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Old 10-01-2019, 03:33 PM   #123
Cecil Terwilliger
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Originally Posted by Fuzz View Post
I dunno, Aliens just feels like mostly an action movie set on an alien planet. Alien was a horror, but the space setting also had a lot more to do with that horror. The isolation, cinematography, set pieces etc all benefit from the sci-fi space setting. Aliens could have really been set anywhere and had largely the same story.
Take away the space ships, technology, xenomorphs and alien planet and of course Aliens isn’t sci-fi. But it has those things so it is.

Exact same principle applies to Alien. Take away everything that makes it sci-fi and it’s just another horror film.

Last edited by Cecil Terwilliger; 10-01-2019 at 03:43 PM. Reason: Reworded for clarity.
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