Quote from: Gash on Mar 07, 2019, 01:19:09 AM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Mar 06, 2019, 03:13:27 PM
I believe you underestimate its audience, and the millions of intelligent, sophisticated adults who do not crave action and instant gratification, enjoy both Alien and Aliens, but feel Aliens is the better crafted film.
It's not. Alien is far better crafted and originated everything visual that Aliens plunders to lesser effect.
And if you consider the final act of Alien weak, I could point out that it is basically rehashed again beat for beat in Aliens.
I get you say it's not, respect your opinion it's not, but it's really not unequivocal one way or another. Just look at the poll. I know we won't change each other's mind, either.
And I wouldn't say Aliens followed Alien's ending beat for beat because that would be ignoring plenty of terrific beats, but yes, Aliens does have the last heroine standing and the thought-to-be-dead stowaway and an airlock jettison, just like Alien. But a female last survivor, and the villian who the audience thinks to be dead but isn't, is among familiar horror tropes, and were not introduced by Alien, and have been done before Alien, and Aliens, and after, and will likely continue beyond our days.
So to me, Aliens does more with those common horror tropes than Alien, and therefore the final act is that much better, that much more interesting and that much better paced because of it.
This is just my opinion of course. We're the winner regardless of which film you pick..