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Not gratuitous. It established SPOILER

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tinear

In Reply to: RE: Aiien had gratuitous violence? Really???? Are you sure you know what the word "gratuitous" means??? posted by geoffkait on March 11, 2014 at 17:08:10

that it was using humans for hosts. Much of the violence in "Alien" is offscreen, the camera moves at the point where the attack occurs, all you experience is sound.

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That's so funny! You guys really think this is literature. You should write book reports. Lol - geoffkait 18:28:48 03/11/14 (7)
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- Goff, when we went to see Alien during its first run, there was a teen girl with her younger brother - Road Warrior 13:59:48 03/12/14 (5)
  at least we figured it was her brother, sitting in front of us. About the time baby alien popped put of John Hurt's chest the kid just screamed bloody murder, started crying, loudly, and was hollering at his sis, "TAKE ME OUTTA HERE!!!!". Very loudly. This continued at various times throughout the movie. It's just occurred to me, you were that kid, right?
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  - I saw Alien the night after opening night... - rlw 08:23:35 03/16/14 (0)
    It was at the Uptown Theater in Washington, DC, a grand old place sporting a balcony and big, curved screen. Anyway, when the "chest-popping" scene occurred, about 1/4 of the audience jumped up and began streaming for the exits, some holding their hands over their mouths as though to keep from vomiting. The guy directly in front of us yelled "Jesus, God!!" and joined the rest of the crowd leaving. I busted out laughing.
    
    I had never seen behavior like before and certainly never since. That movie scared the livin' shit outta folks...
    -RW-
  - That was the scariest movie made and dethroned..... - Billy Wonka 21:32:53 03/13/14 (2)
    'The Exorcist'.
    - I wasn't necessarily scared but I did get hungry during the green pea soup scene. Nt - geoffkait 07:02:37 03/15/14 (0)
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    - Yup, the only two movies I've ever had bad dreams over. ^ - Road Warrior 10:23:46 03/14/14 (0)
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  - Nope, wasn't me. I appreciate gratuitous violence as much as the next guy. Nt - geoffkait 22:06:25 03/12/14 (0)
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- If Edgar Allen Poe is "literature," well then, this is definitely "literature," too. - tinear 09:11:33 03/12/14 (0)
  Films can be an art form and this film was a landmark film in the sic-fi, horror genre.
  
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Yup, plus, the book was much clearer on what happened (spoilers) - Road Warrior 17:46:03 03/11/14 (0)
to the humans after being attacked by said Alienses. One would think, from the first movie, the humans were dead meat after Alien attacked them. Far, far, from it. I'm pretty sure the "Quantum dots/clever little clock" dude saw a different movie and just got confused,
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