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Alien Covenant - Trailer 2
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ROUGE_BLOCK
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I like the redesigned Xenomorph, it looks far more brtual and menacing. Not at all like the sleak, aerodynamic design from earlier movies. I wonder what kind of variant this one will be called, like is it a drone, a soldier or something David whipped up?
There's something off with his back legs,it looks like a spider or a crab tbh.
Usually they look and run like a dog when they are on their 4 legs iirc.
Also,am i the only one who sees eye sockets in the frontal region of its domed head?
Oh,i didn't know that.
Thanks!
ROUGE_BLOCK
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Yeah I see it as well
Count Dookkake
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Part of the original design.
To be fair, I could see another Aliens-esque action movie starring 70 year-old Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn if it were in good hands.
Unfortunately, Blomkamp is not good hands.
...Jesus Christ.lol
OG Alien design had an human skull inside the dome
It was changed in Aliens when they redesigned the dome. I think, other than the original movie, only Alien Isolation has the skull.
The thing that drives me crazy is that Prometheus was a perfect idea for a sci-if horror movie with a script that writes itself and would redefine sequels in some ways.
Instead it got bonkers and tried to do way too much, so it seems like they are course correcting by just making a goofy slasher movie.
Why not just make a gorgeous movie with good performances and a simple story? It'd be a slam dunk. Ridley Scott can make movies that look fucking spectacular and the trailer for Prometheus was fucking amazing. Just do that guys.
Instead it got bonkers and tried to do way too much, so it seems like they are course correcting by just making a goofy slasher movie.
Why not just make a gorgeous movie with good performances and a simple story? It'd be a slam dunk. Ridley Scott can make movies that look fucking spectacular and the trailer for Prometheus was fucking amazing. Just do that guys.
wesleyshark
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He's playing both David and Walter.
HellforLeather
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This. I mean we know what the Alien looks like but this seems to violate monster movie rules in a bad way. Also, the CGI looks janky as fuck. I really dont know what to expect here but the trailers are giving me a real bad vibe.
Spladam
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Tony Redgrave
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So, I guess we should consider Prometheus as a prologue then we have the Covenant quadrilogy and the Ripley quadrilogy (though Resurrection is more like an spin-off).
Works for me. I know some people would rather let it die but it already did with the awful crossovers and even though they haven't been stellar, Ridley's efforts to bring the franchise back have managed to give us a Xeno that some consider kinda scary.
Meager as that may be I consider it a win.
Works for me. I know some people would rather let it die but it already did with the awful crossovers and even though they haven't been stellar, Ridley's efforts to bring the franchise back have managed to give us a Xeno that some consider kinda scary.
Meager as that may be I consider it a win.
There's going to be four of these not counting Prometheus?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Count Dookkake
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The correct word is tetralogy.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
It'll go
Prometheus
ALIEN: Covenant
Sequel to Covenant
Sequel to that Sequel
ALIEN
ALIENS
Alien 3
Resurrection
AvP
AvP2
Prometheus
ALIEN: Covenant
Sequel to Covenant
Sequel to that Sequel
ALIEN
ALIENS
Alien 3
Resurrection
AvP
AvP2
wesleyshark
Banned
Nothing
the large alien reminds me of some of the unused concept art for prometheus done by Carlos Huante
Note1: these are pretty highrez (right click "open in new tab")
Note2: these are listed as ultramorphs
Note1: these are pretty highrez (right click "open in new tab")
Note2: these are listed as ultramorphs
I'd be way more interested in that movie.
R-rated Lilo and Stitch? That sounds great.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Which is kind of the problem in the first place. Shouldn't be any "lore," and even if there was, it should remain as "lore." Meaning nobody really knows about it, and nobody's explicitly telling those stories. At that point it's no longer lore. Or even backstory. It's just story.
The creature is scary in the first two movies because there's mystery. Even in ALIENS, when a lot of that mystery is removed by turning them into bugs, there's still SOME mystery about them.
Now we're getting at least 8 hours-worth of how marshmallow scientists from the ass end of space got their shit wrecked by a fopbot who took their goo and made penismonsters out of it.
No...It seems people are overlooking another issue in that final shot with the alien.
Nooooo!
Yeah. But I feel kinda bad because after Prometheus I feel..."Imma just catch up on the Alien lore real quick"
...invested in the universe. I have to see how it'll all play out, even if we know the ending of these prequels.
Tony Redgrave
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Noted. Sounds better too.
Yeah, I was thinking of this which was mentioned some pages ago, it's unconfirmed though.
TheLostBigBoss
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sci-fi rule #1
Never explain the origin of the super advanced alien race that went extinct
and/or the super advance alien race that was responsible for wiping them out
Never explain the origin of the super advanced alien race that went extinct
and/or the super advance alien race that was responsible for wiping them out
ryutaro's mama
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On this day, March 01, 2017, I agreed 100% with a Bobby Roberts post, verbatim.
Demoncarnotaur
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If they're gonna keep digging deeper into revealing the mysteries of the Xenomorphs and Engineers, they should at least bring some writers in who can write half decent science & story driven plot-lines. I vote Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.
I wouldn't mind seeing an Alex Garland Alien film - does Ridley Scott plan to direct all of these sequels as well?
Herr Schwarz
Banned
They only needed to make one alien movie after resurrection. And that was what happened before the marines land in aliens.
Why the fuck didnt they do that already.
Why the fuck didnt they do that already.
There's gotta be an exception to the rule somewhere, in some medium. Maybe a book?
Bobby Roberts
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But superhero movies ARE big-budget sci-fi films.
This trailer didn't do it for me. Looked like any other horror movie including prometheus and alien.
I'll definitely still watch it but I don't see how this is gonna be any different from the basic formula used in all the other movies.
I'm a bigger fan of aliens which was more action based.
I'll definitely still watch it but I don't see how this is gonna be any different from the basic formula used in all the other movies.
I'm a bigger fan of aliens which was more action based.
D.Lo
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I mean technically in some ways, but Marvel is much more 'magic' than science. Yeah sure they present Thor stuff as being 'advanced technology', but honestly it's the softest schi-fi handwave possible.
You have Man of Steel that was like a sci-fi, but it was also stinky dogshit.
Black Hawk Down anyone?
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
He just wants to say "hi" to April.It seems people are overlooking another issue in that final shot with the alien.
Yeah, though, I wonder if he still has it in him to pull scenes like that today.
Exodus had a couple scenes, the beginning and the climax, but nothing on that level.
Bobby Roberts
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Its possible everyone thought he was dead before that happened.
Meaning whatever's moving him isn't him.
Berserking Guts
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I... like the look of the xenomorph. It's reminiscent (unintentional, I'm sure) of the dog alien (or drone) to me. The ferocity of the teeth looks far more terrifying to me then the big pearly whites look they started doing after Resurrection. I dunno, I like it, I can't put my finger on it. It looks more humanoid and gangly then what they've been doing with the Warriors for the past how many years.
Vulcano's assistant
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Revelation Space series is more or less just about this, and I still preferred when they left information out even though the world building is great. There is a point in sci-fi when the technology becomes impossibly advanced, and after you cross it there is really nothing gained from explaining the minutia other than for tone reasons, but you run the risks of breaking someone's disbelief.
In one of the alien 3 abandoned script treatments there was a bodyburster (coincidentally from weaponized airborne xenomorph spore). The person basically projectile shredded their skin and there was a fully formed adult like alien. the person up till seconds before was functioning normally. Impressive.
Ugh god dammit.
Jawmuncher
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I just want an AvP movie that is based off the games.
from the trailerOG Alien design had an human skull inside the dome
It was changed in Aliens when they redesigned the dome. I think, other than the original movie, only Alien Isolation has the skull.
You can clearly see the bridge of the nose and the top of the brow
Hazelhurst
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