On 13/12/2010 01:32, Amy Guskin wrote:   
   >>> 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   
      
      
   I've always thought that Alien was a haunted-house horror story.   
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