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imtim83
The Dark Knight
Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:55 pm Posts: 780
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 Why was there never a really good alien movie out there?
I know there is sorta some but none in my opinion. I know which ones you all are going to name but I am talking about recent ones.
Like Taken it wasn't a movie but a very good mini-series about aliens.
Better than any alien movie I have seen so far.
I thought maybe signs was going to be it but it turned out to not be  Though I still liked it pretty much Signs just wanted it to be something else than what it was but don't get me wrong it was a good movie!
There is just no good alien movies out there.
I know there the old War of Worlds as well but thats so old. I know there the new one coming out but I hope its as good as Taken if not better.
I just wish there was a alien movie out there that was as good as Taken or better.
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:13 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 68365
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How about 'Signs'?
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:17 am |
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imtim83
The Dark Knight
Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:55 pm Posts: 780
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Signs really isn't a alien movie to me.
The only thing that comes close so far is the mini series Taken.
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:29 am |
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andaroo1
Lord of filth
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:47 pm Posts: 9566
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:38 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 68365
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andaroo wrote: Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
*whispers* He said recent. *whispers*
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:46 am |
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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:07 pm Posts: 28301 Location: ... siiiigh...
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This is really true. There isn't really any satisfying alien movies recently. I mean of course Alien and Close Encounter, but recently there's nothing. Nothing at all noteworthy. I love aliens, and I want a good alien movie, dammit. Now I'm pissed off!! :x
:wink:
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:39 pm |
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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i see Signs as a alien film a very good one too :?
i guess, we have to wait and see if war of the worlds is not crap!! 
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:42 pm |
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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
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matatonio wrote: i see Signs as a alien film a very good one too :? i guess, we have to wait and see if war of the worlds is not crap!! 
I ... never saw Signs. 
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:06 pm |
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El Maskado
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:17 pm Posts: 21572
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I have no idea what you are talking about. Theres ton of good alien movies ranging from X-files to the Arrival. Heres some of my recommedation
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Contact
The Arrival
ET
Alien Nation
X-files
Signs
Should I go on?
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:34 pm |
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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Mr. X wrote: matatonio wrote: i see Signs as a alien film a very good one too :? i guess, we have to wait and see if war of the worlds is not crap!!  I ... never saw Signs. 
:o tsk tsk tsk *shakes head*
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:35 pm |
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El Maskado
Arrrrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhh!
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:17 pm Posts: 21572
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imtim, Did you ever see the 1984 movie Starman? I think that is what you are looking for in terms of matching the theme with Taken
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:38 pm |
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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El_masked_esteROIDe_user wrote: I have no idea what you are talking about. Theres ton of good alien movies ranging from X-files to the Arrival. Heres some of my recommedation
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Contact The Arrival ET Alien Nation X-files Signs
Should I go on?
he said recent movies
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:39 pm |
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El Maskado
Arrrrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhh!
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:17 pm Posts: 21572
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matatonio wrote: El_masked_esteROIDe_user wrote: I have no idea what you are talking about. Theres ton of good alien movies ranging from X-files to the Arrival. Heres some of my recommedation
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Contact The Arrival ET Alien Nation X-files Signs
Should I go on? he said recent movies
If he means recent, Mothman Prophecies ring a bell?
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:45 pm |
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Jeff
Christian's #1 Fan
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That's not an alien movie. That's a supernatural horror film.
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:08 pm |
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El Maskado
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RogueCommander wrote: That's not an alien movie. That's a supernatural horror film.
Its an alien movie if you read the real life Mothman Prophecies. They the town folks think that some aliens are involved
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:14 pm |
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Jeff
Christian's #1 Fan
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That may be. But the movie is not presented as an "alien" film. That was my point.
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:15 pm |
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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
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A full-fledged alien movie. Not maybes, or "perhaps they're extraterrestrials". A full on alien movie would be nice. 1996's Mars Attacks and 1998's The X-Files: Fight the Future were good (depending on your definition of good, I suppose), but I would like to see just one full-on alien movie, where aliens are shown, and it's not some b-movie rip-off. I don't know, maybe I'm nuts, but we got enough crap out already, let's try aliens. REAL aliens. Not hints or teases.
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 4:56 pm |
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andaroo1
Lord of filth
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:47 pm Posts: 9566
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El_masked_esteROIDe_user wrote: If he means recent, Mothman Prophecies ring a bell?
*whispers* he said good! *whispers*
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:04 pm |
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andaroo1
Lord of filth
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Contact.
Fire in the Sky.
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:04 pm |
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El Maskado
Arrrrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhh!
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andaroo wrote: El_masked_esteROIDe_user wrote: If he means recent, Mothman Prophecies ring a bell? *whispers* he said good! *whispers*
Says the person who loved Armageddon. And besides the two movies you just listed arent recent if you consider movies 8-10 years recent :wink:
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:10 pm |
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neo_wolf
Extraordinary
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:19 pm Posts: 11033
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Lilo and Stitch was pretty good. 
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:16 pm |
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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neo_wolf wrote: Lilo and Stitch was pretty good. 
 yes it was, hehe!
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:37 pm |
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A. G.
Draughty
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:23 am Posts: 13347
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Was KPax an alien movie? Or was it about a nut. I never actually saw it and don't care if it's spoiled, it looked bad.
Men in Black 1 and 2 were high profile movies about aliens. As well as Independence Day and Stargate.
And of course Alien 1-5 and AvP but that goes without saying.
Yeah but recently there hasn't been many. The aliens in Signs was the worst attempt at an alien I've ever seen in a modern movie, it just looked like a man in a rubber suit literally.
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:23 pm |
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bABA
Commander and Chef
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:56 am Posts: 30505 Location: Tonight ... YOU!
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KPax, the way i interpreted it, WAS INDEED an alien movie. And a very good one in my opinion (but again, thats subject to ones interpretation of the movie).
Signs at the core had very little to do with aliens. Aliens were just a tool used .. the movie wasn't about them.
Contact implied aliens .... saw them briefly .. nothing more.
yup, save Star Trek and Star Wars, no recent Alien movie comes to mind .... there is AvP but .... I'd rather not go there.
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:03 am |
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andaroo1
Lord of filth
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El_masked_esteROIDe_user wrote: andaroo wrote: El_masked_esteROIDe_user wrote: If he means recent, Mothman Prophecies ring a bell? *whispers* he said good! *whispers* Says the person who loved Armageddon. And besides the two movies you just listed arent recent if you consider movies 8-10 years recent :wink:
I definately wouldn't call Armageddon a "fantastic" movie on a critical level. So I woudln't have listed it here :?
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:50 am |
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