The first “Alien” movie is still the scariest film I have ever seen. The monster itself is the most frightening, the dark ship interior, the increasing dread of the crew.... I swear the music is enough to raise the hair on the back of my neck.
The sequels aren’t equal to the first but I still watch them all and look forward to seeing this latest. May the Alien live on!!
Though since Wikipedia mistakenly gives him a knighthood (he's a "Commander of the British Empire", not a "Knight Commander of the British Empire"!), maybe it's "Ian Helms"...?
Wow, who suspected so much deep analogy could be perceived in a scary movie series?
I’m still not interested in watching scary movies, but I appreciate this demonstration of how one series reflects the dehumanizing capitalist system driving it.
::Andy is a good guy as long as he is weak and unquestioningly loyal. As soon as he becomes equal to, or better than, the white protagonist, he turns into an untrustworthy corporate sellout. Per the script of neoconfederate films like Birth of a Nation....::
What bothers me about this is the Either/Or nature of Andy's character—he's either Gunga Din the Simple but Loyal Native Servant, or he's the Intelligent but E-VIL! Thugge Leader Guru. I would have preferred if Andy had struggled with the duality of his nature once he's upgraded, and is perhaps horrified at how callous his obedience to Corporate mandates is making him, and fights its influence until he ultimately conquers it on his own. (I will admit that when I saw the movie in the theater, that's what my headcanon told me had happened—that Andy himself had chosen his path, not that Rain had reprogrammed him back to Simple but Loyal.)
One of the reasons I liked Bishop in ALIENS is because he subverted that trope by seemingly being the amoral Corporate Robot, but ultimately siding with the Space Marines, and by extension Ripley and Newt. (Apparently Cameron originally had Bishop betray the humans for Weyland-Yutani, but I believe his then-wife Gail Ann Hurd convinced him not to repeat that plot twist from the first movie.) Cameron left us guessing for most of the film which side Bishop was on, which was a smart move, IMO....
The first “Alien” movie is still the scariest film I have ever seen. The monster itself is the most frightening, the dark ship interior, the increasing dread of the crew.... I swear the music is enough to raise the hair on the back of my neck.
The sequels aren’t equal to the first but I still watch them all and look forward to seeing this latest. May the Alien live on!!
Gonna be that guy again—it's "Ian HOLM", not "Ian Holmes"....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Holm
Though since Wikipedia mistakenly gives him a knighthood (he's a "Commander of the British Empire", not a "Knight Commander of the British Empire"!), maybe it's "Ian Helms"...?
oh god damn it.
Like I said right after writing that, Wikipedia claims he's a Knight, which he's not!
I just figured your spellcheck went crazy....
Wow, who suspected so much deep analogy could be perceived in a scary movie series?
I’m still not interested in watching scary movies, but I appreciate this demonstration of how one series reflects the dehumanizing capitalist system driving it.
Well done, author!
Brilliant. ❤️
::Andy is a good guy as long as he is weak and unquestioningly loyal. As soon as he becomes equal to, or better than, the white protagonist, he turns into an untrustworthy corporate sellout. Per the script of neoconfederate films like Birth of a Nation....::
What bothers me about this is the Either/Or nature of Andy's character—he's either Gunga Din the Simple but Loyal Native Servant, or he's the Intelligent but E-VIL! Thugge Leader Guru. I would have preferred if Andy had struggled with the duality of his nature once he's upgraded, and is perhaps horrified at how callous his obedience to Corporate mandates is making him, and fights its influence until he ultimately conquers it on his own. (I will admit that when I saw the movie in the theater, that's what my headcanon told me had happened—that Andy himself had chosen his path, not that Rain had reprogrammed him back to Simple but Loyal.)
One of the reasons I liked Bishop in ALIENS is because he subverted that trope by seemingly being the amoral Corporate Robot, but ultimately siding with the Space Marines, and by extension Ripley and Newt. (Apparently Cameron originally had Bishop betray the humans for Weyland-Yutani, but I believe his then-wife Gail Ann Hurd convinced him not to repeat that plot twist from the first movie.) Cameron left us guessing for most of the film which side Bishop was on, which was a smart move, IMO....
yes, it's handled better in 2, and kind of undermines the us/them dynamics which you get in Alien (where the nonhuman sides with the nonhuman.)
But yeah, in Romulus, Andy has to agree to the upgrade because otherwise he's going to die, which isn't in the interest of the company.