But What Is Their Circulatory System Made Of?
It was only fairly recently that I finally saw Alien. I hadn’t seen any of the sequels (except for AvP, which I actually saw first.) However my out-of-town neighbor “lent” me her Alien Quadrilogy DVD box set this weekend, so I was able to finally catch up on the series. My thoughts…
Aliens: Very very very cool. Gotta love a pissed-off maternal woman who is willing to fight a pissed-off maternal horrific monster with some taped-together guns and the missing link between a forklift and a mecha suit.
Alien 3: They killed Newt right off the bat, which ruined some of the coolness of the previous movie. And the leadworks trap was really confusing; I felt like I needed a map. But overall, I thought it was interesting.
Alien: Resurrection: I knew the movie wasn’t terribly great, but I was surprised how not terribly great I found Joss Whedon’s script to be. It was interesting to see how some characters paralleled the Firefly/Serenity crew… The violence-loving jackasses who end up as comic relief via clueless and/or blunt commentary (Johner & Jayne), the stoic and reliable military-type with impeccable aim (Christie & Zoe), and the eerie, more than human female with the tangled hair, the blank stare, and the ability to kick massive amounts of ass (Ripley & River.) Personally, I’m all for recycling great ideas, especially if the new work is much stronger than the old (as in this case.)