Inceptional
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Nothing, you fulfilled your purpose with the post above. Stay hatin' playa!
Early reactions to Alien: Covenant are in
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Nothing, you fulfilled your purpose with the post above. Stay hatin' playa!
Bobby Roberts
Banned
what
what are you doing right now
what is that
go to bed kid
what are you doing right now
what is that
go to bed kid
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Alien Resurrection is more or less the rough draft for Firefly
But with Aliens in it.
But with Aliens in it.
eh, they're not amazing but they aren't *terrible.* They're worth watching as long as you don't expect them to be as good as Alien or Aliens. They're leagues better than the alien vs. predator movies.
Yes.
Firefly is at least self-conscious enough to play around with its sillier aspects. Resurrection feels like a comedy played completely straight. The lack of tonal cohesion is a huge part of what makes it so weird.
It depends how you watch them. If you approach them with a critical distance you'll probably find something worthwhile in them. Alien 3 in particular has the makings of a good film that was ruined by studio interference, so there are still a lot of good ideas and a few excellent scenes dotted throughout (the ending is pretty much the perfect ending to the franchise imo).
Alien 3 is better than Aliens, but you get killed around these parts for suggesting that
Resurrection is dumb fun, has some of the best effects in the series and the best alien design imo
My concern is, reading some of the early reviews, some of them sound to me like some Prometheus reviews. The fawning for Scott. The name dropping existential horror. The casual namedrops of Blade Runner and 2001 all over the place. The backwards shitting on anything not Alien or Aliens in the franchise without understanding why to score easy points.
I mean come on. I'm hopeful, but read something like this
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jun/03/prometheus-ridley-scott-review-alien
And tell me you don't see similarities in the tone of review being taken vis-a-vis the product we got to Covenant.
Wake me when we start to get several gaffer opinions.
I mean come on. I'm hopeful, but read something like this
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jun/03/prometheus-ridley-scott-review-alien
And tell me you don't see similarities in the tone of review being taken vis-a-vis the product we got to Covenant.
Wake me when we start to get several gaffer opinions.
Inceptional
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Alien 3 is better than Aliens, but you get killed around these parts for suggesting that
Resurrection is dumb fun, has some of the best effects in the series and the best alien design imo
I'm not sure it's better but it feels more in line with the tone Ridley set with the first and I love it for that. The three things that make it far from a bad film are Fincher's direction, the best score in the series, and an amazing opening and closing.
That final "Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo... signing off" gives me chills every time I hear it. Definitely the perfect ending to Ripley' s story. She finally got to fuck the company back for fucking her. So poetic.
Inceptional
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veryslowhand
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alien 3 is good, but I also liked prometheus so...
Inceptional
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A lot of people are liking it. Everyone who's a fan of the franchise should at least give it a shot. It's going to at worst be the best Alien film in 15 years.
I would take a average movie that doesnt fuck with the canon of the franchise over a great or good movie, that fucks with the universe.I'm sure not what you're say to trying
I think, they only review the movie for itself and not that it has silly retcons in the vein of "Darth Vader build C3PO", because I am more interested in Reviews that put emphasis on that it doesnt fuck with the franchise as a whole.
PowderedToast
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the working title for this was alien: paradise lost. if prometheus had been more of a hit with audiences, im sure they would've just gone with paradise lost. this was always a covert prometheus sequel with some alien lore injected into it, so im not surprised with the feedback so far.
Inceptional
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I don't think you saw my wink homie. I was just saying you mixed some words up there. Sorry, I'm a writer.
Prometheus can't be better than Resurrection simply because of this.
So 90s XD
This approaches Catwoman levels of cringe. Maybe that's also why I loed it. Cause I love pain. And it's also how I found out that I'm maybe a masochist. Would explain a lot, especiaaly the alcoholism and staying up past 5.
Fuck.
Inceptional
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Prometheus can't be better than Resurrection simply because of this.
So 90s XD
The only cool thing about that sequence is that she actually made that shot and Pearlman's reaction is legit for real.
x Dredgen Yor x
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you dont see Pearlman's reaction, the camera cuts because he screams fuck and starts laughing.
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Possumowner
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Same here. I actually thought 3 was great and have watched it many times.
Prometheus isn't as good but makes up for it by looking gorgeous. A gobsmacking beautiful looking film.
Corpsepyre
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'As for the horror aspects, theres almost more than enough tension and gore here to satisfy fans of the franchise who felt let down by Scotts previous entry. Both the Xenomorphs and Neomorphs in the film are downright disturbing, and the CGI is minimal in relation to both. The practical effects are downright disgusting, and watching people get torn apart is just as juicy as we all hoped it would be.'
From Bloody Disgusting's review. I'm so fucking in.
From Bloody Disgusting's review. I'm so fucking in.
Messofanego
Banned
Yup, they had to cut so fast because of Ron "I fucked up!" XD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF44YvDVP8Y
ronaldthump
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So
it's not great. 6/10
Promising til the close of the 2nd act with a total clusterfuck snorefest of a third act; too reliant on OTT shaky action cam and incoherent action - and the final act is even worse with a
It's bad you guys. I wonder how its going to perform at the box office.
was so bored that final 20-30 minutes
Fassbender is the best thing about this movie.
It was quite decent til the end of the 2nd act
it's not great. 6/10
Promising til the close of the 2nd act with a total clusterfuck snorefest of a third act; too reliant on OTT shaky action cam and incoherent action - and the final act is even worse with a
incomprehensible closing door sequence with alien tunnel vision - which has zero tension considering we don't even know this ship - and ANOTHER fucking terrible airlock sequence
It's bad you guys. I wonder how its going to perform at the box office.
was so bored that final 20-30 minutes
Fassbender is the best thing about this movie.
It was quite decent til the end of the 2nd act
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
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welp
freefornow
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Good to see some discussion re: Alien Resurrection.
I enjoyed the "swimming Alien" scene, particularly where Ron Pearlman fires and hits one of the Aliens. I thought it was great to see the Alien being just as menacing in a different environment (water). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv7_7dSbaOk
The movie lost me at the "baby/offspring" stuff towards the end.Thought it was good until then.
Cant wait to see Covenant.
I enjoyed the "swimming Alien" scene, particularly where Ron Pearlman fires and hits one of the Aliens. I thought it was great to see the Alien being just as menacing in a different environment (water). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv7_7dSbaOk
The movie lost me at the "baby/offspring" stuff towards the end.Thought it was good until then.
Cant wait to see Covenant.
IlGialloMondadori
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Hahah no. Alien 3 is a gorgeous mess. There's a good movie wanting to get out, and it's worth watchìng, but in no way is it better than aliens.Alien 3 is better than Aliens, but you get killed around these parts for suggesting that
Resurrection is dumb fun, has some of the best effects in the series and the best alien design imo
ronaldthump
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Alien 3 is a bit shit - fincher really fucked up the movie with his dull turd of a movie; and I personally hated what he did with newt+what'shisface's character. They deserved better.
It's literally a franchise killer with ripley dying at the end.
ressurection with creamy alien at the end is also terrible. It was decent enough in a "why are they making another Alien movie", but not Alien movie sort of way. Twilight Zone Aliens. I'd like to think the franchise ended at Aliens
It's literally a franchise killer with ripley dying at the end.
ressurection with creamy alien at the end is also terrible. It was decent enough in a "why are they making another Alien movie", but not Alien movie sort of way. Twilight Zone Aliens. I'd like to think the franchise ended at Aliens
freefornow
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Isaac Otherworld
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The first impressions look promising. I'm looking forward to watching this before most of you all.
I don't mind if it's similar in tone to Prometheus. Prometheus was never problematic tonally, but in terms of script writing. It was fantastically directed, and had a fantastic tone and overall synopsis (What if god was just another biological entity and also fucking hated you?). The character writing, dialog, and connective tissue what what hurt the film. If this film can maintain the tone and directing while strengthening the weaker aspects I'll consider it a huge win.
I don't mind if it's similar in tone to Prometheus. Prometheus was never problematic tonally, but in terms of script writing. It was fantastically directed, and had a fantastic tone and overall synopsis (What if god was just another biological entity and also fucking hated you?). The character writing, dialog, and connective tissue what what hurt the film. If this film can maintain the tone and directing while strengthening the weaker aspects I'll consider it a huge win.
TheJollyCorner
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lol @ that bingo card!
Some hopeful impressions so far... and then ronaldthump's.
Some hopeful impressions so far... and then ronaldthump's.
Freewheelin'
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I'm not the biggest Ridley fan. Alien is a bona fide masterpiece and one of my favourite films ever, but I think Blade Runner's pretty boring, I thought The Martian was fucking terrible...
Was so looking forward to Prometheus. Incredible trailers. In the end, some wanky entertainment that's a laugh but a load of piffle. Not too excited for this. Empire gave it 3/5 and they give every blockbuster 4/5.
Was so looking forward to Prometheus. Incredible trailers. In the end, some wanky entertainment that's a laugh but a load of piffle. Not too excited for this. Empire gave it 3/5 and they give every blockbuster 4/5.
ronaldthump
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Metroid?
wesleyshark
Banned
Don't bother with Resurrection. It's utter trash.
Watch Alien 3 (the Assembly Cut) after you watch Covenant.
No, Alien 3 is crappy. Just skip both instead
Assembly Cut of Alien 3 solves most of the complaints about the film.
Anyone who whines about it is just buttmad that Newt's actress aged so they couldn't recast her and had to kill her off. Stay hatin, haters.
wesleyshark
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79% Rotten Tomatoes. Only 14 reviews counted so far.
Citation needed