best science-fiction film ever made
Idk about that buddy
We can debate the top rankings, but Alien is in the pantheon for sure. It's practically flawless as a movie. You could argue for 2001, or Blade Runner, or Close Encounters of the Third Kind. But you would have to at least compare those to Alien to prove they're better in some way.
All of those except Alien could be argued to have pacing problems.
Pfft no, 2001 is perfect. Every time I’ve watched it I’ve been high af, and I fall asleep for a few min at a time throughout it, and I don’t miss anything at all!
I certainly wouldn’t want to watch it sober, though.
Upvoted simply for the concept of "it's only good if you're high" that was a ridiculously boring, shitty movie.
Try it high ;) you might feel different!
I sometimes miss the excellent straight-scifi film that gets interrupted by the horror move that breaks out.
The matrix would like a word, as would Jurassic Park, and independence day. All three are far better than alien or aliens. I admit that I have a bias against sigourney weaver. She sucked in that and sucked in avatar. I've never seen a good movie that she was in. But the alien movies are highly overrated.
I love all those movies. And if you don't like an actress, I'm not going to convince you that you're wrong. You like what you like.
From a holistic view, I'd point out that the three movies you mentioned were also pioneers in filmmaking. They each invented new technologies to do new things. Independence Day in green screens and explosions, Jurassic Park in blending CG with pratical puppetry, and Matrix created a new type of multicamera stop-motion slow-motion.
But they all borrowed heavily from Alien and Aliens. Each of the movies you mentioned had a direct homage to the Alien franchise. In aesthetic, in atmosphere, in creature design, they all stood on the shoulders of Ridley Scott and HR Geiger.
ALIEN is a movie designed around making men understand the horrors of r*pe.
All three films you menion as alternatives came out in a post-ALIEN world, mind you.
it's okay, there's no giant corpo looking over our shoulder here treating us all like infants. we're allowed to say things like rape, suicide, murder, etc.
I thought that men learned about the horrors of rope in PE class. I'm not sure what that has to do with Alien, though.
I've never seen a good movie that she was in
You talking shit about ghostbusters, peasant?
Actually... This may piss you off even more... But I haven't seen it. 😬
Honestly, there's also "The Thing" which is also as simple as it gets.
This is my vote as well. And it fits the prompt!
Yeah but that was actually good.
Here's The Thing...
Nah man, that's just a dog.
It's certainly in the running, the first two are basically perfect movies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_(video_game)
It was reasonably successful for its time.
I remember it being the better of the two open world cowboy games that came out that year.
Sharknado is exactly what it says on the tin
I can never get in to Sharknado.
It just… sucks.
Like I get that it’s supposed to be corny and stupid, but I like my corny and stupid to be a function of the creators incompetence and a $257 budget most spent on aluminum foil.
Like the movie “Independents Day” (yes, ents and not ence).
In fairness, so is Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”.
Sharknado VR was worth the money I spent on it (it was on a 50% sale, so I only paid 50 cents)
You know what a gun is. A lethal weapon
Except in this case the lethal weapon was the main character.
It’s not so much a sci-fi film as a horror film in a sci-fi setting.
Event Horizon is a horror film in a sci-fi setting. Alien is a sci-fi set in a horror situation.
What makes something a sci-fi film?
The science in the film is fiction. Like jump drives, FTL, or interstellar travel in general, laser zappers and swords, consciousness transfer, etc.
I heard it was Top Gun. :^}
Yeah well it's called 'heat'
They misspelled “The Thing.”
Aliens are not a core element of science fiction. It should be named Future
Im sorry wheres the mages and the wizards with the wands and staffs. The dragons need to be vanquished again.
It's always bothered me that someone went and called their band "Death", but I find it difficult to articulate why.
Death kicks ass, though.
Politicians in my eyes!
"Shoot em Up". ?
Bullet was a pretty good movie.
Chase!
"You have a horror movie named Alien??? That's reeaally offensive no wonder everyone keeps invading you."
I'm always saddened when I remember the greatest sci-fi series of all has no proper movie.
(Perry Rhodan)
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