Favourite Alien Movie?

[JamesCameronOnline]

Well, for me its Alien tied with Aliens. I cant decide which one. One day I prefer the first one, another the second. Love A3 as well

[Deadmeat]

Well, for me its Alien tied with Aliens. I cant decide which one. One day I prefer the first one, another the second. Love A3 as well

Actually it depends on your mood. If you want horror, then Alien. If you want action, then Aliens.

Am I right?

[Nachtfalke]

Actually it depends on your mood. If you want horror, then Alien. If you want action, then Aliens.

Am I right?

You are right. I never want to have to chose the 'best' out of 'Alien' or 'Aliens' and I get in all sorts of trouble when I tell people that they are of different styles. "They are just films about an alien..." - no, they are not just films about an alien...

[DoomRulz]

Yes they are. Alien was a basic haunted house tale set in space, with a never-before seen creature and more sexual themes underlying it than your average Giger piece of artwork. Aliens was a generic sci-fi action film with big production values.

[SM]

It looked like it had big production values because Cameron's visual and technical ability.  The budget wasn't that big.

[DoomRulz]

Ok. But my point is that at the end of the day, it was a generic, albeit shiny, sci-fi film.

[Deadmeat]

Sci-fi horror film.

[DoomRulz]

Aliens wasn't horror to me. It was sci-fi action.

[SM]

Shit popping out of peoples chests falls into the realm of horror.

[Pvt. Hicks]

Ok. But my point is that at the end of the day, it was a generic, albeit shiny, sci-fi film.

Aliens is a generic sci-fi movie? I'd like to know what you think is a non-generic sci-fi film then.

And yes. Aliens is a mixture of genres. It's Science Fiction, Action, and Horror. You can mix and match those with any Alien or Predator flick.

[DoomRulz]

Shit popping out of peoples chests falls into the realm of horror.

That happened once.

[JamesCameronOnline]

Time magazine thought its horror

[Pvt. Hicks]

That happened once.

What the f*ck would you consider Poltergeist? A romantic comedy? No one died in that movie, so it is not a Horror film?

[DoomRulz]

I was referring to the single chestburster scene in Aliens.

[SM]

That happened once.

Same as Alien then.