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Win tickets to see Aliens, play Killzone 2 Comments by Robert Purchese

4 December, 2008

Sony event, Leicester Square, tonight.

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HarryPalmer
04/12/08 @ 11:43
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If its the Directors Cut they can fuck off.
LeD
04/12/08 @ 11:47
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Why?
Adam_T
04/12/08 @ 11:49
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Yeh I hated all that additional story they added...
HarryPalmer
04/12/08 @ 11:49
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Because I don't like it.
Malek86
04/12/08 @ 11:51
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Is that some kind of HD version or what? Otherwise, I don't see the point. Aliens is awesome, but a lot of people will have seen it already.
HarryPalmer
04/12/08 @ 11:53
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I think it's to get people in the zone, but tbh they'd have been better off showing something like The Women, or Sex and the City, to really stir people into a frenzy.
quantumsheep
04/12/08 @ 11:53
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Does this suggest that Killzone 2 is hugely influenced by Aliens? (Just like everything else since that film was released!).
viper_h
04/12/08 @ 11:56
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Sigourney Weaver was in her underpants in Alien, not Aliens.
Widge
04/12/08 @ 11:56
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i wouldn't say so. Well apart from the future and space thing!
Canyarion
04/12/08 @ 11:56
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Aliens doesn't have Weaver in her underpants. You're thinking of Alien.

Edit: viper_h beat me to it, by half a minute. :-)
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Buztafen
04/12/08 @ 12:02
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I'd watch the Directors Cut just for the automated gun turrets scene....awesome.

Harry P, though you are fully entitled to your own opinion. Your wrong.
Bertie [staff]
04/12/08 @ 12:02
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Oh god there's my knowledge of films under scrutiny. GOD ROB YOU IDIOT. It's wishful thinking - Sigourney Weaver was a sexy strumpet back then. You might argue she still is now.

Thanks for pointing it out! Won't happen again I promise sir the hamster ate it my dog pissed on it.
lambtron
04/12/08 @ 12:02
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Directors cut is better in every way.

That is all.
jon_egg
04/12/08 @ 12:03
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She comes out of hypersleep in her underpants.
Moonprince
04/12/08 @ 12:09
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Harry P you retard. You're doing it wrong.
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04/12/08 @ 12:09
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Odd. Why are they advertising a game that's coming out in February instead of the games that they have out now.... LBP, R2, M2...
HarryPalmer
04/12/08 @ 12:11
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I probably am wrong yeah. I'm wrong about everything.
Triggerhappytel
04/12/08 @ 12:22
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This evening? Well, that's bloody short notice; I would have tried to go otherwise.
riz23
04/12/08 @ 12:22
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Killzone isn't influenced by Aliens. Killzone is influenced by Jin-Roh. They should show that instead.
Triggerhappytel
04/12/08 @ 12:24
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Also: Sigourney Weaver was still kinda sexy in Heartbreakers. Watch it; the lovely Jennifer Love Hewitt was in it too ;)
Skeletor
04/12/08 @ 12:30
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"Killzone isn't influenced by Aliens. Killzone is influenced by Jin-Roh. They should show that instead."

Have you ever actually seen Jin-Roh? It's not exactly a fast paced or action oriented picture...
Aliens is a good choice and fits the game. Only problem could be that 99% of the people into SciFi probably already seen this one like 100 times. Anyway, it's on the big screen:-)
Widge
04/12/08 @ 12:32
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might have to check out Jin-Roh, looks interesting...
DAN:SOLO
04/12/08 @ 12:33
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heres an idea why dont they wait till the new ALIENS game comes out then let people watch the ALIENS film?
or is that too obvious?
riz23
04/12/08 @ 12:38
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Of course I've seen Jin-Roh. 'Action oriented' it may not be but it's a good film nevertheless and visually has more to do with Killzone than Aliens imho. Is there a gamer on the planet who has not seen Aliens already? I think not.
kangarootoo
04/12/08 @ 12:40
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"She comes out of hypersleep in her underpants"

There was hypersleep taking place in her underpants? That sounds like a cheeky slight against her sexual prowess :)
kangarootoo
04/12/08 @ 12:41
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"Is there a gamer on the planet who has not seen Aliens already? I think not."

Is that not perhaps the point of showing it at this event? If they had said "win tickers to see Jin-Roh", most people would responbd with "What?".
kangarootoo
04/12/08 @ 12:41
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^ typo town
riz23
04/12/08 @ 12:53
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Ah whatever. Personally I'm not interested in seeing a film I've already seen like a dozen times. I guess someone will.
drumbaby
04/12/08 @ 12:57
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She rubs her sweaty bosom in her underpants after a bad dream in Aliens. Her bosom wasn't in her underpants though.
dominalien
04/12/08 @ 13:02
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Heartbreakers is a great film. :-)

And yes, Sigourney Weaver is featured prominently in her underpants in Aliens as well. Just checked.
makeamazing
04/12/08 @ 13:08
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Directors cut is great ... as someone else said the auto turrets is brilliant.
Thunderbolt!
04/12/08 @ 13:10
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How about the Chronicles of Riddick thats more similar to Killzone at least. Well more similar than Aliens anyway
FogHeart
04/12/08 @ 13:11
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This thread is starting to read like a Quentin Tarantino film starring Simon Pegg.
BuckoA51
04/12/08 @ 13:15
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I say we take off, nuke the thread from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
andromeda
04/12/08 @ 13:20
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despite ALIENS being great - the first film kicks the sequels ass.

"The first thing i do when i get home , is get some decent food"
mossychops001
04/12/08 @ 13:34
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got two tickets

Aliens is one of my favourite films of all time, But did not see it in the cinema when it first came out, So this will look and sound great on the big screen.

Cannot wait.

see you there EG.
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Triggerhappytel
04/12/08 @ 14:12
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"Aliens is one of my favorite films of all time, But did not see it in the cinema when it first came out, So this will look and sound great on the big screen."

Yeah, same as that. Although I was four when it came out ;)

I love the film though and I can see its influences on Killzone (although moreso on Halo, back in the day). Would love the chance to watch it on the big screen for free.
penhalion
04/12/08 @ 14:13
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Directors cut was funny. You suddenly go "WTF they had remote sentry units and explosives and still couldn't beat a single alien?!??"
ruttyboy
04/12/08 @ 14:35
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@ penhalion

Have you even seen Aliens? The clue is in the title.
Yakumo
04/12/08 @ 14:38
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So what your saying penhalion, is you haven't really seen it ;)

Aliens, with the sentry guns, is where they face considerably more than just the one alien, likely one for every colonist that was there (except newt).
illusiondance
04/12/08 @ 15:50
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what is "favorite"? do they put it in toothpaste?
Anyway, while its true that the directors cut spoils the mystery by explaining the first encounter it does make up for things with the auto-guns.
Overall, its the better film IF you already have seen the regular version (not the "rat-fat son-of-abitch" TV version!)
plus seeing it big screen would give me the shivers.
Incidentally, there will be killzone there. nobody want a go?
FogHeart
04/12/08 @ 15:53
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My memory is hazy, but I don't think they showed any shots of the aliens being hit by the sentry guns. It was happening, but alluded to and not displayed. Probably why they dropped the scene from the cinema release, it was probably confusing at the screentest.

I applaud you gentlemen for not using the Hudson cliche so far in this thread. You know the one. I'll put on ignore the first person to quote it.
Triggerhappytel
04/12/08 @ 16:24
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"My memory is hazy, but I don't think they showed any shots of the aliens being hit by the sentry guns."

They do a couple of times, but the shots are really fast (like half a second) and show very little since the corridor is pretty smoky.

But yeah, anyone actually interested in going for this game, whateveritscalled.
illusiondance
04/12/08 @ 16:54
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was it the one about saving some colonists from their virginity?
cant remember the exact words.


"guess she dont like the cornbread either"
kangarootoo
04/12/08 @ 17:34
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I also didn't much like the directors cut. The sentry gun scene was ok, didn't much mind it. Given that we the audience don't know the layout of the ship, its slightly pointless to explain how multiple entry points are protected (though it does set up the "they are in the ceiling" quite well I guess.

The parts I liked less was the way we awere basically told what was going on before the marines had even arrived (the scene that showed the family being attacked by face huggers ). That was just ridiculous. It robs tension from the setup, and gives us nothing in return. its not like everything isn't eventually explained, so there was no value in doing it afaics.
Khanivor
04/12/08 @ 18:24
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The most important part of the director's cut - and one of the most insane cuts ever made to any film - was the quick scene where we learn Ripley had a young daughter who grew old and died while she was drifting in the Narcissus. This scene makes Ripley's attitude and actions towards Newt all the more understandable and poignant.
makeamazing
04/12/08 @ 18:56
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If you want Aliens quotes, just play COD 4, the script writer just looked at lots of major films and stole all their best lines @_@
Brogan
05/12/08 @ 08:06
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But you already knew the aliens were on the planet they were there in the 1st movie and they appear in the title. Was anybody really thinking it was just a movie about deep space telephone repair men?
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05/12/08 @ 09:19
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I didnt see the comma at first and thought it was a free trip to Area 51.
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07/12/08 @ 18:50
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@Malek86
HD only really applies when you're watching on a television. Film by its very nature is still way beyond even high definition movie formats, also I'd wager most people haven't seen it on the big screen.

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