[Frantzie]

Alien was just a great film. Not only scary but also a great sci fi and space movie. The creepiness of the derelict space ship. The average crew of working Joes in a dirty old freighter. Most space movies have white and shiny space ships. Twists and turns and just pure terror. I am not a big fan of humans and just in masks killing kids in mass murder. I think they give sickos too many ideas. Alien just had that creepy dark Ridley Scott atmosphere too. The film is a masterpiece. The Angela Cartwright charater just having a nervous breakdown because she is so scared. She also says during the explore of the ghost ship "Dallas let's get out of here." Not just one of the best sci fi/horror films ever but a great film.

[DemforBush]

Yep, totally agree on all counts. Just a brilliant film and soooo scary!

BTW, I don’t know if you saw the 2003 “Director’s Cut” re-release or not, but there were a couple of really good scenes that didn’t make the original film. My absolute favorite was this one of Ripley’s discovery of Dallas after he disappeared in the airshaft. I won’t give it away, but it not only puts Cameron’s “queen egglayer” concept on its head, I think it adds an entirely new level of horror to the Alien.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJUaH9KzH1s

BRRR!

[DemforBush]

BTW, somewhere out there is a better version of that clip - a longer, better-lit version that shows Dallas and Brett’s fate a bit more clearly. Unfortunately, YouTube removed it a couple months ago. Well worth checking out if you run across it.