tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post3163830519926883841..comments2024-03-05T13:51:24.898-07:00Comments on Spacefreighters Lounge : When is it SF - and when is it horror?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-70621870071002201122015-07-27T17:45:35.753-06:002015-07-27T17:45:35.753-06:00I'm not too keen on scary things making you ju...I'm not too keen on scary things making you jump, either, TBH.Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-48499851066517178182015-07-27T05:05:19.522-06:002015-07-27T05:05:19.522-06:00I can't watch horror at all, although I've...I can't watch horror at all, although I've watched a couple of non-typical zombie films. I hate scary things. It's not so much the guts and gore, but the creepy things that make you jump (though I can't watch Alien either). Too many nightmares. Even Pitch Black is just on my tolerance level.Pippa Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146591827060731958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-68583274892175849562015-07-24T11:23:24.395-06:002015-07-24T11:23:24.395-06:00I'm with you, Steph. I think there's a big...I'm with you, Steph. I think there's a big difference between movies like ALIEN and TCM, SAW, etc. Something about the torture element takes it to a whole new level that I just don't have the stomach for. Humans brutalizing humans. Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-74290296186207173732015-07-23T23:47:38.346-06:002015-07-23T23:47:38.346-06:00Really, I think I'm whingeing about the way Ho...Really, I think I'm whingeing about the way Hollywood is dredging up all the old stuff and re-doing it, just to make money. Even if you look at the very fun GotG, it's Marvel. Guaranteed audience.Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-7144991674882354562015-07-23T23:44:40.975-06:002015-07-23T23:44:40.975-06:00We're all different, aren't we? Although I...We're all different, aren't we? Although I didn't watch the Alien movies, I LOVED the tech - Nostromo and so on. The SFX mags of the time were full of it, as well as the design of the monster ala Escher. That was great stuff. I just can't handle gore.<br /><br />Thanks for joining in.Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-37490751911246430712015-07-23T23:41:39.160-06:002015-07-23T23:41:39.160-06:00There you go. We all read/see something different....There you go. We all read/see something different.Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-59008209973770400732015-07-23T17:37:57.651-06:002015-07-23T17:37:57.651-06:00Ditto that!Ditto that!L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-56042486126124918682015-07-23T17:36:40.837-06:002015-07-23T17:36:40.837-06:00I NEVER forgave them for Hicks. Sonsabitches.I NEVER forgave them for Hicks. Sonsabitches.Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-41552276007920905292015-07-23T17:32:17.795-06:002015-07-23T17:32:17.795-06:00I don't mind horror if it's well done and ...I don't mind horror if it's well done and not just complere "gore fest." I liked the first Predator movie and even watched Alien vs. Predator which I actually thought was surprisingly well done and had an intriguing premise. I just can't say much for the other movies in the franchise. <br /><br />I did see Prometheus and although it wasn't up to the standards of the original first two movies, it wasn't a disaster and they did a pretty good job tying it back to the original Alien--which took place in the future of Prometheus. I would go see 2. <br /><br />As for Alien 5, there's a buzz going around that Hicks might return. Although I'm not sure how they'd bring him back (clone? android mimic? gene splicing with alien DNA?), it would be interesting to see how they accomplish it and what his role will be. I just hope they don't destroy the coolness that was the original character, if they do it.L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-61506311735957691592015-07-23T12:47:00.730-06:002015-07-23T12:47:00.730-06:00I am strange I guess in my movie likes. I love sci...I am strange I guess in my movie likes. I love scifi and I hate horror. I have never seen any Chainsaw Massacre, Saw or any related movies and never will, I can't stand horror and the gratuitous violence of them. On the other hand though I love the Alien movies, The Walking Dead and other similar movies. I don't know if it's the scifi aspect of them that makes me like them or that they aren't quite as horrific. I do wish though that their were more SFR movies and tv series.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09847600706801981914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-38192561429179395612015-07-23T11:22:30.564-06:002015-07-23T11:22:30.564-06:00I have to say MOM was one of the most terrifying s...I have to say MOM was one of the most terrifying stories I ever read. I still shudder when I think about it. It was only recently, when reading a plot summary (I read the original almost 30 years ago), that I realized how SF it was. <br /><br />I went to see EX MACHINA recently, and having been told by others it was sort of an SFR thing, I was a bit rattled by the ending. In truth by the whole thing. Although, having seen the same writer's SUNSHINE and 28 DAYS LATER, I suppose I shouldn't have been! For the record though, I thought it was an excellent film. Despite the fact I watched it all contorted in my chair, thinking every few minutes, "Oh no that did NOT just happen." <br /><br />I have to confess I don't mind a horror element, and as a younger viewer I loved ALIENS, but there does often come a point in an SF movie these days when I think, "Oh gees, another bug movie." Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.com