Re: Telltale "Games"
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 2:32 pm
Yeah, I hate that trope as well. They are afraid that it would ruin the mood, and break the fourth wall, as if you couldn't work with the word being pronouced by characters.
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Didn't they call the Aliens in the Alien series Xenomorphs?VoiceOfReasonPast wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2017 4:00 pmThis is extra funny if the movie in question has a "This is how a zombie apocalypse would really turn out" vibe to it.
Though thankfully this trope isn't spreading to other genres. Can you imagine some alien invasion movie where everyone avoids saying "aliens?". Or a vampire flick where the word "vampire" is haram?
That's hardly the same, not even close. Alien is a general term, zombie is far more specific - also, alien is a franchise, but there are many, many other aliens featured in thousands of movies. So I'll cut them some slack with Xenomorphs, which I'm not even sure when they started to call them that, if they say that in Aliens, I can't remember either, I'm pretty sure it's not in first movie.
True but do they mention other aliens, i assume that's a possibility but i forgotSome Sick Fuck wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2017 11:08 pmThat's hardly the same, not even close. Alien is a general term, zombie is far more specific - also, alien is a franchise, but there are many, many other aliens featured in thousands of movies. So I'll cut them some slack with Xenomorphs, which I'm not even sure when they started to call them that, if they say that in Aliens, I can't remember either, I'm pretty sure it's not in first movie.
Zombie might be more specific, but the pop culture incarnation of the zombie has effectively become a modern mythological creature, much like the more standardized modern versions of vampires and werewolves. You just don't have a decaying bloke either slowly shamble or run like crazy at you without thinking "zombie".Some Sick Fuck wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2017 11:08 pmThat's hardly the same, not even close. Alien is a general term, zombie is far more specific - also, alien is a franchise, but there are many, many other aliens featured in thousands of movies. So I'll cut them some slack with Xenomorphs, which I'm not even sure when they started to call them that, if they say that in Aliens, I can't remember either, I'm pretty sure it's not in first movie.
It's the briefing scene, when Hudson (Bill Paxton, RIP :'C) asks if its going to be a "bug hunt". Instead of answering, Gorman says "A Xenomorph..." and Hudson says "it's a bug hunt."Some Sick Fuck wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2017 11:08 pmSo I'll cut them some slack with Xenomorphs, which I'm not even sure when they started to call them that, if they say that in Aliens, I can't remember either, I'm pretty sure it's not in first movie.