Excellent analysis! I sincerely enjoyed this. One of my all time favorites — I welcome any and all analysis. There's so much to mine even now from this undisputed classic.
Thanks Matt, as an Alien completist does that make you an Alienist? I've only seen the first three plus Prometheus. But Alien 3? I really liked it, so bleak and any film with Brian Glover and Peter Postlethwaite in it is worth watching. And as you have Alien Earth at the top I will have to give it a look.
I never got over the beginning of Alien 3, where they killed off the girl after all the efforts of the previous one. Plus, I read the novelisation first (when it first came out years ago) and really loved that, and then the film didn’t quite match it for me. Alien Earth is just tremendous… like the first two movies but with modern production and a killer soundtrack.
The Nostromo is bringing back mineral ore from the confines of space, meaning that resource depletion may not moderate productivity growth as much as it used to. In that case, to prevent the workforce erosion that threatens to accompany real wage increases, a source of disruption is necessary. That's quite possibly the structural reason why capital wants to bring back a specimen of the "alien".
Excellent analysis! I sincerely enjoyed this. One of my all time favorites — I welcome any and all analysis. There's so much to mine even now from this undisputed classic.
Great write-up. I watched the whole series a while back (and then, more recently, the newer stuff). Here's my ranking:
1. Alien Earth
=2. Alien
=2. Aliens
4. Prometheus
5. Alien Romulus
6. Alien v Predator
7. Alien Covenant
8. Alien Resurrection
9. Alien 3
…
Unrankably bad: Alien v Predator Requiem
Thanks Matt, as an Alien completist does that make you an Alienist? I've only seen the first three plus Prometheus. But Alien 3? I really liked it, so bleak and any film with Brian Glover and Peter Postlethwaite in it is worth watching. And as you have Alien Earth at the top I will have to give it a look.
I never got over the beginning of Alien 3, where they killed off the girl after all the efforts of the previous one. Plus, I read the novelisation first (when it first came out years ago) and really loved that, and then the film didn’t quite match it for me. Alien Earth is just tremendous… like the first two movies but with modern production and a killer soundtrack.
A great piece about a brilliant film. And now another one to add to the rewatch list! Thanks!
Much appreciated Bryan. 46-years old and it still feels fresh.
The Nostromo is bringing back mineral ore from the confines of space, meaning that resource depletion may not moderate productivity growth as much as it used to. In that case, to prevent the workforce erosion that threatens to accompany real wage increases, a source of disruption is necessary. That's quite possibly the structural reason why capital wants to bring back a specimen of the "alien".