Originally Posted by Libretio:
“I think ALIEN is h-u-g-e-l-y overrated to the point of absolute stupidity, and is one of the dreariest and least suspenseful 'suspense' films I've ever seen (I could dribble at length about why I despair of this film's popularity, but you get my drift).”
“I think ALIEN is h-u-g-e-l-y overrated to the point of absolute stupidity, and is one of the dreariest and least suspenseful 'suspense' films I've ever seen (I could dribble at length about why I despair of this film's popularity, but you get my drift).”
I haven't seen BITH, but I do love Alien, and also Aliens in equal measure, but both are very different films, so I love them for different reasons - 1 for suspense and 2 for action. 3 is underrated and I do love it for being flawed, but 4 is just okay and not one I'd rush to see again.
BTW, Land of the Pharoahs on BBC2 now in OAR. Have BBC2 bought a new set of prints of old films like this?





In terms of the pacing and atmosphere, the viscerality (and judicious editing) of the effects, the subtlety of the plot (for instance in Ash the robot claiming compassion as his excuse for letting the alien on board to progress his mission, which I defy you to pick up on on first viewing), the set design (with dirt, and class divisions, in space) and so on. I doubt these were in The Terror From Beyond Space. 
