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23 Nov, 2021
Frank Herbert's Classic
My nephews enjoyed the movie and were left motivated to see what happens next. I used the opportunity to keep them reading.
31 May, 2006
Alien
2 of 2 found this helpful This is the 1979 movie by Ridley Scott that started it all.
The crew of a deep space cargo-hauler Nostromo is awakened by their computer. The Capitan, Dallas (Tom Skerritt) and first officer Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) find that the ships computer has received a distress call that diverts their ship to a planet called LV-426.
Once the ship lands, the crew discovers a crashed alien ship with a surprise inside: the most terrifying concept of an alien life form ever to menace the silver screen.
I will not go into great detail about the plot or the creature. Authors and screen-writers have explored a number of various types of aliens: blobs, insectoids, cybernetic, humanoid, aquatic, even crustacean. Most were based on the pinnacle of evolution for some type of biology that we are familiar with save one: the parasite. This concept of an alien creature is perhaps the creepiest ever.
Ridley Scott's "Alien" is a sci-fi classic which is much more than a mere "Space-opera". One could also make a solid case that it is also an action-adventure or a horror classic as well.
The movie is available in two versions: the original (1979) or a director's cut (2003). I suggest the directors cut.
The original tag-line for this movie was: "In space, no one can hear you scream." They will be able to hear you scream the first time you see this movie in your living room.
01 Jun, 2006
Good start, poor follow through
Space Above & Beyond debuted on Fox in 1995. It started very strong and faded down the stretch. It had a lot of fans but networks never did know how to run a sci-fi series without resorting to cynicism and and clichés.
S:AAB started out as a good, thoughtful series with believable characters and a whole lot of promise. Bad-writing, over-used clichés and cheap production caused it to fade into a 2nd season cancellation.
If you like the genera, S:AAB might have a place in your collection. I think that I would rather rent it and not be constantly disgusted by what could have been.