Alien: Covenant
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- helloeatbreathedrive10
Getting better I suppose?
- Sick! Makes me wish there was a fan edit of Prometheus.DRIFTMONKEY
- holy shit David kills all the engineersernexbcn
- this alone won my heart back instantly. just a few more weeks.helloeatbreathedrive
- They really stepped up the quality of the marketing for this film. I can't WAIT!Akagiyama
- There's an edit that intersplices Prometheus with the original Alien, called Derelict.i_monk
- :/SteveJobs
- i guess he didn't wake her up
*sips teaprophetone - what does he say?sofakingback
- badassHijoDMaite
- Then Danny McBride and crew enters and ruins the whole fucking movie. Copying old alien movies.severian
- Seriously? Danny McBride is in this? What is it with old directors just ruining their own films? Makes me wonder if their early success was a fluke.SteveJobs
- @helloeatbreathedriv... why/how is your QBN account "error 500" nonexistent, yet yoou keep posting and coommenting on QBN???chukkaphob
- NOW we're talking! Sickmaquito
- Looks pretty much exactly like Prometheus, and not like Alien.CygnusZero4
- THIS should be the film. Amazing premise.inteliboy
- +utopian
- @SteveJobs Because now they're legends and nobody can or will say no to them.i_monk
- I don't want to see another people running around chased by Aliens. That is tired. Should have stuck to Prometheus storyline.severian
- Prometheus was garbage.i_monk
- exciting!mugwart
- David says "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair" https://en.wikipedia…ernexbcn
- Derelict my balls.HAYZ1LLLA
- daaaaaamnArchitectofFate
- I saw a screening of the original Alien movie, couple of days ago in the local arthouse cinema. It's still greatCalderone2000
- So David arrives at planet, kills engineers, then later the crew arrives to colonize and start dying. David is the cloaked figure in the main trailer.Nutter
- scarabin7
- Amazing poster, great job scarabin!utopian
- ha! not mine, but i had a great interview there this morningscarabin
- that'd be dopemoldero
- Rodin "The gates of Hell"pablo28
- wantGnash
- you did this my friend? @scarasureshot
- NM ..early morning here..nice poster neverthelesssureshot
- pablo28 knows what's upspl33nidoru
- 'engineer this you bald bastards'digitdaily
- damn sonernexbcn
- Love the posterlynley
- this is so damn goodinteliboy
- can only imagine the hype if prometheus never existed.inteliboy
- Sorry but I'm expecting this to be the equivalent of being spit roasted by OMG and Yurimon.see_thru
- i'm gonna ask how they made this... i keep thinking 3dscarabin
- zBrush for days.nthkl
- hpw i see public transportationdrgs
- nice work scarabin!monospaced
- lolscarabin
- utopian13
- brandelec0
- Zero originality. So much more intriguing if they went with their initial idea of being a sequel to prometheus and we go to the Engineers home planet...inteliboy
- friends who worked on this said the production was a bit of mess too.... Expectations low.inteliboy
- Yeah what happened to going to Engineers planet ??Ramanisky2
- Well, I liked it. Fuck you moaning bastards.face_melter
- yeah, me likey toorobthelad
- are they the crew that is colonizing lv426; that gets 'rescued' in aliens? (like newt's parents/gparents) I like the idea.digitdaily
- I'm still in, not like prometheus was amazing or anything... I'm sure they are hiding bits from the trailersernexbcn
- ok, i'm stopping the trailer half-way. looks good, don't want to ruin. I LOVE the grim Northern landscape in this and Prometheus.detritus
- Yeah I also closed it and decided that next time I get back to this it will be the full movie in some theater.sted
- @digitdaily they were terraforming the planet in Aliens. Covenant crew land on a earth like planet.ApeRobot
- Loving the depth on those clouds as they drop into the atmosphere. Beautiful.detritus
- looks good, fuck everyoneutopian
- I'm excited as all get out and am not deciding against anything based on a trailer.refunktion
- I expect it will br visually stunning, but the story and casting will disappoint. I had a popup ad for the dinner scene, and it came across like an SNL skit.garbage
- Hayzilla0
So... a bit of a star wars style question.
What order would you show these 6 film to a noob?- Probably in order of release. You can skip Resurrection, as much as I love these films I can't watch 4 again - it adds nothing to the overall story. At all.face_melter
- Watch Aliens twice to make up for it.face_melter
- Just watch Alien, Aliens, and Predator and forget the rest.sarahfailin
- I've see every one multiple times. Just wondering as it is a fun dilemma I have with introducing my 5yrold to star wars in the next year or so.Hayzilla
- SW is easy. In order, Rogue One, ANH, ESB, ROTJ, TFA... done.ETM
- ^ This way Darth Vader stays a bad ass and is never referred to as "Annie" FFS.ETM
- ^ But the kids love the first 3. Can't deny him that. Jaja Binks hahahaHayzilla
- 1 then 3 (Director's cut) and read the original 3rd script and your done!mugwart
- Alien, aliens, prometheus, covenantsince1979
- Nah man, resurrection only film you need to watchfuturefood
- 1. Alien
2. Aliens
Repeat
I would defiantly not bother the shit out of including anything beyond aliens, franchised to death.Bullitt - If you watched the prequels first, you can of ruin the mystery of Alien.
Which is Jaws in space, you don’t see the shark till the end right?Bullitt - ... which is ironic that franchised the shit out of jaws too. Probably due a reboot soon hahaBullitt
- "Just watch Alien, Aliens, and Predator and forget the rest."inteliboy
- Watch alien3 and alien: resurrection in reversefuturefood
- DaveO2
Watched it, liked it! CG Xenomorphs were great. Loved the fact that David had been 'engineering' the species too, liked all those weird gothic shots in the room with the sketches. McBride was good, Fassbender was great, spotted that twist as soon as it happened though.
I'm not sure what everyone gets so bent about, it felt the truest to canon since Aliens to me.
- Pfft Of course you loved it David....uh I mean, Dave. < Nope, definitely not a synthetic. :PGM278
- Bc its popular. Everyone on qbn hates things other people like. Only underground shit is acceptable here. LolzCygnusZero4
- again, felt like I've seen this movie a million times. Scott could have taken the story in a different direction, IMO.Ramanisky2
- The only person who can take it somewhere really new is Blomkamp. Same as Nolan with BatmanDaveO
- @GM278 MegaLOL!DaveO
- title should have been Alien Convoluted imo, shite plot & predictable end. Way to fuck shit up Ridley!mrAtor
- Blomkamp's film was panned in favour of this ... makes the sting so much more painfulmugwart
- Covenant was popular? First I've heard that. http://www.boxoffice…
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- qoob3
- Why is he starring in this?qoob
- Why wouldn't he be?Ianbolton
- Good point, NMqoob
- They need to try to fill the Bill Paxton slot.teh
- a good agent helps, besides comedians often come up as most dramatic when the part is right. i guess we'll just see.helloeatbreathedrive
- Prob is he seems to be playing a typical McBride character... sarcastic, slightly 'smart' yet full of shit... kinda killed the trailer / excitement for me too.PonyBoy
- All this guy does is reel it in or dish it out. It's too late for him to show range, IMHO.cannonball1978
- inteliboy2
Alien worked so well because it feels alien. Nothing is explained. Their Giger species and that space ship was fucked up and like nothing before... full of mystery. Even in Cameron's Aliens shit was going down... and why? There is no why, it's some fucked up Alien species and we're fucked!
Even though the engineers in Prometheus also were fascinating - I hope Ridley doesn't start explaining all this shit away. Boring!
- Maybe this is why a lot of ridley scott films recently are just average. He's losing the art of viewer imaginationIanbolton
- i loved how like 30% thru Aliens the characters make the RIGHT decision to evacuate and nuke the colony from space, but still don't manage to escapesarahfailin
- characters rarely try to do the thing that I would do in their same situationsarahfailin
- Aliens would be pretty short if they got out of there and nuked it from space 30% through. Also prolly not as good.refunktion
- Aliens pretty much explains everything though. Burke Carter J initiated the whole thing.i_monk
- haha refunktiondetritus
- IT WAS BURKE?!! He's dogmeat pal!prophetone
- I never liked Paul Reiser after Aliens.refunktion
- I never liked Paul Reiser after My Two DadsWolfboy
- moldero3
I finally just watched it last night and I thought it was pretty damn good, (I'm bias because I've always been a big Alien franchise fan) but don't limit your own experience by listening to me or any other god damned useless critic, just go and watch it and make up your own mind.
- at the first time you can't pay attention to the details properly, watch it again.sted
- still would have liked to have seen more of the Engineers instead of the same ole story of humans being knocked off one by one.Ramanisky2
- i liked it too. not perfect, but it was a good sci fi movieCygnusZero4
- I'm a big Alien fan, even Alien 3, the one nobody likes, which biased me *against* this garbage.i_monk
- i_monk, I love Alien 3 too, (and 2, and 1).Muncher
- (I was one of the many who thought Prometheus was a ridiculous scribble though, so I wont be watching this new one)Muncher
- pango3
God damn it... you guys convinced not to watch it yesterday. I hope you are happy.
- you should watch it and form your own opinion!ernexbcn
- you should watch it!
now we want to hear your thoughts on it!Miguex - But the hype for me is gone... :( I'm just gonna wait till it hits the internet.pango
- Just watch it on the big screen, don't be such an Asian.utopian
- big screen at home..... if i sit really close to the tv.....pango
- lolernexbcn
- lolmoldero
- brandelec3
- Ebola?Ramanisky2
- Everyone Dies!BH26
- Kill them, before they kill you.ApeRobot
- omg f'ng spoiler?!
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- Weyland3
- http://www.solidsmac…PonyBoy
- It stays.sofakingback
- would be a shame if the poster was better than the moviePonyBoy
- oh no, that never happens. we're safe.sofakingback
- I watched alien very recently and was much appreciated this text transition during the intro. never thought about representing it this way - nice work.detritus
- -wasdetritus
- stayssince1979
- Miguex1
So I just saw this and was pretty happy with it from start to finish, was entertaining and although its aprox 2hs long it never felt long.
Whoever said it was worse than Prometheus probably has no recollection of it, go and watch that crap again. It set the bar so low that covenant was easy... a vast improvement.
Kenny Powers was better than expected too, it's like he was born to play redneck characters but this was a bit more on the serious side, was weird not too see him riding on a jetski but he was ok.
Hey...
it could have been A LOT WORSE
- ★★★☆☆Miguex
- As "whoever" I can tell you I've watched Prometheus two or three times, and once as part of the Derelict edit, trying to see what I must be missing.i_monk
- Pro has better characterization and didn't shit all over the original chestburster scene with bad CG.i_monk
- Hey.. Don't knock the Riddick Trilogy. Better than the last 4 alien movies.hotroddy
- come on prom was the equivalent of scream... "hey I'm a scientist selected by the human race for this mission, let me poke my head in this thing" COME ON!Miguex
- I didn't say Prometheus was good, just that it's marginally better.i_monk
- Good god!! There are 3 reddick movies?!?!?pango
- agree with the kenny powers commentArchitectofFate
- yes pango. and there will be a fourth! the second was shite but 1 and 3 are good.hotroddy
- CygnusZero42
I hope this brings back more of the tension of the original movies. Prometheus was a decent sci-fi movie, some cool visuals, but the writing could have been better, and even the directing.
There was that scene where they bring the engineers head back to examine. Seems like a pretty fucking profound thing to be doing right? Well the main character who found the damn place, that younger guy who ends up getting infected, was just sitting on a table in the lab room drinking a bottle of wine and had no interest at all in that head. WTF? Terrible directing. He should have been so excited at that moment.
There was a LOT of that in Prometheus. Characters not having a proper reaction to really incredible or scary things, like theyve seen it all many times before. I hope thats fixed in this.
- Welcome to Hollywood 2017fadein11
- only non-cringe Sci-fi for years was Arrival (and that had some close moments) - script by committee unfort (led by non-creatives).fadein11
- There was a reason he wasn't excited. And you either didn't understand why or completely missed the scene why he explained it.severian
- cheap tom hardy was drunk on champagne, swimming in anything and everything. i guess heavy drinking normally dulls the excitement for a thoughtful scientist.helloeatbreathedrive
- lol they are on a foreign planet testing an alien head for the first time in human history. and hes drunk and doesnt care?? come onCygnusZero4
- that shit would sober me up real quick. the thing explodes and he leaves like nothing happenedCygnusZero4
- brandelec4
- Honestly, doesn't need the RUN.prophetone
- missing DMCsureshot
- DaveO2
I liked prometheus!
- CygnusZero40
Damn I loved it. Really interesting from start to finish. It wasnt perfect, but its as good as it needs to be for an alien sci-fi movie.
- uh ohdetritus
- watsince1979
- you also loved the SW prequelsfadein11
- ^ bc they are stupid sci fi movies, which is good enough for me. i didnt expect any oscars with them like you dumbassesCygnusZero4
- ^ Unlike that comment, sci-fi can be and often is anything but stupid.MrT
- detritus0
First review I've seen... 5 stars
- mixed reviews overall. I will be watching for sure though.fadein11
- I read a few reviews...most seem to be saying it's not bad but not great either.yuekit
- why would anyone care what someone else's opinion is about a movie?moldero
- From my perspective, I'm gladdened to hear it's not shite out of the gate.detritus
- I care about opinions on movies, and opinions on caring about those opinions.
I should think for myself.MrT