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The 10 Best Alien Films Ever Made
PJ Media ^ | 12 Apr 2018 | Lauren Spagnoletti

Posted on 04/14/2018 2:13:23 PM PDT by Rummyfan

What is the first thing you think of when you think of an alien movie? Does Sigourney Weaver's bald head pop into your mind as you picture her battling extraterrestrials in Alien 3? Or do you think of something unconventional, like Cloverfield or District 9? The alien genre is one that has certainly evolved over the years as special effects and computer-generated images have improved far beyond anyone's wildest dreams. But the fact of the matter is that for an alien movie to be good (actually, for any movie to be good), it has to tell a really good story, have character development, and be entertaining. Even the most beautiful film can be terrible if you just don't care about the people (or aliens) that you're watching.

Here are my picks for the best alien movies—for various reasons—dating back to 1982. I don't believe that older necessarily means better, but I also don't believe that higher budget means better either. See what you think.

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KEYWORDS: hollywood; moviereview; sciencefiction
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To: Rummyfan

I always liked Event Horizon.


201 posted on 04/14/2018 8:20:24 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: wally_bert
"I liked The Invaders. At times it was silly that the aliens used a lot of 1960s technology mixed in with their stuff."

I loved "The Invaders," but a lot of the stuff the aliens did, made no sense. For example, in one episode they installed a "hurricane control machine" right in the sanctuary of an active Catholic church, instead of in some hidden, obscure place like an old warehouse or barn.
202 posted on 04/14/2018 9:20:56 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Rummyfan
The Thirteen Floor - scientists create a computer generated environment so realistic that the artificial beings they've populated their virtual world with think that they are real people living in the real world - which leads to the discovery that we...

203 posted on 04/14/2018 9:22:18 PM PDT by Garth Tater (What's mine is mine.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I loved “Target Earth.” It terrified me when I was about seven or eight years old, but - by today’s special-effects standards - the robot was laughable.


204 posted on 04/14/2018 9:25:53 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: MarkL
"I had such a crush on Moon Bloodgood, who played Anne, the doctor."

Ditto.
205 posted on 04/14/2018 9:28:55 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Spok

How about “Fiend Without A Face”? Great Friday night flick when you have absolutely nothing to do and feel like getting mindlessly drunk!

Boy, back then they sure knew how to make ‘em!

CA....


206 posted on 04/14/2018 9:37:23 PM PDT by Chances Are (Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
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To: Rummyfan
I guess Spock doesn't count as an alien?

-PJ

207 posted on 04/14/2018 9:46:56 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: henkster

Yes he was — you have a good memory.


208 posted on 04/14/2018 9:57:37 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Last night I finished a two binge on Season 4 of “Bosch” on Amazon. It was great, 10 episodes was just not enough.

I've episodes 9 and 10 to go.

That's what I hate about bingeing. The darn thing only came out Friday and I will be finished tomorrow.

And then a l-o-o-o-n-g wait for season 5.

209 posted on 04/14/2018 10:02:20 PM PDT by eddie willers
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To: Rummyfan

You mean.. no Scaceballs!? :o

;^)


210 posted on 04/14/2018 10:14:45 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: atc23

Seriously?! The Liberal PC crap is STRONG in this one :/
I think feminazis would love it though :p
not to mention the DNA mismatching for one of the ‘kids’.


211 posted on 04/14/2018 10:23:25 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: Bikkuri

***Spaceballs***


212 posted on 04/14/2018 10:34:13 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: BenLurkin; CTyank

The Day the Earth Stood Still. Forbidden Planet.

Yep and yep.


213 posted on 04/14/2018 10:46:27 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Flick Lives

I grew up reading the original comic book, Space Family Robinson, by Gold Key Comics.

It was good. The enormous roving space station with small shuttle-craft foreshadowed the Enterprise battle-cruiser with its shuttle-craft.

I was excited to watch Lost In Space by Irwin Allen, but only really liked the first two episodes (although I enjoyed “The Robotoid” episode with Robby the Robot of Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy).


214 posted on 04/14/2018 10:53:11 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Charles Martel

Good movie. No actual aliens, though, right?


215 posted on 04/14/2018 10:56:31 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Yes. I had forgotten that. Good note.


216 posted on 04/14/2018 10:57:01 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Neoliberalnot

The War of the Worlds (1953). I realize the remake was more true to the book in some aspects, but the first version was amazing, and cemented the genre. It still satnds up, as far as I am concerned.

The special effects, visual and audio, are exceptional. They got the machines about right, and the sound effects were the sort that got recycled by techies in Hollywood: I think the Meson (not Heat) ray effect was the one used in Star Trek for photon torpedoes.

I saw a special on FX in the 1960s, where the Hollywood experts talked about all their favorite sound effects, especially gunshots, and how they got reused in film after film.


217 posted on 04/14/2018 11:03:41 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Linda Frances

I found Independence Day enjoyable but somewhat disappointing. I wish they had gone for a more straight dramatic effect, like War of the Worlds.

The ending, where everyone was unambiguously jovial, after the major cities have been destroyed, played very false to me.

It had many good concepts in it though, and I rewatch it from time to time.


218 posted on 04/14/2018 11:06:56 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: MarkL

Starship Troopers! Yes!

“Here’s a tip: Aim for the brain-stem.”

The book is semi-hated by the Left as being pro-fascism. They overreact, as usual.


219 posted on 04/14/2018 11:14:05 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Steve_Seattle

My favorite lines:

General: “Is that possible?”

Scientist: “If they do it, it is.”

There speaks an actual scientist.


220 posted on 04/14/2018 11:16:06 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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