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[Einchy]

Pretty cool trailer, looks interesting.

 

[TheWrathOfSean]

Pretty excited for this but also pretty cautious after Prometheus let me down.

Slow covers are like the new Inception horns when it comes to trailers lately.

Nice to see Danny McBride getting a chance to play it straight. Looks like he gets to be more than comic relief from what little was shown.

 

[ezekial45]

IGN posted a video interview with Katherine Waterson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esK9MpOsFB0

 

[Messofanego]

Alien is my 2nd favorite film of all time. It's a sexual creature. Always been. What's wrong with the scene? It's 100% inline with the masterful original.

It felt like a throwback to the 80s slashers, hehe.

 

[Simo]

Doesn't look like it expands on the first two in any way. Feels like a remake of the original only more expensive looking and "less boring."

It does though. There's obviously a lot they're not showing you like the significance of the Planet they're on.

Wait, how much time was supposed to have passed between Prometheus and this?

I think 10 years?

 

[Allonym]

Alien is one of my absolute favorite films of all time.
This trailer was pretty bad. Looks kind of cheap, as well. I hope for the best, but this doesn't look good.

It looked anything but cheap, some people will say anything negative about the film just to say something and contribute to the mass hysteria.

 

[F0rneus]

That looked terrible. Redundant, dumb and the trailer was VERY spoilery.

Will watch.

Aimed at Prometheus or Alien? I do think it felt very spoilery though. The "ear" shot in particular kind of spelled the entire story out.

It felt like a throwback to the 80s slashers, hehe.

Yeah Alien always felt like a really classy slasher movie. Like a sci-fi giallo, without any care about budget!

 

[A-V-B]

Looks like Ridley Scott doing a teen slasher flick

 

[rockman zx]

I don't think the trailer was good but as an Alien fan I will watch it anyway.

 

[Gouty]

In terms of what? Blade Runner was based off of a widely loved, existential Philip K. Dick novel. Prometheus was an at best average, sci-fi slasher, at worst a travesty in screenplays.

The source material is irrelevant. Blade Runner wasn't recognized as an instant classic upon its release. Early crititcal reception was mixed at best. It didn't find its audience until people got to live with the film for years and consider its themes.

Prometheus appears to be on a similar trajectory.

 

[Warm Machine]

I want more sex in Alien. I'm serious. You have the R rating. Use the damn thing.

 

[Toxi]

This was a pretty bad trailer. Certainly nowhere near as good as Prometheus's trailer.

 

[frontovik]

I wonder why the fellow with the alien coming out of his back has such a pasty/chalk complexion.

Was his body going through shock or was he mutating into an Engineer?

 

[More_Badass]

The source material is irrelevant. Blade Runner wasn't recognized as an instant classic upon its release. Early crititcal reception was mixed at best. It didn't find its audience until people got to live with the film for years and consider its themes.

Same happened with The Thing and The Shining. Seems to happen a lot with sci-fi/horror movies

 

[BLACKLAC]

The source material is irrelevant. Blade Runner wasn't recognized as an instant classic upon its release. Early crititcal reception was mixed at best. It didn't find its audience until people got to live with the film for years and consider its themes.

Prometheus appears to be on a similar trajectory.

You are in for a disappointment on that. I didn't even hate Prometheus, it was alright. Dumb as shit but alright.

 

[Chumley]

Lmao that was a really bad trailer, I guess they took the wrong lessons from Prometheus. Trailers for that were amazing right out of the gate.

 

[Jigorath]

you can never take comments posted on gaf too seriously. Gaf lives in its own little bubble when it comes to this kind of stuff

There's a reason FOX and Ridley went back to the Alien branding instead of calling this movie Prometheus 2. This isn't a GAF bubble sort of thing.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Looks terrific.

Looks boring.

I swear you guys do this on purpose.

 

[CaviarMeths]

Maybe after Exodus: Gods and Bombas, no one wanted to give Ridley a huge budget?

His last movie was nominated for 7 Oscars and was the highest grossing film of his entire career. He didn't even have to say "please" to get the budget for this movie.

 

[Messofanego]

This was a pretty bad trailer. Certainly nowhere near as good as Prometheus's trailer.

Making it easier to manage your expectations

 

[CaviarMeths]

The source material is irrelevant. Blade Runner wasn't recognized as an instant classic upon its release. Early crititcal reception was mixed at best. It didn't find its audience until people got to live with the film for years and consider its themes.

Prometheus appears to be on a similar trajectory.

This doesn't really happen anymore with the internet. I don't think it's happened since Fight Club nearly 20 years ago.

Edit:

Cloud Atlas too. One of this centuries best science fiction films, that many passed up at its release

And it's still passed up.

 

[Alienfan]

The source material is irrelevant. Blade Runner wasn't recognized as an instant classic upon its release. Early crititcal reception was mixed at best. It didn't find its audience until people got to live with the film for years and consider its themes.

Prometheus appears to be on a similar trajectory.

Cloud Atlas too. One of this centuries best science fiction films, that many passed up and others give shit for during its release

 

[F0rneus]

Same happened with The Thing and The Shining. Seems to happen a lot with sci-fi/horror movies

Well The Thing did open with Blade Runner. Which was a couple weeks after ET which did kill the damn things IMO. I wonder if The Shining got jumped like that. I don't know!

 

[ronaldthump]

Amazing. 10/10

 

[C4Lukins]

They should have gone with something closer to the Alien or Aliens trailer. No dialogue, just nightmarish sounds and visuals.

Edit: Nevermind. The Aliens trailer was not how I remembered it.

 

[Chumley]

Even here you could see how cynical this whole thing is going to be, just a carbon copy of Alien. Katherine Waterson "are you sure about this? we don't know what's out there!" identical to Ripley's scenes with the captain in Alien.

 

[Warm Machine]

They should have gone with something closer to the Alien or Aliens trailer. No dialogue, just nightmarish sounds and visuals.

You should have been there telling them what to do.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Aimed at Prometheus or Alien? I do think it felt very spoilery though. The "ear" shot in particular kind of spelled the entire story out.



Yeah Alien always felt like a really classy slasher movie. Like a sci-fi giallo, without any care about budget!

It actually looked redundant to both, now that you mention it.

Scott has described Alien as a 'b-movie, done the A way', which is a good way to put it.

 

[CaviarMeths]

Well The Thing did open with Blade Runner. Which was a couple weeks after ET which did kill the damn things IMO. I wonder if The Shining got jumped like that. I don't know!

The Shining opened same week as Empire Strikes Back lol.

 

[darkwing-buck]

I liked Katherine Waterston in Inherent Vice

Spoiler

Loved that movie even though it made no goddamn sense.

 

[ezekial45]

It's interesting that you guys bring up the sex imagery, as it's largely by design for this movie. In the IGN interview on YT, the crew of the Covenant are paired together with people they're compatible with in order to help spur the colonizing of the planet.

 

[Killer Queen]

That was a super lame trailer.

 

[Jigorath]

I liked Katherine Waterston in Inherent Vice

Spoiler

Loved that movie even though it made no goddamn sense.

She wasn't really in Inherent Vice long enough to leave an impression on me, but she was pretty terrible in Fantastic Beasts. If she sucks in this I'm gonna start wondering why she keeps getting these major roles.

 

[Simo]

I wonder why the fellow with the alien coming out of his back has such a pasty/chalk complexion.

Was his body going through shock or was he mutating into an Engineer?

The former. There's another scene where the

Spoiler

neomorph doesn't even burst out the back but from inside a crew member, crawls through their throat and bursts out their head.

The neomorphs are smaller creatures with spiked backs and tails that run on all fours like the dog alien from Alien 3, before they learn to stand up.

 

[Alienfan]

This doesn't really happen anymore with the internet. I don't think it's happened since Fight Club nearly 20 years ago.

Sure it does. Children of men, Donnie darko, The Prestige and Scott Pilgrim

 

[More_Badass]

The former. There's another scene where the

Spoiler

neomorph doesn't even burst out the back but from inside a crew member, crawls through their throat and bursts out their head.

The neomorphs are smaller creatures with spiked backs and tails that run on all fours like the dog alien from Alien 3, before they learn to stand up.

Spoiler

Sounds like this movie is going to be gory as fuck

 

[Azzanadra]

Why is Michael Fassbender in everything?

Anyways, trailer looks meh. Can't be worse than anything post-Alien 2 though. That last scene in the shower though? Just terrible.

 

[Glass Shark]

Honestly it just looks like Prometheus Again. Like... I'm not seeing where this really adds anything to the franchise. Maybe it's too early to tell, but I'm not interested at all based on this trailer.

 

[C4Lukins]

You should have been there telling them what to do.

I offered my services, but they rejected the title of "film geek" as a justifiable job to head their marketing for the 100 million plus dollar budget Alien film they were making.

 

[triplestation]

Pros:
- good use of small scale CGI
- good cinematography
- Fassbender possibly cast as bot
- Danny McBride bringing some quality drama

Cons:
- large scale CGI dims immersion
- environments look too "crisp"
- Jason possessed alien looking to destroy romance

 

[CaviarMeths]

Sure it does. Children of men, Donnie darko, The Prestige and Scott Pilgrim

None of these movies were poorly received at release. Children of Men and The Prestige were nominated for multiple Oscars.

 

[C4Lukins]

Why is Michael Fassbender in everything?

Anyways, trailer looks meh. Can't be worse than anything post-Alien 2 though. That last scene in the shower though? Just terrible.

Although I agree with you, I cannot abide the title Alien 2.

 

[Albo]

There's a reason FOX and Ridley went back to the Alien branding instead of calling this movie Prometheus 2. This isn't a GAF bubble sort of thing.

Prometheus reviewed well and was a success at box office so it wasn't received that badly if that what your implying. Also the story of that particular film was based around Prometheus mythology whereas this one could be different. It could simply be that they're using the alien branding because it more recognisable so it has potential to sell more plus this film is looking more like traditional alien than Prometheus edit: actually premature to say that considering how misleading marketing can be

 

[Skeletron]

Looks like Prometheus as a horror movie.

 

[PuppetMaster]

Watched about the first 20 sec then stopped. Dont need to see anymore. Day 1.

 

[Rhaknar]

awful trailer, and lol at the

Spoiler

sex kill

 

[Doodis]

So, this doesn't follow the rest of the Noomi Rapace storyline from Prometheus? I mean, I know that movie wasn't great, but geez, I thought we were going to follow her to the engineer/space jockey planet.

Am disappoint.

 

[A-V-B]

So, this doesn't follow the rest of the Noomi Rapace storyline from Prometheus? I mean, I know that movie wasn't great, but geez, I thought we were going to follow her to the engineer/space jockey planet.

Am disappoint.

Gotta be honest I was looking forward to Alien Girl and Robot Head's Big Adventure.

 

[ezekial45]

So, this doesn't follow the rest of the Noomi Rapace storyline from Prometheus? I mean, I know that movie wasn't great, but geez, I thought we were going to follow her to the engineer/space jockey planet.

Am disappoint.

Spoiler

David and Shaw are in the movie.

 

[LowParry]

Interesting.