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| (...) Can't say that I disagree. "Oh, geez, we just laid waste to half the planet - kinda, pretty, though, ain't it?" StOOpid. Bruce (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Yah, but the fun part is figuring out a reasonable "in-character" reason for only sending 12 guys. :) I got an impression of the CM that's a little bit like fire fighters are today... a lot of training, and a lot of specialized equipment, and (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I thought they only sent a dozen because it was a bug hunt. ;^) ~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Weren't they a bunch of pirates or mercenaries? ~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) sent a dozen troops solely for the purpose of increased dramatic tension? Dave! (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) **snip** (...) Not as tragic, presumably, as if the aliens had landed, but that's another matter. That same guy (whose name I forget but could find easily enough if I weren't so lazy at the moment) directed City of Lost Children, another (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) If I may stray into the topic of Alien IV, I've always found it ironically amusing that the crew remarked how beautiful Earth is as they entered the atmosphere shortly after the mothership took out all of southern Africa. The crew seemed to be (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) The Sulaco was sent out on a special mission. Quite a lot of the ship was unused at the time. I typed up a big ol' blurb about it here: (URL) Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) After hearing the premise of Alien 3, I determined that I would never, ever watch it. Still haven't. :-) Bruce (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:>I saw the first showing in a mostly empty theatre with really high-backed (...) Back in '92 a local theater showed the Alien triple-header to a mostly empty theater. It was wild to see the three (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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