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Craig Davidson (18 KP) rated Aliens (1986) in Movies

May 11, 2019 (Updated May 11, 2019)  
Aliens (1986)
Aliens (1986)
1986 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Hudson (3 more)
Pulse rifle
Alien queen
Marines
First 20 mins (0 more)
Stop ya grinning and drop ya linen
Contains spoilers, click to show
So what can I say about aliens. Since its release in 1986 it's become probably one of my favourite and go to films. James Cameron at his best.
The whole cast are amazing and although the movie is a little yawn until the marines come in to it I just adore it.
The movie picks up where alien finished finding Riley in the escape craft form the nostromo 57 years later. She is picked up by a salvage craft and taken back to be grilled by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation (nooooo) as to why she destroyed the nostromo.
As usual the big wigs do not believe the story and inform Ripley that the planet LV-426 is now inhabited by terraformers who are changing the planet to be more earth kike. Soooo after the grilling Ripley gets Carter Burke (slimey weasel corporate man ) sends people from Hadleys Hope station to investigate the coordinates where the alien ship was first encountered. And of course Newts dad ends up with a beauty of a face hugger on his mush. This starts the chain of events that basically wipes out the whole station.
So after a while Burke and Lt Gorman. track down Ripely to ask her to join them as an advisor and go back to LV-426. She of course says no until she has a dream and leaves her ginger pussy at home.
So now the film really begins and the USS Sulaco comes in to shit looking like a giant gun.
We then meet the colonial marines including Android bishop and my favourite film character of all time hudson.
They all arrive and on the planet and eventually come across the little girl Newt (Rebecca but no body calls her that ,except her brother ) who has survived the alien invasion by crawling around the air ducts.
The marines eventually find the rest of the colony via there trackers and head to collect them. Of course they find the colony people stuck to the walls by some sort of secreted resin ( but secreted by why what ?) With there chest cavities well open exposing there inner organs. They then find a live one ( in a shit ya pants moment) and we get to see the alien push through the poor woman's chest.
The marines torch the little git and then all hell breaks loose. But we get to hear the iconic sound of the pulse rifle and get to hear Vasquez shout "let's rock" as they try to sort out the pesky bug problem by spraying the whole place with bullets.
We loose slot of the secondary cast in this scene and they also crack one of the nuclear reactors which will blow up soon.
The marines fight hard but they end up loosing the drop ship and are stranded. So the plan is hatched to remote a new drip ship down from the sulaco.
The android bishop has to crawl down a very long pipe in a very claustrophobic scene to get a signal to use the remote control.
The rest of the people left alive Ripley ,Hicks ,Gorman ,Hudson ,Vasquez ,Newt and the horrible Burke at left in the station to set up and defend themselves and fortify the area.
But the alien have there clever mama and they attack in force.
It's is in this attack we see how brave the loudmouth marine Hudson is in what is my opinion one of the greatest last scenes ever of a character "fuck you " being his last words.
After this the rest are lost apart from Hicks and Ripley and newt and bishop .
Newt takes a slide down a vent and gets lost , Ripley then goes and gets her and comes across the bad ass bitch that's has been laying the alien eggs . A fight happens and Ripley gets newt out and back to the drop ship and back to USS Sulaco with hicks and bishop. But ohhhhh no the mama alien was on board and rips bishop in half and covers the place in milk. Ripley beats the crap out of the mama alien with a really cool fork lift then they all go to sleep.
Aliens for me is a classic and better than the original.
  
Life (2017)
Life (2017)
2017 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Life is a solid and enjoyable sci-fi flick. It's certainly not going to be a classic that will be remembered in years to come but it's definitely entertaining. The visuals are strong - both for the look of space and the realisation of Calvin the alien.
Critic- A Selenator's View
Original Score: 68 out of 100

Read Review: http://aselenatorsview.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/life-2017.html
  
Life (2017)
Life (2017)
2017 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
I enjoyed the claustrophobic setting of the ISS and how the meek and mild specimen turns 'Life' isn't a bed of roses for Jake. on its hosts. The editing and music are riveting and will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
Critic- A Big Spark
Original Score: 3.5 out of 5

Read Review: http://abigspark.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/life-keeping-out-alien-refugees.html
  
Subnautica
Subnautica
2018 | Action/Adventure
Everything (0 more)
Some bugs but continuous fixs (0 more)
Awesome
Absolutely love this game, have completed it 4,5,6,7 times and still amazed at it. Survival, adventure, exploration, resource gathering and sometimes a horror game this game has it all !!! graphics are good for an alien planet but the underwater at night is mesmerising. Would suggest giving it a play even if the start is a little slow
  
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
1982 | Sci-Fi
10
8.5 (75 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Story, music, acting, (0 more)
Nothing of note (0 more)
A commercial flop upon it's 1982 release and gaining cult status much later on.
This is a personal favourite and a classic from the Vangelis soundtrack and exquisite performances to the dystopian future visuals, I am fully aware this film is divisive, however I believe this to be one of Scott's finest movies alongside Alien, "I want more time F****r"
  
Star Wars: Aftermath: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Aftermath: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Chuck Wendig | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
An incredibly well-written story that really feels like what you'd expect from a new Star Wars movie. If you're looking to jump into canon with this book like I did, you might be confused by all of the new characters and alien names. But the story itself is really good and the way it builds the post-Return of the Jedi world is awesome.
  
Brightburn (2019)
Brightburn (2019)
2019 | Horror
Elizabeth Banks (1 more)
Jackson a Dunn
Great movie perfect plot what if superman was evil as a child but not call him superman or Clark Kent it's such an original ideal Jackson a Dunn plays Branden the boy who might an alien is amazing in the role and Elizabeth Banks as his mother also brilliant left it open for a sequel which I would like too see