http://www.scifimoviepage.com/blog/movies/alien-retrospective-part-i/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alien-retrospective-part-i daily sci-fi news Sat, 18 May 2013 18:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.scifimoviepage.com/blog/movies/alien-retrospective-part-i/#comment-1013 Anonymous Sun, 27 May 2012 16:07:00 +0000 http://www.scifimoviepage.com/blog/?p=2988#comment-1013 I have been watching the Director's cut and the *only* aspect of the technology shown in Alien that is weak is the depiction of computer technology.  Back then computers were not the ubiquitous things they are now, and UI technology was still crude to say the least, and the movie reflects this.  Contrast this with how it has been depicted in Avatar and now Prometheus, with UIs that do not exist yet but are very logical extensions of what is just starting to appear (e.g., holographs). I have been watching the Director’s cut and the *only* aspect of the technology shown in Alien that is weak is the depiction of computer technology.  Back then computers were not the ubiquitous things they are now, and UI technology was still crude to say the least, and the movie reflects this.  Contrast this with how it has been depicted in Avatar and now Prometheus, with UIs that do not exist yet but are very logical extensions of what is just starting to appear (e.g., holographs).

]]> http://www.scifimoviepage.com/blog/movies/alien-retrospective-part-i/#comment-1002 Jonathan Heart Sat, 19 May 2012 14:54:00 +0000 http://www.scifimoviepage.com/blog/?p=2988#comment-1002 This film easily earns it's place as a classic. Almost everything about the film worked for me. The only thing that bothered me then and still bothers me now is the scene in the vent shaft where Tom Skerritt was attacked by the alien.  It looks way too much like a guy in a costume.  But, in total, this is an outstanding landmark film that damn near reaches perfection. I'm very excited about Prometheous.    This film easily earns it’s place as a classic. Almost everything about the film worked for me. The only thing that bothered me then and still bothers me now is the scene in the vent shaft where Tom Skerritt was attacked by the alien.  It looks way too much like a guy in a costume.  But, in total, this is an outstanding landmark film that damn near reaches perfection. I’m very excited about Prometheous.   

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