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REVIEW: Alien v Predator (2004)

March 20, 2022 Grant Watson

It is all Predator 2‘s fault. Back when that 1990 sequel was in production, a member of the design team mocked up the skull of an Alien from the 1979 Ridley Scott film and added it to a way of … Continue reading REVIEW: Alien v Predator (2004)

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REVIEW: Alien³ (1992)

March 15, 2022 Grant Watson

This is a reprint of an older review from The Angriest. For a much more comprehensive view on Alien 3 you can check out the full 10,000 word essay on this website. An onboard incident causes the colonial military vessel Sulaco to eject its … Continue reading REVIEW: Alien³ (1992)

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REVIEW: Aliens (1986)

March 12, 2022 Grant Watson

Decades after she escaped the alien and bedded down in hypersleep, the Nostromo’s flight officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is recovered and returned to Earth. At first nobody believes her story of a crashed alien spacecraft on the planet LV-426, … Continue reading REVIEW: Aliens (1986)

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“Ripples in the water” | Alien³ (1992)

May 22, 2017March 10, 2022 Grant Watson

According to the diary of actor Ralph Brown, who played the role of Aaron in the film Alien³, there was a message carved into a wall at London’s Pinewood studios. It purported to list the six stages of film production, … Continue reading “Ripples in the water” | Alien³ (1992)

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