I quit the third one halfway through out of boredom (and never saw the third film). The first was great but I'm not interested in reading it again; second one … is that the one with the superhuman neo-Nazi assassin boxer guy?

I thought it was the rumoured finished manuscript that his girlfriend and parents were battling over, or is that another book entirely?

and after the The Girl Who Sat on a Tuffet

and the Nostromo looked like a well-used ship, not some shiny piece of tin. Years ago I interviewed William Gibson and he talked about some of his favourite films, one of which is Alien specifically for its look: "the world's first dirty spaceship"

The thing about Prometheus is that some of the crew act like they're in the wrong movie. But in Alien you can totally believe that the group of 7 (8 if you include Jonesy the cat) have hung out together, worked together, got on each other's nerves, etc. I wonder maybe if it's down to rehearsal time so the actors can…

Yes, if I recall, didn't he begin working on Blade Runner to distract himself from thinking too much about his brother's death? Mortality of course is one of the main themes of it, and of Gladiator

I'm in two minds about seeing this. I detested Prometheus, but I'm intrigued by what I'm hearing about this one in terms of where they're taking the story. The not-so-subtle stuff about creation and whatnot doesn't surprise me; I think Scott is extremely aware of his mortality these days, and probably has been…

Well played, sir

see my comment to battybrain about this :)

I was just thinking about that this morning. Part of the reason why Alien works so well, apart from the art direction and the sound and the bloody scary moments, is the fact that you're actually invested in the characters, who all seem like real people, not just formulaic parts of an action film. The breakfast scene…

as has been commented below, all three are very well regarded, but I think Identity has the strongest and most compelling story. I've seen all 3 many times mainly because for about four years it seemed they were always on TBS, and I regularly confuse 2 and 3, which I think says something. The Greengrass shaky-cam…

Thank you but no thank you: I think I'll just watch Excalibur again.

and a dime for the term 'uncanny valley'

Finally! This script has been doing the rounds for ages. I think it was even on the Black List at one point. Del Toro was one of the names attached at one point, as was Neil Jordan (either one would bring a great sensibility to it). It's a great concept: fantasy noir, basically, with a gumshoe detective investigating…

Thank you! Also acceptable, swashbuckling.

I was about to bail on this show earlier on this season, but glad I decided to stick it out. As has been commented below, it seems inevitable that the show can only end with both characters behind bars, or at the very least having suffered lasting damage to their careers and personal life … who knows, though, it might…

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Actually, I was wrong: it's not 'Passenger' - it's still damn weird https://www.youtube.com/wat…

One of the genuinely weirder TV-watching moments of my life happened when Iggy Pop was the musical guest on American Idol, a geriatric performing 'The Passenger' while writhing half-naked in front of Jennifer Lopez, who must have taken a lot of Ambien before taping to ensure her face remained composed