Aliens
The damn quotes are all over the walls, man:
- Game over man, game over!
- For close encounters.
- They mostly come at night. Mostly.
It is still incredible how a complete mood shift from the last film works so well. And it’s a direct sequel too, almost 60 years later for semi-contrived reasons. Makes Prometheus seem like the bad fanfic it is.
There’s a surprising amount of backwards projection on the action scenes, it’s almost old school. But the effects are not dated, it still holds up pretty well after decades.
It’s a simple plot, no major twists, only setbacks. It’s all for nought, almost everybody dies, and for the next film even Newt is killed. Keep dissolving that continuity in acid.
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