The Alien Saga - Warm and Fuzzy?

[Brasil]

Er, yeah. I watched Ridley Scott's Alien earlier, and it's sci-fi/horror, yes, but I came out of it feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. I don't know why, either. It shouldn't--[i]dear God, it shouldn't[/i], lol, but it does. Perhaps it's the acting, the writing, the set design, but everything just clicks, you know? It really is a whole film, and I suppose that's what makes me giddy and such after watching it, cause it's always an experience, heh.

I guess what made it even cooler and more enjoyable was when my [i]entire[/i] class jumped when [spoiler]Dallas runs into the pesky houseguest in the airducts[/spoiler]. It was [i]awesome[/i]. College students, mind you, jumping at [i]Alien[/i], a sci-fi/horror film from the late 70s. It was beautiful. Some of them jumped again near the end, when [spoiler]the Alien reaches out for Ripley in the escape pod. Pity, actually. I wanted to see more of Sigourney Weaver clad only in those tight undergarments...lol[/spoiler].

But yes. Do any of you feel that any part of The Alien Saga is Warm and Fuzzy? And if so, why? I'm seriously wondering if I'm just weird.

[James]

[color=#707875]I could be wrong, but what you are feeling reminds me of something simple: nostalgia.

When I play Resident Evil with my brother (the GameCube remake), I definitely come away with that feeling, despite the fact that the game is a horror game. In fact, last time we played, my mum joined in (by reading the map and helping with puzzles). So it was a really nice experience.

In regard to the content itself...well, there is really nothing warm and fuzzy about the actual content of the game. But the experience of playing it with loved ones, as well as its nostalgic appeal, are things that make me come away with that feeling.

I also experience this with movies to some degree, so maybe it's a similar thing.[/color]

[Muad'Dib]

[FONT=Palatino Linotype][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Ha ha, well, the alien quadrilogy does convey a sense of... hmm... what word to use... 'completion'? Especially in the first one. The sole survivor of the crew drifting off into space after blowing the alien into the airlock. It just makes you feel like [i]'Yeah... that was nice.'[/i]

Just like any other movie - everything seems to come together in the end. (Ok, not ALL movies...) But the sense might be a bit stronger with the Alien quadrilogy because of just how damn scary and chaotic it can get.

And like James said, nastalgia.[/COLOR][/FONT]

[Gavin]

[SIZE=1]Interesting, most interesting.

I actually had a similar experience the first time I watched [b]Star Trek: First Contact[/b] in recent months, I had just begun to get my Star Trek movie collection together and it had been years since I'd watched the film itself. Now I know many of you wouldn't say that First Contact would be all that scary but when I was like 11-12 I used to have this insane fear of The Borg, yes that is sad. Then a few months ago I put it on and had that same warm and fuzzy feeling of nostalgia even though I had been terrified to watch the films when I was younger.[/SIZE]