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I can't remember where I read it, but I recall learning that 90% of the thing in that picture wasn't habitable and/or even connected to the Crew Stuff anyway. It's an automated refinery they tow from place with ore to base and back.
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Baronjutter posted:Other than actually following safety procedures in the first place and not letting kane back on the ship, probably not a lot. The huge refinery complex they were pulling probably had supplies and things as well, could have potentially ditched the nostromo and hid out on the refinery until help arrived? I mean I assume a complex as huge as that had some general living space and emergency supplies and such? It was practically a whole city. What if there was a crew living there, refining oil during the entire events of Alien, and Ripley just blows them the gently caress up?
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Finally saw Alien: Covenant  it ruled Probably not as great as Prometheus, but really really good. Still sorting through my thoughts on it.
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Black Bones posted:Finally saw Alien: Covenant Alien: Covenant was tits.
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I saw it again today and I loved it even more than before. The only issue remains the Xeno stuff. I hate that it's CGI, and that whole scene lacks tension. But I do love David's face when they go after it.
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Black Bones posted:Finally saw Alien: Covenant I absolutely hated Prometheus and liked Covenant much better. The crew wasn't 24/7 retarded like the prometheus crew was and was more believable. I think the weakest thing in the movie was the aliens. They looked comical and not at all scary.
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https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/movies/guardians-of-the-galaxy-alien-sister-text/ 
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Alien Omnibus 3 seems like the best collection of Alien comics, mostly because it includes Labyrinth. Is that right, and should I order it?
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Neo Rasa posted:https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/movies/guardians-of-the-galaxy-alien-sister-text/ So basically, both parties in this conversation are full retarded/it's fake.
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LadyPictureShow posted:So basically, both parties in this conversation are full retarded/it's fake. 99% of my brain was sure it was fake but 1% of my brain remembered my parents earnestly mixing up Legends of the Fall with Hong Kong '97. Either way it made me chuckle.
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keyframe posted:I absolutely hated Prometheus and liked Covenant much better. The crew wasn't 24/7 retarded like the prometheus crew was and was more believable. I think the weakest thing in the movie was the aliens. They looked comical and not at all scary. That's different, I would have thought anyone who thought Prometheus' crew was unbelievable would have had a hard time with Covenant's. These aren't "realistic" stories to begin with, but I never found any characters behaviour to be all that strange, even the guys who eat the egg or grab the snake. Oram has faith that David will tell him "what's going on", in much the same way that nerds have faith that Ridley Scott will answer their inane questions about canon!
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Leavemywife posted:Alien Omnibus 3 seems like the best collection of Alien comics, mostly because it includes Labyrinth. Is that right, and should I order it? I'd say get that and also the first one. The first omnibus collects the original Aliens comic run, which is pretty fun.
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Black Bones posted:I never found any characters behaviour to be all that strange, even the guys who eat the egg Well they ain't the sharpest tools in the shed.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:I'd say get that and also the first one. I just finished the novelization for that first omnibus. Earthhive, etc. Perry isn't as good a writer as the folks doing the 2014-now books, but they're perfectly readable. I've got Earthhive and I didn't see anything in the text you wouldn't have gotten from the comics.
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Breetai posted:Well they ain't the sharpest tools in the shed. Perhaps not, but there's no way for them to know that they are characters in a horror movie. You can shout at the screen, but they will never hear you 
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Jun 10, 2017 02:05
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Alien Covenant was cool and David is still awesome. Michael Fassbender is a great loving actor.
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biracial bear for uncut posted:Poor Dr. Shaw. She helped make the Xeno so it's okay.
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Rewatched Prometheus recently. I didn't realize it at the time, but the last conversation presages Alien: Covenant quite nicely. Shaw: I want to find out more about the Engineers. Who are they? Why do they hate us? David: Haha who cares
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Haledjian posted:Rewatched Prometheus recently. I didn't realize it at the time, but the last conversation presages Alien: Covenant quite nicely. I used to think that the Deacon at the end of Prometheus was supposed to symbolize that the Alien was a small and ultimately insignificant part of this universe, one that the characters were ultimately leaving behind on a little moon. Now I know the truth, that the real point of the Deacon is as a grim punchline, that not only is Shaw heading straight into an Alien movie, but that her questions have and will again birth the Alien.
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Breetai posted:Well they ain't the sharpest tools in the shed. Oram eat teh eggs
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LadyPictureShow posted:So basically, both parties in this conversation are full retarded/it's fake. My friend watched at least half of Max waiting for the apocalypse to happen and Mad Max to show up.
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Plus I mean this is Alien of all franchises. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzSnh9nqVFs
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Strontosaurus posted:My friend watched at least half of Max waiting for the apocalypse to happen and Mad Max to show up. I walked into the theatre that I thought was showing Mad Max and was wondering why a Snoopy trailer was playing. 
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I finally got the Alien book that I asked about before, and it's dope. It's literally photographs of the two journals Giger kept while making Alien and it has translations for all of the pages. It's a really cool piece: Outside:  Funny Alien testing:  Polaroids in the journal  Behind the scenes stuff:  This part I found really interesting, seems like the Space Jockey and the Aliens had nothing to do with each other and that the derelict just landed on an ant-hill basically. "They aren't ants, man." 
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I would poo poo myself If I saw that 'funny alien testing' Good lord.
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CelticPredator posted:I would poo poo myself If I saw that 'funny alien testing' same; i really think alien owes so much to the actor in the mask, his body and grace really define it
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alf_pogs posted:same; i really think alien owes so much to the actor in the mask, his body and grace really define it Shame he died so young.
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alf_pogs posted:same; i really think alien owes so much to the actor in the mask, his body and grace really define it He's only the Alien in 2 of the scenes though the ones were the Alien is most prominent; the scenes were Brett and Dallas die are of Eddie Powell and the one were the Alien gets blasted by the jets at the end is Roy Scammell. Reading Giger's dairies is awesome, the production was troubled as all hell and the people that worked with/for him weren't up to snuff and slow as poo poo. He berates one guy a lot. Giger even states that he wanted to walk away from the whole project. This sketches are cool as gently caress too. Most of the book is his handwriting in Swiss so there's not much to take in save for the translations and few polaroids, professional photos and sketches. Still a great book.
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CelticPredator posted:I would poo poo myself If I saw that 'funny alien testing' C'mon it's pretty funny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFpgu1L1YIc
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Captain Quack posted:C'mon it's pretty funny Yeah, I don't think a naked dude with a large tube on his head is scary at all.
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s.i.r.e. posted:I finally got the Alien book that I asked about before, and it's dope. It's literally photographs of the two journals Giger kept while making Alien and it has translations for all of the pages. It's a really cool piece: I have this book on order as my partner works for a book store. It looks awesome, I can't wait to get it.
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Black Bones posted:That's different, I would have thought anyone who thought Prometheus' crew was unbelievable would have had a hard time with Covenant's. These aren't "realistic" stories to begin with, but I never found any characters behaviour to be all that strange, even the guys who eat the egg or grab the snake. I disagree completely. How is their behavior not strange and unrealistic? Just go watch Alien and then Prometheus right after that. The contrast is more evident there where one is "these are real space truckers and the way they act is completely believable and in character" vs in prometheus "hey here are a bunch of assholes who hate each other that somehow got hired for the most important mission in human history and they act completely unrealistic"
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It was an old man's quest for the fountain of youth.
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s.i.r.e. posted:Most of the book is his handwriting in Swiss so there's not much to take in save for the translations and few polaroids, professional photos and sketches. Still a great book. German; Swiss isn't a language. Book looks really neat and indepth though, I'm super jealous!
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The actual crew of the Prometheus, Captain Janeck and his men, are all extremely competent. Ms. Vickers and David know what they're doing, as does the medical staff on the ship. It's only Mr. Weyland, Shaw, and those who are convinced they are there because they believe in all the Chariots of the Gods BS that are incompetent. And why wouldn't they be? They're not serious scientists, they're either fanatics, an old man desperate not to die, or dregs who will take any job for money.
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