Imperial Bishop
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Yeaaaaaah, that's an Alien movie alright.
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Alien Covenant - Trailer 2
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jack_package_200
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For some reason, this is the only horror franchise she likes.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
It pops out of the guy's back. They're calling it a neomorph, I guess? But from the trailers, you can tell it works like such:
Step on thing
Thing coughs up spores
Spores enter body
Infects person
That thing pops out of its back
Lord knows what it turns into, but you can see by the spines on its back (which match the spines coming out of the guy in the lab) that it's popped out of a human, who seems to be the same guy bleeding out of the mouth, who is also the same guy who gets spores going into his ear.
So whatever you're looking at in THAT picture is essentially the chestburster form of whatever it's going to become. Maybe.
Script was written by headbutting a laptop three or four times and howling until you drool.
Did you even see Prometheus? Not even helmets can protect you from those mofos.
Lights and Waves
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That was really cool.
Lights and Waves
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Sorry but I choked on my water, lol. You hit the nail on the head.
Alter_Fridge
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Straight hype! That was worlds better than the first trailer I can't believe it's the same movie. And the Alien looks fine. Not sure about Danny McBride though, he only has the one character he plays.
I'm asking why the characters don't even try. It's weird.
While I've got you, maybe you can explain the geologist with the just explained super map immediately getting lost, or the biologist treating a clearly hostile alien organism like a lost kitten from Prometheus. I love the visuals in that movie but a lot of the scripting and character choices were just bizarre.
Alter_Fridge
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Inorite
So does Franco die like five minutes into this movie?
These shots are good.
Alter_Fridge
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Hopefully, what's he even doing here
Alter_Fridge
Member
Yeah they better have a good reason to have their helmets off, that's just asking for trouble
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
I know exactly what she means. Here they look angry dude kind of mean, which is a bit cartoony tbh. In the original the alien looked, well, much more alien, which made it scarier and less relatable to emotions we're familiar with:
NightShift
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Ok, so all I got from the trailer was that I shouldn't go in expecting a horror movie. Got it!
Alter_Fridge
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I know exactly what she means. Here they look angry dude kind of mean, which is a bit cartoony tbh. In the original the alien looked, well, much more alien, which made it scarier and less relatable to emotions we're familiar with:
People complaining that homocidal Aliens are looking too mean?
Now I've heard it all..
Frozenprince
Banned
It's gonna fall into the same trap Prometheus fell into and try and over explain this stupid shit I can feel it.
Also making them all couples seems like a forced as hell way to get pathos.
Also making them all couples seems like a forced as hell way to get pathos.
Demoncarnotaur
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I do believe that shot is practical, it was the one prior where it mashing it's head against the glass like a fucking goofy zombie movie that the CG bugged me.
Dreams-Visions
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Let's fucking go.
I don't know if people are necessarily complaining, just noticing that they went with more obviously threatening design choices.
darkwing-buck
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Looks fun!
In terms of face huggers at least, it didn't matter to Kane in Alien.
NightShift
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The xenomorph would look great but the tail looks too small and doesn't have that bladed tip. Doesn't look like it can stab through a man and hold them up. Just nit-picking.
NightShift
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It's hard to make a make a creature you've seen before and know all the rules of scary again.
Alien Isolation says hi.
CG Xeno's are throwing me, it's fucking weird.
Looks more action heavy than I expected, but there is some cool looking shit in there. I just like seeing a Xeno back in action, I mean:
This was the only cool thing about that trailer. They nailed the look.
The rest of the trailer was hot ass
ffejeromdiks
Banned
Because the giant bio-mechanical sex monster that launches an auxiliary projectile jaw filled with teeth into it's victims faces in the 1979 original was really subtle with it's threatening nature.
NightShift
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It's a lot easier for a game to make you scared because it has a deeper sense of immersion. The same rule also applies to Isolation too because as you learn how the AI ticks, it doesn't become that scary any more. Even Creative Assembly knew this, it's why they eventually give you a flamethrower.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Well, there is a difference between it silently swinging from the chains in the rafters of a cargo hold before slowly descending, and pulling itself up to its full height while... vibrating? Shaking?
and then launching it's projectile jaw, and gliding back into the rafters.
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Surfing a spaceship and ramming its head into the cockpit over and over again while roaring and drooling.
Messofanego
Banned
Does this look better or worse than Alien vs Predator?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
About the same?
the POV Facehugger shot kinda reminded me of the bullet-time facehugger jump from that movie.
the POV Facehugger shot kinda reminded me of the bullet-time facehugger jump from that movie.
Better. By a fucking long shot.
CadetMahoney
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Just another monster flick tbh. I expect someone in the audience to shout "we've seen this shit before!" and everyone laugh.
Also what the hell is the rating on that trailer?
"This has been Approved for Appropriate Audiences!" makes sense. . .
Messofanego
Banned
I'm going with Bobby on about the same. I hope it's as silly and entertaining!
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
One of the laziest trailer audio edit ever.
Robot Pants
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Nothing can be as bad as Prometheus. But it'll be bad
RedAssedApe
Banned
trailer ruined at the end
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Why would an alien creature have a human expression that you can relate to? I mean OK, in the movie they give a reason for them to be somewhat human-like, but still it's kinda weaker and less alien design thanks to that.
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