Seeing as she’s a huge sci-fi fan, I thought I’d try something with elements of horror, just to see how she got on (she’s 10).
She was most amused that the jump scares had more of an effect on me than her and she seemed to find it quite funny.
Next you have to introduce her to "Aliens". That was a great sequel.
shareThen he need to introduce her to “Alien 3”. That was a great threequel.
shareAfter Aliens, all the sequels are disappointing. Too bad because the concept is great.
On the other hand, "Alien v Predator 2" was among the best video games I ever played. And the Steve Perry trilogy novels starting with "Earth Hive" were entertaining books with the aliens on Earth threatening human existence. They should be a trilogy movie or TV series.
Nope, he needs to introduce her to “Alien 3” or else Alien: Resurrection won’t make any sense.
shareArgh! "Alien: Resurrection" was worse than 3. And Prometheus was worse than 3. I gave up on watching more Alien movies.
I just found out about a new series "Alien: Earth". Here's hoping it's good.
OK bud, if you skip Alien 3 and go straight from Aliens to Alien: Resurrection it isn't going to make any sense. His daughter is going to be wondering how Ripley died and why cloning her produced a Queen Xenomorph.
shareWe will get round to that.
shareI will.
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Ha. I was a bit like that at her age. When I was eleven, my parents conducted an experiment. They let me stay up with them to watch a film on television that scared the bejesus out of them. I wasn't the least bit fazed. And after that*, they just said 'If you can handle that, you can handle anything. Watch what you want. Just don't make us watch it with you.' Or words to that effect.
Not suggesting for a moment you should do that with your daughter, but -- yeah -- like we were saying in an earlier thread, some kids can handle more than some parents think they can. And IMHO, they should be allowed to do that.
* - I can't remember what film it was, which kind of proves their point. It wasn't scarring.
She found it a little meh and couldn’t see what all the fuss was about. I guess that modern programs like Stranger Things and Doctor Who made this look quite tame by comparison.
shareI'd love to see Alien for the first time at that age.
I took my niece, who is 10 years old, to see Twisters a week ago. It was fun to see her get all excited and jumpy at the storm scenes. After the movie was over I asked her how did she like it and she said "this is my new favorite movie".
And this is what movies are all about 👍
shareTerrible father. What took you so long to show her such a classic?
shareDo you remember a couple years ago when somebody chastised Andy for showing his daughter the Star Wars movies? Star Wars FFS!
Some people are loons 😄
Star Wars? What kind of a person would have a problem with that? Lol
shareAnd who do they think it's for?
shareExactly! Even if Han did shoot first.
shareOf course Han shot first.
He was a wanted smuggler with a likely death sentence awaiting him if captured. Who wouldn’t shoot first under the circumstances?
I have NO idea why Lucas changed this integral part of Solo’s character.
It might have been triggering in some way to a focus group study. :)
shareThat’s a possibility!
Maybe it’s why Spielberg changed the FBI Agents shotguns into talkies in E.T. at some point. It all seems pretty silly and coddles the crybabies too much.
Nah! Lucas thought about that scene and realized that a hero, aka: good guy, would never shoot an unarmed person in cold blood.
Secretive Lucas didn't do focus groups.
Some people seem to generate self-esteem and garner attention by being loud and ridiculous. Maybe it’s always been this way but now the net amplifies it.
share10 seems more than a little young for alien, imo.
shareHonestly, she found it underwhelming. I think modern stuff makes things that we thought were awesome in 1979, seem a little pedestrian by comparison.
shareCould well be true. My yardstick is myself at that age, which is an old yardstick.
shareShe’s been brought up on Doctor Who, Stranger Things, Wednesday, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Marvel and DC, amongst others. She has a good grasp of what is real and what’s not.
With regard to Alien, she was all, “It’s just a guy in a rubber suit.”
Alien always scared the shit out of me, but there are things that scare me now that weren't scary at all -- or even completely hilarious -- when I was 10.
I think some of it is about not having the life experience back then to consider the implications of what was happening.
there are things that scare me now that weren't scary at all -- or even completely hilarious -- when I was 10.
She was rolling her eyes saying, “You’re going back for the cat? Seriously?”
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