Kevin's Watch

Aliens: I every time I watch it I think... Gorman, for gawds sake will you take a look at Burke, who just happens to be a high level Company Executive just drug your ass over to some burnt out Dock Rat's apartment to try to get her to tag along on what looks like some mediocre FUBAR on some distant colony. She says there are monsters on this planet and the same Company Suit you're with just happens to be tagging along instead of some low end schlep for a downed communications dish. Riiight.

I would be asking myself what the hell is he coming along for and why the need for the broad with the rep for torching her previous ship other than the fact that those damn things she's going on about are for real. Well, Burke believes her and she believes what she's saying... maybe I ( as in Gorman) should take it seriously, as well.

Personally with that in mind I would have marched Hudson right up to the Colonies' computer and dug a bit into why after twenty years of nothing then Ms Ripley dock rat gets woken up and now a whole colony of two hundred souls just got nixed by her bad guys. Hmmm. Lets check the damn com logs please.

After I got the goods on Burke I would have left him there and headed back to the ship... after a really good inspection of the Drop Ship, of course. Little girl saved and maybe a quick," hey Bishop jog inside the Atmospheric Plant and see if anybody is alive." If all are dead well lets go topside and consider some options like the Nuclear type for dealing with the infestation.

After that it's a cushy ride home in Hypersleep rather than getting blown up in an air duct with a lady who thinks you're a moron.

If I were in Jaws I would have gotten a bigger boat than Quint's boat.....

Cameraman Jenn wrote:If I were in Jaws I would have gotten a bigger boat than Quint's boat.....

Amen... of course Quint would have to be hog tied and the shark didn't seem to care for them escaping. Probably end in a fast chase between the Orca and the shark for the shores of Amity. Brody would have to call in the Coast Guard and Quint being a maniac would probably would have headed out on his own to suffer his fate alone.

Kevin164 wrote:Aliens: I every time I watch it I think... Gorman, for gawds sake will you take a look at Burke, who just happens to be a high level Company Executive just drug your ass over to some burnt out Dock Rat's apartment to try to get her to tag along on what looks like some mediocre FUBAR on some distant colony. She says there are monsters on this planet and the same Company Suit you're with just happens to be tagging along instead of some low end schlep for a downed communications dish. Riiight.

I would be asking myself what the hell is he coming along for and why the need for the broad with the rep for torching her previous ship other than the fact that those damn things she's going on about are for real. Well, Burke believes her and she believes what she's saying... maybe I ( as in Gorman) should take it seriously, as well.

Personally with that in mind I would have marched Hudson right up to the Colonies' computer and dug a bit into why after twenty years of nothing then Ms Ripley dock rat gets woken up and now a whole colony of two hundred souls just got nixed by her bad guys. Hmmm. Lets check the damn com logs please.

After I got the goods on Burke I would have left him there and headed back to the ship... after a really good inspection of the Drop Ship, of course. Little girl saved and maybe a quick," hey Bishop jog inside the Atmospheric Plant and see if anybody is alive." If all are dead well lets go topside and consider some options like the Nuclear type for dealing with the infestation.

After that it's a cushy ride home in Hypersleep rather than getting blown up in an air duct with a lady who thinks you're a moron.

Have you seen the extended edition? They actually cut to the colony, where Burke gives the colonists orders to check out the area Ripley says she found the eggs. Naturally they find it, and get get a fatal case of face-hugger.

And they also add a little moment where they talk about Ripley's now dead (of old age) daughter, which helps explain her maternal feeling toward Noot.

Citizen Kane: I would have had a servant pop their head in the room right after Kane trashes it and mutters "Rosebud", just so we don't have that anomoly.

But that's just me.

Cameraman Jenn wrote:If I were in Jaws I would have gotten a bigger boat than Quint's boat.....

3 words: Nuclear tipped torpedoes.

Lord of the Rings. I wouldn't have changed Faramir, Denethor, Gollum, Sam, Aragorn, Witchking confrontation, etc.

Malik23 wrote:Lord of the Rings. I wouldn't have changed Faramir, Denethor, Gollum, Sam, Aragorn, Witchking confrontation, etc.

Totally agree on these.

Denethor: The guy's been living in a constant state of war for his whole life, suddenly he stops caring about the city's defenses?

Aragorn: Been trying to prove to Elrond his love for Arwen for the past 60 years. He meets a pretty little blond for five minutes, and starts having second thoughts. No wonder Elrond doesn't like him!

Those are the two that bug me the most, but really this discussion could go on for pages and pages.

Still, considering the difficulty in translating the books to films, they didn't do that bad. While I don't like all the changes that were made, I also understand that changes were necessary for the films to succeed.

Actually I wouldn't change one second of the actual movie, Jaws. I only said that because that line always makes me laugh, "We're gonna need a bigger boat, we're gonna get a bigger boat, right?"

Far too many to list here...every film that features someone walking into someone else's house timidly saying "hello? Is anyone home?" First of all I've NEVER walked into someone else's house uninvited. Second I certainly wouldn't do so if I heard blood curdling screams and the power was out during a violent thunderstorm in the middle of the night. My first and only immediate action would be to dial 911. I used to be an unarmed security guard and lesson 1 day 1 was "Don't be a superhero. If something happens report it to the police and then get the hell out of the way."

Yeah, TOM, I think most horror movies fail to live up to reality. Most people would just simply get the hell out of there until it became light again.

aTOMiC wrote:I used to be an unarmed security guard and lesson 1 day 1 was "Don't be a superhero. If something happens report it to the police and then get the hell out of the way."

I had the same job, and they always stressed to us that we had authority to yell "Stop, or I'll call Police!" and that's pretty much it

Malik23 wrote:Lord of the Rings. I wouldn't have changed Faramir, Denethor, Gollum, Sam, Aragorn, Witchking confrontation, etc.

You forgot one: Frodo. If the brave Frodo of the book was in the movie, the changes to Faramir, Sam and Gollum would have been unnecessary.

ItisWritten wrote:

Malik23 wrote:Lord of the Rings. I wouldn't have changed Faramir, Denethor, Gollum, Sam, Aragorn, Witchking confrontation, etc.

You forgot one: Frodo. If the brave Frodo of the book was in the movie, the changes to Faramir, Sam and Gollum would have been unnecessary.

3 words: Nuclear tipped torpedoes