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   On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 01:32:39 +0000 (UTC), Howard  wrote:   
   >I watched Aliens again after a long while. And though it is still a fun,   
   >Dirty Dozen-style movie, I couldn't help but think all the way through how   
   >ridiculous it was. Pretty much everything should have been done by robots.   
      
   Similarly, think of all the comedies that turn on a misunderstanding.  A simple   
   phone call would eliminate the premise.   
      
   I also note that most science fiction through the '70s completely missed the   
   microcomputer trend.  Lots of stories mentioned "giant brains," etc.  And in   
   the   
   first Alien movie, wasn't there a whole compartment on the spacecraft dedicated   
   to their computer?   
      
      
   >Setting all of that aside, it's still great to watch. Sigourney Weaver is   
   >perfect as the scarred, dislocated survivor. Bill Paxton's jittery Hudson   
   >is hilarious, and Paul Reiser turns in the best acting of his career as the   
   >weaselly corporate hack. And the budget was only around $50 million in   
   >today's dollars, but it looks more impressive than a lot of movies made   
   >today with advanced CGI and much bigger budgets.   
      
   In the middle '80s when I hadn't yet heard of the Alien movie, friends and I   
   stopped in at an acquaintance's apartment.  They were watching Alien.  We asked   
   what the movie was about.  "Monster on a spaceship.  Two down, five to go," was   
   the reply.  It's one of the most succinct synopsis of a movie I've ever heard.   
      
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