“I don’t ever remember feeling this awake.”  Introduction This was my achilles heel. The conversation would begin whereby the group sing the praises of Ridley Scott. I love Alien. I love Blade Runner. I love Gladiator. I love Black Hawk [...]

Contrary to the level of bitchiness usually contained in my posts, I truly do love films.  Would I write for Man, I Love Films if I didn’t? In fact, I love them so much that I get angry – I [...]

As one of the biggest albeit polarizing sci-fi films in recent memory finally makes its way on to blu-ray tomorrow, Ridley Scott is preparing for the release by addressing some of the backlash the semi-Alien prequel has generated. In an [...]

…Sigh… Although I was disappointed in the final project, it’s hard to find someone who saw Ridley Scott’s prequel to the Alien films that doesn’t have a ton to say about it. It brought forth discussion and debate and for [...]

You’re trolling Netflix, trying to decide on something to wile away those hours between midnight and 2 am when you can respectably go to bed; or perhaps, in the long long ago, you wander the aisles of Blockbuster in search [...]

Tony Scott, brother of Oscar-winning director Ridley Scott and director of such blockbuster films as Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Days of Thunder and Enemy of the State has died of an apparent suicide. He was 68 years old. [...]

SPOILERS. There I said it. By now, Internet reader, you’ve read a metric butt load about Prometheus.  On this site alone, there have been reviews and essays about the film and I’m sure at least five of your social media [...]

In anticipation of the release of Prometheus my friends and I dove into the first two Alien movies again, seeking some context for the prequel. Now, while I had always considered myself more of an Aliens guy to Alien, I [...]

“Big things have small beginnings” Introduction My issue with Aliens is how James Cameron changed what the Alien-story is about. Ridley Scott, in Alien, shows that it is about bigger issues than simply creatures-chased-in-hallways. It is about what it is to [...]

In a move unprecedented in film history, 20th Century Fox will be releasing no less than seven alternate cuts of Prometheus to the stateside viewing public on opening day. It’s an incredible gamble for the studio, but director Ridley Scott [...]