Tom Churchill wrote:
Have I not been paying attention or has no-one mentioned Alien yet!?
Ah yes, Ridley Scott's second film and the one he directed before Blade
Runner.
Excellent, but misses out, IMO, on the emotive angle of Blade Runner and
Impostor.
Love Giger, love Sigourney Weaver's strong female character (a first
film for her,
and a first for a strong female action lead), but it was her vs. the
alien, whereas
Blade Runner and Imposter was more "unselfish" in that people cared for each
other (Alien had characters that hated each other practically, and was more
"who'll be last standing" focused). Don't get me wrong, I *do* love
the movie. Interesting that Ridley did those two outstanding films back
to back
and as the 2nd and 3rd in his career! Andrew np American TV ignoring
the fact that their American Phelps is getting his ass kicked by Aussie
Thorpe.
Speaking of which:
What is it with lippy teenagers at this Olympics? First the Chinese
weightlifter
saying the 31year old Hungarian (who went on to win gold yet again) was
"old and over the hill", and then Phelps saying he would win 8 gold like
it was nothing for Dan Spitz to have won 7 years back. Geez, have some
respect.
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Andrew Duke
scoring/sound design/source
http://cognitionaudioworks.com
