Prometheus

[lars573]

It has been copied too many times but it's a true classic. What I like about it is that they are just truckers in space, they behave like real humans. It scared the crap out of me when I was 12. Mommy warned me but I didn't listen

It came out 2 years before I was born. And by the time I could seek it out on my own it was horribly dated.

I liked Alien because it wasn't a slasher movie. More mystery and tension.

No it very much is. It follows all the slasher movie tropes to a tee.

[Fragony]

By the time you saw it it had been cloned countless times. It's like calling Carpenter's Halloween unoriginal

[lars573]

Since the plot structure of Alien is incredibly derivative your right. BUT by the time I was say 15 I'd seen 15 films, maybe 5 in a theatre. And not a single one was a horror movie of any stretch. So the first time I would have seen the basic plot of a slasher movie would have been in a TV show episode.


And don't get me started on Carpenter. He deserves nothing but scorn for the Thing remake.

[Fragony]

It's a prequel it it isn't half-bad, nowhere as good as the first of course but suitably disgusting. Total lack of tension though

Gah. Forgot that Carpenter's The Thing actually IS a remake

[Lemur]

Forgot that Carpenter's The Thing actually IS a remake

Sorta kinda not really. Both "The Thing" films are based on the novella Who Goes There? The 1950s version of The Thing is radically simplified, since they did not have the technology to show a shape-absorbing alien at a reasonable cost. John Carpenter's film was able to stick much more closely to the original novella, and benefits from it.

[gaelic cowboy]

Sorta kinda not really. Both "The Thing" films are based on the novella Who Goes There? The 1950s version of The Thing is radically simplified, since they did not have the technology to show a shape-absorbing alien at a reasonable cost. John Carpenter's film was able to stick much more closely to the original novella, and benefits from it.

Also John Carpenter's "The Thing" is a good example of a movie thats better than it's original book and also where a remake outstrips the original movie.

[Fragony]

Sorta kinda not really. Both "The Thing" films are based on the novella Who Goes There? The 1950s version of The Thing is radically simplified, since they did not have the technology to show a shape-absorbing alien at a reasonable cost. John Carpenter's film was able to stick much more closely to the original novella, and benefits from it.

I know the story.

Said it before and will keep saying again, untill you do/did, you should read this.

http://www.amazon.com/House-Leaves-M.../dp/0375703764

I am kinda confident that I figured out what you should enjoy.

It's only a few euro/dollars on a iPad, printed version is really expensive

[Lemur]

I do most of my pleasure reading on Das Kindle; downloading House of Leaves now. Can't ignore a recommendation like that.

I know the story.

Said it before and will keep saying again, untill you do/did, you should read this.

http://www.amazon.com/House-Leaves-M.../dp/0375703764

I am kinda confident that I figured out what you should enjoy.

It's only a few euro/dollars on a iPad, printed version is really expensive

[gaelic cowboy]

It came out 2 years before I was born. And by the time I could seek it out on my own it was horribly dated.

I dont find that at all to be honest in fact I dont see anything in it that we would say looks old fashioned or dated.

No it very much is. It follows all the slasher movie tropes to a tee.

Actually it follows a whole range of tropes not just slasher movie style but that doesnt mean that it's bad because it follows them.

[tibilicus]

High hopes for this one. Trailers look epic.

[Vladimir]

High hopes for this one. Trailers look epic.

Which is another thing I'm worried about. Lots of promos. Looks like a Alien meets Independence Day.

[tibilicus]

Which is another thing I'm worried about. Lots of promos. Looks like a Alien meets Independence Day.

I wont dispute that but I think if you go in expecting a sci-fi of epic proportions and not an epic sc-fi you can prepare yourself to be pleasantly surprised. One thing is for certain, the cost of promotion for this film alone must be a lot. Even if it does suck I can't see it flopping at the box office.

[lars573]

Actually it follows a whole range of tropes not just slasher movie style but that doesnt mean that it's bad because it follows them.

Unless of course you HATE that type of movie. Because it insults your intelligence.

[gaelic cowboy]

Unless of course you HATE that type of movie. Because it insults your intelligence.

Tropes badly done can insult ones intelligence but they can and are often well done.

Example of bad sci-fi tropes are basically any of the six Star Wars movies.

Example of a good sci-fi tropes are Pitch Black

Both derivative movies but only one of them is any good