tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post6934426305485805676..comments2024-03-28T14:49:36.133-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Alien Week: Aliens (1986)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-26620949541212184792017-05-16T12:50:10.273-04:002017-05-16T12:50:10.273-04:00Thank you, John.
SGBThank you, John. <br /><br />SGBSGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137406272001346149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-90124981332221312592017-05-15T14:55:11.774-04:002017-05-15T14:55:11.774-04:00John, brilliant reviews of both ALIEN and in ALIEN...<br />John, brilliant reviews of both ALIEN and in ALIENS discussing the Vietnam War symbolism. We learned that the crew of the Nostromo did no worse than the Colonial Marines without their advanced primary weapons. Although, I often wonder how the Colonial Marines would have done if they could have used those advanced weapons.<br />Ridley Scott's Alien and James Cameron's Aliens are perfect films together or alone. Together, Alien and Aliens are basically a big budget retelling of the Space:1999 "Dragon's Domain" episode with Tony Cellini being replaced by Lt. Ripley. Nobody believed Cellini because he lost the Ultraprobe with the crew dead and was punished/grounded on Earth upon his recovering in the Ultraprobe lifeboat. As was Ripley when she destroyed the Nostromo with the crew dead and was punished at Earth upon her recovery in the Narcissus shuttle. Both Cellini/Ripley return to where the creatures were first encountered. Happily, Ridley Scott did not kill Ripley at the end of Alien(1979) even though he wrote in the original script the creature killed her as Cellini was killed at the end of "Dragon's Domain". <br /><br />SGBSGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137406272001346149noreply@blogger.com