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[freefornow]

Wait is she talking about the two Prometheus movies or does this take place in between the OG two?

I took it as between Alien and Aliens.

 

[jason10mm]

I really just wanted that Rumored Alien movie with Ripley going to their "home world" and putting and end to them. also heard about an alternate story where the Aliens make it to Earth and start dominating the human race. Long, old trashed rumors were very interesting and I hoped they would materialize. Sadly...

I dunno, the idea of the xenomorphs having a specific origin planet that could be destroyed, ending the threat, is kinda like saying you are gonna burn the "Island of Weeds" and then everyone will have beautiful yards forevermore.

They are out there, scattered, waiting, the threat is eternal.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

That director knows how to make entertaining movies with tension. Looking forward to learning more about this. If the premise is solid, im on board

 

[lame gag1990]

I'm guessing the Xeno is Romulus and the human is Remus? The Alien franchise is bollocks at this point so it really doesn't matter what the story is.

 

[ultrazilla]

I took it as between Alien and Aliens.

Correct. This is set between the events of ALIEN and Aliens.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Why do they have a hard time putting in the classic characters, we all already want Ripley to come out, but it seems like it's a monumental challenge?

Adding Newt, Ripley or the other characters would greatly lift the franchise.

 

[Insane Metal]

What the fuck @ that poster.

No hope from me unfortunately.

 

[jason10mm]

Why do they have a hard time putting in the classic characters, we all already want Ripley to come out, but it seems like it's a monumental challenge?

Adding Newt, Ripley or the other characters would greatly lift the franchise.

Ripley is played out, IMHO. She was in cryo sleep between Alien and Aliens, cryosleep between Aliens and Alien3, and dead (spoiler?) between Alien3 and Ressurection. There is no room for her. Same with Newt, unless you dump the film canon and go with the comics or something.

The theme of corporate greed outweighing value of human life is a solid one, though the later films got pretty hamfisted with it. I liked the William Gibson (I think) penned script of aliens on a space station with human zombie-like infected running around as an evolution of the alien lifecycle. Even Ridley heading down the AI as God road isn't a bad call, so long as the rest of the film around it holds up but both Prometheus and Covenant had just bizarre stupid expert moments in it, hard to keep immersion. Was never a big fan of the engineer stuff either with the goo and all that.

 

[Alex11]

Alien 1979 is my favourite movie to this day, really hope this new one kind of rubs off on it. In the sense that I want a personal one, eerie atmosphere, don't need a whole lot of explanation.

Too much explanation hurts any kind of movie medium, didn't need the explanation of the fossilized alien in the first movie, it really goes against the whole mystery.

 

[Shodai]

Will the main protagonist will be another attempt and recreating Ripley?

The discount Ripley in Covenant was an instant turn-off. It was so on the nose, and completely misunderstood what made Ripley a true strong female character. Quite shocking really. It seems these days writers think nose rings, tattoos, being a lesbian, and having no children is strength, and it's hilariously wrong.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I think there is something interesting about the idea of humanity exploring these sort of metaphysical subjects like the source of creation or meeting "gods" but it's a tricky needle to thread and Prometheus and Covenant did a kinda clumsy job attempting it. Hope this one pulls it off better if that's what they're going for.

This is exactly what doomed Prometheus, that desire to build an IP and Aliens SU.

Not, there is nothing interesting about exploring the metaphysical bs.
You see Alien, you shoot it, that’s what made Aliens great.

 

[RJMacready73]

Take a fucking leaf outa Prey's book and just make a brilliant stand alone flick with a loose tie to the series, don't do a Ridley Scott and butcher the entire Alien Legacy by telling a story no cunt wanted to know

 

[ManaByte]

Take a fucking leaf outa Prey's book and just make a brilliant stand alone flick with a loose tie to the series, don't do a Ridley Scott and butcher the entire Alien Legacy by telling a story no cunt wanted to know

Good news, Dan Trachtenberg is coming back to make the next Predator.

 

[DKehoe]

This is exactly what doomed Prometheus, that desire to build an IP and Aliens SU.

Not, there is nothing interesting about exploring the metaphysical bs.
You see Alien, you shoot it, that’s what made Aliens great.

I think it’s an interesting concept but actually exploring it is tricky and probably makes it less interesting.

One of the things I love about Alien is how it doesn’t bother to explain stuff like the Space Jockeys. Some people stumble into something that’s beyond their comprehension and get absolutely fucked.

 

[Ulysses 31]

One of the things I love about Alien is how it doesn’t bother to explain stuff like the Space Jockeys. Some people stumble into something that’s beyond their comprehension and get absolutely fucked.

Sounds like you would be into Lovecraftian (inspired) stuff where the theme is we just see a little piece of a greater reality that we can't fully comprehend.

 

[drganon]

Just like with Terminator, everything after the 2nd film should be ignored.

 

[DKehoe]

Sounds like you would be into Lovecraftian (inspired) stuff where the theme is we just see a little piece of a greater reality that we can't fully comprehend.

That Lovecraftian, cosmic horror element has been there since the start of the series. I don’t think that stuff needs to be the focus, and Prometheus and Covenant trying to tackle it more head on didn’t lead to great results, but you can have aspects lurking at the fringes.

 

[RJMacready73]

Ridley just went off the deep end with Prometheus and Covenant, whilst it had his incredible eye for visual flair and some great scenes it ultimately fucked up the mythos by tacking on a backstory that absolutely ruined the mystery around both the original Engineer and the Aliens themselves, we didn't need to know any of that shit, just that somewhere out in the vast expanse of space there was both an intelligent species and a downright fucking horror like species...but nah all we got was the Aliens where created by some gender neutral fucking android from earth with god like delusions that somehow managed to wipe out an entire species that had been around since the dawn of time... Oh fuck off Ridely

 

[Ar¢tos]

Wasn't this supposed to be the 3rd movie of the prequel trilogy linking the prequels to the original?

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

"I think he's got numb tongue."

"Num tung?!"

"I can fix that."

 

[RJMacready73]

Wasn't this supposed to be the 3rd movie of the prequel trilogy linking the prequels to the original?

This is the problem that studio execs need to realize, not every movie needs to do a Marvel and link to a wider universe, just make a great movie first and foremost, throw in a few easter eggs for the fans and that'll more than suffice, when you try and link everything together especially to movies made years ago and make a coherent timeline you'll run into issues, that's why I loved Prey so much, it give us the fans exactly what we wanted, a bad ass predator hunting humans and a human protagonist, putting the predator against one of histories greatest human hunter tribes was a fantastic idea and then the small link to the previous movies via the gun.. *chefs kiss.. that's how you fucking to it.. hopefully Alverez gives the Alien flicks the much needed kick in the balls that Trachtenberg did for Predator and tbf his last movie was bloody brilliant so it's looking promising

 

[CGNoire]

The more lore and storylines added to the Alien franchise, the less scary and interesting it becomes, imo. The mystique is virtually gone.

This 1000x.
I been saying this shit for years stop adding lore to lovecraftian tales ya clueless fucks.