475
Simple and easy to remember (media.piefed.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
66 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Exactly.

Alien is a horror film.

Aliens is an action film.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    1979: Ridley Scott directs "Alien".

    1981: James Cameron works as a production designer on a Roger Corman "cash-in" of Alien called "Galaxy of Terror". It's mostly awful (mostly due to the giant maggot rape scene), but some of the production design is WAY better than anything in this movie has any right to be.

    1986: James Cameron directs "Aliens".

    I'm using the release years here as opposed to production for simplicity, but Aliens is really just a cash-in of a cash-in of Alien.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yep, and I'd say they are both sci-fi, so it's fine to compare them on the list of best sci-fi. But I give the nod to Alien because I enjoy that more as a horror movie than I enjoy Aliens as an action movie. Like if we were ranking horror movies, Alien would be in the top 10, maybe top five. For action movies, I'd put Aliens in the top 20, maybe top 10.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yeah. Alien is is my top four on Letterboxd.

    I love Aliens, but I do think it’s inferior.

    I love the characters, set pieces, and all but it’s just not there.

    Hell, I rewatched Predator recently. I think it may be superior.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent