The Great Movie Tournament - 1980s: Semifinal 2 of 2

During the eighth round of The Great Movie Tournament, please vote for one film you would like to move onto the final. The top film will be moving on. Keep in mind that the percentage of the vote a given film receives will determine its standing going forward.

The poll will run for seven days. Discussion is greatly encouraged!

The nominees are (please let me know if any video doesn't play for you):

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Aliens (1986)
Directed by James Cameron

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTCaVjQ8nU4

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Stand by Me (1986)
Directed by Rob Reiner

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48-tAJGpRgY

Right, no fucking about. Aliens all the way!!!

"GET AWAY FROM HER YOU BITCH!!!"
Aliens. To many great moments and great lines from Hudson.

Indy should be here and Terminator. I liked both these movies but just don’t care...

Thank God.

WTF... stand by me is undoubtedly one of the world's greatest gifts in movie form...

I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of retaliation votes here.

Looks like Stand By Me is about to be thrown out of the airlock lel

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Originally Posted by Iwritecode

I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of retaliation votes here.

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I don't know how much retaliation there will be... I voted for Stand By Me because I like it better than Back To The Future by a small margin. Aliens to me is a far superior film so that continues to get my vote. If the finals is ESB vs Aliens I will vote Aliens and that would be by the thinnest of margins. Hell I have a half sleeve tattoo on my leg with a Xenomorph battling a stormtooper...that's how close it is to me.

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Originally Posted by Aremag

Hell I have a half sleeve tattoo on my leg with a Xenomorph battling a stormtooper...

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Oh snaps, would love to see a pic of that! We have a Tattoo thread around here somewhere..

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Originally Posted by fernandito

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Originally Posted by Aremag

Hell I have a half sleeve tattoo on my leg with a Xenomorph battling a stormtooper...

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Oh snaps, would love to see a pic of that! We have a Tattoo thread around here somewhere..

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OK let me see if I can get a decent shot(s) of it.

Everybody votes differently, that's the beauty of these tournaments. For me, I don't care if I prefer a film over another film. If the film I don't prefer had a bigger impact on the world of cinema and is a larger testament to the decade we are debating, then I pick that film. That's just me.

Stand By Me

Wow, you people are serious about this non-essential Alien sequel (you do know this is the sequel, right?)

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Originally Posted by St. Troy

Wow, you people are serious about this non-essential Alien sequel (you do know this is the sequel, right?)

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So was The Godfather II, Terminator 2, The Dark Knight, The Empire Strikes Back. What's your point?

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Originally Posted by St. Troy

Stand By Me

Wow, you people are serious about this non-essential Alien sequel (you do know this is the sequel, right?)

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I always thought the general opinion on the Aliens franchise was that Aliens is better than Alien, much in the way that most people consider Terminator 2 better than Terminator.

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Originally Posted by St. Troy

Wow, you people are serious about this non-essential Alien sequel (you do know this is the sequel, right?)

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So was The Godfather II, Terminator 2, The Dark Knight, The Empire Strikes Back. What's your point?

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Yeah, I'm not gathering what the issue is here. Is this an all sequels are bad situation?

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Stand By Me

Wow, you people are serious about this non-essential Alien sequel (you do know this is the sequel, right?)

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I always thought the general opinion on the Aliens franchise was that Aliens is better than Alien, much in the way that most people consider Terminator 2 better than Terminator.

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I have posted about this before. The two movies are entirely different genres. If you like horror more, you probably prefer Alien. If you like action more, you probably prefer Aliens. I love both movies.

Aliens

Of course Aliens.

Stick a fork in this poll, it is done.

The poll has closed. Aliens moves on and Stand by Me is eliminated.