tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post906944731068628763..comments2023-03-31T06:55:42.398-07:00Comments on Dinner With Max Jenke: Trick Or Trailers: Alien (1979)Jeff Allardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-38162567471694361542009-10-25T21:48:44.134-07:002009-10-25T21:48:44.134-07:00That trailer still gives me chills. You've got...That trailer still gives me chills. You've got this spooky soundtrack slowly growing in intensity punctuated by that alien wail, over alternating shots of Ripley's panicked flight and static shots of ominous things, until suddenly WHAM explosion of sound and action and nastiness. You just know all sorts of very bad things are going to happen in this movie. Too many horror trailers today are about showing action, while this one really showcases the Fear.Penhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891811829251049068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-89291974339918439632009-10-21T22:12:22.686-07:002009-10-21T22:12:22.686-07:00I'm with you on that. I love Aliens and for aw...I'm with you on that. I love Aliens and for awhile I considered it my favorite of the series but there's something about the purity of Alien that can't be beat.Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-41266950440145379022009-10-21T21:50:39.610-07:002009-10-21T21:50:39.610-07:00Definitely a bad-ass trailer for a bad-ass film. ...Definitely a bad-ass trailer for a bad-ass film. And I don't care what anyone says, nothing against 'Aliens', but I think this is the best movie in the series.Bob Igniziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03630416222197419152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-39456027831740631312009-10-21T12:23:05.651-07:002009-10-21T12:23:05.651-07:00Senski, I've been looking for that issue of Ne...Senski, I've been looking for that issue of Newsweek forever and a day! I remember when it came out - there was a picture of Sigourney Weaver on the cover, I believe - and it covered all the big horror releases of that summer like Alien, Prophecy, Dawn of the Dead and Amityville Horror. Every time I go to a convenion, I keep hoping someone will have a copy of it but no luck so far.Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-75290461675644221452009-10-21T11:30:38.853-07:002009-10-21T11:30:38.853-07:00Man, we really knew how to tease a movie in those ...Man, we really knew how to tease a movie in those days. Those trailers worked so hard to establish their own mood without giving away ANYTHING that was important. And in those pre-web days, Fox was so successful at keeping Giger's alien design out of the media. You wanted to see it? Buy a ticket, buster.<br /><br />And how I loved 1979, or like Newsweek called it, Hollywood's Summer of Horror. In the era before sequelitis, that meant something.senskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469603484774090192noreply@blogger.com