The Evil Corporation

Rating: 9/10 (15 October 2004)

" I can't lie to you about your chances, but you have my sympathy." (Ash) What are the chances we'd see a movie like Alien made in 2004. Slim to none. Movies today are used as tools to sell us products and entertain out limited mental and emotional intelligence. Studios know the "American Public" will invest in their product whether or not the product is of any value to the consumer. The entertainment business is more concerned about selling a product than expressing artistic freedom. Can you imagine the "dinner scene" filmed in 2004? Kane would be eating Space McDonalds and drinking Space Starbucks before his space visitor made an appearance. Another example, Mother would become The Microsoft Nostromo Pentium Computer. "Alien" would have to be altered because it doesn't target the 12 to 18 age-group. The screenplay would be altered to dumb down the language and add "cliche pop phrases". The first 45 minutes would no longer build up the exposition;instead, the Nostromo crew would encounter the "Alien" within 15 minutes and the rest of the movie would contain useless CGI. "Alien" shows us once upon a time you could make movies free from corporate influence.