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megaman79 on 22 December 2009
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rocketpig said:
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You mean that new smurfs movie that's out now? Looks bad, really bad.

That's probably the worst post of the year. Grats on getting it!

I got a reaction, that's all I wanted

Troll alert. Arrest him!

Trolling doesn't count for off topic stuff like movies.

We are dealing with a generation raised on Bay, McG and Ratner Action films. These people don't even know, or care, why T2 and Aliens are godtier films and why James Cameron garners more respect to generation X than even George Lucas.

I showed a 25 year old friend Aliens for the first time a few days ago. This dissapoints me.

No way does Cameron garner more respect than Lucas from Generation X. Even Cameron himself would admit that as he's copped to saying that Lucas' Star Wars is what convinced him to actively pursue film-making.

Besides, Cameron, as cool as some of his films have been, didn't even make the best movie in the Alien saga. That title goes to its originator, Ridley Scott, who I think is a far more talented director than Cameron. I mean, shit, he gave us Blade Runner as well as Alien.

Aliens is still a pretty sweet-ass movie, though. Don't misunderstand me there. I just think Alien is far scarier and unnerving.

Plus, no children in Alien. That's always a plus for me. I'm tired of having a cute kid muddle up a perfectly good action/horror film.

Generation X was still pretty young when Star Wars was released. You got your generations wrong i think.

I hate this Cameron bashing so much. Show me a 20 minute action sequence in ANY movie in the last 20 years (arguably ever) that is as perfectly timed and minutely detailed as the mental hospital scene in T2. You can't.

Infact i have been thinking of how Kubrick and Cameron have some things in common. 1 - the cold machine like direction in their films. 2 - Perfect timing in terms of directing and editing. Cameron himself said it was 2001 ASO that inspired him most. Look at the Abyss for clear evidence of this influence.

Kids - No matter how hard Cameron tries i am positive that Spielberg out cheeses Camerons films every time. The kids, Newt and Conner, are mature and clearly more intelligent than any other science fiction kids out there. They are forced to be grown ups in these films.



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