Post by Mist On Fire on Aug 26, 2008 4:45:02 GMT -5
The story starts in 1979 with the release of the first film "Alien" It begins with an interstellar cargo ship that intercepts a distress beacon on a lonely planet in space.Upon arriving,they discover a deadly alien life form that eventually destroys the entire crew save one survivor,Ripley,played by Sigourney Weaver in her very first movie role.Designs of the film were based upon the Necronimicon artwork series of H.R. Giger.
The success of the film was followed by three sequels;"Aliens","Alien 3" and "Alien Resurrection"
My outlook on all of them? One was scary until the second came out,which made the first one look like Bambi by comparisson.I hated A3,the plot was thin and the cinematics produced by directors Godley and Creme were visually annoying as Hell.(better known for their work on early music videos of Duran Duran)I loved the fourth film because it explored a side of Ripley you wouldn't expect to see;posessing traits of the alien itself,including the acid blood.Yikes!
I think if I had to choose a favorite of the four,it would be the last one just because Ripley was such a badass in it.I loved that.
Update 6-24
Just read somewhere that number 5 in the works. No solid details yet.