Saturday, August 22, 2009

Film: Alien (1979)

DVD: Anamorphic
Alien (The Director's Cut)

"I hate to bring this up but, uh, this a commercial ship, not a rescue ship..."
"Right."
"...and it's not in my contract to do this kind of duty. Now what about the money? If you wanna give me some money to do it, I'll be happy to, uh, t-to, you know, oblige."

Review: This was one of those R movies that I was too young to see when it came out, but a friend filled me in on the entire storyline. I still remember being fascinated by the description of the alien's acid blood melting down through the decks of the spaceship. It took me around twenty years before I actually saw it and it was as good as I imagined it would be.

"I haven't seen anything like that except, uh, molecular acid."
"It must be using it for blood."
"It's got a wonderful defense mechanism. You don't dare kill it."

"Here kitty, kitty, kitty. Miaow. Here Jonesy."

"Micro changes in air density, my ass."

4 out of 5 Stars

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