rumors are true and its casts Newt.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

There are so many discrepancies in the Aliens universe it isn't funny, especially with Aliens 3 and Resurrection. Shouldn't be a problem.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I'm happy it's him. He always has a great CGI team. Even Elysium, which was a pretty lame movie, had gorgeous visuals. Bad fight scenes tho.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh, it's him? Somehow I'd heard it was Guillermo del Torro. No idea how/where that idea got stuck in my head.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Pretty sure both of them were going to get their own movie

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I like Neil Blomkamp's work (District 9 more than Elysium), but if I had to choose one of them I'd pick del Toro.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He was on the wishlist for Prometheus but backed away in order to make In The Mountains of Madness which was too similar for him

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I am _very_ eager to see del Toro take on a Lovecraftian story.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Unfortunately, the project is more than stuck, partly because Del Toro wanted a story so gruesome the studio couldn't make it profitable

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Dang. _I_ would trust him to get it right - or at least make something _I'd_ like to watch. Maybe Netflix or Starz would be willing to ->

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm happy with every Alien movie actually. I always saw the first 4 films as different directors' respective vision on the same subject.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Fair enough

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I see you've listened to the redlettermedia commentary as well.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I haven't actually, are they worth it?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They're a dollar each. Fuck no.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Sci fi has never won Best Picture at oscars.

9 years ago | Likes 71 Dislikes 1

Only a matter of time and the right script/ story.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 3

Which was Alien.

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Does Around The World In 80 Days count? It won in '56 after all...

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Horror hadn't either, until "Silence Of The Lambs".

9 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Fun fact: one of only 3 films to win the main 5 oscars. Actor, actress, director, screenplay and picture.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

More of a thriller really. Only a few jump scares

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

Horror movies aren't supposed to be how many times they scare you, it's the content in the movie that's supposed to do it.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And the whole skinning/eating people thing.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

And Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the only fantasy movie to ever win it.

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

And it cleaned fucking house. Just shows anything can win at the oscars, just some genres have to try that bit harder.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

If any of late it should have been Interstellar, SciFi constantly gets jipped, though.

9 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 9

I absolutely love Sci Fi... Interstellar is a trash bag of a movie. Dumb script, mostly shitty performances.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

I think that's a little harsh but I mostly agree.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Interstellar is not worth it.

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 4

I absolutely loved it, but there are some pretty mixed opinions on that movie

9 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

There are, I loved it, and I can honestly say TARRS was my favorite character.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'm a huge sci fi fan - didn't like interstellar.

9 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 4

Same. I liked most of the visuals and music but the story was rough as fuck.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

huge sci fi fan here and I loved it - what turned you off to it? just curious

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

from the high gravity water planet, with no booster stages with no issue. And just in general the story was terrible for the final act

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

The only real thing I disliked was the whole "Love is a powerful force that transcends time and space" bit

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I think it was more, future beings understood love like we do, used this to communicate with us and save humanity.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

making a big deal about not being able to escape gravitational pulls twice in the movie yet somehow took off

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Ann Hathoway as a scientist prattling on about total bullshit was a little upsetting, about loving being the most powerful force bleurgh

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I felt they didn't earn a lot of the emotional strings they tried to pull. Made the scene of him crying about Murph just feel super awkward.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

visually beautiful, nice premise too. Sound design was awful in my opinion (not so much the music being bad just how they used it)

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Sci fi fan here that sorta liked it. It was a great movie up until when he entered the Black Hole. After which I did not like it.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

See, the whole black hole part reminded me of some classic Heinlein or older Ben Bova... it made me very nostalgic.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

so, I know what you mean there, but I still enjoyed that part. yea you get the typical paradox mess, but it was as plausible an idea as any

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

The part in the black hole I kind of imagine as string theory manifested. Especially when he runs his hands across them and they resonate.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I bet Doomguy could've killed all the Xenomorphs and lamented the fact that there'd be nothing left to kill.

9 years ago | Likes 197 Dislikes 5

That game was FUCKING good!!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He'd also be worshiped and revered by the Predators.

9 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

The Predators hunt Mankind, and that's the only thing Doomguy seemingly likes as a whole, so he'd protect mankind the only way he knows...

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Fun fact: The original Doom started life as an Alien game, but then id software lost the licence, and replaced the xenomorphs with demons.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

And got a lot nastier in a way.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

RIP AND TEAR

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Until it is DONE.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

As someone who recently finished the new game, good God does that game escalate its ridiculousness. Never had such a blast before.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Yet it has an even greater sense of 'realism' than the first games, because of all the lore, and the suit.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

An Angry Marine would kill all of them but one, and then have a hot wings feast.

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

D:<

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Doomguy would travel to their homeplanet and continue his rampage until they thought of him as the boogieman. Canon

9 years ago | Likes 99 Dislikes 0

ain't no one fuck with his bunny, i tell ya hwhut.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Boogieman makes me want to see John Wick vs. a xenomorph.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I like how in doom 3 you were just a random marine caught in the middle of a hell breakout, but in DOOM you're the fucking chosen one

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

You aren't the chosen one, you are the legendary Doomguy

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

That's actually what he did to Hell in the new game; Hell FEARED him. They had to drop a TEMPLE on top of him, and seal him away because >

9 years ago | Likes 57 Dislikes 0

> that wasn't enough to kill him. He killed a TITAN, and doesn't give a fuck.

9 years ago | Likes 53 Dislikes 0

DOOMguy is the best

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Hell yeah.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I wonder if the titan wad the Icon of Sin but the dates don't add up. Hell sent him back in 2 also because was just too much for them lol

9 years ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 0

I think it's a new storyline, BUT, you can find the Icon of Sin in game as a reference. Shoot a rocket in its head, and you get a doll.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I THINK THIS NEW ONE MAY BE A NEW TIMELINE.

9 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

No CGI either and yet it still beats out almost all modern after-CGI sci-fi or horror movies for effects.

9 years ago | Likes 91 Dislikes 4

Well, it had *some* CGI: http://typesetinthefuture.com/postfiles/alien/0_14_22.jpg

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

http://www.moviestillsdb.com/movies/alien-i78748/5001dd It's a guy in a rubber suit. I think there's been better VFX since then...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I didn't say it was the best special effects movie ever, but it was a good example of what you can accomplish vs. CGI.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'd say it is just as much because of H.R. Giger, the Heavy Metal comics and Ron Cobb. Production design was extremely well done.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's nostalgia. The effects are not great - it's the cinematography and editing that make them great. Same with Jaws. 1/2

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

2/? today use shaky cams, hyper-fast moving effects. You can hardly tell what's going on. A lot of that is to hide deficiencies.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

See the props in behind-the-scenes pics, they look ridiculous. Problem with CGI is being too eager to show it off instead of using subtlety.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

OK, yes, if you want to get technical, the editing is a huge factor. But I'd also say editing in many movies today is shit. Most movies 1/?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Whether it looks fake or note, practical effects have always had a better scare effect on me. I was TERRIFIED of Talos as a kid.

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

But . . .but . . .Talos loves you and all of Skyrim!

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

It's because you can visualize a xenomorph hiding in a corner of your dark bedroom. But you can't really do the same with a CGI monster 1/2

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

because you subconsciously know that it was created on the computer and has never existed in real life. 2/2

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Probably because you're a filthy elf.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Is that a reference?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Skyrim reference. Talos is a Norse god who hates elves.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Wow not even slightly true. It's an amazing movie but that's an exaggeration.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I said "almost". I meant that as a great example of what can be accomplished when you focus on story & not just big CGI effects.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I am a big sci fi fan and I agree with him. Still the best to date..

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Also being a fan doesn't make people photography and a technical genius. You can love the way something looks, even though it looks fake.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic Park, Interstellar, hell even the same franchise Prometheus. I love the movie, but it's dated.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The movie is dated, but it has something that modern film makers weren't able to do. Prometheus was shit. Interstellar was ok.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You're talking about a story and movie now which is true. Visually speaking, people need to take the nostalgia glasses off.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Gravity on the other hand...great movie.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Those are examples of awesome stories. You rewatch those for the great story, not necessarily the effects. But effects were A++ too.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Also, Blade Runner had a feeling that I couldnt find in cinema nowadays....

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0