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[Arkeband]

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Made on my dumbphone, hope it works

Amazing.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Spoiler

Made on my dumbphone, hope it works

This is amazing

 

[BkMogul]

Now that's a teaser poster!

 

[ronaldthump]

PLEASE BE GOOD!!

got goosebumps looking at poster. I feel like they get it.

 

[JigglesBunny]

This was done really quick and dirty but for those who want it, here's an entirely textless/logoless version of the poster.

 

[Vyer]

Tip: Make too much noise, and you will attract the Alien.

 

[MrCunningham]

Please be good

All it needs is a better writer(s) than Prometheus. Prometheus was a great film on a technical level (it looked amazing), but it had such a bizarre narrative...

I am cautiously optimistic about this one.

 

[Glass]

Is this the direct sequel to Prometheus or a new project taking things back to the original series?

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Straight the point.

I wonder how they are going to make the aliens scary again. Partly due to familiarity and over exposure, they haven't been actually frightening in any film post-Aliens.

I'd like to think they're go the restraint route, but the combination of Prometheus and that poster makes me think, nope.

Again the fault of James Cameron. He is in his own way responsible for what happened to the alien franchise after his take on it.

 

[ezekial45]

Is this the direct sequel to Prometheus or a new project taking things back to the original series?

Both. It's set after Prometheus (David and Shaw are returning), but it's more in line with Alien/Aliens. Plus, we're seeing a new type of Xenomorph in this movie.

 

[Rexatality]

And yet you still keep asking for more from me. My mother told me about men like you.

Get a room you two

Anyways, the poster is pretty amazing. Keeping low expectations on the movie, though.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I want to pet him

 

[MrCunningham]

Again the fault of James Cameron. He is in his own way responsible for what happened to the alien franchise after his take on it.

I don't think that I can blame James Cameron for anything in Aliens. A sequel for the original was going to be a tough act to follow, no matter what. If it was made by a different director and just repeated the same basic formula of the original, it would have probably been received as an inferior movie by critics and could have even killed the chances for a part three (unless it went to home video). James Cameron's idea of flipping around the formula was a good one. It caught a lot of critics of guard and did great box office.

Alien 3 was a victim of being a studio controlled sequel that jumped the gun a bit too early in production and caused headaches for the film makers. I know people like this one (or the assemblers cut) , but David Fincher still doesn't want to acknowledge it's existence. Me, I just can;t enjoy it. But I feel like 3 still had potential to be a much better movie than any released cut.

 

[fauxtrot]

Anyone want to spoil this movie for me via a pm please?

 

[EBE]

thats a great poster.

 

[CadetMahoney]

roff, I just watched Prometheus recently, still garbage outside of a few visuals.

 

[Mandelbo]

Anyone want to spoil this movie for me via a pm please?

I'd also like to be spoiled please

 

[komplanen]

I don't like the text "RUN" but otherwise it's pretty neat.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

I'd also like to be spoiled please

Add me to the list. Not going in blind on this movie. Not after Prometheus.

 

[MrCunningham]

I don't like the text "RUN" but otherwise it's pretty neat.

Yeah... the "RUN" is pretty groan worthy, to be honest. But the poster is cool.

 

[llehuty]

I liked Prometheus for what it was, so count me IN.

The scene of the "surgery" is still one of my favorite scenes in cinema, fantastic photography ramping up the tension. I was at the edge of my seat.

 

[Clydefrog]

I don't like the text "RUN" but otherwise it's pretty neat.

For once we agree

 

[Psychoward]

I thought of this when I first saw the poster but don't have any image editing skill. Thanks.


If the movie didn't look as pretty as it did and didn't have Fassbender it would be god awful. Blows my mind that people love it. I'm not super critical over scripts but by god was it horrendous.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

only just watched the alien movies recently after playing Alien: Isolation. can't wait for this as the only alien movies i enjoyed were the first and prometheus. this one is by ridley scott too so i'm optimistic it won't be terrible. the main series of movies only get worse as they go on. first is brilliant. second was ok but a bit too action focused for me. third was so boring i fell asleep. in the fourth they totally destroyed ellen ripley as a character. probably won't even bother seeing alien 5 if they ever do it unless it's straight up horror like the first movie.

 

[Sulik2]

Simple to the point and not orange/blue. Good stuff.

 

[neorej]

Good poster, except run doesn't make any sense. Motherfuckers will run you down and chomp your brain.

 

[Count Dookkake]

That's real nice, but Prometheus.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

i agree. the last thing i wanted to do in alien isolation was run. hell i was scared to walk. i would just kinda crouch and creep my way about. running = death.

 

[llehuty]

To all the people complaining about the "run" tagline, if you see the front of the face of the alien like depicted in the poster, run is probably the only choice, although it's probably too late.

Spoiler

Maybe something like "You are already dead" would be more accurate, lol.

And having a tagline will help spreading the poster in social media, open a door to memes, hell, almost half of the posts in this thread are about the tagline, so I guess the marketing team did a good job.

 

[Markitron]

Amazing, just perfect.

Also 3 months early

 

[adamma666]

Spoiler

Maybe something like "You are already dead" would be more accurate, lol.

"Prepare to die" could also fit.

Btw.: Can anyone pm me the supposed plot spoilers? Thanks in advance!

 

[Alpha_eX]

Plot spoilers please, curious!

 

[Lagamorph]

Alien Isolation told me that running was pointless though.

 

[MarkMclovin]

If it said Shhhh or Don't breathe, or Prey instead, I'd be more hyped. But run? I dunno, it brings the scariness of the alien down a notch or 2.

 

[Spiral Insanity]

If it said Shhhh or Don't breathe, or Prey instead, I'd be more hyped. But run? I dunno, it brings the scariness of the alien down a notch or 2.

You mean pray? That would imply religion. They are better off implying the audience to have legs.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

I'm in the bizarro dimension, that poster looks crap and like 5 minutes in Photoshop. And run? Everyone knows you can't outrun them. Lazy ass crap all round.

 

[TheMagician]

Didn't realise the movie was out so soon.

 

[alternade]

Yep, me too.

Add me to the list

 

[Busty]

Great poster.

Just like Prometheus this will have great marketing and great trailers and then the eventual film will be total garbage..., just like Prometheus.

It is the way of things.

Don't let me down. Please be decent.

Don't do this to yourself.

It's going to be terrible.

Just accept it and make peace with the fact that you're going to see it anyway.

 

[Ushojax]

It's a slick poster but I'm not getting fooled again after Prometheus. The lingering stench of that movie combined with the story leaks...I'm mentally preparing to seal this movie away in the darkest recess of my mind, right next to Alien3 and Resurrection.

It's testament to the quality of the first two films that I would still pay money to watch a new Alien film even if I know it's going to be shit.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

That's a great poster. Hype increasing!

i pray that all the story leaks are wrong.

I've probably already read them, but could you remind me what they are?

 

[strafer]

I hope they tie in Alien isolation.

 

[Dascu]

Would also appreciate a PM with these supposed story leaks.

 

[Lupercal]

Goddamn, all this hate after only seeing the poster.

The worst movie of this year got more of a chance after 3 trailers (looking at you Ghostbusters)

 

[Marvel]

Yissss.

 

[Megawarrior]

Both. It's set after Prometheus (David and Shaw are returning), but it's more in line with Alien/Aliens. Plus, we're seeing a new type of Xenomorph in this movie.

I liked prometheus so this should be interesting.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

I hope they tie in Alien isolation.

I sincerely doubt it (ironically, despite it being the best thing in the franchise in almost 30 years). That game must take place probably, what, 20 years after the first film? Apparently Prometheus is set in 2093 and Alien takes place in 2122, so if we say Alien Isolation is probably circa 2140, and Alien Covenant is supposedly 10 years after Prometheus, so it seems a bit too early in the timeline to reference the Ripley family or the Sevastopol station.

 

[Tony Redgrave]

Great poster, In Ridley we trust.

 

[Ferr986]

Yep, that's an Alien.

Both. It's set after Prometheus (David and Shaw are returning), but it's more in line with Alien/Aliens. Plus,

Spoiler

we're seeing a new type of Xenomorph in this movie.

That's worrying.

Spoiler

New Xenomorphs equal to a shit monster inferior to the real deal, like Resurrection and Prometheus.

Only Cameron got it right with the Queen.

 

[Menome]

I'd say a follow-up poster needs to happen with just "Hide" as the caption. Not sure what could be the final poster in a trilogy. "Die" is a little on the nose.