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Old 06-15-12, 04:03 PM
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I think we should all negate the existence of the AvP films. I certainly have.
You know what would be cool? If they made an Aliens versus Predator movie.
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I agree with Giles. Contamination is awesome.

Don't forget Alien 2: On Earth (1980)
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Old 06-15-12, 07:31 PM
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Is that the Italian knockoff by Antonio margherati? If so that one.
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Old 06-15-12, 07:33 PM
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Is that the movie where the robot rips the younger guy in half and wears his skin to lure the woman with whom it's infatuated? If so, I've been killing myself trying to remember the name of this exact movie.
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I want to see that movie.
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Originally Posted by TallGuyMe
Deep Star Six > Leviathan, just sayin'.
I completely agree. Deep Star Six is a pretty darned good movie. Nothing great, but a lot of fun (in a midly scary kind of way - very mildly).
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No fucking way, you guys are nuts! Leviathan is way better than Deep Star Six; that movie was full of lame effects and really shitty music while Leviathan had Stan Winston work and Jerry Goldsmith! Not to mention some pretty good humor like that line "Gone through? Bitch we still here!"
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Originally Posted by RocShemp
Is that the movie where the robot rips the younger guy in half and wears his skin to lure the woman with whom it's infatuated? If so, I've been killing myself trying to remember the name of this exact movie.
Yup. After searching through Wikipedia and YouTube, that's definitely the right movie. Though the scene isn't exactly how I remembered it.
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Old 06-16-12, 06:03 AM
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Re: What's the best ALIEN ripoff/tribute film?
"Intruder Within" - made for television alien knock-off that takes place on an oil rig. The oil rig is drilling and pulls up some weird-looking eggs, which hatch into a Gigeresque monster that terrorizes the crew.
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What about Pitch Black? That was the first one that came to my mind, although it is more Aliens than Alien.
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Just reading this thread makes me want to see Leviathan again, so I checked and it's currently streamable at NetFlix !!

Awesome!!!

(...but no such luck for Deep Star Six )
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Old 06-16-12, 11:29 AM
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SUPER 8 had ALIEN, E.T. and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS in it.
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Old 06-16-12, 08:32 PM
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Re: What's the best ALIEN ripoff/tribute film?
Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
"Intruder Within" - made for television alien knock-off that takes place on an oil rig. The oil rig is drilling and pulls up some weird-looking eggs, which hatch into a Gigeresque monster that terrorizes the crew.
The subject of one of my 'what's the name of that movie' threads. Loved it on TV when I was young and impressionable. Pretty sure it actually sucks eggs, though.

Another vote for Contamination. The movie is nothing but chest-burster scenes over and over, but instead of special effects, they used CO2 cartridges.
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Originally Posted by gmanca
No fucking way, you guys are nuts! Leviathan is way better than Deep Star Six; that movie was full of lame effects and really shitty music while Leviathan had Stan Winston work and Jerry Goldsmith! Not to mention some pretty good humor like that line "Gone through? Bitch we still here!"
Amen, brother! Deep Star Six was a giant crab or some crap. Leviathan was Russian genetic experiment gone wrong. I'm gonna have to rewatch soon.

"Gone? Bitch we're still here!" . One of the best lines ever!
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I just watched the trailer for Saturn 3 on YouTube and it looks really terrible.
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Re: What's the best ALIEN ripoff/tribute film?
Deep Rising > Deep Blue Sea > Deepstar Six

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I'm not a fan of that movie but I love that scene so much.
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Re: What's the best ALIEN ripoff/tribute film?
Originally Posted by RagingBull80
I just watched the trailer for Saturn 3 on YouTube and it looks really terrible.
It's pretty bad...and can you believe they actually dubbed Harvey Keitel's voice throughout the whole film!!!

Even so, it is a guilty pleasure of mine...I just have a thing for robots gone wild.
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Re: What's the best ALIEN ripoff/tribute film?
Originally Posted by B5Erik
I completely agree. Deep Star Six is a pretty darned good movie. Nothing great, but a lot of fun (in a midly scary kind of way - very mildly).
It had Nia Peeples so it definitely gets a from me!
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Re: What's the best ALIEN ripoff/tribute film?
Originally Posted by RagingBull80
I just watched the trailer for Saturn 3 on YouTube and it looks really terrible.
It really isn't that bad. The effects are decent and there's a fun time capsule quality to the film. Keitel being dubbed is really weird though.
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