Comments on: The Private Internet Conversations of Jay C. and Reed Farrington

By: Reed Farrington

Reed Farrington — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:06:47 +0000

I’ll be the first to admit that I play devil’s advocate at times, but I usually do so for arguments in which I don’t have a strong opinion about. But I honestly did enjoy AVP as I have all the Alien movies. I must admit that I don’t apply logic when I watch movies, so I can’t address the “dumbed down” comment. I mean, I had to suspend my disbelief in the first movie when Ripley defeated the Alien.

I have the Bloomsbury Movie Guide No. 4 – The Alien Quartet by David Thomson who doesn’t think much of Resurrection either. I was just rereading some of what he had to say, but I can’t succinctly put into words what his major problems with it are.

Anyway, my mind is shutting down…

By: Rian

Rian — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:48:49 +0000

Reed, what you’re saying is impossible. You can’t be an Alien fan and also like AVP. It just doesn’t work that way. AVP raped both the Alien and Predator franchises of everything that made either of them cool in the first place. True, Resurrection and Predator 2 had already dumbed down the quality of their respective series’ a bit, but come on man…

For shame.

By: megan

megan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:08:17 +0000

reed, i’m now imagining you at the counter of the store, arms spilling over with little card packets (with slicked back hair and a shiny apple) and behind you a guy with arms full of little, hairy moustaches.

made my afternoon.

By: Jay C.

Jay C. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:01:58 +0000

Short, but sweet:

Reed F. says:
I’m just going to gel my hair and wash my apple.

By: Reed Farrington

Reed Farrington — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:57:10 +0000

Ha. I actually missed the nuance in the “You’re an idiot” line as well. I was going to come back with this rejoinder: “Paul W.S. Anderson is a hack. He doesn’t have an original bone in his body. His work is highly derivative of Uwe Boll’s masterpieces. (Am I less of an idiot now?) P.S. If you’re reading this Mr. P.W.S. Anderson, I don’t believe anything I just wrote. I was just trying to appease Ryan M.”

BTW, I opened up the rest of the AVPR trading card packs. No more autographs. But I got two Pieceworks cards that are cool IMO. These cards have actual pieces of the wardrobe worn by the cast in the movie. I got a card with pieces of a top and bottom worn by Ariel Gade, and another card with a piece of a dress worn by Kristen Hager. It sounds kind of pervy to treasure these items. I would have preferred getting a piece of the Alien or Predator costumes. Or even a pouch of real Alien slime!

By: Ryan M.

Ryan M. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:23:35 +0000

I was playing on the way Jay C says that Underlined Steven. That fake moustaches thing was a win btw.

By: Underlined Steven

Underlined Steven — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:09:41 +0000

That’s not very nice, Ryan M.

Reed, I would have bought 100 fake moustaches but they only had 40. They were the hairy type that sticks to your face. I don’t know what my brother did with the remainder of them, but we used a few in a film we made for college, so I have a memento of my time spent with a plethora of fake moustaches.

By: Ryan M.

Ryan M. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:59:15 +0000

“I havenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t seen AVPR, yet, but I plan to. I enjoyed AVP. Unlike some vocal commenters on Film Junk, I think Paul W.S. Anderson makes entertaining movies.”

You’re an idiot.

By: Alex R. Cronk-Young

Alex R. Cronk-Young — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:35:34 +0000

I enjoy having a lot of things because then you can do whatever you want with them and not care. I deliver newspapers so I usually take things out of all of them if its something I want. Like coupons, or once I got a bunch of instant pudding packets from some sample bags I was supposed to bag the papers in. Currently I have a bunch of that stupid right wing documentary movie that went out in papers about muslims being evil. As seen on Fox News!! Now thats a credential.

By: Reed Farrington

Reed Farrington — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:46:18 +0000

I haven’t seen AVPR, yet, but I plan to. I enjoyed AVP. Unlike some vocal commenters on Film Junk, I think Paul W.S. Anderson makes entertaining movies.

I’m an Alien fan, so I would have bought the trading cards even without the chance of getting an autograph. The autographs are a bonus. The sketch cards are kind of cool, too. I can’t remember the artist’s name.

Gerald McRaney was in Simon & Simon which had Michael Piller as a writer/producer. It’s generally acknowledged that Michael Piller made ST:TNG into a popular show. And Piller went on to create subsequent Star Trek series. So Gerald McRaney’s autograph is worth about 25 cents to me.

A while back, I bought quite a few Star Trek: Insurrection trading card packs, but only ended up with a minor alien character’s autograph. The actor’s name is Gregg Henry. He has quite an extensive list of acting credits.

I agree, Megan. Fake moustaches are cool. I would have bought 100 of them, but only if they were the hairy stick on kind and not the plastic kind that clip on between the nostrils.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:00:13 +0000

I remember Voltron stickers that were sold in like 10 pack card things for a sticker book yeah those were the days. Didn’t get Prince Lotar’s John Hancock though so these are probably better.

By: megan

megan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:45:59 +0000

i’m sorry, fake moustaches guy wins this round for me