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Omega Man

Ok, it's old news, but who is going on a trip to the Great White North ;D: https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/17/health/canada-legalizes-recreational-marijuana/index.html ?

Filthy2123ozjunkie

I think it is HILARIOUS that the 6000th member here is @weaksauce

Giles

Well done @weaksauce

gaseousclay

“Game over, man, game over!”

Ok, I’m a dork. Debating whether or not I should buy this. USS Sulaco snap back trucker [emoji868]

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Chris

Do it.

For years, one of my favorite t-shirts was one with the Weyland Yutani Corporation logo on it…

gaseousclay

@Chris:

Do it.

For years, one of my favorite t-shirts was one with the Weyland Yutani Corporation logo on it…

This one? I’ve got the USCSS Nostromo one too [emoji3]

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Chris

That's the one.
nerd high five

Fluster.Cluck

Aiens is such a good movie.

Probably watched some scenes over 200 hundred times by now.

I was watching it daily when I was younger.

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Giles

Just got an email asking me this…

Hiya I'm the owner of FECKXIT.com and hence I would like to know if you are interested in purchasing it?

mclaincausey

Great franchise, Alien. Not only is the concept of a hostile alien bioweapon monster thought-provoking, terrifying, and plausible (at least in general concept), they get HR Giger involved to create the most iconic, nightmarish fiends in cinema history. Weaver's Ripley is a great character and everything else about at least the first couple films is so well done.

tvenuto

@mclaincausey:

Great franchise, Alien. Not only is the concept of a hostile alien bioweapon monster thought-provoking, terrifying, and plausible (at least in general concept), they get HR Giger involved to create the most iconic, nightmarish fiends in cinema history. Weaver's Ripley is a great character and everything else about at least the first couple films is so well done.

Don’t forget the relatively novel concept of males being suddenly subject to a rape pregnancy. One that also kills you. Horrible stuff.

Watched a doc on Giger, very fascinating person.

gaseousclay

@mclaincausey:

Great franchise, Alien. Not only is the concept of a hostile alien bioweapon monster thought-provoking, terrifying, and plausible (at least in general concept), they get HR Giger involved to create the most iconic, nightmarish fiends in cinema history. Weaver's Ripley is a great character and everything else about at least the first couple films is so well done.

I have mixed feelings on the prequels. Visually, Prometheus and Covenant look great, but the story and character development were really poor. No memorable crew members and the reveal about the origin of the Xeno's kinda pissed me off. So we're to infer that the thousands of eggs on the derelict space craft from the first Alien were created by David (from the couple thousand embryos on the Covenant)? It completely refutes the idea that there was a Queen laying all the eggs. I still would've prefered Neil Blomkamp's Aliens sequel.

This probably belongs in the random rants thread

Matty123

Prequels ruined the series for me. So lame.

tvenuto

Prometheus was fraught with so many issues it became ridiculous. When they starting running away from (as opposed to out of the way of) the doughnut shaped spaceship that was rolling towards them I half expected the Benny Hill music to strike up.

I actually don’t consider this to be part of the Alien franchise. I think it really belongs to the Rash Decisions in Outer Space trilogy, alongside The Martian (“let’s blow up the front of our spaceship”), and Interstellar (“let’s fly into a black hole, and if things go wrong: eject”). Note that astronauts are chosen, among other things, for their propensity to stay level headed in uncertain situations.

Also: someone examines how the geologist managed to get lost in a very easily navigated room.

Filthy2123ozjunkie

@Chris:

Do it.

For years, one of my favorite t-shirts was one with the Weyland Yutani Corporation logo on it…

I got this shirt when I worked for an AvP website a long time ago. They were for the dev team of the game and for show attendees.

Filthy2123ozjunkie

I'm getting laid off early this year, so it looks like I am not going to be able to afford my Simmons C3J this year. But it looks like IH isn't even selling them any longer, so I guess I am good.