I hit play on Predator.

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@afreytes
I am ashamed to admit something so pedestrian but it would probably be Wrath of Khan.
It was all the more impressive when I learned years later that Harve Bennett was hired because he knew how to live within budgets - and he did.

[chongliss@mastodon.ie]

@afreytes the 80's version of the Blob.

Absolutely god damn awful and scary. Still real looking.

[afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@AlexanderVI that's so sad

[ahchay@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@afreytes yup, still looks better than anything since in my book

[afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@chongliss Dammit, I havent seen that in a long time!

The Blob makes me think of The Stuff

[space_burger_steve@mstdn.ca]

@afreytes You know what I like about Predator? I can understand all the dialogue without my ears being blown off in the action scenes.

[abban@mastodon.ie]

@afreytes @chongliss that Blob movie is so good! I have huge nostalgia for it. Somehow my mam was able to afford a C64 and a TV for me one Christmas, she must have saved all year, and I used to fall asleep watching the RTE midweek movie in bed for years after. I saw so many cool weird movies that way

[jeremiahfieldhaven@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@afreytes Not sure it's favourite, or best, but I think the movie that made the largest impression on me from a visual effects standpoint is probably "2010: The Year We Make Contact".

The stark, sharp lighting of the space shots, and the attention to detail put into almost every frame... it was a big influence when I did 3D modelling and rendering years later.

[chongliss@mastodon.ie]

@abban @afreytes I watched it with my brother when I was around 8. I was traumatised for months. We had family visiting at the time, and my Uncle Pat was a big tall man (looked like a Garda but was security in Dublin Castle), and the whole time I kept thinking, "It's okay, it's okay, Uncle Pat will save us if the Blob attacks!"

And also, kids aren't supposed to die in horror movies, and by jove did one of this kids get it bad!

[chongliss@mastodon.ie]

@afreytes @abban Also wasn't "The Stuff" something about ice cream or something?! Did people eat it?!
I don't think I watched it, I think I just looked at the pictures of the VHS box and that my imagination run wild

[afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@chongliss @abban Yes, that's how The Stuff goes.

I stopped eating ice cream for a long time after that.

[grim_elsewhere@lgbtqia.space]

@afreytes The Thing, Aliens, Fury Road probably

[afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@grim_elsewhere Damn, Aliens is peak something (manythings?) for sure.

[grim_elsewhere@lgbtqia.space]

@afreytes I mean, Alien as well. I'd heard that the rest of the cast wasn't told what all to expect from the chestburster scene in the mess hall in advance, so their reactions were more genuine.

[afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@grim_elsewhere I do like Alien as well, but I feel Aliens is the better film.

I really like that (although some may call it pandering) the feminine characters are so strong!

Like, in the first Alien, you could mistake Ripley for a "final girl"

But there's not one single minute in Aliens where you think "oh shit Ripley don't got this!" and it's just a matter of telling an interesting environmental story where the right person overcomes stacked risks and looks cool doing it.