There have been a bunch of movies made since then that OP may have thought he needed to watch - thus not having time to watch the actually good movies.
I'm about to watch both of these in the next month, so it'll be interesting to see the clunky bits. Visions of the future from the past are fascinating. (See also the Gibson story "The Gernsback Continuum".)
I dunno. I love Alien as much as the next guy, but there are a few times when you see the alien and think "that's just a thin person in an elaborate suit".
Alien is nearly 35 years old.
There have been a bunch of movies made since then that OP may have thought he needed to watch - thus not having time to watch the actually good movies.
I'm about to watch both of these in the next month, so it'll be interesting to see the clunky bits. Visions of the future from the past are fascinating. (See also the Gibson story "The Gernsback Continuum".)