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Monglo posted:It's David at the end. Given the number of "but where did the neomorphs go?" posts, really loving hard.
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That is a good question because we never see what happens to the other one. Because it was cut out of the film.
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CelticPredator posted:That is a good question because we never see what happens to the other one. Because it was cut out of the film. We see two neomorphs get born. One hatches in the lander pod, and runs away when it explodes, you see it escape. The other hatches from the security guy bursting out his mouth and then it fucks off into the grass. The two neomorphs attack, and one gets punched in the face by Walter and shot to ribbons by the security detail, the other rocks up then runs away when Walter fires the flare. The one that escapes follows them, kills Rose, and then gets lit up by Oram. Two born, two killed. Unless there was a third neomorph I didn't spot then welp, RIP me.
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Edit: i rewatched the scene, I guess it does get shot and dies. Probably a last minute add to deal with the missing scene.
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quote:The two Neomorphs attack the remaining crew members; one of them kills Ankor but is killed by the crew. David, who survived the Prometheus mission, rescues the crew and leads them to a city full of humanoid (Engineer) corpses. taken from the plot summary on wiki edit: CelticPredator posted:Edit: i rewatched the scene, I guess it does get shot and dies. Probably a last minute add to deal with the missing scene. yeah i had read about the script changes etc, but I saw it on opening weekend and haven't watched it since and it was pretty clear to me that it died. So much so I got confused as gently caress at all the "but what of neomorphs?!" posts that I checked the wiki plot summary. GoldStandardConure fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Jun 19, 2017 |
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CelticPredator posted:Edit: i rewatched the scene, Where are you watching this?
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 08:06 |
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Google it.
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 08:16 |
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"Gothic" is a great description of Covenant, the sequel to the modern Modern Prometheus, Promethus.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Hello.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Ok.
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 13:31 |
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This was very entertaining. I always enjoy reading other perspectives from my own!
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 13:37 |
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Ok. Too much bitching about "bad viewers," no major insights. It's no SMG Prometheus review. It's not his fault in some ways because Covenant doesn't really offer much to work with, still, 4/10.
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Gorn Myson posted:I've been looking forward to this. Welcome back Same. Though in terms of "franchise", I do not think the thematic continuity with Prometheus can be overlooked. It's extremely important context (especially with the false Christian and the inexplicable chaotic destruction.)
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 15:10 |
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One thing I definitely agree with SMG on is the "twist" at the end. Hearing people complain(not so much in this thread but in general) that it was too obvious or that they called it out right away is pretty baffling, I guess they just aren't experienced with watching movies? It's clearly presented as a Touch of Evil-style suspense moment, not a twist that is supposed to take the audience by surprise. We're meant to know that it's David on the ship, and so we know the survivors are in danger but they themselves don't. It's classic suspense, it's basically the blueprint.
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Basebf555 posted:One thing I definitely agree with SMG on is the "twist" at the end... We're meant to know that it's David on the ship, and so we know the survivors are in danger but they themselves don't. SMG thinks it's Walter, not David. Why are you this bad at movies?
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 15:54 |
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Monglo posted:SMG thinks it's Walter, not David. Why are you this bad at movies? That's what I get for cherrypicking individual paragraphs instead of reading the whole thing. My bad, although the point I was making still stands.
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 15:57 |
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My favorite twist of the movie is how they showed them fighting the alien on the ship in the commercials and in the movie its the last 5 minutes.
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Monglo posted:SMG thinks it's Walter, not David. Why are you this bad at movies? Of course he doesn't. I'm not a big SMG fan (aside from his read of Prometheus) but you're misreading his post.
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Tenzarin posted:My favorite twist of the movie is how they showed them fighting the alien on the ship in the commercials and in the movie its the last 5 minutes. They showed it in the trailer It happened in the film
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 16:42 |
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CelticPredator posted:They showed it in the trailer But they showed teh end of teh movie in the trailer!!!111!
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 16:47 |
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Actually the part in the commercials where Daniels opens the door and aims up into the chains with the gun and screams never happens in the movie. It was there to make the commercial look more action like. And in that part of the movie they don't even try to shoot the alien.
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Because that was made just for that ad, directed by Luke Scott. Same with the Last Supper clip.
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Why cookie Rocket posted:Of course he doesn't. I'm not a big SMG fan (aside from his read of Prometheus) but you're misreading his post. SMG posted:So when Daniels asks Walter to help build her cabin, at the end of the film, she's badly misread the situation. Walter never intended to help build a cabin - hence his confused expression. Walter intends to be the cabin, to fill that role in Daniels' life.
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 17:09 |
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His point is the same as KWaste's, which he explicitly refers to: the film rejects psychological realism with regards to David/Walter's identity at the end of the film. You can piece together that it should, in the literal sense, actually be David, but in the process you will miss what the film is showing you.
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 17:15 |
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Yeah I hate that poo poo. It just feels so disingenuous.
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 17:19 |
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Can we get a Chris Nolan Alien film next?
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 17:29 |
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BUT THE CGI waah waah waaaaah edit: SMG's review was amazing. thanks. I needed that.
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I would like to see that.
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Neo Rasa posted:Metroid Fusion Samus is healed by having the Metroid cell introduced to her body, it is not the cause of her near-death. She's all business about being a hybrid. The X, an unrelated alien race, are the ones to run rampant on the station, not the Metroids. The Samus clone is also an X, not a Metroid. There is a secret lab with Metroids in the game though. thotsky fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Jun 19, 2017 |
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CelticPredator posted:Because that was made just for that ad, directed by Luke Scott. The best part of that clip is James Franco's saying "I'm burning up" because he's sick and leaves before the party started. I know it was made to be a promo thing from the beginning but it's insane to me that they don't open the movie with it, it's awesome. Like open with that, the dream sequence, rest of movie. Fassbender's delayed semi-pun of "I've got your back." Oh my god it's amazing. Neo Rasa fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Jun 19, 2017 |
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It's a good scene! I'm excited to see a fan cut with all that back in the film. Apparently the Crossing scene was in the film, but it was cut out during the last few months of editing.
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Tenzarin posted:Actually the part in the commercials where Daniels opens the door and aims up into the chains with the gun and screams never happens in the movie. It was there to make the commercial look more action like. And in that part of the movie they don't even try to shoot the alien. Oh. Sorry. I don't remember the trailer very well, it seems.
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Hodgepodge posted:His point is the same as KWaste's, which he explicitly refers to: the film rejects psychological realism with regards to David/Walter's identity at the end of the film. Film doesn't do that, the film shows you that it's the character of David in the those scenes, not character of Walter, who are separate from each other as evidenced by every other scene in the movie. They even appear simultaneously in some, I'd say the film might be trying to tell us that they are not the same character. I'm fine with people being insane and reading into a piece of art and finding whatever they see fit there, but don't say that it's the piece saying it - it's you who's saying it, cause you're insane.
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Leavemywife posted:Oh. Sorry. I don't remember the trailer very well, it seems. This is not a trailer. It's a short film directed by Luke Scott.
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So, was the movie good?
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 19:24 |
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Monglo posted:Film doesn't do that, the film shows you that it's the character of David in the those scenes, not character of Walter, who are separate from each other as evidenced by every other scene in the movie. They even appear simultaneously in some, I'd say the film might be trying to tell us that they are not the same character. No. The film explicitly does not depict the contrived series of events that take place off-screen such that David doesn't simply dispose of Walter, but replaces him. What you are talking about is plot. 'David and Walter are shown to be separate characters who are sometimes in the same room together.' What I'm talking about is how the filmmakers actually determined to convey this scenario, which is not of two 'completely separate people,' but identical twins who were designed to fulfill the exact same purpose. There is absolutely no psychologically realistic reason that a single actor should have to portray both robots, or that this new robot should even look like the old robot at all. The point is that the characters are thematically joined, that they are dual aspects of the same personality. This is the sort of thing that superficial plot content can't explain, just as Scott deliberately doesn't show how Walter goes from being about to bash David's skull in, to David not only living but taking his form. These are formalistic choices which straightforwardly convey that David and Walter are explicitly not 'completely separate people,' but a dual representation of a single character.
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 19:25 |
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Okay but they are separate people. You can be metaphorical and literal. It's not one or the other. gently caress
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CelticPredator posted:You can be metaphorical and literal. It's not one or the other. gently caress Of course. But keep in mind, if you aren't specific about what you're talking about, people can misinterpret you. And if people misinterpret you, you get the opportunity to correct them. It's what we call a virtuous cycle.
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# ? Jun 19, 2017 19:44 |
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How can you misinterpret what happened on screen? It's beyond clear. It's insane to go against that to fuel your own reading. A reading should go with the film.
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CelticPredator posted:How can you misinterpret what happened on screen? Nothing I have written goes against the film. Rather, it goes with it, and accepts implicitly that there is literally no/no literal explanation for how David replaces Walter. The motivations for this event are not 'logical,' extending purely from superficial plot mechanics. It's the same reasoning behind dressing David like a wizard. It's both characterization, as well as a clear expression of themes through aesthetics. The merging-through-edit of David and Walter at the climax of Alien: Covenant does the same thing.
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