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Post by Scott on Nov 27, 2012 13:04:35 GMT -5
Yeah, that was one of the deleted scenes. The signal, which could be detected by the Nostomo, and had been pulsing away for centuries, was not mentioned in Aliens.
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Post by geneweigel on Nov 27, 2012 22:04:23 GMT -5
Very interesting either way this film has depth that I would have never expected. I thought there would ve been some bizarro Jesus message from the way they were talking about this movie ala one of those OMEN type movies but it seems to not have gone there .
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Post by geneweigel on Nov 28, 2012 10:09:58 GMT -5
This is one of those threads where it feels as if its been discussed at length before but updated for PROMETHEUS. I can't recall the details but this is a very strange seeming deja-vu. ALIEN brings back a lot of memories of people that are dead.
I think that the NECRONOMICON has to be mentioned as well.
I recall it getting around in various stores behind the counter and sealed but it wasn't until 1982 or so going into an occult bookstore that I got a good glimpse. However there was a magazine that i had years prior to actually looking at it that had quite a few images from it. I'm going to say "OMNI" but it might have been some kind of pornographic magazine. The most notable was the "ALIEN alien" with the big penis but there was one that had an "ALIEN alien" head that the space jockey chair was based on. I left the "space jockey" pic in the mag but I cut out the penis pic and got in trouble for showing it around.
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Post by geneweigel on Nov 28, 2012 10:16:06 GMT -5
Just to clarify I meant H.R. GIGER"S NECRONOMICON and not any quasi-real version but I had browsed the Giger book in the shop of the ghost writer of that book.
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Post by geneweigel on Dec 6, 2012 11:48:29 GMT -5
quote -> "Something about Judge Dredd" <- quote
An underground comic artist (Spain Rodriguez) died last week. He used to do this comic series called "Trashman" which was a typical underground style sleaze with blowjobs, etc but it definitely was at the very least a seminal inspiration for JUDGE DREDD. The city from the first few strips was called "Mega City". One of the best was one I saw reprinted from 1969 where these cultists were sacrificing a girl to a traffic light by cutting her nipples off. They were all filled with that post-apocalypse weird shit but Trashman was mostly about communist themes and graphic sex.
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Post by Scott on Dec 6, 2012 11:56:04 GMT -5
Ahh, yes. I read many similar books when I worked at the comic book store. It was always mostly about <insert something> themes and graphic sex.
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Post by geneweigel on Dec 6, 2012 12:44:24 GMT -5
Ahh, yes. I read many similar books when I worked at the comic book store. It was always mostly about <insert something> themes and graphic sex. Exactly, I think he started going too political in the mid-70's and they sent in letters saying more random perverse sex! An anthology of TRASHMAN from 1989 said it might have inspired the TV blimp in BLADERUNNER and the road battle in MAD MAX but I'm a little skeptical of that. But who knows? The best underground was FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS, one of the people that I play with was challenged to stay clean for a game (heck, honestly? Its hard to DM and drink for me but I was drinking in all of those videos.) and he said it was like that issue of the Freak brothers wear they stop getting high. Somebody I know has a Freak brothers game but I've never played it. Its one of those things just like this Mad magazine game that I've never played: looks good but who has time to try it? I was never into R. Crumb but I read quite a lot of it. Same for Pekar. I'm sure they would make more sense if I read it all i n sequence... or maybe not... I saw the end of the Pekar biopic and thought it was a typical bogus feel good piece of shit not worthy of the source material's creepy message.
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Post by Scott on Dec 6, 2012 13:07:28 GMT -5
Yeah, there often was a creepy undertow in a lot of that stuff, more so then what you'd expect for the genre. I tried following a few books, but they were never good enough to keep your interest past 4 or 5 issues. Freak Bros. was one of the exceptions, and it's worthy of its reputation.
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Post by geneweigel on Dec 6, 2012 13:24:49 GMT -5
That series was reprinted so many times. I had a FFFB #1 in 1984 that I thought was worth something but it was actually an anthology that was reprinted around 7 or 8 times.
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Post by Scott on Nov 19, 2014 18:18:12 GMT -5
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Post by GRWelsh on Nov 20, 2014 14:02:14 GMT -5
I am really looking forward to PROMETHEUS 2. For all of the flaws the original had, it has been one of the most intriguing SF movies I've seen in years. I love the concept, I just think it stumbled a bit on the execution. My evaluation of it has improved over time, it's gone up since I first saw it. I have no idea where he is going with this in the sequel -- Shaw and David's disembodied head adventuring around the galaxy?!? I'm up for that, but I just can't picture it. One thing I really like about Ridley Scott is that he isn't content to just repeat himself, he likes to keep introducing new concepts and ideas.
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Post by Scott on Nov 20, 2014 16:05:46 GMT -5
My view of Prometheus hasn't changed, I still fall asleep about the time the guy takes his helmet off in the tunnel. But I'm looking forward to this, and I agree, Ridley is not a re-tread guy.
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Post by geneweigel on Nov 21, 2014 20:26:59 GMT -5
Yeah, its definitely something I'd like to see where it goes. Certainly more than THE HOBBIT!
I think the thing that I don't like about the ALIEN franchise is probably the same as TERMINATOR, PREDATOR, etc. (as AVATAR for that matter) they have moments but are ultimately derivative and mediocre reflections of Hollywood trends.
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Prometheus
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Post by Scott on Sept 24, 2015 16:30:48 GMT -5
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Post by GRWelsh on Sept 26, 2015 12:23:22 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to it. I also heard Ridley wants to do three sequels to Prometheus that will eventually connect up to the first Alien movie. I want to see the Engineers' homeworld.
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