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  1. Thom
    Actually, they did show their smarts, first by taking out the power and then by using crawl spaces to get around the doors. The first shows more intelligence than the others, obviously, but it shows problem solving skills. And, true about the first point, though it did take heavy armament to take them out. Pop guns seemed to show no real effect. Aliens was, and is, an extremely popular movie. And as any movie should, it concerned itself with only itself rather than setting up a franchise, which I don't think was even being thought of at the time. Nowadays, we are all about the franchise and having dozens of sequels, but this was the mid-80's. They did a smart pivot away from horror, esp since the alien was now seen, and gave us a rip-roaring actioner that delivered. The third movie failed, IMO, because it killed off every one. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't want to watch a movie where my hero dies.
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    It always is the end of the franchise, until those without original ideas are in want of more money...😜
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    A lot of these are really, one-and-done kind of things. You can only do Alien once. I think even keeping it in horror and not action, they still would have hit the 'Already Done This' wall of diminishing returns pretty quickly, making it something ripe for the simpler jump-scare format. That's why I think changing it to action upended expectations (in a good way), as half of the horror/suspense was not even really knowing what the monster looked like. The sequel refreshed it and took the story along a new, and expected course. If Alien was the into, then Aliens was getting the full picture and seeing how tough they were. If this was following a standard story-arc then the third should have been the heroes getting the upper hand against the Xenomorphs, as in winning and not just surviving. A3 went back to the original format however, rather than following through, and basically just redid the original story. Everything after that was just picking up the franchise-crumbs and trying to make another whole slice of cake out of it. Wasn't going to work. That's why I ignore any of the movies after Aliens. Not only are they not as good, and in most cases just more muddling, the first two were complete and fulfilling, and we (I) really didn't need anymore.
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    I do like Aliens better than Alien for that reason. I'm more an action fan than horror fan, though today it's not so much horror anymore as suspense.
  5. Thom
    I remember him from Hill Sst Blues! A very dry, witty character. Always came across as a great actor.
  6. Thom
    Yes, that's the one. Apparently it is all Hicks and Bishop with almost no Ripley or Newt. Darn.
  7. Thom
    Now I want to know what that was. Never mind, found it. Alien 3 by William Gibson.
  8. Thom
    Cancer sucks! RIP.
  9. Thom
    HaHa!!
  10. Thom
    IMO, better than the movie. 😉 Facehugger - 'Awe, he wants a hug!!'
  11. Thom
    Yes, he was always optimistic and helpful about it.
  12. Thom
    RIP. Watching him on TV was always a fun trip!
  13. Thom
    I love the ending of Aliens. Ripley won her 'happy ending,' having a chance to be a mom again and maybe with a love interest as well. But then the opening of A3 just crapped all over it, robbing that ending off its power and meaning. For me, that was the first of many disappointments of that installment. I wish Weaver had just let it lie rather pushed for Alien 3. And I know, it's more realistic, but this is my escapism.😜 They have yet to pull off a good crossover. Until then, yeah, best they lay separately.
  14. Thom
    I watched the first 15 minutes. That was enough.
  15. Thom
    No need. We've all been there when the urge to hurl the model across the room strikes! You gave it a great try, but the kit wasn't up to the challenge. As I said before, look back at your successes, as they far outweigh any mess-ups. Thom @Wewyllenium Great looking additions. though my eyes almost bugged out at the pilot's... ahum... qualifications...
  16. Thom
    My poor attempt at sarcasm.😄 In my head-canon, there is Alien, Aliens, Prey and now (if it's good and not crap like Prometheus/Covenent) Romulus.😉 EDIT - Prey is not really Alien except for a few mediocre cross-overs.
  17. Thom
    ...what other films..?
  18. Thom
    Why I stopped watching everything after the first trailer!😁
  19. Thom
    Well, try not to get too discouraged @pengbuzz. Just look at those cool Airwolf and Streekhawk models. Do you have enough parts in your 'bin' to kit-bash a small 'pallete-cleaner' project?
  20. Thom
    Awe dang,,, RIP.
  21. Thom
    I'm feeling for you. You put a lot of work into that for it all to come to naught. Do you have enough parts between the two kits to salvage it into just Soldier mode?
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    He just needs to walk into a Zentradi-sized shower.
  24. Thom
    Google Translater - "Hello to everyone, I'm new in this forum . Does anyone have robotech models to assemble on paper??" Not me, no. But we do have a thread here, 'Yo no, no. Pero tenemos un hilo aquĂ­,' I typed Macross Papercraft into Google and got a number of hits. 'EscribĂ­ Macross Papercraft en Google y obtuve varios resultados.' And welcome to the Forums! 'ÂĄY bienvenido a los foros!' Thom 'Thom'
  25. Thom
    I like this series, so I'm watching it already, but the end of the world... again..? That seems like a rut.
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