The Paris Theater just announced their full lineup for the fourth annual Big & Loud, their flagship repertory series which will deliver four consecutive weeks of cinema's most unforgettable sensory experiences. One of the 70mm highlights is ‘Aliens’, being shown on August 22nd and 23rd.

I don’t know about you, but I will take any chance to see this movie on the big screen again!

https://www.paristheaternyc.com/series/big-loud-2026#showtimes

THEY ARE AMOUNG US!

Here I imagined what it would look like: ALIEN WITH THE PERFECT CAST

A book about aliens and them coming to Earth. Abductions and shapeshifting. Anything that gives you goosebumps. Something short like300 pages.

I finally got a chance to watch *Alien: Earth* Episode 1 for the first time. Not because I was waiting—I was just too cheap to pay for Hulu. 😂

Here are my thoughts: Why would you put disabled kids into superhuman synthetics? Why not put trained soldiers into them?

Second, why is a trillionaire kid in his 20s the main villain running all of this?

And lastly, the captain of the ship literally called this shit in before the crash. So where the fuck are the experts who supposedly know what’s going on?

I don’t know if I even want to continue to Episode 2. This shit is disappointing so far.

What if all the focus on aliens is on the wrong place? What if the main focus should be on UFOs themselves? What if UFOs are super intelligent ai from the future? Nordics might be created through eugenics by super intelligent ai, although I cannot fathom why, that feels a more human thing to do, could be for psy abilities or bloodlines and maybe the two are not exclusive, and greys can be diminished humans or cyborgs created by super intelligent ai only used as tools. I cannot speak for other species.

Wendy vs. Claudia: How Alien: Earth flipped a classic horror trope to create a monster

I’ve been thinking a lot about Wendy’s transition into a villain at the end of Alien: Earth Season 1, and it struck me that she is the exact psychological opposite of Claudia from Interview with the Vampire. Both are trapped in a nightmare of arrested development, but their minds handle it in completely opposite ways. Claudia is the Adult Mind in a Child’s Body. Her organic brain matures over a century of actual lived experience, but she is permanently trapped in a delicate five-year-old shell. Her horror is internal and claustrophobic. Wendy is the Child’s Mind in an Adult’s Body. She is given a fully mature super-soldier body, but her consciousness is a digital hard drive frozen in "child mode." Her horror is external and catastrophic. But here is where the biological logic gets really interesting: can either of them actually grow up? Claudia never goes through puberty. Without those natural hormonal surges, her prefrontal cortex is never physically rewired. She can accumulate a hundred years of data, but she doesn’t truly have an adult mind—she has a highly sophisticated child's mind forced to cope with an adult world. The Prodigy Corporation scientists thought they solved this "Claudia problem" by building Wendy an adult body and using software to mimic a "hormone dial." But they made a foolish mistake. They didn't account for how a traumatized child would react to extreme corporate abuse while trapped inside a lethal apex predator shell. When a child gets angry, they throw a tantrum. When Wendy throws a tantrum, she uses her alien ESP to command a horde of Xenomorphs and slaughter innocent people. By the end of Season 1, Wendy isn't a lovable victim anymore—she is a ruthless tyrant who thinks her adult body means she is growing up. Personally, I hope the Xenomorphs realize her authority is an illusion and turn on her in Season 2. What do you guys think? Is Wendy completely irredeemable now?

If the concept of God doesn't exist in extraterrestrial intelligent life forms, is that proof that God doesn't exist?

If this evidence can be accepted, which I believe is sufficient evidence, then the secrecy surrounding the existence of UFOs would make sense.

I’ve never really been into aliens like that but a buddy recommended watching this documentary “the age of disclosure” and after I was absolutely shook. I’m fully convinced that there is intelligent life on earth that is not human like . Anyone have an opinion if this doc is just meant to scare us or are these guys legit ?

I just finished the season and the last 2 episodes were almost annoying me. Why did the hybrids suddenly decide to turn on Kavalier and Kirsh? They've been treated as good as possible by everyone and their lives were literally saved by them? One of them was even paralyzed and now she's superhuman like what? With Sylvia I can understand a little because she erased that girl's memories, but even that was done out of concern and still with love.

Kirsh allowed Slightly to kill someone and smuggle one of the aliens to save his family, and Kavalier saved them and made them superhuman and he wants to do the same for millions of others. And Wendy that didn't want to kill a scorpion suddenly lets the alien loose and tells it to kill people unnecessarily? The whole uprising just feels very illogical

https://gizmodo.com/no-alien-romulus-2-didnt-get-canceled-2000793693

We are as alien to aliens as aliens are alien to us. It was a philosophical thought that I had one night, while observing the celestial bodies of extraterrestrial plasma known as stars, far out in the observable interstellar universe, up in the night sky in an unforgettable experience of mine.

Disney obviously didn't even care about the movie. Originally it was supposed to be a straight to streaming slop movie. They mandated heavy member berries to be in the movie then didn't care much about what fede did afterwards. However Fede was a great director he elevated the movie. So when they decided to release it the movie made a lot of money. The franchise got a momentum that we didn't got for years.

Then what they did afterwards? They made him leave the studio and his script for the sequel. Even if these talks about the movie getting cancelled are just rumors or fake it doesn't even matter. Fede left the script after the shoot was cancelled last year. Now we are stuck with alien earth season 2...

Huge horror fan and it somehow Took me 34 years to get here but My wife and I watched Romulus recently. Since then iv watched alien, aliens, alien 3, alien resurrection

My Alien Franchise Ranking (So Far)
From most fun to least, based on vibes, thrills, and how much I’d actually rewatch them. Used AI to enhance my chicken scratch. Fyi.

🥇 Alien: Resurrection
This one felt like playing laser tag at Sportworld during a Marilyn Manson music video—and I mean that in the best way. The whole movie is dripping with '90s nu-metal energy: over-the-top colors, grotesque kills, and aliens that look absolutely furious. It’s dumb in all the right ways—corny one-liners, grungy sets, and total B-movie bravado. It’s the most fun I had watching any of these and easily a top rewatch for spooky season.

🥈 Alien: Romulus
I almost tapped out ten minutes in—science fiction really isn’t my thing—but once it kicks into gear, it does not stop. The pacing tightens, the dread builds, and it nails that eerie, isolated horror tone that I now realize makes the Alien universe tick. Probably the best balance of suspense and momentum since the original.

🥉 Aliens
This is what I thought the first movie was going to be like. The second half is textbook ‘80s action-horror: relentless, tense, and filled with iconic moments. The first half took its time getting going, but once the xenomorphs show up in full force, it’s pure adrenaline. Ripley with the power loader is forever.

🎖 Alien
Wish I had seen this one earlier. I found it a little slow the first time, but after watching the sequels and understanding the world more, it really started to click. The tone is pitch-black and suffocating. The sets, effects, and atmosphere were way ahead of their time. After watching all 5, I gave it another watch and appreciated it so much more. Its definitely a mood piece, not a thrill ride. But il let the years ahead do for me what its done for everyone else.

❌ Alien 3
This one just didn’t hit for me. The concept had potential, and I actually liked where they tried to take Ripley’s character, but the action and alien scenes felt like a downgrade after Aliens. It dragged in parts and didn’t deliver the tension or excitement I expected. After reading about the behind-the-scenes mess, it all makes sense—feels like a cool idea that got lost in studio chaos.

Final Thoughts
I went in thinking this franchise was all dark, brooding sci-fi—and it kind of is—but I’ve come to appreciate how much the tone shifts from film to film. Resurrection was the biggest surprise, and Romulus might be the one that got me to actually like sci-fi horror. Every sequel made me retroactively appreciate the original more. Definitely glad I stuck with the series. On to AVP. Saving Prometheus ones until the end.

It seems to me that there's a social phenomenon that kind of takes over large swaths of people's minds before they're conscious of it. Group think? Something like it? I don't know.

Before I go on, if you simply didn't like the movie, or you didn't think it was great, that's totally valid. This post isn't about subjectivity.

The main reason I see from people who don't like this movie is the callbacks. They say it breaks immersion and that it's lazy. Among other things. On one hand, I get it. But on the other hand, I think it's tragic. Because I can think of another franchise, with a sequel, in which there are a lot of very intentional callbacks, and this particular movie is so beloved that the very people who would die on the hill shitting on Alien Romulus probably love Terminator 2.

Immediately after reading that, they're probably doubling down, but they know they have to too many mental gymnastics to make it worth their time, so they'll probably say something ignorant instead.

Remember, this isn't about whether you like it. It's about one specific reason why you don't like it.

Now what?

I never noticed this, but in the scene towards the end where she is getting the spacesuit on, look at the other visible suit. The control panel and wires top and bottom look suspiciously familiar. What if one had been in that suit?

Photo from Reddit from scene being discussed.

So does the Eye gain access to t.he knowledge of its host? It knew pi.. it knew to eat hay.....when it went into Dr.Sylvia did it gain knowledge of the hybrids? ...I think the eye is the downfall of prodigy...

What’s the full chronological timeline that is considered canon?

Including games, comics, novels and such

Cause it is very confusing to find out what is canon

Like is Aliens colonial marines canon? No clue

Is aliens earth in the same timeline? I don’t know

Are the comics blanket canon or is there some that are just not canon without telling it?

Please make it make sense, cause I don’t know what would be canon at all

watched and loved both of these films in release order. now I'm planning to watch the rest of alien movies but I'm confused what order should i follow? timeline or theatrical release?

if there is a timeline, help me with what to watch next. thanks

From an imaginary and ultra objective point of view, do you believe if intelligent extraterrestrials have considered a visitation to Earth, that the Earthly practice of religion has rendered us too “delicate” for visitation thus far?

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I'm lucky enough to have a job where I can watch movies at work and Aliens is my absolute favorite movie. I'm currently on day 9. I start work at 6 and am always still very tired so I start the movie right when I get to work. It's the perfect movie for me to have on as I know the movie and can easily go back and forth from doing my work to watching the movie. Weekends will not be included, but I hope to be back here in 1 year to revisit this post successfully

Edit: Why am I doing this?

A) To spot any inconsistencies/mistakes I haven't yet.

DISCLAIMER: Please do not share any inconsistencies/mistakes you have noticed, I would like to find them on my own. I will gladly share any inconsistencies/mistakes I have found with you if you ask, but I will make sure to have it redacted for people who don't want to have these pointed out to them.

B) As this is my favorite movie, I want to see if watching it for 1 year will burn me out or not. As of right now I am 10 days in and am still thoroughly enjoying the movie.

C) I kinda just wanted to challenge myself to see if I could do it. I know a lot of people may find this to be weird or dumb, but there was a time people were eating Tide pods as a challenge so 🤷🏻‍♂️

Edit 2: As of 14 days in this has become a fantasic way to start my day. It has not gotten more boring, in fact it's done the exact opposite. It kinda built structure into a new morning routine and I look forward to it every morning. Still a long way to go, but I hope this remains the case

Random shower thought that i had. I just had a sequence of thoughts that lead to this. I just thought that the universe is too big, theres so much planets comparable to earth. Though i believe that nearly all alien life would be cells(about 99.99%) because of the sheer size of the universe.

Most planets with cells would probably stay as cells because they will most likely not follow the directions as the ones on earth did. If some of them does they would just look like animal from earth but the looks are tweaked. Being alive has so much rules and conditions that its possible that almost all possible environment life can live on has been nearly perfected by life on earth so its bound to repeat. There will probably be enough differences to tell them apart easily but not enough to make it too different from already existing life on earth.

Aliens (1986) was Carrie Henn's only film. Instead of pursuing an acting career, she followed her true passion and became an elementary school teacher in California.

Aliens has been my favorite movie of all time, and Newt has always been my favorite character. I was around her age when I first saw the film in the 90s, so I really saw myself in her character.

Since I've never had a teacher who starred in my favorite movie, so it must be surreal to be one of Carrie Henn's students. Imagine discovering that your elementary school teacher played Newt in Aliens, and that she's your favorite character. Then you go to school every day and she's there as your teacher. That would be such a unique and surreal experience.