外星 恶客

简介

Out o$ ]!f the fif;ties 'B' Sci")?ence-Fict&<i on mo]+(nster \movies, thi_$ >s :?=easily ranks a.s ;)'th\e best. $It':s most nota=ble"] as
the film that #'ALI*EN is;$ an unacc%redi/ted/^ remake_ of, "(thus(,@ .givin(,g&-/ it a c[+erta ^in !? hi`stori cal significance.%[　　The intriguing p!<?lot is about the"\ (re.scue of +/[the onl(
y mar&[o$,$oned survivor (Col. Carruth\=?ers) =_,/of a/<'n il\l-fated ">^>exp`[e]dition to Mars. Th=:e authorities, pig-headed a)%s (usual, fal<+sely assu\me (th_at he m/`?^urdered h+(?is fello%"w crew members, so that he@'d have mor[ ["`e pr`&ov%_isions to surv=:?ive; ;^hence he is being bro>%-_ugh: t b.%_ack to Earth<%" %&t%o ,fac$ e court-martial for" murde.@r`.'[$
 !+?(The$%re%' is als,=o a)
somewhat interesting p!/:lot reversal [($here Most movies of -'t)his na.ture usuall @@y begin ,-&wi,th the.]+ ship le=a$ !"ving Ear%>!th=:!, enrou#te):- to its otherworl;$-(d desti<`);nati/(on, ( while, in this case, th<)e '_&st&^or- y_ ;is bel` iev/&ed finished, and begins ;)/as the( '! ch^aracters take-of
])f from the+" other pl anet, retu.<<r* ning@[ t]&o Earth).. As the resc##ue ship is leaving M ,< ars, -)a l$#ur;king$>#@, omino* us s+)!ha(:>#$d,!ow is se;
+en i &n :t;h(@e lowe+)r compart'>ment. (A [-fri`ghtening, atmo^^;spheri#:c. < mome&%nt, acco<mplished t,hr' ough<>\ s
heer,,\ ec ono_my an -d simplicity).　　Carru>"the!]rs i!nsi
\sts of his innocence% to his fellow captors,$+ claiming t
ha?(=t his o`=<ri\!ginal cr[ew mates were sla ughter.]ed by a hostile, u* nseen pres&`!e+!nce o_n the desolute red
<planet, but three- ;guesses a^s to t@!h`ei"r react ]ion to h=:!)is .unusu ^al p^;lea. N"$atural@@#>ly, \!<he can't prove i'+ >t, and )`=50's ,%sp$ace author;itie^=$.s were not v ,"ery^: alie< n[ conscience &at"$& the time (.(@ (A):s a 
[side-thought, :> _u"-nsee (/n mena=ce may r-emi?]?nd you  of th@&at h=?i/:ghly ori!+ginal '.BLAI
/@R / WITCH:?).　<=(　A s ev, er_(<?yo+$n'e sacks out, a hapl;:es
/#s (s^upp+] orting chara;"_cto(r whose name is at t+#]he bot'#to]_=&:m of ,the cas$#ting-% list (guess what will happen to him`%) hears somethi"^" ng in the- lower
comp]artment. Despite your ^futi%,'l_?
e )don't g( o down there, yo'u je]"rk! pleas,',> he% do%(-es  just th.at, and is*< :appropri a&*/)/t`/e^<,
ly kil]_%le/d (more)$$ l&ike thoro^%ughly o _]/b]li.tera :?ted) by the
) shadowy figure with insa+_tiabl -e bl^!ood lust on its mind. In the v=;^ictim_?'s case, ^dereliction of duty and sheer cowardl-<ines*s woul&' ,d have bee%<n th@e $wise dec<-=ision. &
>The +scene is actually well-d[=^_irected,+` >!&(for a change) an_#'d @)de%velops much sus p%ens
@"e, as the entire & fi@lm 
surp).risingly"` d&-_$o.
`%es.[:*　　The cr']ew finally catches on ]that they have +an unwanted ship >^!crasher on boa#^rd:, an&),d tr@$y
every possi *]bl(._e mea#
*ns a[:t t,@heir disposal to el*iminate it, but the unknown creatu`!re s`eems t.@\o copping an anti;)-death atti!^@t=!&ude. Proving$ to be an even more clever, ]w\$^orthy adversary, 'IT!]' also hid_([es out in the v<]entil.?a)]^ tion shafts o]+@f the ship (now tha,
:.t should ring a b( /ell(==). C\'ahn's forceful d&irect"ion generates considerable t? ,ensio%n as% the ma$#`levo'lent st[&owaway wo&?(r" $ ks its way up fr%om one =>[=level of the c%"?on .fined ship\ :$\to the ne+@+@xt,<+(' even+`tually l]eaving \#>(the remaini+
_ng c]$ha%$r!/acters trapped at the $top. The ,movie's suspense ]is blunt+[ \an(d right (.
to the*^ p[o#;[int^% IT!' has to kill them or starve,.@
 hence -t/h( ey have to ]kill IT! or d]ie. Nothing like *+those no tw='*o ]way,s/  about it choic.es. _Rent it, or  ch
e !c,[k;<) ()^[for it +>on ,^ca_"ble i<` f you wish to know th(.'e outcome.　'$*)　For a low-bu%%/ dg et qu&$@>i*'ckie, IT!! "is-= _ q-uite impre 'ssi,>ve=]
and memor&able.`> The dreaded sen=#$se of claustr+`&oph
% #obic tensi@\on, rendering the :)chara +c
>/ters' .hel^&ple> ss entrapment, is highly effecti[-=v.e. ?]Th:is is &a( produc'tion in whi)ch `the limit;;e()d budget and small sets ac^-tually;!$ work in favor: ,\:of the pl&ot's scary ambienc\e. The black]< white photogra phy (Ye%\ s, i"%-^t'=s#@]@ one of [thos=e!) <> helps to e*(nhance its dar(@&k,
- $\^_cr ee. 
py mood, and the s-
ense ?>`of apprehe_@nsion is quite hi'(-"g(:h. (M=o), dern day color " "freaks never s": /e
^em** to take that@` into  conside$ration).
The \&=plo$>t is also somewhat cynically i<@ ronic If the=\ cr_];)eatu%re (_hadn't (=stowed away on >:the ship, Carrut$@;hers wo[*!uld' have m"%^^os'%t ];*[li''>kely been fou(&nd guilty of , ^the `@charges a((gains #(t h.$im.　　The intel?`li _g
en ;)t script (see = w ;:;hat ` I mean about r;^
areity) >)was penne_
d b[y noted Science-
]Fictio?`_+n au"thor_ Jerome B-*ixby`%# (remember  Tw;ilight Zone's It's a 'Good": Li@ \/ fe([) The picture's taut ed 
iting eliminates an_+y :extraneous dr\"oss. "](ALIEN tended to `drag in its*<_ f #ir'(/st (.*+hour _$w/^ith"# i;,ts sophomoric dial"&]ogue, and why did it have to include that@: "stup&"id an]&d ul"timately c<ounter-p<,
rodu`ctive s;*).ub-plot of Ash being a robot>), an" d!#? $,+f"urthe< r!- dr-agg#ing th@ _e stor%*y down [/to another  big bad conspiracy cliche*'`; U,*.NN$ECESSARY!!!)　　Director Cahn astutel".y k/_<*eeps th.*e `rubber'--,%suite ,>+d mo^ns<)$te\r off-screen a'nd`\ in the shadows throug`^h-o=?ut most of+ - the proceedi!*ng?)s, k>eepin],$g your parano^;!`id imaginati"o".n on *\#con&;!\stant >a !.lert. Unf`ort(^unately, perhap^'s at the stu^di(
o's c"<:ommercial ins\istan;ce, it is(", a litt^le ove:+r`-revealed at,  the c?(li )]ma) x, but I haven) 't claimed this /#to be the"& per)=fec`/*t ma_\/sterp?
>i;\ ..ece. The performanc;",es,]@ though not](hing awa:=rd-winn`=(ing,#: a,]!r)"e% neverthe*les ,+ s c) ool enough !) so=< that one becom>`e!s
 $sincerel%/y co;nc[erned as/- to,!# their fa+tes. No/ .t ma ny mo]vies ]-in` _recent tim=?es# ever come/ c'lose to achiev?)i_n?g that. They ,*can be over-<pro[ duced from here to eternity, and usual ly only
#- su'cceed in%;") b-ei( =!ng glor:.iously a=-nnoying#;#.　)　This, film's story^@ is n`ot r@@eally tota/`lly<`^[ original (what is)-, .'+>for it is based\
? on A]!^._E. Van Vo(?\\gt's VOYAGE OF"%); THE SPACE B<EAGLE.]& A@$ll$ A_LIEN-` fanatics shou_ %ld trac^-+k down an\ old used^/, copy to [see@ '@+where the initial influence came from.　　+!*As long as#^= you're not cravi '?
ng a$!?$no#;ther ^ C?G.I w
ind -:din!!g, you^; may find i (t wo?- rthw@hile. %$Just do;n't,?? ex*pect the wome@'(n to
"be Ripley precurso?rs. Th^)^is was\ still@_+ the "+>so-^#ck-knitting fi[fties, sad to say.