how on earth was this almost as well received as the first one?
geuinely LOVED the first one, second one still has some of its qualities but weakened; generic action even facing its age.
I don't mean to rain on your parade but many people call Alien a generic horror movie with a spooky alien.
Both take the idea of xenomorph and tell it in two different, yet incredibly entertaining ways.
>>67782645
>how on earth was this almost as well received as the first one?
They're different, but equally enjoyable?
>>67782825
>>67783200
/thread
>>67782645
>no fun allowed
>>67782645
Well, it's about as good as sequels get so don't bother going any further
>>67783404
:3
I think Alien is among the best horror movies ever made.
The claustrophobia, the unsettling eeriness of the void of space. The Lovecraftian, sexualized weirdness of Giger's designs. That feeling of suspense when you don't know what you're dealing with or where the creature could be.
Aliens was good, no doubt about it. It was an entertaining action movie. But to me, it doesn't hold a candle to the first one.
>>67782645
>he doesn't get Aliens
>>67782645
One alien alone has to go ninja, many aliens together wreck the fuck out of shit.
>>67783916
>lovecraftian
>Alien
>Lovecraft
How to spot someone whose never read him or just the first 4 pages of Cthulu.
>>67782645
I'd argue because its the type of sequel where both sides of the conflict step up and deliver the next logical step of escalation. The humans get guns, and the aliens show up in larger numbers. It's also a natural escalation of a flight to a fight.
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>>67784195
They're not wrong. He may not have been a direct influence but I could easily see the Alien creature/universe as Lovecraftian.
>>67784195
To be fair, the scene where they discover the ship is almost ripped straight out of ATMOM
