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I saw it. I kind of liked it :) mostly.

I say mostly, there are a couple of things that I didn't like.

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However, those two issues aside I can forgive a lot of the other stuff. I wish they'd had the guts to go for a full Norwegian cast though. Felt a bit artificial crowbarring in some Americans simply to get seats in theatres.

I was however pleased to see

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  DMarkwick said:
I saw it. I kind of liked it :) mostly.

I say mostly, there are a couple of things that I didn't like.

I think I would have watched it, been minorly amused by it, then forgotten all about it if it hadn't been for the first one.

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However, those two issues aside I can forgive a lot of the other stuff. I wish they'd had the guts to go for a full Norwegian cast though. Felt a bit artificial crowbarring in some Americns simply to get seats in theatres.

I also wish they had not included the Americans. I also wish

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I didn't get that vibe at all. I assumed it was terror that made him do it, I think maybe you misread or didn't remember that guy cowering in that room, looking at the walls & practically jumping at every shadow.

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I didn't get that vibe at all. I assumed it was terror that made him do it, I think maybe you misread or didn't remember that guy cowering in that room, looking at the walls & practically jumping at every shadow.

Perhaps my memory of it is a little vague now.

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I saw it. I kind of liked it :) mostly.

I say mostly, there are a couple of things that I didn't like.

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However, those two issues aside I can forgive a lot of the other stuff. I wish they'd had the guts to go for a full Norwegian cast though. Felt a bit artificial crowbarring in some Americans simply to get seats in theatres.

I was however pleased to see

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Same, I went into it with seriously low expectations. It actually took a friend of mine repeatedly telling me that it wasn't that bad to finally convince me to watch it.

I was pretty pleased with it.

Sure there are some bits and pieces that could have been better but it was pretty obvious that this was an effort made by people who liked the first movie.

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Perhaps my memory of it is a little vague now.
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Same, I went into it with seriously low expectations. It actually took a friend of mine repeatedly telling me that it wasn't that bad to finally convince me to watch it.

I was pretty pleased with it.

Sure there are some bits and pieces that could have been better but it was pretty obvious that this was an effort made by people who liked the first movie.

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Watched it the other day, prefer the original, but for this one was average at best , it made me :811: in places and :throwup: in others.

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  Max Power said:
I thought I would share this review. It's certainly not completely inarguable but it sums up my feelings quite nicely:

http://multiglom.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/six-reasons-thing-prequel-is-better.html

What a great review! This SciFi = 'must have Ellen Ripley character' rule stops me watching any of it now. It's so contrived. Why the original was so good was the stress and the tension it portrayed because of the hidden monster among them.

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And that's what was missing in the 1982 film - I don't think you ever got properly introduced to those guys, they never ever actually said Hi, I'm a chopper pilot, or Hi, I'm a dog handler, or a geologist, or radio operator or whatever; you just see them doing whatever it is they do, so that's probably a bit hard for audiences to grasp, they need to be told stuff like that, over and over again. And you definitely need to know I'm a palaeontologist, because otherwise you might mistake me for a schoolgirl. Yes, I'm that young. Hey, I could almost be just out of kindergarten! But be thankful you've got me instead of some old woman who might be better qualified and have more field experience, but who hey, wouldn't be nearly as HOT and appeal to the young male demographic.

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Excellent

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That review was perfect :)

Apart from The Hobbit, The new batman film, and maybe the alien prequel ... nothing in cinema interests me these days. I did love the explanation of ADD kids running around and people talking, I had a similar experience watching "Hero" some time back with a large girl stuffing popcorn in front laughing at the "funny accents" .... hmmmm. :mad:

Anyway, off topic, but yes a good review that sums it up real well.

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From that review site I was linked to a short story called "My Day By Jones" and tells the story of Alien from the cat's view. Very short, but quite funny :) if you like cats ;)

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