Best Science Fiction Film Round 1c: Aliens (10) vs Ex Machina (55)

[Chris]

Aliens
Release Date: July 18, 1986
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henrikson
Plot: Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators.



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Ex Machina
Release Date: 6 December 2014 (BFI Southbank), 21 January 2015 (United Kingdom),10 April 2015 (United States)
Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno
Plot: A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.
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[CakeWalker]

Ripley <3

 

[Chris]

Tough break for Ex Machina bc I loved it but not nearly as much as Aliens

 

[Marty McFourth]

You know I realise Aliens is awesome but I'm actually going to go for Ex Machina here. I feel like I was more in to it on a personal level and found it highly engrossing. The acting is seriously amazing in that film. Aliens is the more rewatchable film, but I think Ex Machina stuck with me more after my first viewing.

 

[Keith]

There's a theme in this round for me, because I haven't seen Ex-Machina either Cameron sure knows how to do a sequel. Aliens probably one of the best sequels ever.