BattleMonkey
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Resurrection at times feels like a good movie, then it has total shitty tonal shifts into bad comedy.
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Happy ALIEN Day - LV4/26
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Psychoward
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it's been a while since I've seen the last crusade but temple of doom is still awful and I can't imagine indy 3 being any worse than that
maybe indy is just destined to only have one good movie
Bobby Roberts
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There's a whole thread on it from a week ago that's still on the first two pages of this subforum at the moment.
The third Indy movie is far worse than Doom.
Simo
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Yeah and Goldsmith vowed never to work or speak with Scott ever again especially after similar shit was pulled on Legend. Lol
I haven't popped in any Covenant threads since the first trailer given the leaked test screenings soured me on everything, so the best news to come out of today is Blade Runner 2049's next trailer will debut with Covenant.
ultrazilla
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Obviously it's trending on Twitter as Alien Day. If you check that feed, you'll see some really cool stuff going on including video from an "Alien" party where it looks like they've brought actual creature effects props from Covenant to show off! Pretty awesome!
Garcia el Gringo
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Nothing of note from the Q&A, but this peek at Adam Savage's behind the scene is doing it for me - showing sets from Prometheus being remade for Covenant <3
Garcia el Gringo
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electristan
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Was at a midnight showing the the Alien Directors Cut last night. First time seeing Alien on a big screen, was really amazing, film looks incredible, and i really noticed the ambient sound this time, an just draws you even deeper in.
Adding it to the list of reason this is one of my favorite films.
Adding it to the list of reason this is one of my favorite films.
Garcia el Gringo
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They screened the bridge between Prometheus and Covenant. I got a little Shaw ;__;
ultrazilla
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That was amazing. Was not expecting that at all! Looked soo good!
JigglesBunny
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Let's be real, ya'll.
Alien > Aliens > Alien 3 > AvP > Prometheus > AVP:R > Alien: Resurrection
Can't wait to get home and crack into Alien: Isolation to celebrate.
Also, 4/26 > 5/4.
Alien > Aliens > Alien 3 > AvP > Prometheus > AVP:R > Alien: Resurrection
Can't wait to get home and crack into Alien: Isolation to celebrate.
Also, 4/26 > 5/4.
admiraltaftbar
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For any fans of movie soundtrack records or collectible pop culture art, Mondo Tees is doing another year of alien items including a 2LP soundtrack and a 4LP collectors soundtrack with art by Tyler Stout of the Alien soundtrack.
2LP edition
4LP
2LP edition
4LP
Garcia el Gringo
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The Bridge Between Prometheus and Alien: Covenant ft. David and Shaw
Edit: That was from the stream where it has a intro from Ridley Scott. Fox uploaded the prologue standalone and it's got a title.
Alien: Covenant | Prologue: The Crossing |
Edit: That was from the stream where it has a intro from Ridley Scott. Fox uploaded the prologue standalone and it's got a title.
Alien: Covenant | Prologue: The Crossing |
Garcia el Gringo
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Give me the Prometheus UHD 4k Blu-ray date. Been preordered that a few weeks ago on Amazon 👀
Might just have to load up the old 3D Blu-ray if Fox ain't gonna take my money now 👀
Might just have to load up the old 3D Blu-ray if Fox ain't gonna take my money now 👀
Did Shaw just take some time to find David's body? I don't remember how it ended lol. Weren't they already on the ship with the head in her hands?
brandonh83
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BattleMonkey
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So the prologues are actually scenes and parts of Covenant right? These aren't just web exclusive previews?
NealMcCauley
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There were a few shots of Shaw salvaging what she could from the Prometheus and Engineer ship including David's body.
Garcia el Gringo
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It's been a while, and some deleted scenes might have bled into my memory of the theatrical cut, but I recall David requesting that Shaw retrieve his body, so she gets it off-screen from the crashed Engineer ship and we see her hoisting it up to the ship they're going to pilot.
Sorry if that's inaccurate. I've made a point to not watch Prometheus since Covenant was announced in the form of Paradise Lost, cause I'd overdo it. Now's the time for a rewatch (or several).
Garcia el Gringo
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And I absolutely love that.
Cheers. Aside from opening day, I haven't sat through Prometheus start to finish.
There is a high chance she will never see another human being in her life, and David is all she's got. Also, she doesn't know David infected what's his name. Unless I am remembering incorrectly.
Bobby Roberts
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I'm hearing that any of these "prologue" or short clips being released prior to Covenant's open are confirmed to be not in the film proper.
Anyone else heard similarly? I'm trying to find something more solid on that front.
Anyone else heard similarly? I'm trying to find something more solid on that front.
They're essentially different genres so it's difficult to compare.
But Aliens>>>>Alien with all of the deleted scenes left in.
Unless anyone cares to justify this
Cameron cut good scenes because for the time the film felt too long (and although most of the restored scenes are good some should still have been left out such as the tension deflating attack on hamsters).
Scott cut scenes that didn't fit or didn't fit pace/narrative to get the film close to perfection. There's a reason for that difference.
That said I see them as close to equal.
Alien is the better film artistically and definately the better horror film.
Aliens is the better thriller and the better action movie.
Both are essentially masterclasses of their genre.
That said... I gotta go with the purity of the original.
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I don't remember this at all. It's certainly not in the finished cut.
It's such nonsense. Classic Grandpa Ridley.
I seem to recall her rappelling out of / into the crashed alien craft with some sort of big duffel bag? Only saw the film once at release though.
She definitely places David's head in a duffel bag and I seem to recall his headless body being hoisted on a stretcher too.
Garcia el Gringo
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Just checked. It's not explicit that she takes supplies from Prometheus beyond that duffel bag, if that's what you don't remember in response to that poster, but I think it's such a likely off-screen character action that debating it would be pedantry.
Now the important David body salvaging scene being a thing is undeniable. You see Shaw doing the salvaging of David's body in the theatrical cut. She takes a buggy between the crashed Prometheus lifeboat, the crashed Engineer ship where David is (where she lowers the body down from onscreen, not up to the new Juggernaut like I incorrectly stated in a previous post) and to her final destination off-screen. It's not gonna be out of nowhere when David has a body again in Covenant.
The deleted scene/alternate ending lingers on Shaw collecting herself with the buggy at the lifeboat a bit more, maybe better conveying/implying that she's capable of hauling stuff, but it's not terribly different (you don't see her loading the buggy with rations in that exact moment or anything, just the duffle bag that you see in the theatrical cut). While slightly different, people aren't mistaking a deleted scene for what happened in theaters.
I like to think that Shaw didn't jet immediately, meditated on what she was doing and recovered all she could before leaving LV-223 on new year's day. We see her using some presumably human tool to reattach David's head in The Crossing prologue, as well as having mugs, a pen and several pieces of clothing, so now we know for sure she didn't just bring herself, David and nothing else into that alien ship.
It's my favorite part of waiting in the queue for the Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
wesleyshark
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Alien > Prometheus > Aliens > Alien 3 >>>>>>>>>>>> Resurrection
Unabashedly love Prometheus, flaws and all.
JigglesBunny
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As long as we can agree that Resurrection is an unwatchable crock of shit, you're alright in my book friend.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
The trailers show quite a few guns.
I just figured if they're gonna have explosions and shooting, may as well bring back the ultimate gun.
Conkersbadfurday
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Happy Alien day then! Excited for the new movie though kind of worried, but at least the Alien: Defiance comic has been solid. Shame Life and Death had a shit ending and Orbit a fairly rote beginning, but oh well.
And since we're doing this:
Prometheus > Aliens > Alien > Alien 3 > Alien R > AvPR > AvP
Alien Res isn't that bad a of a movie guys, and honestly, I think it's fairly good. It has major problems, but I do like it.
And since we're doing this:
Prometheus > Aliens > Alien > Alien 3 > Alien R > AvPR > AvP
Alien Res isn't that bad a of a movie guys, and honestly, I think it's fairly good. It has major problems, but I do like it.
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Know what the one good thing is about this "forced holiday"? Alien is back in theatres. 
Inceptional
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The only footage in the actual film are from the trailers proper. Everything else, including the prologues and messages sent home, are just extra filler. It's just like what Prometheus did with the Shaw interview and Wayland TED speach.
NealMcCauley
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So uh... That Covenant footage...
Shit. That Saving Private Ryan comparison might have been putting it lightly.
Shit. That Saving Private Ryan comparison might have been putting it lightly.
I'm watching it again right now and just finished the scene that involves David telling Weyland that it's safe to remove his helmet.
Shaw says that they're not sure how Tom Hardy got infected.
David said that it isn't the air.
They look at each other and then she realizes what happened.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Is this footage on youtube ? Can you please post the link here.
I just want to take the time to say that Alien Isolation, in my opinion, stands up right alongside Alien and Aliens as vital and mandatory experiences for Alien fans. It's a wonderful, wonderful game, and it true deserved a much better fate it got. It's just just too bad Aliens: CM ruined its chances for greater success.
Bobby Roberts
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Alien Isolation didn't suffer all that bad a fate. Shit sold 2mil copies, didn't it?
I remember a really fuckin dumb early review that called it a "Locker Simulator" or some such bullshit, but the game reviewed pretty well, and it sold pretty well, and is fairly well regarded now, isn't it?
I remember a really fuckin dumb early review that called it a "Locker Simulator" or some such bullshit, but the game reviewed pretty well, and it sold pretty well, and is fairly well regarded now, isn't it?
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