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Re: Alien vs Aliens | |
Posted By: General Battuta <seth.dickinson@gmail.com> | Date: 10/26/10 2:06 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: Alien vs Aliens (Wayward Spleen™) : I've said it before: Aliens is chock full of trite, cliche banter. It (to me) : is the "Reach" of characterization. You have the "badass : one(s)", the "hard Sergeant ", the "Funny guy who : loses his shit", etc. : Don't get me wrong, I That's because Aliens is what established those archetypes. It's infinitely quotable, and it outstrips its imitators in the creatively lovable deployment of said archetypes. You can't have every character in a film be deep and arced. Some of them are going to be flat. Making Sarge, Gorman, Vasquez, and GAME OVER so memorable and lovable when they could've been forgettable bit parts was part of the film's success. Halo 1 was great at it too: there was the Hispanic Marine, Chips Dubbo, Stacker, Johnson, so forth.
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Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | General Battuta | 10/26/10 9:51 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Louis Wu | 10/26/10 10:38 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | General Battuta | 10/26/10 10:41 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 10:57 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | bluerunner | 10/26/10 10:49 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Mazz | 10/26/10 11:06 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 11:12 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | bluerunner | 10/26/10 11:19 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Archilen | 10/26/10 11:38 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 12:46 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Bry | 10/26/10 1:35 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 2:06 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Bry | 10/26/10 2:13 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 5:56 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | tucsonbatman | 10/26/10 3:06 p.m. |
agh frontpaged | General Battuta | 10/26/10 10:50 a.m. |
Hey what the hell?! | GrimBrother One | 10/26/10 10:55 a.m. |
Re: Hey what the hell?! | General Battuta | 10/26/10 10:56 a.m. |
Yeeeaaahhh. THAT'S what I'm talking about. ;-) *NM* | GrimBrother One | 10/26/10 10:57 a.m. |
that's better, we forgive you. *NM* | GrimBrother IV | 10/26/10 11:43 a.m. |
Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | uberfoop | 10/26/10 11:38 a.m. |
like this point | General Battuta | 10/26/10 11:39 a.m. |
Re: like this point | bluerunner | 10/26/10 11:42 a.m. |
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Re: like this point | General Battuta | 10/26/10 12:01 p.m. |
cannot spell | General Battuta | 10/26/10 12:02 p.m. |
Re: like this point | Leisandir | 10/28/10 9:34 a.m. |
Re: like this point | Druke | 10/26/10 12:08 p.m. |
This, very much :) *NM* | thebruce0 | 10/26/10 1:12 p.m. |
Ah, indeed. | ZackDark | 10/26/10 5:08 p.m. |
*pictures home alone moment* *NM* | thebruce0 | 10/27/10 8:33 a.m. |
Alien vs Aliens | Wayward Spleen™ | 10/26/10 1:24 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | General Battuta | 10/26/10 1:33 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | Tex | 10/26/10 1:44 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | General Battuta | 10/26/10 1:51 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | Wayward Spleen™ | 10/26/10 1:56 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | General Battuta | 10/26/10 2:06 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | Tex | 10/26/10 1:58 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | Beckx | 10/26/10 2:14 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | Tex | 10/26/10 2:53 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | Druke | 10/26/10 12:18 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | Druke | 10/26/10 12:20 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | General Battuta | 10/26/10 12:20 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | Druke | 10/26/10 12:29 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | thebruce0 | 10/26/10 1:14 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 1:18 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | General Battuta | 10/26/10 1:22 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | Archilen | 10/26/10 1:27 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | uberfoop | 10/26/10 3:45 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | 0postmortem0 | 10/26/10 12:05 p.m. |
You know what I'd love? Covenant Commando. | RyanTheHeretic | 10/26/10 12:14 p.m. |
Re: You know what I'd love? Covenant Commando. | General Battuta | 10/26/10 12:17 p.m. |
Re: You know what I'd love? Covenant Commando. | GrimBrother One | 10/26/10 1:53 p.m. |
Re: You know what I'd love? Covenant Commando. | Bry | 10/26/10 2:08 p.m. |
Re: You know what I'd love? Covenant Commando. | topleybird | 10/26/10 1:54 p.m. |
I think I love you. | padraig08 | 10/26/10 5:08 p.m. |
My Views... | Leviathan | 10/26/10 12:21 p.m. |
Re: My Views... | General Battuta | 10/26/10 12:41 p.m. |
Re: My Views... | mattroe | 10/27/10 4:27 a.m. |
Re: My Views... | Bry | 10/27/10 7:04 a.m. |
Re: My Views... | thebruce0 | 10/27/10 8:32 a.m. |
Re: My Views... | General Battuta | 10/27/10 8:45 a.m. |
Re: My Views... | Bry | 10/27/10 9:03 a.m. |
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Re: My Views... | JDQuackers | 10/27/10 12:53 p.m. |
Re: My Views... | Bry | 10/27/10 1:10 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Archilen | 10/26/10 12:39 p.m. |
Halo as a whole lacks grim dark | Hikaru-119 | 10/27/10 3:12 p.m. |
Re: Halo as a whole lacks grim dark | General Battuta | 10/27/10 7:01 p.m. |
Re: Halo as a whole lacks grim dark | Hikaru-119 | 10/27/10 7:50 p.m. |
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