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Moon 44 is an insanely cool looking movie that I wish was better. I think comparing it to a sports movie is pretty apt as it's like, EXTREMELY linear with nothing interesting or shocking happening in it. But its look is rad as hell if you want a flick that has that like 80s dystopian look as it really does bite heavily off of Aliens. A lot of it really does feel like, okay this is what a successful colony and a functioning city in the Alien universe is like. I believe it's still streaming on Prime so folks in this thread might dig it.
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Xenomrph posted:Alternately there's ebay I guess. Careful when it comes to eBay if you care about legitimate goodsmile products, their poo poo gets bootlegged to high heaven so if you see the figure for like a quarter of it's MSRP, it's bootleg. Bootlegs have gotten pretty good and if you don't give a poo poo, handle it.
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Xenomrph posted:I can think of three retailers worth exploring. I am going to vouch for Hobby Link Japan. I live 10 mins from their headquarters/warehouse and they are all are all good people. I don't know how they make money as their international prices are the same as if you walk into a store in Japan and bought it yourself. They ship all over the world and literally have the toy in their warehouse right now if it is listed as "in stock." (and that Bug is) If you do buy something, and there is a place for a reference tell them to hire Scott Sno... 
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Nov 19, 2020 00:50
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Disney forgot to pay author Alan Dean Foster royalties for his work following the acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Whoops!
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Neo Rasa posted:Moon 44 is an insanely cool looking movie that I wish was better. I think comparing it to a sports movie is pretty apt as it's like, EXTREMELY linear with nothing interesting or shocking happening in it. But its look is rad as hell if you want a flick that has that like 80s dystopian look as it really does bite heavily off of Aliens. A lot of it really does feel like, okay this is what a successful colony and a functioning city in the Alien universe is like. Yeah, the frustrating part is that it would be extremely easy to fix the biggest issues with some simple editing, and they just... didn’t. Really, just cut the entire shower scene, move the pre-credits exposition dump to later in the film, and maybe change up the ending so that Focal Character doesn’t give the corporation all their profit back after they tried to kill him for it??? Like, c’mon now!
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Nov 19, 2020 05:56
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i recently watched prometheus and holy gently caress this movie feels like such a miasma of unrealized potential. i swear ive never seen a mediocre movie that had what could have been a great one trying to burst out so badly but failing
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Nov 19, 2020 06:12
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Prometheus is hilarious. I saw it three times in the theater and laughed out loud every time. I mean c'mon no movie has done the camp "alien autopsy" scene better. "Dead head? Just jam some electrodes up there and crank up the power until it screams then explodes!" Totally serious I love it.
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Nov 19, 2020 08:03
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They finally (literally) crack open the mystery of the engineers and it is (literally) mind blowing. How can you not be in on the joke on both the fictional crew and the fanbase?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWq2iT0v_nU when a ridley scott android gets hurt
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ScottyJSno posted:I am going to vouch for Hobby Link Japan. I live 10 mins from their headquarters/warehouse and they are all are all good people. I don't know how they make money as their international prices are the same as if you walk into a store in Japan and bought it yourself. They ship all over the world and literally have the toy in their warehouse right now if it is listed as "in stock." (and that Bug is) HLJ has gotten ton of repeat business from me just on the basis of being honest about what's in stock, what's on order, and what's backordered. You can filter for that in search results so you don't waste time drooling over something they can't get anymore. I try to use domestic resellers for smaller orders (NewTypeHQ is semi-local), but HLJ's big sale earlier this year got me an embarassingly large box of models I mostly won't touch this year. They also have a "private warehouse" function: let's say I want 3 things they have in stock and one thing that's coming soon. I order the lot, they charge me for what they have on hand right now, and hold that for up to two months. When the fourth thing comes in, they bill me and let me know everything I have on order is in my private warehouse and ready to ship. I wait until payday and plunk down for the shipping charge. Between that and their vast array of stuff actually in-stock they're a solid reseller to keep in mind.
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Buckle up kiddos, we're getting another Predator movie.
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They’re bound to make a good one at some point.
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Invalid Validation posted:They’re bound to make a good one at some point.  Also tomorrow is Predator 2's 30th anniversary! 
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I’d really like a good one instead of an alright one.
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Nov 20, 2020 23:01
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Yey!
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Invalid Validation posted:I’d really like a good one instead of an alright one.
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Nov 20, 2020 23:23
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There's a great one, a pretty good one, an alright one, and a terrible one. Pretty cool they did it in order too.
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In that link, they say the new movie will be set in the past, with a First Nations cast. I'm intrigued. I think setting the movie in the past is a good move.
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Nov 21, 2020 00:24
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I hope the studio execs let the director do his thing and don't gently caress everything up.
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Predators and The Predator are both weak, but I think Predators was deserving of a follow up. They both had massive hook endings (The Predator was just embarrassing though) that could've gone a few different ways.
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If it makes you feel any better, ‘Predators’ got a sequel comic series. It’s been near a decade since I read it, but I remember one thing from it: There is a four-armed Predator Make of that what you will. I should probably dig it out and re-read it.
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Payndz posted:Saturn 3 is another in the era's "let's do Alien but without an alien" genre (this time, the monster is a robot). It's... odd. Probably best known for overdubbing Harvey Keitel with someone else's voice, being written by Martin Amis of all people, the director dying during shooting, and the publicity going all-in with Farrah Fawcett in a 'sexy space costume' that IIRC doesn't actually appear in the movie. Some neat sets, though. Saturn 3 is a trip. Kirk Douglas was trying to get nude all the time.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Saturn 3 is a trip. Kirk Douglas was trying to get nude all the time. 
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Xenomrph posted:If it makes you feel any better, ‘Predators’ got a sequel comic series. It’s been near a decade since I read it, but I remember one thing from it: Some kind of reference to the Mortal Kombat crossovers, maybe?
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biracial bear for uncut posted:Some kind of reference to the Mortal Kombat crossovers, maybe? Nah, it predates the MK crossovers. If anything it's a reference to a 4-armed Predator action figure that was going to come out in the 90s.  
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After watching Raised By Wolves, I cannot wait to see what Ridley does with the last Alien prequel. I heard rumors that it will diverge from the Prometheus/Covenant storyline, which admittedly I’m not a fan of, but it’s Ridley so it will at least be interesting.
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It needs to happen or my soul will wither
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Is it still happening?
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Are Weyland-Yutani Android's anatomically correct? If they are not it would go a long way to explaining their misanthropy.
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The_Doctor posted:Is it still happening? Ridley Scott seems to think it is, but nothing has been officially announced. PeterCat posted:Are Weyland-Yutani Android's anatomically correct? Yes they are.
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Neither David nor Ash seem to be able to do the deed (although I'm just inferring this on Ash's part, based on his phallic rolled up porn magazine).
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PeterCat posted:Are Weyland-Yutani Android's anatomically correct? Xenomrph posted:Yes they are. To have the junk but be incapable of feeling arousal, having an orgasm, or reproducing probably drives the misanthropy further.
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They don't have their own dongs, hence their fascination with the aliens
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Ridley should just keep working on it until it happens. Regardless if Disney wants it.
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Eh, at this point, why not make an original science fiction movie? I thought that Prometheus was pretty disappointing and I actively disliked Covenant, so I don't have much interest in continuing that storyline. It sounds like some of you enjoy those movies? On a different subject, I think I watched Alien: Resurrection once a long time ago. I didn't like it much at the time, but is it worth revisiting?
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DorianGravy posted:On a different subject, I think I watched Alien: Resurrection once a long time ago. I didn't like it much at the time, but is it worth revisiting? It’s been a while since I watched it myself but it’s not a complete dumpster fire. The look is pretty distinctive, there are some good set pieces, the music is good, but then you have weird goofy-rear end stuff like an Alien Queen going into labor...
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It’s fine and has Ron Perlman.
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DorianGravy posted:Eh, at this point, why not make an original science fiction movie? Because I love Covenant and I want more.
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CelticPredator posted:Because I love Covenant and I want more. Same. Give me more David movies please. DorianGravy posted:On a different subject, I think I watched Alien: Resurrection once a long time ago. I didn't like it much at the time, but is it worth revisiting? You could watch it or you could watch Critters 4 a movie that A:Rez rips off pretty heavily. It also coincidentally stars Brad Dourif. It's a better movie and a better sequel to A³
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DorianGravy posted:Eh, at this point, why not make an original science fiction movie? I thought that Prometheus was pretty disappointing and I actively disliked Covenant, so I don't have much interest in continuing that storyline. It sounds like some of you enjoy those movies? At the end of the day the links to 'Alien' in both movies are tenuous at best and don't actually serve the plot; you could replace "the Engineers" and "David's creation" with pretty much anything and the story, emotional impact, and most of the thematic elements would stay the same. quote:On a different subject, I think I watched Alien: Resurrection once a long time ago. I didn't like it much at the time, but is it worth revisiting? Also on the topic of Alien Covenant: two things that got pointed out on another forum I frequent that I had never noticed, both of them from the opening scene with Peter Weyland. Michael Fassbender's screen credit at the opening fades away to say "AI".  Also there's no way this shot wasn't intentional: 
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