Top 5 Alien Movies!

In honor of District 9's opening, I decided to compile a list of my favorite Cinematic Aliens. While this is not the end all of cinematic Aliens, these are my personal favorites. My list is comprised entirely depending on the creature and not really the films they were in. So with that said. Here's my list. (Note The Prawns from District 9 would have definitely made the list, but I am excluding them just for the sake of this list)

5. The Independence Day Alien

While these creatures were presented a bit one-dimensional in the film Independence Day (1996) ya can't help but feel that this creature was at least cool to look at. It definitely does look intimidating and they were certainly awesome to look at in the film. But this creature does seem pretty cool to me.

4. Sil/Eve from Species (1995) and Species II (1998)

While the first film may have been interesting and the second film was a load of crap, This creature definitely brought something to the table in sci-fi. This creature was also another great creation from the mind of H.R. Giger. I think he did a great job in bringing a creature that was both elegant in design. The creature also had a understandable motive. It wanted to mate with us Humans. That's not entirely too much of a plan for a human invasion, but if all aliens looked like Natasha Henstridge, then it'd be more than possible for it to happen. Overall, an awesome design from the demented and brilliant mind that is H.R. Giger.

3. The Thing from John Carpenter's The Thing

This creature is shapeless and can be you. What a fantastic creature this was. The film is just dripping with uncertaintly and the conclusion even leaves you with the feeling that you just dunno who to trust, much less yourself. Overall, fantastically demented creature and some spine chilling transformations definitely put this guy at a high place in my list. For those who still haven't seen Carpenter's classic remake, go watch it now!

2. Predator from Predator Franchise

This creature is a silent hunter that hunts only for the game. He doesn't want to destroy the world, he just wants to find the deadliest catch and hang it's skull on it's trophy wall. He also uses some of the most unique weaponry in an alien universe and they all have some pretty nasty results! This creature also has friggin mandibles and a kickass mask. I don't think I can make myself any clearer on why this creature is fantastic.

"if it bleeds, we can kill it"

1. The Alien from the Alien Franchise

This creature is just so damn awesome. Another product from the dementedly brilliant mind of H.R. Giger! Who else can come up with a creature that bleeds acid; has a pretty awesome tail; has teeth on it's tongue; can crawl on walls; and has one of the greatest and nastiest births in all movie history: They have to burst out of your chest after impregnating you with a face hugger. They also love dark and claustrophobic spaces and are terrifying because they have no sense of motivation, they just want to reproduce until they are swarming the locale. Overall, a fantastic creature that is just gettin raped by 20th Century Fox. 2 great films turn into 4 horribly bad films. Hopfully Ridley Scott can redeem this creature with the upcoming prequel. Alien you are my #1 man!

Now I know I am goin to get flack for not including

Klatu from Day the Earth Stood Still, the Martians from Mars Attacks, or even the Roaches from Starship Troopers. Klatu was a great character, but he is not one of my favorites. I don't really like the Martians because they were meant as a way to parody aliens and it wasn't trying to tell an interesting story. The Roaches from Starship Troopers aren't really aliens, they are just killer roaches essentially. E.T. is a worthwhile mention that didn't make the list, but I do very much love the creature!

So there's my list!

Whats your top 5 favorite cinematic aliens?

The ALIEN reboot news and The NEW Toy Story 3 Teaser Trailer! :)

Hey Guys!

It's been a slow week for updates in anything really. There are 2 big things that happened this week apart from the fact that I rented and beaten the shitty TERMINATOR SALVATION game, and I saw WOLVERINE and TERMINATOR again for free. I got to keep a CARL FREDRICKSON standee from pixar's UP from the movie theatre! Today UP opened and I would have had a review for it, but I really want to see it with my father because it definitely seems like we could get a big kick out of this one together and because he's the only person I'd want to be next to when the TOY STORY 3 trailer plays before the film :)

First off: ALIEN REBOOT!?

I believe that most franchises can be rebooted and everything can be improved upon, but there are a few exceptions. The Alien franchise is in desperate need of a reboot...but NOT THE FIRST 2 FILMS! Ridley Scott's ALIEN (1979) and James Cameron's ALIENS (1986) are modern cinema classics! To this day they are looked upon as SCI-FI staples and they still stand up well to today's standards. They are on the caliber of Sci-Fi influence today as The Day The Earth Stood Still was back in the 1950's. Alien and Aliens have no need to be remade at all, but something needs to be done to reinvigorate these characters and make em scary again. I like how FOX is taking the PREDATOR reboot with Robert Rodriquez at the helm to write and Direct, but I wish they wouldn't do it with the Alien franchise to a certain extent. I want this creature to be scary again, but I don't want to regate the first 2 films as they are classics, but this is too good of a mythology to let waste with. A lot of people are giving shit because a Music Video Director Carl Rinsch is given the reins and doesn't have any credibility. I want people to keep in mind that the great Ridley Scott started off as a music video director too and that his breakout and first film was ALIEN (1979) so I don't think the director is something to worry. Good news is that Ridley Scott is involved with the project :) Finally, the father is back to lead the future! But the bad news is...Its still 20TH CENTURY FOX! I want this reboot to rock because it's about damn time the alien enjoys his time in the limelight or SHADOWS for that matter! Hopefully this can be good. Good or bad this film will not touch the first two Alien films as they are sitting on store shelves (and I desperately need to buy as well). I say carry on, but I reserve the right to not like the film.

Next....:)

TOY STORY 3 TEASER TRAILER!!

I can hear that classic Randy Newman song playing in my head continuously as I wait anxiously for this movie to come out. First off, the film looks exactly how it is supposed to! Visually it is in line with the first couple of films and the art style has remained fairly the same! Which is fantastic! I was worried that the new animation would stick out far apart from the past films, but there is just small minor upgrades in parts of the character models. Nothing real noticeable. Best way I can describe it is like seeing another game series on a console. Not to bait the console wars, but it's almost like going from HALO to HALO 2 graphics, while better in part 2, are still just refinements from part 1. Overall, the teaser looks great! Another aspect I loved about the trailer is that it still has that loving sense of humor that the first 2 films had within every frame! I feel the soul of the series has still been maintained even though it has been 14 years since the first film came out and 10 years since the last film came out. It still feels like that Toy Story film that would have come out all those years ago! I felt like a little boy again watchin this trailer and I can't wait to see the shine on my dad's face as he sees this trailer in the theatre with me and he has no knowledge this film is even in production :D I can't wait to see his eyes light up! Toy Story was the first film we both saw together twice in theatres, so this is a big deal for both of us! Overall, I loved the teaser trailer! I can;t wait for June 10, 2010 to come! :)Be sure to check out the Teaser Trailer to the film HERE! :)

Woody and Buzz! I can't wait to see ya guys up on the big screen again! :) My childhood is back again :)

Hopefully in the next few days I'll have a review of UP (2009) and Sam Riami's Drag Me to Hell (2009) soon!

Until next time, here's my 2 cents!