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They misspelled “The Thing.”
It is, the Gun is just Naked (the OG trilogy.)
It's always bothered me that someone went and called their band "Death", but I find it difficult to articulate why.
Death kicks ass, though.
Politicians in my eyes!
Chase!
Bullet was a pretty good movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_(video_game)
It was reasonably successful for its time.
I remember it being the better of the two open world cowboy games that came out that year.
best science-fiction film ever made
Idk about that buddy
We can debate the top rankings, but Alien is in the pantheon for sure. It's practically flawless as a movie. You could argue for 2001, or Blade Runner, or Close Encounters of the Third Kind. But you would have to at least compare those to Alien to prove they're better in some way.
All of those except Alien could be argued to have pacing problems.
Pfft no, 2001 is perfect. Every time I’ve watched it I’ve been high af, and I fall asleep for a few min at a time throughout it, and I don’t miss anything at all!
I certainly wouldn’t want to watch it sober, though.
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Ahem....Aliens
Aliens is quite possibly the most perfect sequel to any movie ever. Rocky II, Terminator 2, Godfather Part 2, Empire Strikes Back, it's up there with the best of the best.
What makes Alien/Aliens special is that they are entirely different movies. Different styles, different feel, and almost an entirely different cast. All those other excellent sequels were continuations of the story, using characters and settings established in the first film. You start with Godfather Part 2, and you'll be almost entirely lost with who is who and why you should care. You can go into Aliens entirely blind, and you'll still get like 90% of the enjoyment. Watching Alien improves the experience, but is actually unnecessary.
And that's part of why it's so good. You should watch Alien, not just for the backstory on Aliens but because it's an amazing standalone film.
It woulda been cool to get some more sequels, but alas...
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Honestly, there's also "The Thing" which is also as simple as it gets.
Here's The Thing...
Nah man, that's just a dog.
This is my vote as well. And it fits the prompt!
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It's certainly in the running, the first two are basically perfect movies
Sharknado is exactly what it says on the tin
Sharknado VR was worth the money I spent on it (it was on a 50% sale, so I only paid 50 cents)
I can never get in to Sharknado.
It just… sucks.
Like I get that it’s supposed to be corny and stupid, but I like my corny and stupid to be a function of the creators incompetence and a $257 budget most spent on aluminum foil.
Like the movie “Independents Day” (yes, ents and not ence).
In fairness, so is Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”.
You know what a gun is. A lethal weapon
It’s not so much a sci-fi film as a horror film in a sci-fi setting.
Is that like saying Star Trek is more of a Western show with a sci-fi setting?
I fucking hate this but it's true. God dammit.
Event Horizon is a horror film in a sci-fi setting. Alien is a sci-fi set in a horror situation.
What makes something a sci-fi film?
The science in the film is fiction. Like jump drives, FTL, or interstellar travel in general, laser zappers and swords, consciousness transfer, etc.
This really depends. Are we talking about “hard” science fiction (where the science is the main driver of the story, like much of Star Trek where attempts are made to explain the fictional science) or “soft” science fiction (like Dune, where the science is not really explained, more assumed, and serves as the background for the film)? I’d argue Alien falls into the former because the biology of the xenomorph is the major focus of the story.
I'm perhaps way off, but to me sci-fi is pretty much any narrative that mirrors our own world but with specific differences that have an effect on the story. Eg a story that's a regular setting but everyone has to pay for oxygen, or a story set in an alternate history where the British empire never faded. The differences are variables that can be used to view humanity from a different perspective.
To me Star Trek and Dune are essentially fantasy settings. Star Trek though obviously has sci-fi stories. Eg depicting a broadly post-racial society but using aliens as a tool to explore racism in our own culture.
I heard it was Top Gun. :^}
Yeah well it's called 'heat'
"Shoot em Up". ?
Aliens are not a core element of science fiction. It should be named Future
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