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The third movie is just two hours straight of an engineer looking a the camera and explaining what the glowing green crystal prominently shown in Prometheus as if it was a major part of the culture but not mentioned again and all of his dialogue is in their language and not subtitled.
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Neo Rasa posted:The third movie is just two hours straight of an engineer looking a the camera and explaining what the glowing green crystal prominently shown in Prometheus as if it was a major part of the culture but not mentioned again and all of his dialogue is in their language and not subtitled. aka a masterpiece
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Neo Rasa posted:The third movie is just two hours straight of an engineer looking a the camera and explaining what the glowing green crystal prominently shown in Prometheus as if it was a major part of the culture but not mentioned again and all of his dialogue is in their language and not subtitled. Complaining that the cure to the black goo was across the hall in the next room.
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Neo Rasa posted:The third movie is just two hours straight of an engineer looking a the camera and explaining what the glowing green crystal prominently shown in Prometheus as if it was a major part of the culture but not mentioned again and all of his dialogue is in their language and not subtitled. They did a show about the Prometheus alien teaching a Neanderthal about simple tools and stuff.
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Jun 4, 2019 10:09
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I want a subtitled commentary track of all two (three now I guess) of these movies from an engineer in their language. [stoic engineer speak]I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE FILMING THE CLIMAX THE PART WHERE NOOMI ATTACKS ME WITH THE AXE WE WERE ALL STILL BAKED FROM HANGING OUT WITH RIDLEY THAT MORNING AND I WAS LIKE LET ME AXE YOU A QUESTION ON EVERY TAKE AND THEY HAD TO CUT THE SCENE OUT
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Open Marriage Night posted:They did a show about the Prometheus alien teaching a Neanderthal about simple tools and stuff. Are you saying the next film is going to be a prequel called "Bob?"
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Jun 4, 2019 18:47
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s.i.r.e. posted:Are you saying the next film is going to be a prequel called "Encino Mans?"
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Open Marriage Night posted:They did a show about the Prometheus alien teaching a Neanderthal about simple tools and stuff. LEAKED FOOTAGE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7cwWoK0gz4
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Jun 4, 2019 23:50
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Cool interview and a funny story from Tom Skerritt about filming Alien https://film.avclub.com/tom-skerritt-tells-us-the-funniest-thing-he-ever-witnes-1835097540
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I got around to watching Covenant; I kinda wish they'd just adapt Aliens: Salvation (which a goon recommended to me and I really liked). Covenant isn't completely without value; I thought Danny McBride and Michael Fassbender were good in it. But it just doesn't have enough going for it.
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Colostomy Bag posted:So uh, might sound like a dumb question...could we do a "Let's play" of the board game? Are you volunteering ? Please do. I've got a RPG session hanging on a good set of Sulacco blueprints. Or, a good set of blueprints....
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I got around to watching Covenant; I kinda wish they'd just adapt Aliens: Salvation (which a goon recommended to me and I really liked). Covenant isn't completely without value; I thought Danny McBride and Michael Fassbender were good in it. But it just doesn't have enough going for it. I was really skeptical of McBride being in it at all and was also pleasantly surprised that he was quite good.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I got around to watching Covenant; I kinda wish they'd just adapt Aliens: Salvation (which a goon recommended to me and I really liked). Covenant isn't completely without value; I thought Danny McBride and Michael Fassbender were good in it. But it just doesn't have enough going for it. I rewatched Prometheus recently, and wished the story had followed Shaws search for the "founders", instead of of killing them both off.
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That was the original idea, but the studio wanted the Alien so Ridley got mean and made Covenant which owns.
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Jun 22, 2019 00:25
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Covenant is Alien 3 all over again.
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Joe Chill posted:Covenant is Alien 3 all over again.
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Xenomrph posted:Can you elaborate on this? Sure. I meant killing off main characters between films. I was pretty disappointed about Hicks and Newt back when I first watched Alien 3. Ditto Shaw in Covenant.
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David's still alive in Covenant, much like Ripley is still alive in 3.
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Joe Chill posted:Covenant is Alien 3 all over again. True. It’s loving awesome.
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MonsieurChoc posted:David's still alive in Covenant, much like Ripley is still alive in 3. Yeah, Shaw is a primary character, but I think it's hard to argue that David isn't the protagonist of Prometheus/Covenant.
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Tart Kitty posted:Yeah, Shaw is a primary character, but I think it's hard to argue that David isn't the protagonist of Prometheus/Covenant. Shaw had an arch though and David stayed the same throughout.
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Joe Chill posted:Shaw had an arch though and David stayed the same throughout. David "stayed the same" just like O'toole's Lawrence stayed the same.
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Basebf555 posted:David "stayed the same" just like O'toole's Lawrence stayed the same. No, stuff happened to Lawrence and changed him during the course of the movie.
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Joe Chill posted:No, stuff happened to Lawrence and changed him during the course of the movie. Debatable. I'd argue that his circumstances changed and allowed him to be the person he always was inside and wasn't allowed to be under the constraints of his previous circumstances.
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Basebf555 posted:Debatable. I'd argue that his circumstances changed and allowed him to be the person he always was inside and wasn't allowed to be under the constraints of his previous circumstances. And that's the plot to every Pixar movie ever, it's basic character stuff. How does that happen with David in Prometheus?
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Jun 26, 2019 15:44
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Joe Chill posted:And that's the plot to every Pixar movie ever, it's basic character stuff. He has a deep contempt for humanity, and that doesn't change. What changes is his ability/willingness to express that contempt in increasingly gruesome and darkly hilarious ways.
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Basebf555 posted:He has a deep contempt for humanity, and that doesn't change. What changes is his ability/willingness to express that contempt in increasingly gruesome and darkly hilarious ways. David's experiments are all under old man Weyland's orders though, nothing to do with willingness. What you're saying applies more to the sequel than Prometheus. Again, Lawerance goes through changes in LoA. He gets tortured / implied raped and suffers PTSD. He wants revenge on the turks for what they did to him. This is a arc in his character. Contrast with David, who has none of that in Prometheus.
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Joe Chill posted:David's experiments are all under old man Weyland's orders though, nothing to do with willingness. What you're saying applies more to the sequel than Prometheus. My mistake, I thought we were discussing both Prometheus AND Covenant. Your argument does hold a bit more water if we're limiting this to just Prometheus. Even so, I think a lot of David's comments in Prometheus indicate that his feelings about humans are his own, not anything that's been specifically directed by Weyland. In Prometheus, the development is more on the side of the audience, where you have this character who is a cypher, you don't really know his motivations at first and then you fill in those pieces as the movie goes on. That's just a different form of character development. This idea that a good character has to have an "arc" is not correct. Edit: Anyway I get that the argument wasn't really even about whether David is a "good character" so I've taken things off track, my bad Basebf555 fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Jun 26, 2019 |
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I love George Wallace.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I love George Wallace. https://twitter.com/MrGeorgeWallace/status/1144301876109725696
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Joe Chill posted:David's experiments are all under old man Weyland's orders though, nothing to do with willingness. When is this established? I thought he's just doing poo poo on his own accord because he just doesn't give a gently caress.
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s.i.r.e. posted:When is this established? I thought he's just doing poo poo on his own accord because he just doesn't give a gently caress. I think he's referring to the scene where David's talking to Weyland while he's in stasis and then his daughter confronts David after he leaves and he says her father is saying to try harder, which then leads to David spiking that dudes drink iirc.
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still peeved walter lost.
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Groovelord Neato posted:still peeved walter lost. I really dug SMG's read on ending. I can't find the exact post atm, but effectively, just as a spore entering into Ledward's ear was able to turn him into a monster, David's words whispered in Walter's ear likewise transformed him. That is, Walter didn't lose, he was just inspired to take up gardening. Schwarzwald fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Jul 1, 2019 |
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Cross-posted from GiP https://twitter.com/JnAviPhoto/status/1143947711009435650?s=19
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Heads up to tabletop nerds the publishers who recently lost the rights to keep printing their AvP minis game are doing a clearance. Never played the game but the models look nice and seem good to stock up on for the upcoming ttrpg. https://prodosgames.com/ E: I ordered like 150 pounds sterling worth of alien dolls because I need to extend my painting backlog and make good decisions Owlbear Camus fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Jul 2, 2019 |
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Watched OG Alien with My Girlfriend the other night and it was interesting watching it with a newbie. She immediately thought the Ash reveal meant he was a human infected somehow by alien goo.
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Owlbear Camus posted:Watched OG Alien with My Girlfriend the other night and it was interesting watching it with a newbie. She immediately thought the Ash reveal meant he was a human infected somehow by alien goo. I remember being just as confused when I saw that for the first time, because the white blood isn't something you immediately assume means robot. That's what makes his design so great though, his insides are obviously different than ours but somehow just as gross.
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probably why they ADRed "ash is a goddamn robot!"
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