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damn, dr pepper needs to kick in, i mean as ash stated lol

"dr pepper" ROL

Ridley's Alien is still really unknown. It's scary conceptually. It's smarter, and has unknown motivation. Cameron's Alien is more animal, still scary. I still argue the Xeno creature is not perfect, and not impossible to kill, but they are for sure in either vision, scary. They have scared me for years. They are very tough, but franky fall to well placed small arms fire... At least in Cameron's vision. Because of that I still think there is something worse, much worse. Something deeper than the Xeno creature we are used to, if it is somehow utilized as a weapon as is also described in Ridley commentary. If you remember in some of the Alien commentary by Ridley, an alternate ending was the alien killing Ripley and then using her voice on the com. I don't believe that was a better choice, but it does show, Ridley did not think of the Alien as an animal or bug. To the original poster - I agree.

Exactly ArchEtech...What I'm getting at here, and I approached it in other threads I started, is that Ridley understands all of what I've put down here and he's got something up his sleeve, something hidden between the lines encompassing that aesthetic that I believe will be beyond anything we can speculate here....something that will hopefully widen our eyes and broaden our smiles in exactly the same way.

[quote]If you remember in some of the Alien commentary by Ridley, an alternate ending was the alien killing Ripley and then using her voice on the com. I don't believe that was a better choice, but it does show, Ridley did not think of the Alien as an animal or bug. To the original poster - I agree.[/quote] Not Just Killing her... Attacking her in some sort of perverted way Then Biting her head off and then sitting down in her pilot seat and communicating with Earth in Her voice.

Well said craigamore, well said. I have been truely mesmerized by Alien since before I even saw it. I was born May 31, 1979 and that in it's own was a misfortune to not be able to see that movie when it came out; but I do conisder it an honour to have been born the year this movie was made. I remember the first time Alien entered my mind. I was 13 or 14 sitting in my parents basement, pouring over a stack of old National Geographics that my Grandfather had given us. In one was an artical about the filming and production of Alien. I was transfixed by what I read and the visuals they included with the story. I was in awe of the Space Jockey sitting in it's chair dead. I wish to this day that I had taken that particular magazine and kept it, cause it is long gone. I later that day tried to rent the film, but I was not old enough. I remember asking them (the movie store) if it would be alright to call my parents and get permission from thier phone, they agreed. With my parents giving them permission to rent it to me, I rode home on my bike excited to watch it. I got home and ran to the basement, turned on the TV and VCR and was in awe from start to finish. And from that day on I have been a fan. There is so much more to this story with the rental of Aliens and Alien 3, but I feel that maybe I will just save it for another day. But after reading craigamore's original post here, my obsession made total sence! So thanks for writing that. Spartacus thanks for your contirubution too, it sends shivers up my spine to read the list of traits and qualities that the Alien has. Absolutley fasinating and terrifying at the same time.

Shadowcaster....you and I, each in our own unique way, had pretty much the same journey and I'm glad I could impart those ideas for you. Thanks to everyone else as well...Spartacus, Rick, Ripley Clone 8, deadcell, ArchEtech and anyone else who happens to join us...glad I could share all of that with you.

I love this community..

Well I remember being 9 years old and seeing the trailer. (I was 9 when Alien was released). My older brother saw it the week it was released and told me the whole story. I was so excited by the story it even overtook my enthusiasm for Star Wars (just 2 years prior). When I finally saw it a few days later, I cannot even describe the feelings I had. This film changed my life at such a young age that I lost interest in Star Wars and by the time Return of the Jedi came out, I didn't even care about it anymore. This universe created by the film and the creature that inhabited it felt like the same world that "Space Oddity" was written about. That was my favorite song at the time. This film assaulted everything I knew (and lets face it, how much could a 9 year old really know?) at that time and formulated my future expectations of films. This movie had overt sexual overtones, grisly atmosphere , claustrophobic sets and a cold un-emotional cast. This film set the standard by which I judged everything that came after for me. I think we all connect with it because of the way it was realized. The feel, tonality, atmosphere, tension, unbearable darkness and grime all added to the most realistic view of how we can perceive the future and space travel. In closing, it wasn't so much the creature that scared me......it was the overall feeling of being alone in my tin can like Major Tom.

anxiously awaiting photo....:)

i know right! Photobucket is just NOT havin' it today....argh!

If I can be of any assistance please do let me know! I feel your pain.

thanx man, usually Photobucket is pretty quick about uploads, and it's PNG too! those tend to load the fastest. thanx for your offer how do you normally share a photo on here?

Yeah I got a photo of but can't attach it to a post. I see what you're talking about though. Pink kind of fleshy something or other in the platform of the star chart room. Who knows. I bet it's a light of some kind that fired up when David did something.

yes! Thank You Biomech! that IS the one! so i am not alone in thinking it looks like organic / brain tissue! me at Spartacus thank thee!

not big enough for me... is the original bigger and if so can you please link to the original sized image in photobucket for me ? sorry to impose but I cannot make out what you mean form that image well enough to be honest in my discussion with you. and I am in high res on a real good acer monitor btw.

do you mean the sprinkly stuff and the pads at the bottom of the screen that look like lights?

yes, the stuff that looks like chewed up pink bubble gum. i feel you on the hi-rez issue Spartacus, the image i was attempting to upload was hi-rez, and i added arrows indicating the pink matter but the image that Biomech uploaded is hi-rez too, and clearly shows what compelled me to start this post initially but yes, that IS the stuff.....

I guess it could be brain matter... nice, tx Biomechanic. Somebody call Owens-Corning and The Pink Panther! [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/1a1ppa.jpg[/img]

THANK YOU for the Picturepush post and info Biomech! i will check them out and hopefully use them rather than Photobucket, since my angst towards Photobucket pretty much highjacked the purpose of this thread argh! in any case, we can all somewhat concur that the pink looking matter looks a bit like brain tissue yes...?

Ok thanks Biomechanic I installed the Firefox plug in and zoomed in 200 and then 400 %. What I have to say about it is this. It's an awesome thought, but magnified like that it all looks like dust and light particles to me. Am I just old? [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/avery.jpg[/img]

you mean yes I am just Old?

@Spartacus: ha! i was thinking of those classic Pink Panther ads for fiberglass when i was typing out this post. glad i am not alone in remembering that.....

lmao you guys

O.K. O.K. the only other thing it could be other than dust, light, or brain tissue, is moisture, titanium sparking, or plasma discharge. LOL

didn't some one say a long time, like 3 months ago or something that it looks too much like one of the Prometheus crew ?

Not at all my friend...not at all. Ridley Scott has only three forays into sci-fi in his career. 'Alien', 'Bladerunner', and the 1984 Apple Computers super bowl commercial '1984' (considered, literally, to be the 'Citizen Kane' of commercials). They are all classics I have no probelm calling masterpieces, each in its own regard. I have absolute faith in what he will give us....for further elaboration as to why....check out my thread entitled 'Something Special'. I think it adequetly sums up and supports my position in this regard.

Agree with some of this. I liked the SpaceJockey having "grown out of the chair": bio-ship is an organism & it grows it's pilot, or a pilot grows the ship :) it just looks so mysterious, bizarre, and is very ... alien, with more body horror. Don't like the "it's a suit" idea. perhaps a halfway house is that the SJ grows into the ship or vica versa. The rest, i'm more excited to see this film than not. Hopefully it won't be a simple 'setup' of the alien derelict, and i am excited to see what ideas they come up with. Perhaps having enjoyed 33 years of SJ mystery is enough :)

I like what you wrote Golic but I still feel a strong sense of faith in the man with regard to the material at hand. I don't feel, with all due respect, that he will deliver a product which just won't live up to the hype.

I hear you, I read your post earlier. Not that the film compares with at all or will compare, but do you remember in Star Wars Episode 1 when they revealed the midichloreans (spelling) ? I just don't need that kind of moment in this film. And I really do want to emphasize I'm have been obsessing over this film since I first starting seeing leaked photos over the summer. My friends are getting kind of annoyed actually. If this film doesn't deliver I'm going to swear off movies and move to a mountain and live in a tree. Alien is with out a doubt my favorite favorite film... ever.

I get ya man, and I agree, I don't even want to consider it's a possibility though.

And yeah maybe the use of the word "hype" is a little much. Scott has delivered some fantastic stuff. Guess I don't want to get my hopes up. That's all. I do have a feeling that we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg in the trailer. June couldn't feel further away.

believe [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/randysweats.gif[/img]

Ha

hehe

Spart get on those double posts my man chop chop : )

Damn Funny man, at this moment I just sent a request to BH for the ability to be activated.

Strange tried to delete mine but no go.