Best Science Fiction Film Round 2b: Alien (2) vs Avatar (34)

[Chris]

Alien
Release Date: May 25, 1979 (United States), September 6, 1979 (United Kingdom)
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton
Plot: After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.



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Avatar
Release Date: December 10, 2009 (London), December 18, 2009 (United States)
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez
Plot: A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
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[Marty McFourth]

Alien is the better movie by far. Avatar didn't really grab me. I can appreciate the technical aspects of it, but I don't think it's a very good movie.

 

[Chris]

Yeah def Alien for me too

 

[Spitfire]

Anyone who votes Avatar - hasn't seen Alien.

 

[Jimmy King]

Alien, easily.

 

[Keith]

Alien by a country mile. Its one of the greatest films ever.