The two episodes of the Alien Prequel have nakedly announced that mankind is about to withdraw from the stage of history. In any case, mankind will eventually be destroyed by one of its own creations. Judging from the current situation, the most likely gravedigger for humans is artificial intelligence.
Leaving aside Lei Gong’s philosophy of the universe, as a little alien fan, pull through the aliens in 4 parts, plus Lei Gong’s two prequels, in fact, Fat Brother’s favorite is still "Alien 2" shot by James Cameron.
The father of the alien is indeed Lord Thunder. In the first film, he established a creature with a history of history and created a space thriller. In a small enclosed space, humans and unknown deadly creatures fight to the death.
Thunder King has injected horror elements into science fiction films. With a strong personal style, a narrative, and shocking scenes that burst out of the heart, announcing the arrival of alien life.
Over the past 30 years, the Alien prequel has two parts, and Lei Gong is only strengthening and extending on the basis of Alien 1. You can see Lei Gong's tribute to himself many times.
Back 30 years ago, at that time James Cameron had not yet called himself the "king of the world", the Titanic he built had not yet sailed out of the port, and Jack and Ruth had not yet emerged.
He has just finished the well-reviewed "Terminator 1" and is immersing himself in a new script.
At this time, the opportunity came, and some people hoped that the tech madman would continue the momentum of Alien 1 and make a sequel.
Cameron saw that his opponent was Thunder King, and he immediately became interested. He boldly accepted the sequel shooting task and wrote the script himself.
In order to appease the heroine Sigourney Weaver, he specifically added the theme of motherhood to the script. The warm relationship between the heroine and the little girl deeply moved Sigourney Weaver. She was afraid of breaking the sign at first and quickly agreed to join the crew.
Sigourney Weaver successfully bought a horse this time. Relying on the role of Ripley, she actually got the Oscar nomination for best actress with a space science fiction action film!
She drove the mech out of the cabin and yelled at the alien queen "Get away from her you BITCH!", which was hailed as the best line of the year!
It was a rallying cry for motherhood and feminism. This line and some metaphors in this film made Sigourney Weaver a Hollywood first-line action actress, and she is highly sought after by movie fans!
James Cameron, the king of the world, knows that "Alien 2" must be brought to a completely different experience. So we saw a space action thriller wrapped in a strong B-level film style.
James Cameron admires technology too much. He first turned Thunder King's aliens into aliens. In his movie, he multiplied a large number of aliens, turning the space base into a space battlefield for humans and aliens.
The story of "Alien 2" takes place more than 50 years after "Alien 1". Ripley's space capsule was found. She is lonely and her daughter who was a little girl has passed away. She was squeezed out by the company and haunted by nightmares.
Human space colonization chose the alien planet Ripley encountered at the time. Recently, the entire colony lost contact with the earth.
Ripley knew that only by facing the nightmare itself could she get rid of the nightmare for the rest of her life. With the help of the company, she agreed to lead a group of soldiers to search the colony.
As a result, the colony has become a nest of aliens, and a fierce battle is inevitable!
"Alien 2" doesn't have too many profound speculative themes. What James Cameron wants is hormones, what he wants is cool, what he wants is thrills and excitement.
James Cameron is definitely a veteran screenwriter. His "Alien 2" has a roller coaster-like viewing experience. He divides the 150-minute (extended version) story into an arithmetic problem as accurately as a typical classical narrative structure. The climax of the scene, the attractive hook that connects the story, was shocked by his explosives and turning points.
Suspense, science fiction, with a little bit of horror, and more of an overwhelming tension, directly ignited the emotions of the audience.
James Cameron still pays tribute to Lei Gong. When the colony war ended, he arranged an anti-climax after the climax, but everyone felt that the story could end warmly, when the final climax of Ripley vs. Alien Queen was just staged. !
James Cameron understands that the focus of conflict between action genres must come from the protagonist and the opponent. For this reason, he not only turns the aliens into plurals and creates an overwhelming oppression by the number, but also carefully designed the alien queen for the story, an obviously huge body. Reproducers of ordinary aliens.
In an era without computer special effects, physical special effects supported the entire special effects production of "Alien 2". A large number of high-tech weapons in the film, spaceships, tanks, flamethrowers, etc. are all modeled and simulated.
Especially the huge alien queen. This behemoth with head, hands, and feet is made 1:1 by modelers. Through the mechanism and manual override, plus photography editing, we finally see the exciting opportunity at the end. A war alien!
The outstanding physical effects have given "Alien 2" an unsurpassable position so far. Because of the monopoly of computer special effects, physical effects based on models and manual makeup have become history. Because of this, it has become impossible to be Things beyond are sealed forever!
James Cameron just proposed the idea, and the practitioner was the great late special effects master Stan Winston. With special effects beyond the times, "Alien 2" won the Oscar for best visual effects that year without any suspense.
Physical special effects have a nostalgic sense of realism for modern movies where computer special effects are popular, and it is more suitable for this cold style of space science fiction films.
The pride that "Alien 2" brought to Winston and his team has not diminished, because the craftsmanship that created this kind of craftsmanship has almost disappeared in today's filmmaking scenes. This highlights its preciousness!
"Alien 2" has made huge changes in special effects and genres to distinguish it from Thunder's alien. In addition, writer James Cameron also reduced the difficulty of understanding the subject, making the film more grounded.
In addition to praising human beings for their courage to explore space, "Alien 2" also elaborately designed a maternal theme. Ripley and the little girl who lost her parents in the space base have a moving "mother and daughter" emotional line.
This is the great place where James Cameron shows humanity and love. This is also the biggest difference between James Cameron and Ridley Scott in their values and worldview.
In "Alien 2", Ripley's daughter had passed away when she returned to Earth due to long-term space drifting. For this reason, she was very painful and blamed herself.
When she came to the space base, she met the little girl who had lost her mother. Her motherhood was awakened, and the little girl gradually became dependent on this "mother" for shelter.
In the extended version, there are a large number of dialogue scenes between two people, showing the two people's gradually deepening feelings.
The loss of a daughter, a loss of a mother, it is love that brings miracles, allowing them both to find a new spiritual home.
Not only humans, but under the construction of James Cameron, aliens are also matrilineal. The huge alien queen can order other aliens. She has the motherhood to protect her children. When she saw Ripley burn the alien eggs she hatched, she Like a mother who has killed a child, go to Ripley to take revenge!
On the spaceship, the two "mothers" made a desperate fight for their children.
Comprehensive perception, "Alien 2" is undoubtedly more in line with the market, more able to capture the attention of fans.
Nowadays, Lei Gong’s "Alien: Contract" has only a mere 250 million box office in 6 days, which also proves the balance between commerce and art, and illustrates the contradictory relationship between the depth of the film's theme and the box office.
Fat brother reminded again that "Alien 2" must be watched in the extended version!
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