I rarely rewatch any of the films these days, I lack the time and commitment it takes. But, at least for now, that might change in the future, it's Alien 3. There's some bleak warmth to that movie, it's Ripley's last journey, last shelter, It's definitely not something she hoped for - to spend her last days amongst murderers and rapists. But, in a way, Fury 161 became her home, place where she finalyl rested, finally found some inner peace after all the pain and suffering. Also.BTS history of that movie is endlessly fascinating
Second place goes to Aliens. I just owe that movie too damn much. Without the excitement and the trill of it it's unlikely I would've stuck around as an Alien fan. Seeing Queen, that majestic monstrosity, is something I'll never forget, even despite the fact I already knew what Queen was, thanks to first AvP movie.
I think I would put Covenant in the second place too. It's not a perfect movie and it took me some time to come around on it. First and third acts are very much repetition of Alien/s. But the middle chunk, everything to do with Engineers' necropolis and David's f**king around with Goo and being a sneaky sonovabitch - ah, love it, love to think about it and love to hear other people talk about it. All the subtext and sybmolism and LAYERS and sexual undertone and recontextualisation of what Alien is and what its relation to humanity is - there's just so much ! Covenant took best IMO parts of Prometheus and threw them into somewhat familiar Alien-esque structure
Third place for me would be shared between Alien, Resurrection and Prometheus. I understand that such ranking might infuriate certain people but it's purely my personal preferences, not me talking about movies' objective quality. Out of the three original I rewatched Alien the least. I know,I know, it started the franchise and it's visually stunning and timeless (hate that word, what does it mean even) and script is great and dialogue is well-written. But I just never can accumulate enough excitement for it. Pacing is too damn slow for me, I'm not the biggest fan of SJ sequence, I want to get to juicy Alien parts quicker. Also, I find the praise too over-whelmimg, these days it seems everybody talks just about the 1979 one,all interviews, documentaries and BTS books are about it. And why does it aleays has to come down to "Alien vs Aliens" argument ? Why do you people feel that in order to praise one movie you have to belittle another ?
Resurrection is too weird and bizzare for me to just watch it, I need to be in the proper mood, but with the right frame of mind, I can get enjoyment out of its dark comedy tone, exaggerated characters and creepy sexual undertones.
Prometheus is the same deal, really,that movie requires some mental preparation for me too watch. Lack of distinctly Alien elements really infuriates me and harms the movie for me. But I like the visuals,the overall feel, the idea that Shaw came to LV-223 to find the meaning of life, the answers but instead found death and destruction really resonates with me, the idea of an angry God is a scary one for me - I mean, what would you do if your creator one day decides there's no worth to you anymore ? Also, I'm not too bothered by the scientists not acting like scientists
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Jun 19, 2022, 10:22:39 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Jun 19, 2022, 10:20:46 PMAlways the same for me when I check this topic.
I watch Alien and say to myself "this one's my favourite".
I watch Aliens and say to myself "this one's my favourite".
I watch Alien³ and say to myself "this one's my favourite".
And then I just watch Alien Resurrection.
Hahahaha exactly the same experience.
And then CB walks in the room and sees you watching Resurrection and gets all horny. Guess between the two of you what turns him on more ?
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know it's a bad joke, I just love it too damn much