Post by kingkoopa on Sept 21, 2019 23:21:45 GMT
I prefer the horror angle (parts 1 and 3) to the action angle, but "Aliens" is a damned-near perfect movie in many respects. I saw it not too long after it came out and remember being wowed by not just the usual stuff (great cast, visuals, creature effects), but it was the first movie I remember ever noticing such solid sound design. The sound of the pulse rifles, for example, stuck with me for a long time. One of the first internet searches I did was looking for that sound effects database.
I'll also remember getting sick a few years later and getting laid up. My old-school, no escapist bone in his body, father watched it with me (his first viewing) and I remember vividly him getting absorbed in the story. When Burke gets his, my dad yells "that's what you get you sonofabitch, you get the gooey one!" referencing that particular xeno's foamy mouth.
I love the man and that is the only time I can ever remember a film eliciting any kind of reaction from him.
I'll also remember getting sick a few years later and getting laid up. My old-school, no escapist bone in his body, father watched it with me (his first viewing) and I remember vividly him getting absorbed in the story. When Burke gets his, my dad yells "that's what you get you sonofabitch, you get the gooey one!" referencing that particular xeno's foamy mouth.
I love the man and that is the only time I can ever remember a film eliciting any kind of reaction from him.