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| (...) Because it's too darn hard to show zero grav over a whole movie. Either that or they have a gravity field generator of some kind. Or constant acceleration or deceleration (not that the crew are positioned correctly to show this). (...) If they (...) (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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| (...) **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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| (...) Yeah, but they were pirates and mercenaries with hearts-of-gold ;^) james (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Yep. Makes me wonder what kind of welcome they received upon landing. What kind of welcome would you get? "Hi! Errr...the out-of-control capital-class starship you ditched somewhere this side of Mars just slammed into Africa, thereby (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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