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Alienation
Mar. 12th, 2014 10:16 pmI had an opportunity to watch a "Classic SF Mystery Movie" for a charitable donation. I screwed up on the donation and ended up paying a lot more than I intended, which doubly sucks because I don't like giving to non-secular causes (but hey, SF movie). I got to the theatre early, but not early enough to make a difference for seating. And I ended up being damn near last in the theatre because apparently you had to jump through some hoops prior to the show and there was no indication of that until I tried to walk in. This meant a seat in the second row.
Finally they made a bunch of announcements related to Aliens, but ended up screening Alien. A few observations:
1) It has not aged well.
2) Judging from the audience's reaction, it's gone from being one of the most terrifying movies ever to unintentional comedy.
3) The assorted actors are all so young.
4) Prometheus really was a remake of Alien - up to and including a crew full of stupid people and a duplicitous android.
5) Computers that make teletype noises while printing characters on a VT100 screen at 300 baud are really annoying. If I were to make one improvement to the movie, it would be to simply have "Mother" (the shipboard computer) be voice activated, thus eliminating the computer interface as a source of unintentional dating.
I'd have left early, but I found out the girl next to me had never seen it before, and I figured I'd keep half an eye on her during the scary bits to see if she jumped. She didn't. I suspect she found it about as scary as I'd have found a 1950's monster movie scary when I was of similar age (late teens?).
For an audience full of local SF fans, I recognized damn few people. My position in line and seating in the theatre prevented that. This could be good or bad, depending on who I saw.
Finally they made a bunch of announcements related to Aliens, but ended up screening Alien. A few observations:
1) It has not aged well.
2) Judging from the audience's reaction, it's gone from being one of the most terrifying movies ever to unintentional comedy.
3) The assorted actors are all so young.
4) Prometheus really was a remake of Alien - up to and including a crew full of stupid people and a duplicitous android.
5) Computers that make teletype noises while printing characters on a VT100 screen at 300 baud are really annoying. If I were to make one improvement to the movie, it would be to simply have "Mother" (the shipboard computer) be voice activated, thus eliminating the computer interface as a source of unintentional dating.
I'd have left early, but I found out the girl next to me had never seen it before, and I figured I'd keep half an eye on her during the scary bits to see if she jumped. She didn't. I suspect she found it about as scary as I'd have found a 1950's monster movie scary when I was of similar age (late teens?).
For an audience full of local SF fans, I recognized damn few people. My position in line and seating in the theatre prevented that. This could be good or bad, depending on who I saw.
