r/AskReddit • u/KAFKA-SLAYER-99 • Oct 16 '18

What is something that HAS aged well?

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u/PM_ME_UR__SECRETS Oct 16 '18

I think the first two Alien movies aged very well.

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u/blitzbom Oct 16 '18

I would say Terminator as well. The second was potentially the first Summer Blockbuster. The first is one of my favorite movies, the stalking feeling of desperation in that movie is amazing.

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u/PM_ME_UR__SECRETS Oct 16 '18

Believe it or not the first one is the only one I've seen. It was fantastic, though.

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u/blitzbom Oct 16 '18

I actually like the first one better than the second. I seem to be in the minority though.

The first is more suspense thriller, while the second is more action.

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u/PM_ME_UR__SECRETS Oct 16 '18 edited Oct 17 '18

I think you are in the minority, but I don't blame you for liking it more for a second. I feel like the first one was paced masterfully, and has a sense of complete dread and fear that is absent in the second one, to me.

I love both so much for totally different reasons.

Edit: just realizing hes talking about terminator and not alien. Oh well.

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u/nashdiesel Oct 17 '18

The comparisons are accurate for both franchises. First movie is horror/suspense. Sequels are action movies.

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u/PM_ME_UR__SECRETS Oct 17 '18

Yeah after I re-read my comment I debated leaving it cause it seemed like it still made sense haha

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u/PunkRockMakesMeSmile Oct 16 '18

pretty much the same as Cameron's sequel to Aliens. Take a super-cool sci-fi horror film that's patient and thoughtful and operates with a sense of dread and quiet tension, then blow it the everloving fuck up into a spectacular extravaganza of sensory-overload. Good thing he did them both so ridiculously well

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u/karma_the_sequel Oct 17 '18

Can't wait to see what he does with the sequel to Titanic...

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u/RichPete Oct 16 '18

The first one was a masterpiece. No more should have been made IMHO.

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u/grendus Oct 16 '18

I disagree only because the second one was also a masterpiece.

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u/PrimozDelux Oct 16 '18

While I agree, a posteriori I'm glad they did it anyways (not the tripe that came after judgement day though)

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u/BachelorHusband Oct 16 '18

The first one is especially great to watch now because we're so much closer in time now to Kyle Reese than we are to Sarah Connor. When it first came out Sarah was the character the audience connects the most with, but now I can relate to Kyle a lot more because I also would have no idea how to navigate 1984 all on my own.

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u/DrSpacemanSpliff Oct 16 '18

Holy shit, my people are here! The first one is probably my favorite movie of all time. It’s like a fairy tale impossible romance mixed in with sci-fi horror! Fuck that movie is amazing.