3 best ridleyh soctt

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:00 pm

1. alien
2. blade runre
3. thelam and luoise

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:08 pm

I just watched Alien and no, it is not better than Blade Runner.

You're wrong.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:20 pm

Alien is better than Blade Runner. I agree with myself on this one.

They're both wonderful, don't get me wrong. But you have to pick one, and the correct one to pick is: Alien.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:30 pm

Unless you wanted to pick it correctly, in which case, no.

I'll start.

Alien is too slow to be considered better than Blade Runner. Is there a wasted moment in Blade Runner?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:46 pm

We're gonna do this, whether you want to or not.

Which movie had the better opening? Blade Runner or Alien?

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.. Why the fuck was there an ad there? What the fuck?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:46 pm

Wait, that fucking thing wasn't the opening.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:51 pm

OK, don't click on that. Click on this. THIS is the opening. The best opening of any movie ever, Pinback?

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Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:40 am

Ben, please edit your post to change the title from "3 best ridleyh soctt" to "3 Best Ridley Scott."

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:12 am

Tdarcos wrote:Ben, please edit your post to change the title from "3 best ridleyh soctt" to "3 Best Ridley Scott."

I will not.

Blade Runner has a better beginning than Alien. Overall, Alien is a better movie.

EDIT: I kind of take that back. Alien's VERY beginning, the opening credit sequence, is maybe the greatest opening credit sequences ever devised. But yes, after that, Blade Runner's opening is better.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:46 am

pinback wrote:
Tdarcos wrote:Ben, please edit your post to change the title from "3 best ridleyh soctt" to "3 Best Ridley Scott."
I will not.

Blade Runner has a better beginning than Alien. Overall, Alien is a better movie.

EDIT: I kind of take that back. Alien's VERY beginning, the opening credit sequence, is maybe the greatest opening credit sequences ever devised. But yes, after that, Blade Runner's opening is better.

OK, I am glad we established that. I am glad that we have the first part down.

"Blade Runner's Opening is better than Alien's opening." -- Ben Parrish

CO · Post by CO » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:15 am

pinback wrote:Blade Runner has a better beginning than Alien. Overall, Alien is a better movie.

For once pinner is right, Blade Runner is one of the few sci fi movies that I've never made it through without falling asleep. Alien is good but Aliens is better, in my humble opinion. It's got more action and Paul Riser is perfect as a complete backstabbing piece of shit. I hated the third one though.

CO · Post by CO » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:16 am

Dune is the other scifi that puts me to sleep every time I try to get through it.

ICJ · Post by **ICJ** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:34 pm

CO wrote:
pinback wrote:Blade Runner has a better beginning than Alien. Overall, Alien is a better movie.
For once pinner is right, Blade Runner is one of the few sci fi movies that I've never made it through without falling asleep. Alien is good but Aliens is better, in my humble opinion. It's got more action and Paul Riser is perfect as a complete backstabbing piece of shit. I hated the third one though.

You make a good point, a guy getting shot in the fucking chest before the 4 minute mark makes me drift off into dreamland as well.

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:24 pm

It isn't surprising that ICJ prefers the noir motif (in Blade Runner) over the thriller backdrop of Alien (FoD, ND, and CZ have heavy noir vibes and atmospheres to them).

As to my opinion, I'm going to remain impartial: BR and Alien could be construed as the most modern films I've watched in the last few years. However, the polish and craftsmanship of Blade Runner: The Final Cut really outshines that of Alien and other re-imaginings or "special editions," of other films.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:27 pm

Blade Runner puts you to sleep, but in a good way, due to its entrancing, dreamlike vibe. I do not give any demerits for that.

Alien vs. Aliens? Oh, how to pick. They're both wonderful. I think it comes down to which genre you prefer -- sci-fi/action or sci-fi/horror. Both are at the very top of each of their respective heap.

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:32 pm

Alien and Aliens actually have very similar vibes: though more action based, Aliens still retains the "thriller" theme in that it builds up the encounters. Alien also exploited this, but it was more the psychological as opposed to the physical conflict that defined the film.

As a sequel though, Aliens did build on the ideas presented in the first movie quite well and I don't see either being mutually exclusive.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:22 pm

RetroRomper is correct. In fact, he is correct in this thread, and so am I, and so is Pinback when he says he's not giving demerits to Blade Runner (which I will try to watch again before the end of the month).

The noir aspects of it delight me, and I wish there were more than one cyberpunk noir movie made. How the &^%$ do we live in a world where there is no Neuromancer or When Gravity Fails movie? HOW? How.

How...

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:22 am

pinback wrote:
Tdarcos wrote:Ben, please edit your post to change the title from "3 best ridleyh soctt" to "3 Best Ridley Scott."
I will not.

Please explain why you think it's better to look like either you're an uneducated cretin or that you post here while drunk?

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:26 am

Tdarcos wrote:
pinback wrote:
Tdarcos wrote:Ben, please edit your post to change the title from "3 best ridleyh soctt" to "3 Best Ridley Scott."
I will not.
Please explain why you think it's better to look like either you're an uneducated cretin or that you post here while drunk?

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