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Happy ALIEN Day - LV4/26

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Conkersbadfurday

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Oh fuck, never thought of making this a holiday. Sounds like a plan though!

I fucking LOVE Alien and the four movies that come after. Some of my favorite flicks.

Also, Dark Horse are releasing a hardcover copy of the old comic books from like before I was born. So now I have to go to the comic book store tomorrow and hoep I can get one D:
 
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Garcia el Gringo

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Fox just posted this Alien: Covenant pic!

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Voror

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Ah, looks like I'll be able to go to one of the double features at the Alamo, though on Thursday instead. Never seen either film in theaters so this should be fun.
 
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Conkersbadfurday

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RS4- said:
Which graphic novels or issues, whatever should I pick up. Probably drop by the bookstore and see what GNs they've got.

I already read Salvation, and I think the Superman/Alien shit. Been a while, forgetting some others.
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Eh. I used to own a bunch of the novels, and while I loved em in high school, I don't think any hold up. You can tell which ones were adapted from comic books and which ones were farmed out to sub-tier authors.

I have read through the old comics some were based off of and found those did a better job with those stories, so that's a route to go. Comics are all over the place on Amazon, and DH are releasing a 30th anniversary of the first run that were later novelized.

I really enjoyed parts of the Fire and Stone comic series which came out early last year. There are some problems (most notably with the Alien parts of it, sadly), but the story as a whole is pretty fun and the artwork is mostly top-notch. I had fun with them, but I also didn't have to pay for them.
 
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Psychoward

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It's been a while since I've seen Aliens and Alien 3, should I watch them again before playing Alien Isolation or does it just take inspiration from Alien? I remember there being some movie DLC or something?
 
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Bobby Roberts

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PsychoWARD23 said:
It's been a while since I've seen Aliens and Alien 3, should I watch them again before playing Alien Isolation or does it just take inspiration from Alien? I remember there being some movie DLC or something?
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You don't have to really watch any other movie but Alien to play Isolation.
 
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Mobius 1

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Prometheus had such potential. That trailer! Then Ridley went fucking senile.


Alien is the better film, but Aliens just fills me with joy every time. Some of the best production design work of all time in those movies. Bless Ron Cobb.
 
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MMarston

Was getting caught part of your plan?
PsychoWARD23 said:
It's been a while since I've seen Aliens and Alien 3, should I watch them again before playing Alien Isolation or does it just take inspiration from Alien? I remember there being some movie DLC or something?
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DLC is primarily the events of the first Alien recreated in-game. Featuring the same actors as well (which can be a problem because Lambert definitely sounds like 60 year old in a 20 something year old).

Apart from that, it's really just Alien. There are some music cues from Alien 3, but that's about it.
 
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Psychoward

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Bobby Roberts said:
You don't have to really watch any other movie but Alien to play Isolation.
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MMarston said:
DLC is primarily the events of the first Alien recreated in-game. Featuring the same actors as well (which can be a problem because Lambert definitely sounds like 60 year old in a 20 something year old).

Apart from that, it's really just Alien. There are some music cues from Alien 3, but that's about it.
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Alright, thanks for the help.
 
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Savitar

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If you are an Alien fan you must buy Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film

It's absolutely great stuff and you get a Nostromo badge, blue prints of the ship and tons of great pictures and insight into the filming of the movie. Did you know that the translucent like parts of the mouth when it open it's jaws were made out of melted condoms? Now you know.

You will love the book, and it's more than I can say for most of the comics which are pretty repetitive and awful with crummy art.

Also don't go searching for Alien on amazon thinking you'll only get the movie, holy crap so many cheap crummy sci fi "romance" books, kinda like that whole dinosaur or bigfoot thing.
 
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shintoki

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grendelrt said:
Picked up this print,Happy alien day!

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Fuck it, I just bought that one. I couldn't resist. This is one of my favorite films. Gonna frame that shit.

First time I ever bought a poster for anything since I could get Titty posters at the Carnival when I was 10.

Going to get an original poster of it to and hang them together. ^_^
 
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BattleMonkey

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Conkersbadfurday said:
It is kinda coated in marketing slime, yeah :(
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Eh, no one bats an eye lash when LFL/Disney hyped up and made a day for release of new star wars mech for EP7 pretty much. And of course already got the manufactured May the 4th for SW fandom.

If it works out and fans enjoy it, it will become a thing
 
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Bobby Roberts

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BattleMonkey said:
Eh, no one bats an eye lash when LFL/Disney hyped up and made a day for release of new star wars mech for EP7 pretty much. And of course already got the manufactured May the 4th for SW fandom.

If it works out and fans enjoy it, it will become a thing
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It didn't work out.

Alien fans don't really give a shit about this holiday.

May the 4th was already a big dumb completely fan-driven thing by the time Lucasfilm got around to capitalizing on it. And Force Friday wasn't even a holiday when it started. It was just the day the toys went on sale.

Every bit of organic consumer-driven ridiculousness surrounding Star Wars that you're trying to draw comparisons to was just that: Organic. Fans were carrying the ball on that one, and eventually the corporation came around to it.

Alien fans had nothing to do with this, really. Which makes sense, as the Alien series was never built with an eye on merchandising like Star Wars always was. Trying to make a weird, ramshackle set of films (most of which aren't even good) into a similar phenomenon was always going to be a hard row to hoe, and that's before the key element at the center of it (the Reeboks) got completely fucking botched all to hell and back.

If anything, it's very representative of the series entire: Some good ideas that just get totally mishandled the longer anyone touches 'em.
 
Grizzlyjin

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Fuck it. If those alien stompers ever go back in stock, I'm getting a pair. I'll probably never wear them and they'll just sit in my closet forever but whatever. Take my money, Reebok.
 
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rou021

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Bobby Roberts said:
It didn't work out.

Alien fans don't really give a shit about this holiday.

May the 4th was already a big dumb completely fan-driven thing by the time Lucasfilm got around to capitalizing on it. And Force Friday wasn't even a holiday when it started. It was just the day the toys went on sale.

Every bit of organic consumer-driven ridiculousness surrounding Star Wars that you're trying to draw comparisons to was just that: Organic. Fans were carrying the ball on that one, and eventually the corporation came around to it.

Alien fans had nothing to do with this, really. Which makes sense, as the Alien series was never built with an eye on merchandising like Star Wars always was. Trying to make a weird, ramshackle set of films (most of which aren't even good) into a similar phenomenon was always going to be a hard row to hoe, and that's before the key element at the center of it (the Reeboks) got completely fucking botched all to hell and back.

If anything, it's very representative of the series entire: Some good ideas that just get totally mishandled the longer anyone touches 'em.
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This is the sad truth. Outside of a tenuous connection to the date, there really wasn't much of a reason to even have it today. I would think having it later in the year to coincide with a teaser--or anything, really--for the new movie would've made more sense. Or better yet, wait until the marketing machine starts running full steam next year. Hell, there wasn't even a brief, "Hi this Ridley Scott from the set of Alien: Covenant," vid. At least with a new Alien film there a bit of latent excitement to work with before the inevitable disappointment that follows every release. Tying it into the release of shoes no one can buy is just strange.

The rather limited release of the first two films is also disappointing. Even Ghostbusters had a wider release for its anniversary. Then again I've been an Alien fan so long I've kind of come to expect this shit.
 
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ezekial45

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The Alamo Drafthouse in SF is doing a second round of screenings next month because the first one was sold out for the SF film festival members. Hopefully they'll have some Mondo t-shirts left over.
 
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Savitar

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Bane said:
That's a fantastic looking statue but I have zero interest in the idea of an Alien King.
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I like the idea but mostly for the sake of saying okay these guys might not exactly be like insects or ants. I never liked that comparison and the second movie pretty much pigeon holed them into that, almost all alien concepts since are basically, a Queen and a lot of disposable aliens now. I would love for the Alien concept to move entirely away from that, it felt like it took away a lot of their unpredictability and "alien nature" because you kind of defined them. Not knowing exactly why they always do what they do, have them doing things that go against what you think they should be, I rather see that. Change things up where we go "huh, okay maybe what we thought wasn't entirely true and maybe not all Aliens work or operate the same way". It would help make them seem more threatening and menacing again because the rules you thought you knew, don't exactly exist any more.
 
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Boem

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One of the better recent Doctor Who lines.

Always loved Alien. More than Aliens, but that's more to do with personal taste - I can see it's also a great movie, but simply not something that's aimed at me so much.

Never tried any of the other movies except for Prometheus. That was a giant mess.

I know, not the most surprising of opinions. I mostly wanted an excuse to post that DW quote.
 
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StrongBelwas

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I got a super ticket thing. Screening prometheus and Alien, covenant sneak peek and ticket to an advance screening of covenant, exciting!
 
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Markitron

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As much as I love Alien, I still think they're trying to hard with this 'Alien Day' thing. Probably because I use the D/M/Y format like most of the world.
 
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NealMcCauley

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One of BB's deal of the days is the Alien blu for $5. It also includes a digital copy and $7.50 off a Covenant ticket. I've been wanting a digital copy for a while and it's the same price as vudu's sale so I may bite.
 
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