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Let's wait and see how they feth this one up, though it's obviously taking some notes from Alien:Isolation which was actually good so maybe they won't.
For me the trailer makes the film look forgettable. I’ve seen Aliens (TM) on a ship before, and many more aliens-on-a-ship movies since. And, frankly, the Aliens brand is a negative, it’s been handled so badly. I’d be more interested if this was about a non-Aliens (TM) alien on a ship, at least a little bit more interested.
To be fair, a movie has to be pretty bad to be so bad it never existed. As we all know, no Predator movies were released between the so okay it's average Predators and the very good Prey and the world is a better place for this truth with literally no downsides.
(I refuse to acknowledge The Predator exists, except to say that I refuse to acknowledge it exists).
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I’d even settle for the Slightly Better Than Mediocre And Even Better If You Just Go With It of Alien Ressurrection.
That film is genuinely much better than folk give it credit for. My favourite point of overlooked praise is the military’s “sod that, set the self destruct and leg it” reaction when the Xenomorphs break free. No heroic last stand. No attempt to contain the outbreak. Just cut losses and GTFO.
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The trailer doesn't reveal much, but what little is there looks good and I actually liked Don't Breathe so I'm cautiously optimistic. I'm sad we're not going to see the rest of David's journey as he was such an interesting character in the last 2 entries, but I know I'm the only person in the universe who liked Prometheus and Covenant so I understand the decision to go in a new direction.
Slightly off-topic, but when it comes to Alien 3, the most interesting thing about that movie to me is the production/script hell it went through plus the 3-4 different versions of the movie that exist. Apparently there is a Special Edition version in which the "lead works" part of the movie is omitted entirely.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: I’d even settle for the Slightly Better Than Mediocre And Even Better If You Just Go With It of Alien Ressurrection.
That film is genuinely much better than folk give it credit for. My favourite point of overlooked praise is the military’s “sod that, set the self destruct and leg it” reaction when the Xenomorphs break free. No heroic last stand. No attempt to contain the outbreak. Just cut losses and GTFO.
The weird thing about Resurrection is, taken solely on its own, Resurrection isn't a bad movie.
It's just not the movie anyone going to see an Alien sequel was really looking for.
Alien is my favorite movie. This looks great to me. And after Prey (imo the best Predator movie) I am ready for a good Alien movie. Disney's handling of these fox properties has paid off so far. Let's hope they can carry it forward.
These are my opinions. This is how I feel. Others may feel differently. This needs to be stated for some reason.
cuda1179 wrote: Prey was good, but any suggestion that it was better than the original Predator is just sacrilege.
The original is great. Way up there. The second is still pretty good. The 3rd is also pretty good. The 4th is the worst movie made in the alien, predator, and avp franchises.
Prey is just more interesting. Its a cool as hell looking predator (best design since the first) in an interesting setting doing brutal gak. It doesn't diminish the first one to say its better. The first is still JUST as good as it's always been. Prey is just a slightly better movie.
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Let's just hope the dialogue of this movie can avoid lines so incredibly cringey, they almost become funny, before warping right back around to being unintentionally bad.
As long as we avoid "you blow and I'll do the fingering" level writing, the movie will at least be better than Covenant. The bar is pretty damn low for the Alien franchise at this point.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: I’d even settle for the Slightly Better Than Mediocre And Even Better If You Just Go With It of Alien Ressurrection.
That film is genuinely much better than folk give it credit for. My favourite point of overlooked praise is the military’s “sod that, set the self destruct and leg it” reaction when the Xenomorphs break free. No heroic last stand. No attempt to contain the outbreak. Just cut losses and GTFO.
The weird thing about Resurrection is, taken solely on its own, Resurrection isn't a bad movie.
It's just not the movie anyone going to see an Alien sequel was really looking for.
Partial agree, I guess. I enjoyed Resurrection from the moment I first saw it. It is absolutely a decent movie in its own right, just quite rough around the edges.
Is there a term for a sequel now looked more fondly upon because what followed was so bloody awful? I mean, since Resurrection, we’ve not just had two boring prequels, but two pretty badly flaws AvP efforts.
Because there’s one for the broad, initial opinion - and thats Satiscraptory. McDonald’s food can also be described as satiscraptory. Nowt special, definitely not the best offer, but it’ll do in a pinch.
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Looks like they tried to capture that old school look but should've shot it on film instead of digital. Still looks too clean, well lit, facehuggers in cgi lacks the proper physicality to be frightening. Probably gonna be a solid 6/10 movie.
I'm sad we're not going to see the rest of David's journey as he was such an interesting character in the last 2 entries, but I know I'm the only person in the universe who liked Prometheus and Covenant so I understand the decision to go in a new direction.
Nope, I actually enjoyed those too as well. Especially loved the ending of Covenant, proper grimdark!
Not sure what will become of this one. It will be passable as something to run in the background while modelling at the very least.
I enjoyed Prometheus for what it was but lament the loss of what it could have been. I was a bit nonplussed on Covenant but Manchu pointed out it was essentially an old Universal studios mad scientist film, and when looking at it like that I softened on it.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
