It only helps that Dark Descent so ably captures the look and tone of the Alien films.
David Fincher’s film maintains a consistently bleak atmosphere that elevates it above its sloppy sequel.
Showrunner Steven Moffat presents the intersection between Doctor Who and Christmas in the most direct possible way.
Missions have unclear objectives and way too much backtracking, made more frustrating by doors that go from sealed to open for no good reason and checkpoints triggered by obscure means.
There’s definitely a conversation to be had about the right and wrong of what the player is asked to do in order to get off of the space station.
If The Hunger Games found its urgency in the horrors of kid-on-kid fatalities, Catching Fire finds it in the collapsing of a societal facade.
All of them have earned their right to be here, either by standing on the shoulders of giants or wildly impaling creatures of the night.
It may suggest an Alien incarnate, but once you get past its exterior, it’s as empty as outer space.
The book offers numerous alternative suggestions about the trends of critical reception in film/media culture.
Enemies resemble jerky marionettes tossed at your face and the neat addition of the motion tracker from Aliens adds little pressure to the proceedings when the level designs are extremely linear.
The highly subjective task of compiling a list of the 10 best films of all time is nearly as daunting as the thought that plagues every film completist.
The Avengers will assemble for what may be the most overstuffed tent-pole ever, and Katy Perry will unleash the first movie that could actually give you cavities.
The film sings an ultimately joyful song.
Just as Fincher’s films process the world through computers, we process our world through computer screens too.
So, curses to you, once again, robots!
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It is only underneath, beneath the striking visual effects and Gumpian narrative, that Fincher himself is revealed.
The austere minimalism of Scott’s Alien has kept it from becoming dated.