>> On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:05:59 -0500, Duggy wrote   
   (in article    
   <86c9f7a9-0e99-47e8-a183-f0a22b4c3a18@n32g2000pre.googlegroups.com>):   
   > On Dec 13, 7:22 am, Doug Freyburger  wrote:   
   >    
   >>  Alien turned into a franchise with less plot potential than Star   
   >> Wars.   
   >    
   > SF horror more than Space Opera.  It had 1 alien, 1 dead planet, 1   
   > derelict and 1 active spaceship and 7 cast members.  Space opera needs   
   > many, many more of all those things.  That costs. <<   
   Gotta agree with you here.  "Alien" was not space opera.  It was a thriller    
   that just happened to be set in space.  With an alien.   
   Amy   
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