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[Snarf Zagyg]

Legion is the best Marvel superhero show made to date.

And it’s not particularly close.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Bill Paxton was awesome, I miss him.

In general, an underrated actor, honestly.

 

[Reynard]

Legion is the best Marvel superhero show made to date.

And it’s not particularly close.

Moon Knight enters the chat

 

[Gradine]

Legion is the best Marvel superhero show made to date.

And it’s not particularly close.

Moon Knight enters the chat

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Aliens, is overrated.

Reported

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It holds up. Especially the extended cut.

Yikes, I was going to say it holds up, but under no circumstances see the extended cut, with Newt's family, a kid on a Weyland-Yutani Big Wheel, and Paul Reiser and Sigourney Weaver giving Basil Exposition a run for his money. All of the scary stuff that was implicit in the theatrical cut is a lot lamer -- and features cringeworthy 1980s hair and costumes -- when spelled out in the cut scenes.

The only thing worth watching in the extended cut is the auto-gun sequence.

 

[humble minion]

Yikes, I was going to say it holds up, but under no circumstances see the extended cut, with Newt's family, a kid on a Weyland-Yutani Big Wheel, and Paul Reiser and Sigourney Weaver giving Basil Exposition a run for his money. All of the scary stuff that was implicit in the theatrical cut is a lot lamer -- and features cringeworthy 1980s hair and costumes -- when spelled out in the cut scenes.

The only thing worth watching in the extended cut is the auto-gun sequence.

The director's cut was a mixed bag. Including all of the pre-infestation stuff with Newt's family etc was a mistake and detracted from the tension of the scene when the marines finally arrived at the colony, but the scenes with Ripley's daughter and the sentry guns definitely made the movie better. It's odd though - i saw the film at Imax a few years ago, and they had a further extended sequence when the salvage vessel docks with the lifepod at the start, which I don't think I've ever seen anywhere else. Is there an extended extended version?

Mind you, I must have watched the thing a hundred times before I noticed the plot hole where Ripley, just after being informed that the fusion reactor next door is about to explode, and fully aware that the aliens may attack the shell-shocked survivors at any moment, decides that right now is the perfect time to take a nap, rather than waiting a couple more hours before the dropship arrives...

 

[dragoner]

I had to laugh when someone asked an Army Captain what he thought of Aliens and first comment was that all the marines are ten years too old.

 

[humble minion]

I had to laugh when someone asked an Army Captain what he thought of Aliens and first comment was that all the marines are ten years too old.

To be fair, that's true for pretty much every war movie ever from Saving Private Ryan down. Casting directors want soldiers to look like hard-faced manly man grizzled veterans rather than pimply and often-terrified 19yos.

 

[MGibster]

I had a friend back in the day that said that ketchup was spicy.

I mean, that opinion did put 1950s American cuisine into focus.

Beetle Bailey sometimes complained that the spicy pepperoni on his pizza caused bad dreams. I think the American palate has changed significantly over the last sixty years.