Seven working-class stiffs heading home. The call comes in to explore a planetoid and they think they can handle it without knowing a damn thing about the place?
Really silly...
Besides, I am not the biggest fan of eggs.
My version? A half-hour film where Parker and Ripley are vindicated.
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Kendall Defoe
Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page.
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Totally agree, always wonder why people in movies always go where angels fear to trod. Someone says there would be no movie if they didn't. i guess.
Ah, but it's so true to form. The very hubris of those whose lives are not on the line putting others at risk for their own benefit. What could be closer to the American dream (or the dreams of any with wealth &/or power)? And isn't it nice to spend a couple of hours remembering those deemed ultimately expendable?
I think I'd enjoy your version more!
Haha brilliant! I agree with the vindication!
That is a different take! (I wasn't allowed to see it at the pictures being 15 at the time!)
But, but... what about the face-huggers? Haha, this is very cool, Kendall, even if I do like the film.