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[Alienfan]

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2016/01/14/ridley-scott-says-hard-r-rating-alien-covenant/

When a reporter commented on fans being interested in the horror aspect of the Alien series, Ridley Scott responded “that’s why I’m doing it. I’m going to do pretty Hard R.” He further elaborates that he wants to do a scene with the same sort of impact that Alien’s original chestburst scene had but something “much worse.”

Really good news consider at this point in Prometheus's development the R rating was still up for debate, with a PG13 cut made along side it, and the decision to release the R rated version not made until after filming. Not sure what Gaf's stance is on Prometheus, but I thought it was the third best in the series and personally can't wait for some more big budget R rated sci-fi.

 

[ElTopo]

 

[Killer Queen]

Of course it's the third best in a series of only 3 movies.
But I'm interested in seeing where he takes it and if he can actually impress me with the alien franchise again.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Not sure what Gaf's stance is on Prometheus, but I thought it was the third best in the series and personally can't wait for some more big budget R rated sci-fi.

The rating and violence wasn't the problem with Prometheus (and GAF's opinion seems to be majority negative with a few people sticking up for it intermittently)

That he wants to make it Hard R doesn't mean anything. I want him to make it make sense and be scary.

(He had a great chestburster scene in Prometheus before he broke the script and had Lindelof scotch tape it back together under his orders)

 

[Joyful]

Not sure what Gaf's stance is on Prometheus, but I thought it was the third best in the series and personally can't wait for some more big budget R rated sci-fi.

lol

 

[PsychBat!]

edit: nvm

 

[Xisiqomelir]

Of course it's the third best in a series of only 3 movies.

Why you gotta hate

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2016/01/14/ridley-scott-says-hard-r-rating-alien-covenant/



Really good news consider at this point in Prometheus's development the R rating was still up for debate, with a PG13 cut made along side it, and the decision to release the R rated version not made until after filming. Not sure what Gaf's stance is on Prometheus, but I thought it was the third best in the series and personally can't wait for some more big budget R rated sci-fi.

Isolation is third best. Prometheus is fourth best.

 

[Moaradin]

Why you gotta hate

Resurrection is AMAZING! That movie is so dumb. I love it.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Isolation is third best.

The Alien movies get progressively less good as they go along.

Isolation is a great video game with a boring story executed perfunctorily.

 

[Doge]

Gimme that R rating!

 

[Fancy Clown]

Wow a hard R and trying to top the chestuburster scene just because. This couldn't possibly be bad.

 

[BobLoblaw]

Why you gotta hate

That thing creeped me the fuck out when I was younger. Really good design on that one.

 

[Fancy Clown]

The Alien movies get progressively less good as they go along.

Isolation is a great video game with a boring story executed perfunctorily.

Yeah the story is utterly forgettable and essentially meaningless but the player experience through gameplay does a solid job at capturing the Alien tension and amazing job at recreating the aesthetics and atmosphere while putting its own touch on it. Sevastapol was a fantastic location.

 

[John Rabbit]

not sure what relevance an R-rating has in the face of an absolutely dogshit script.

Alien 3 is also a fantastic movie, fuck the haters.

 

[The Kree]

He further elaborates that he wants to do a scene with the same sort of impact that Alien’s original chestburst scene had but something “much worse.”

Infantburster.

 

[Dan]

The rating and violence wasn't the problem with Prometheus (and GAF's opinion seems to be majority negative with a few people sticking up for it intermittently)

That he wants to make it Hard R doesn't mean anything. I want him to make it make sense and be scary.

(He had a great chestburster scene in Prometheus before he broke the script and had Lindelof scotch tape it back together under his orders)

Yup, this is meaningless. Nobody thought the problem with Prometheus was that its violence was neutered and there wasn't enough gore. The problem was the script was shit, the characters were awful, and Ridley Scott's bad ideas were a core piece of that.

 

[Frecklestein]

Close your legs, Kelly, you're embarrassing us.

 

[Alienfan]

The Alien movies get progressively less good as they go along.

Isolation is a great video game with a boring story executed perfunctorily.

I don't know, I found Alien 3 to be more enjoyable than Aliens. It was the bravest film in the series, it's willingness to kill off characters at any moment and the atmospheric prison setting just made for a super tense film. Better developed characters too

 

[Fancy Clown]

Isolation is third best. Prometheus is fourth best.

Alien 3 is so much better than Prometheus. When I watch it I actually want to finish it instead of shutting it off in boredom/disgust every other scene.

 

[guek]

Just get a better editor for your scripts, Mr Scott

 

[Fancy Clown]

I don't know, I found Alien 3 to be more enjoyable than Aliens. It was the bravest film in the series, it's willingness to kill off characters at any moment and the atmospheric prison setting just made for a super tense film. Better developed characters too

It has some very admirable qualities but Aliens is more cohesive in its direction and execution. Like its a fully satisfying and thrilling movie whereas Alien 3 gets half of it right and then you're left sighing and wondering what could have been. I do like how bold and bleak it is though.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I don't know, I found Alien 3 to be more enjoyable than Aliens.

I can't quite go that far, but I love hearing people say this, as I've been a champion of that film's positive points since before the Assembly Cut was just a bootleg VHS I couldn't find at comic conventions.

 

[Jack Remington]

Prometheus was awful, but hopefully this will be good. He doesn't seem to be shitting on the Alien mythology like he did with that one.

Lindelof isn't involved, is he?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Lindelof isn't involved, is he?

Lindelof made it known he wouldn't be coming back to this property shortly after Prometheus released.

He knew the wheels on the bus were coming for him.

 

[Joyful]

aliens 3 is just people running through hallways
and its still better than Prometheus

 

[Jawmuncher]

Still amazes me how Fox never decided to reboot alien. Especially after 3 & 4. Don't really care that they didn't though.

 

[guek]

I've always loved alien3, bleakness and all. It's such a well shot film.

 

[Alienfan]

It has some very admirable qualities but Aliens is more cohesive in its direction and execution. Like its a fully satisfying and thrilling movie whereas Alien 3 gets half of it right and then you're left sighing and wondering what could have been. I do like how bold and bleak it is though.

Yeah fair, I guess Alien 3 was more of what I wanted from an Alien movie than Aliens was - although to elaborate on this point, the original 'wooden monk planet' just sounded incredible!

 

[- J - D -]

Yeah! I'm ready let's do this. Gore was what was missing from Prometheus.

 

[vio]

I wish Ridley stopped making these comedies.

 

[JoseLopez]

I can't wait for the disappointment

 

[params7]

THANK YOU LORD

 

[zoozilla]

I wish Ridley stopped making these comedies.

I dunno, thought Prometheus was pretty funny.

 

[ElTopo]

Prometheus was a little dry in comparison to the other films when it came to gore. But yeah, it had bigger problems than a lack of gore. I have come around to the film after having watched the Gift Bearer Fan-Edit.

 

[TheXbox]

The Alien movies get progressively less good as they go along.

You mean exponentially. Aliens is, like, a sliver less good than Alien. Alien 3 is a drop off a cliff, and you can't even see Resurrection from the top.

Prometheus is an outlier that sort of plays well as a silent film, if you put the Alien trailer music on loop for two hours.

 

[Mushroomer25]

After Prometheus did solid business on an R, and Scott delivering a massive hit in The Martian, not shocked. He's got enough clout ATM to make whatever the hell he wants, thank god he wants this.

 

[Wag]

That alien's got a boner .👽

 

[Bobby Roberts]

You mean exponentially

Nah buddy.

Alien 3 is a drop off a cliff,

Nah.

 

[injurai]

I still can't believe 3 was a Fincher film...

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Why not? It looks exactly like one.

 

[brianmcdoogle]

I don't know what the rating was for Prometheus because I don't look up or care about ratings for movies, but "a Hard R" isn't what poisoned that movie. So, who cares what the rating is when the script and actors will be the bigger hurdles.

 

[Fancy Clown]

Yeah fair, I guess Alien 3 was more of what I wanted from an Alien movie than Aliens was - although to elaborate on this point, the original 'wooden monk planet' just sounded incredible!

Yah that concept was pretty wacky in a good way. It makes me yearn for a George Miller directed Alien movie for some reason.

 

[JTripper]

I just recently watched the first 3 Alien movies for the first time ever. Alien 3 was so uninteresting it might as well just not exist. I don't even know if I should give Resurrection a chance and just skip it and watch Prometheus.

 

[Akahige]

It could be a loose wet R for all I care, as long as it's good and not just beautiful to look at.

Yeah fair, I guess Alien 3 was more of what I wanted from an Alien movie than Aliens was - although to elaborate on this point, the original 'wooden monk planet' just sounded incredible!

Yeah that thing sounded really great, I recall reading that Ward would possibly rewrite the script into something original to do.

 

[Syriel]

Yup, this is meaningless. Nobody thought the problem with Prometheus was that its violence was neutered and there wasn't enough gore. The problem was the script was shit, the characters were awful, and Ridley Scott's bad ideas were a core piece of that.

Prometheus = Let's take a bunch of really smart people and have them do really stupid shit for no discernible reason.

 

[Fancy Clown]

I just recently watched the first 3 Alien movies for the first time ever. Alien 3 was so uninteresting it might as well just not exist. I don't even know if I should give Resurrection a chance and just skip it and watch Prometheus.

Prometheus is almost as skip worthy as Resurrection. Almost. If you didn't like 3 than the other two will likely be outright painful. You should watch them.

 

[andythinkpad]

But does it have moronic scientists?

 

[TheXbox]

Nah buddy.



Nah.

I'd offer you some in-depth explanation as to why you're wrong but I fell asleep halfway through the four hour Assembly Cut and then I woke up and there was a dog or a cow fetus running up and down some hallways with a GoPro. Then Ripley leaps off a cliff into a pit of lava and dies, and I thought, gee, that's a really good analogy for this movie.

 

[Extollere]

Even though Promethius has its faults, I still kinda like it.