Alien: Covenant
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- Bullitt0
- Right, that's it - I'm off to The Pictures this week. It's been a while...detritus
- Oh, hold on - I went to the cinema about three weeks ago. I completely forgot.detritus
- ^ state of modern filmmaking!mugwart
- haha, no, I just have a terrible memory — it was for The Handmaiden and quite fun. Last time before that was Star Wars VIII, I think...detritus
- 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
- Wolfboy1
I'm still on the fence with this one. I am enjoying the trailers and teasers but I loved the trailers for Prrometheus and the levels of disappointment for that film were at Crystal Skull heights.
As a wise man once said:
- You mean Temple of Doom |v|9000teh
- lol at Crystal Skull. So true.detritus
- Hey, where's my credit? :)
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- Muncher-3
Jeeesh, this all sounds like a fucking mess (reading about the new movie, I mean). Prometheus was bad. They should just kill it completely and think about making more Alien movies that dont try and rescue any of the crap they introduced in Prometheus... or better still accept that as a franchise Alien has delivered all it can and it's come up with some new ideas to explore in film format.
I don't see the point in trying to rescue Prometheus by moving away from it and pretending stuff didn't happen, but carrying on with some of it to try and forge a link. Just accept it was a turkey and stop trying to pull giblets from its carcass.
- hey! we agree about something being bad ;)sarahfailin
- Prometheus was a great movie.ShenanigansTV
- brandelec3
- Ebola?Ramanisky2
- Everyone Dies!BH26
- Kill them, before they kill you.ApeRobot
- omg f'ng spoiler?!
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- DaveO2
I liked prometheus!
- 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
- Nutter0
With all the Alien Hype I'd recommend playing "Alien Isolation" if you haven't tried it already (it came out in 2014).
Unlike all other alien games its mainly inspired of the first movie, so the design retro and chuky. You can't kill the alien, only hide from it, distract it to go somewhere else or at the most scare it off for a little while. Generally if it sees you, you are dead. Its very tense experience. You can get it for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Linux and Mac.
- It looks good, but stressful. Not my kind of game.CygnusZero4
- I'll get this when I eventually jump on the VR wagon, then likely never ever use VR again..detritus
- Its possible to mod it so the alien ignores you if you just want to stroll through and look at the design: http://www.moddb.com…Nutter
- ^ ooh, this may well be the only way I can play this. My 16yo niece loves this game but I get the absolute fucking fear within the first 10 minutes.face_melter
- Is there something similar for the Working Joes? I seem to remember they fuck you up as well - or only when provoked?face_melter
- Face_melter: yep this one makes should make everthing non hostile: http://www.moddb.com…Nutter
- Cool. Thanks - i'll check it out.
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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
- 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
- SteveJobs1
- wow! Love the chicken wings!mugwart
- too many dipsMattjanz3n
- moldero3
- Jonesyyy nooo!!!prophetone
- LOL thats fuckin greatdeathboy