I just find it more terrifying. A single thing kills an entire ships crew by systematically hunting them. In the other one they have 12 Marines that kill hundreds of aliens. They are different films but I'm more in love with the psychological horror of Alien than the balls out action of Aliens.
Fuck. That's like choosing between my right testicle and my left. Alien is atmospheric as shit and the alien is a terrifying monster but Bill Paxton's performance in Aliens on it's own is enough to make me love that movie.
Alien. I do appreciate the balls to the wall action in Aliens, but Alien is just geared more towards my taste in film (Horror/Suspense). Also, as much as I love Super Ripley, Hicks, Hudson, Bishop, and the rest of the Aliens gang, I found the Alien cast to be more relatable as people next to the caricatures in Aliens.
Alien, it's one of the first movies I remember watching. Also, contrary to popular opinion, Aliens is not a good movie. It is horribly paced, the screenplay is typical James Cameron poop, and Newt has to be one of the most worthless and annoying characters in an action movie. I was so happy at the beginning of Alien 3 when her and Hicks were offed in the opening credits.
Alien, it's one of the first movies I remember watching. Also, contrary to popular opinion, Aliens is not a good movie. It is horribly paced, the screenplay is typical James Cameron poop, and Newt has to be one of the most worthless and annoying characters in an action movie. I was so happy at the beginning of Alien 3 when her and Hicks were offed in the opening credits.
That's almost as bad as asking Godfather or Godfather Part II. I go back and forth. Depends on the day, the weather, my mood. They're very different films, which is what makes them so hard to compare for me. It would be easier if they both pretty much brought the same thing to the table, but they don't, so I really can't say. I've seen Aliens more times simply because it came out when I could remember and so was a bigger thing during my time. So I guess I'll fall back on that. But the first one is awesome.
Newt has to be one of the most worthless and annoying characters in an action movie. I was so happy at the beginning of Alien 3 when her and Hicks were offed in the opening credits.
Same. I still think Aliens is a fun movie, but it's biggest strength was that it was built on the shoulders of some of the most unique creature and set design concepts from H.R. Giger and Ron Cobb. Cameron didn't have to work very hard as long as he put forth a serviceable action movie underneath it all to get ticket sales.
I also like that Ridley Scott let Dan O'Bannon stay close to the project despite David Giler and Walter Hill's best efforts. They seem like your stereotypical dickbiscuit Hollywood producers.
Does anyone here really think Alien is scary? I mean, the concept is quite scary, and if you're going to watch it as a kid, then maybe, but really, the actual picture on the screen doesn't scare. I don't really go to Alien for its horror though, I go to it because I love the hard sci-fi aspect; just like Dead Space.
Does anyone here really think Alien is scary? I mean, the concept is quite scary, and if you're going to watch it as a kid, then maybe, but really, the actual picture on the screen doesn't scare.
I think it fits with any of the other early seventies-early eighties horror that constantly appear (often top 10) on "All time scariest films" lists. Whether it's The Exorcist, Halloween, The Shining, Alien, etc., you're going to have people with the "not scary" claims. I'm not going to assume your age, because that would be dumb, and it's quite possible you truly do not find it scary while considering other films of that time to be scary. That said, I find many of the "not scary" claims are said by a later generation having viewed the film too late. The reason for this being countless films have since used the same techniques to the point where they don't have the same impact. Basically the viewer has been desensitized to the scares having already seen them multiple times in newer films.
I like Alien, I really do, but I don't understand why people are scared by it. Its got tension, but nothing that came close to being close to horror for me. Then again, most horror movies don't have much affect on me. I just find that Aliens was a funner film to watch.
Aliens, so much fun action throughout that film and the alien costumes were of better design than the first. The movie also helped illustrate what the aliens as a species was like when up against a marine force in their own nest.
If you count the special edition, I prefer Aliens. Alien is better than Aliens' theatrical release, but the special edition paces it out better to make it a more fleshed out film.
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