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Old 04-05-2024, 04:36 AM   #8781
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I finally watched Aliens and that movie kicks ass, it's a perfect action film. But I prefer Alien, it just made the Xenomorphs more bad ass and mysterious. One was able to take out the whole crew, while this one they could take out so many they felt less intense.

Also, personally I absolutely loved the 4k transfer, it looks spectacular, it's one of the sharpest and crispness transfers I've ever seen, demo worthy disk.



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I finally watched Aliens and that movie kicks ass, it's a perfect action film. But I prefer Alien, it just made the Xenomorphs more bad ass and mysterious. One was able to take out the whole crew, while this one they could take out so many they felt less intense.

Also, personally I absolutely loved the 4k transfer, it looks spectacular, it's one of the sharpest and crispness transfers I've ever seen, demo worthy disk.
Team Alien! Good call, while Aliens is fantastic, it just doesn't have the isolating feel of Alien. I always find those last 7 minutes or so incredibly haunting and lonely.
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I'm also a big fan of Alien over the others. The tension of the small space and this killing machine running around is perfect.

Aliens is a fun action movie, but I don't think it makes me actually feel something the same way Alien did. When I first watched Alien I could actually hear my heart beating at certain points.
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You've upset Bill Paxton.
Bill Paxton is the man, Titanic, True Lies, Frailty, all fantastic.
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Bill Paxton is the man, Titanic, True Lies, Frailty, all fantastic.
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this would be a great one to watch...if it was actually possible to watch it right now
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Ghost World is actual different and quirky, Scott Pilgrim vs The World is faux different and quirky?
Scott Pilgrim is one of the most faithfully adapted from the comic book movies ever made.
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Old 04-05-2024, 10:51 AM   #8787
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Bill Paxton is the man, Titanic, True Lies, Frailty, all fantastic.
I’d throw Weird Science in there as well. He was so damn funny in that.
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Bill Paxton is the man, Titanic, True Lies, Frailty, all fantastic.
I loved Frailty. A shame it didn't open more doors for him as a director.
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Old 04-05-2024, 01:30 PM   #8789
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I’d throw Weird Science in there as well. He was so damn funny in that.
Loved him in Live, Die, Repeat. I think that was his last major release?

He left us far too early.
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Near Dark was another good Paxton role. Dude was awesome in everything he was in.
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Near Dark was another good Paxton role. Dude was awesome in everything he was in.
I thought he was awful in the last Independence Day movie. I was also never a fan of Sleepless in Seattle, too schmaltzy for my taste.
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I thought he was awful in the last Independence Day movie. I was also never a fan of Sleepless in Seattle, too schmaltzy for my taste.
Um...who wants to tell him?
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I know my Paxton versus Pullman. Pullman was really good in Rocketeer, very underrated movie. As was Paxton in The Phantom. Those were the good years growing up and being introduced to Jennifer Connelly and Catherine Zeta-Jones in their prime.

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I just can't like Harry Potter. I've tried, I saw the first two films plus one or two others in theatre, I read the books. But the movies just don't do it for me. The Philosopher's Stone is so goddam cloy, simplistic, and filled with cliches, I couldn't stand it. I know the characters and story grow with the series, but the seeds of distain have already been planted, and I doubt I have the emotional maturity to uproot this sentiment.

Nevertheless, I'll give Chamber of Secrets a shot tomorrow.
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My daughter is getting into Harry Potter and we are starting to watch them.

The first 2 are definitely a bit simplistic and childish and don’t get the series off to a great start. It really finds its legs on movies 3-5 when more darker themes are introduced. Then you have 6 and 7 that are a bit of a mess followed by 8 being an epic satisfying conclusion.
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I made my kids read the books before I let them watch the Harry Potter movies.

Mainly because I knew they would want me to watch with them and the movies looked like they sucked.


And they did
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Old 04-05-2024, 08:04 PM   #8799
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As a teenager my holy trinity of action movies was T2, Raiders, and The Road Warrior.

A more modern trinity is probably Fury Road, John Wick 4, and MI: Fallout.
Perfect 90s action movie trilogy: Con Air, Matrix and Independence Day
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Bill Paxton is the man, Titanic, True Lies, Frailty, all fantastic.
He totally deserved an oscar for Aliens!

Also at the end of the Calgary Expo the year he was here, he grabbed the mic and told the entire con to "get the eff out man!" hahahaha
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