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| | | | | Before Sigourney Weaver's Ripley, mainstream heroines were a different breed entirely. Sure, they were heroic in a more conventional way, but long before feminism became fashionable Ripley emerged from the shadow of her male (and robotic) counterparts by overcoming perhaps the fiercest creation in all of cinema. I'm talking, of course, about the xenomorph, H.R.... | |
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| | | | | At their king's behest, four grizzled blind men approach an unidentified object. He warns them that it has lain forgotten in an unforgiving place, and is a putrid, clammy thing. They nod, not daring to remind the king which sense they lack. Standing almost nine feet tall, the object forces each man to claim his own portion. The first man, at the object's rear, says, "It has a knobby trunk, out of which smooth, hollow tubes run. It must be a sculpture." Caressing its top, the second man partially agrees. "A sculpture yes, but not an object. It is a soldier, wearing a large helmet, pocked and ridged with the scars of battle." The third man, who's been kneeling, waves a finger. "But it is long and jagged, like the skeleton of some legendary beast." The king smi... | |
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musingsofamiddleagedgeek.blog
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| | | | | Spring of 1979. A new, post-Star Wars, R-rated science fiction movie was in theatrical release, and it is to my great regret that, as then-12 year old kid, I didn't see it in those days. Don't get me wrong; I really really wanted to see it. ^ This was my first real 'viewing' of ALIEN;... | |
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| | | Old game Grand Theft Auto 3 will be released as a PS2 Classic on PlayStation Network this Tuesday, 31st July. | ||