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» in reply to
"There will be predatory encounters with alien life"
(hey goldie locks, answer your replys on geak)
RobVG
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4/20/2009 5:13:25 AM
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"Alien" is turning 30
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RobVG
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4/19/2009 4:52:08 PM
This may be heretical, but I did not like it at all.
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David F Mayer
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4/21/2009 11:56:56 PM
It is FICTION, after all
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S
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4/24/2009 7:56:10 PM
Where did it get the mass?
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REB
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4/22/2009 7:33:47 PM
Maybe it hid out in the ship's waste bin.
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Lee
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4/24/2009 11:47:08 AM
SF screenwriters are almost completely ignorant of science.
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David F Mayer
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4/22/2009 8:19:58 PM
More than that
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Socrates II
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4/23/2009 1:37:25 PM
re: This may be heretical, but I did not like it at all.
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TB
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4/22/2009 12:28:39 AM
But it wasn't a cliche back in 1979.
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Lee
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4/22/2009 2:32:16 AM
Good point.
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TB
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4/22/2009 3:27:34 AM
Contender for best SciFi flick ever
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S
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4/21/2009 8:00:56 PM
Alien and Predator both are among my all time favorites...
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Jody
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4/20/2009 4:43:19 PM
Yes, but not in the same movie!
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z
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4/21/2009 8:55:14 PM
True...*however*..Predator will always kick the Alien's spiked ass.
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Jody
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4/21/2009 11:56:21 PM
I agree!
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TB
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4/20/2009 6:20:32 PM
Definitely a masterpiece. Even for people who hate science fiction.
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ER
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4/19/2009 8:02:24 PM
Science Fiction
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Jody
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4/20/2009 4:35:09 PM
"There will be predatory encounters with alien life"
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Lindy
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4/20/2009 3:44:30 AM
(hey goldie locks, answer your replys on geak)
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RobVG
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4/20/2009 5:13:25 AM
Alien was inspired in part by Dark Star
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Socrates II
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4/21/2009 5:56:17 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.