Aliens is the best in my eyes, followed by Alien 3 it was a good ending to the whole series and it should have stayed there

i liked alien:resurrection

BUT. i've never been a huge fan of the "alien" franchise, other than having a love for h.r. giger's work when i was in high school. MEANWHILE, i really like jeunot's style as a director and i also enjoy that he brings a repertory cast of supporting actors with him to every film. further, it's one of the few times i've sat through more than one hour of joss whedon's writing without wanting to slap someone. he can be very clever, but sometimes he gets too precocious for his own good, and i thought he struck a fair balance of snark vs. geek in AR.

i realize how a diehard fan of the earlier movies would look at this one and consider it instant heresy. i kinda like it for that reason too, though.

and don't get me wrong - certain aspects of the film were PURE moments, but it was a sci-fi franchise sequel that took stylistic risks and i appreciated it. it was the movie version of sinead o'connor's "am i not your girl" album, which i think i'm also in the minority as loving.

i liked alien:resurrection

BUT. i've never been a huge fan of the "alien" franchise, other than having a love for h.r. giger's work when i was in high school. MEANWHILE, i really like jeunot's style as a director and i also enjoy that he brings a repertory cast of supporting actors with him to every film. further, it's one of the few times i've sat through more than one hour of joss whedon's writing without wanting to slap someone. he can be very clever, but sometimes he gets too precocious for his own good, and i thought he struck a fair balance of snark vs. geek in AR.

Anxiety said:

What else has Joss Whedon written that has lasted longer than the length of a TV episode? Do you mean the Serenity film?

i liked alien:resurrection

BUT. i've never been a huge fan of the "alien" franchise, other than having a love for h.r. giger's work when i was in high school. MEANWHILE, i really like jeunot's style as a director and i also enjoy that he brings a repertory cast of supporting actors with him to every film. further, it's one of the few times i've sat through more than one hour of joss whedon's writing without wanting to slap someone. he can be very clever, but sometimes he gets too precocious for his own good, and i thought he struck a fair balance of snark vs. geek in AR.

i realize how a diehard fan of the earlier movies would look at this one and consider it instant heresy. i kinda like it for that reason too, though.

and don't get me wrong - certain aspects of the film were PURE moments, but it was a sci-fi franchise sequel that took stylistic risks and i appreciated it. it was the movie version of sinead o'connor's "am i not your girl" album, which i think i'm also in the minority as loving.

Anxiety said:

Imago said:

lol aliens on the moon hey, i can just see what hollywood would do with that now....aliens jumping halfway across the moon to land on someone perfectly and eat their head off

sextonseven said:

fine. not an hour. ten minutes.

Anxiety said:

SACRILEGE! BLASPHEMY!

Seriously though, his run on Astonishing X-Men is the best since Claremont/Byrne in the 80s. Maybe you should only read it for ten minutes at a time.

I wish that in the end of Alien Resurrection that big ship they were on would have crashed on the moon. That way in the next movie they would have the Aliens attacking some base on the moon, that would have been cool.

Imago said:

i liked alien:resurrection

BUT. i've never been a huge fan of the "alien" franchise, other than having a love for h.r. giger's work when i was in high school. MEANWHILE, i really like jeunot's style as a director and i also enjoy that he brings a repertory cast of supporting actors with him to every film. further, it's one of the few times i've sat through more than one hour of joss whedon's writing without wanting to slap someone. he can be very clever, but sometimes he gets too precocious for his own good, and i thought he struck a fair balance of snark vs. geek in AR.

i realize how a diehard fan of the earlier movies would look at this one and consider it instant heresy. i kinda like it for that reason too, though.

and don't get me wrong - certain aspects of the film were PURE moments, but it was a sci-fi franchise sequel that took stylistic risks and i appreciated it. it was the movie version of sinead o'connor's "am i not your girl" album, which i think i'm also in the minority as loving.

kpowers said:

it would be even cooler if they had ace frehley and TRON wake up from suspended animation on the moon base when the ship crashes.

kpowers said:

it would be even cooler if they had ace frehley and TRON wake up from suspended animation on the moon base when the ship crashes.

Anxiety said:

I think you'd proably like Joss Whedon's Firefly series It takes a couple of episodes but it's all good after that.

superspaceboy said:

Anx is clearly a blasphemer and wouldn't like an excellent series like Firefly because the writing trademark Joss.

Anxiety said:

NO!!!!!

kpowers said:

fine. peter criss and air bud then.

sextonseven said:

actually, i've been coerced into watching the 'firefly' series and i'm up to disc 2, and i have to admit i really don't mind it. so stick that in your smoking paraphernalia and inhale!

sextonseven said:

actually, i've been coerced into watching the 'firefly' series and i'm up to disc 2, and i have to admit i really don't mind it. so stick that in your smoking paraphernalia and inhale!

Anxiety said:

You're going to have to suffer through two hours of the Serenity movie to find out what happens to the crew.

Anxiety said:

It took me a while! Casey kept pushing me. By the last few episodes I became sad as I really liked the show, but knew it was over. Thank GOD for the movie Serenity!

Joss Whedon taps Eliza Dushku for new Fox series
Oct 31, 2007, 10:23 PM
by Dan Snierson

Cult TV fans, set your emotions to thrilled: Joss Whedon is finally returning to the tube. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer mastermind has just signed a deal with Fox to create a drama series called Dollhouse. Better yet, he's chosen a very familiar face to inhabit it: she of Faith fame, Eliza Dushku.

The show, which boasts a seven-episode commitment for 2008 and a hefty license fee between $1.5 million and $2 million per ep, will chronicle the exploits of a group of individuals who are "imprinted with personality packages" — meaning that they can assume a variety of indentities (language skills, physical talents, memories, etc.) to be used for all types of tasks. When these missions are over, the individuals have their memories erased and reside in a guarded laboratory known as the Dollhouse; Dushku's Echo, however, is slowly coming of consciousness. "We call it a suspense-drama-mythology-comedy-action-horror musical," Whedon half-jokes of the show, which will bend and blend genres in typical Joss fashion. "The main thrust is the thruline of Echo as a sort of newly born character who goes, 'Wait a minute — I exist. Wow. So who would I be? And how dangerous is it for me to let anybody know that I know that I exist?' Not unlike the Frankenstein myth, it's, 'Who made me, who am I, and why am I?'"

Sounds like Dushku has already bonded with her alter ego. "She's fierce and she's hot, but she's also so complex, and she's going to be so tripped out because she's in this world, which I can identify with, where there are people who can click a button and succeed in making you be what they want you to be. It's this whole mindtrip of objectification," she says. "It's going to have sex and heartbreak and violence and hilarity. That, to me, is a hot show."

So when did construction on Dollhouse begin? The two were having a friendly meal last month — Dushku was seeking some project guidance after signing a deal with Fox — when inspiration hit the pair. "In the middle of the lunch, I said, 'Oh, s---, I made up a show, and I have a title,'" recalls Whedon. "And that's when you know you're dead, when there's a title." Dushku, who'll also serve as a producer on this 20th Century Fox TV series, was more than thrilled to reteam with her mentor. "I've always said from the Buffy days, 'I'll follow that guy anywhere,'" she notes. "I just had to find him and pluck him out of his supposed retirement from television."

The timing of this project is somewhat fortuitous for Whedon. (Except, of course, for that whole impending strike mess.) The latest rewrite of his supernatural triller Goners for Universal "was not incredibly well-received," he says. "Nothing's happening with it right now. It's not good news, but one door closes, and then there's a draft, and another one opens."

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