Terrific Trailers: A L I E N
Filed under: Classics, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, 20th Century Fox, Scenes We Love
It was only a matter of time before I pulled this one out, if only because Ridley Scott's A L I E N is my favorite film of all time and it has been for pretty much the whole of my life thus far. I could spend hours explaining why I love the film so much (as my close friends can no doubt attest), but a large portion of my favorite aspects are covered in this rather creepy trailer. Packed with pressured silences, bizarre sounds, flashing lights, and a mysteriously ferocious sense of menace, this trailer captures a lot of what makes the film work -- and there's no monster to be found anywhere in the clip, which I love.Apparently the trailer did its job more than well enough. According to BOM, the film made just under $80 million in the summer of 1979. And I pity the man who decides it's time to remake this film. I will not be held responsible for my actions.
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5-20-2009 @ 2:38PM
Brian said...
I have a pretty strong suspicion that this won't be "remade" anytime soon.
This is kind of like Terminator, in that it can't really be remade because the franchise is still alive, as evidenced by the AVP series. Even though the last two films were bad, I think someone might think to add ANOTHER chapter to the Alien lore, rather than try to remake the original.
I could be wrong, but that's how I see it.
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5-20-2009 @ 4:58PM
Mike said...
Alien (together with Aliens) is also my favorite movie of all time.
As for great trailers, my I recommend Amadeus DC trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du-rD2QL1Pc
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5-20-2009 @ 6:04PM
jeff said...
I'm confused. Nothing happens in the first 50 seconds. That sounds like a bad use of time to me.
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5-22-2009 @ 12:02PM
SM1L3Z said...
oh man that was awesome ya know another great space movie trailer is sunshine i hope somebody gets around to giving that trailer its props
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