Some thoughts on X-tro Xtro.
Man it is funny, listening to Harry trash his films. I liked Xtro though, just watched it. "well what have I done, I trashed jan michael vincent..... yeah, is he still alive?". BTW isn't the alternate ending 1 the exact same ending as in the movie, I believe I might have heard some sound changes but the video is exactly the same.
I read people ask about the panther, I saw toy clown on the bar, and the panther in his cage, a Flash and the clown is life size, then it shows the Panther is out of his cage, then he too comes to life the same as the clown, all from the circus.
I think my fav shot in the film was when the couple was driving their car at the beginning and you see the alien on the side of the road, just before the car supposedly hits you see him take a step back, I though that was a cool shot.
BTW the image DVD is good but why on earth use that crappy cover art. The original with Tony and the alien (showing large eyes and teeth) behind him, and the space ship in the sky with the tag "when Tony grows up he's going to be just like Daddy", was soooo much cooler, when I got the DVD I was thinking is this the same movie, it's looks like some kinda Terminator on the cover, a metalliac robot of somekind. I remember the original cover art from when I was a kid on VHS in the stores.
You wonder about things when watching this movie, like is the cottage where he impregnates the girl the original cottage they go back too? I read somewhere that she could have just been a squater, but if it was the same cottage where did the womans body, the alien leftovers, etc. dissapear too? Also I heard the lead woman say "someone has been here, shall I call the police".
The title music at the opening credits was cool, very moody and set the tone. There wasn't any other music in the film as good as the opening.
I loved the alien at the beginning, it was very creepy the was it was designed, on all fours with the joints turned around. Too bad there wasn't more of it.
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