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It looked decently Cassette Futurism, but also a bit too sleek. I am just nitpicking here, since there were areas that looked almost out of Alien: Isolation. Besides the body horror, one of my main draws is the retro Cassette Futurism of it. Prolly my fav sci-fi aesthetic.
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tango alpha delta posted:I'm fairly certain someone has already pointed out that The Queen Alien is now technically a Disney Princess. Wouldn't it be a warrior? The Queen is ... well, a queen. RE: Prometheus - I was disappointed in the  plot but I didn't hate it. I thought it was alright. Then I watched the deleted scenes and  the plot actually makes sense! Or at least more sense! I think it desperately needs an extended edition ala Alien and Aliens, but I doubt that will happen.Short version: Watch the deleted scenes. I have NO idea why they cut those.
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It looks cool. The plot details someone posted upthread sound like dogshit but then again I also kind of want to see Civil War, so I'm not above debasing myself for some stupidity just to see some fools get got by gangs of facehuggers. Speaking of, what's that shot of something coming out of someone's mouth around halfway through? Could that be a successful facehugger removal operation?
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Mister Speaker posted:It looks cool. The plot details someone posted upthread sound like dogshit but then again I also kind of want to see Civil War, so I'm not above debasing myself for some stupidity just to see some fools get got by gangs of facehuggers. I think it's a chestburster.
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Mister Speaker posted:Speaking of, what's that shot of something coming out of someone's mouth around halfway through? Could that be a successful facehugger removal operation? If so, I think thematically and canonically the way to script and shoot it is so that it's inches from "successful." Get the audience on the edge of their seats for a rare win we never seen before. Then it all goes tits up and the guy gets suddenly and fangoriously Marichek, John J'ed.
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Zadok Allen posted:I admire its purity. This looks like an actual Alien movie. Good. I've been wanting one for many years.
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You can see the legs, breathing sacs and tail so its definitely a facehugger being removed from someone. Guess we won't know if the victim survives or not or whether implantation was successful until we can see the film. Pretty decent nightmare fuel though, being chased by a swarm of facehuggers. It's bad enough in the games where you're armed to the teeth and have to face more than one.
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tango alpha delta posted:I'm fairly certain someone has already pointed out that The Queen Alien is now technically a Disney Princess. I'm still waiting for the day Princess Alien marches down the road in Disney World giving little kids special easter eggs. Might need a wagon to pull the egg. Jimbone Tallshanks posted:I'm just glad to see the Star Trek crossover is finally happening. Only a matter of time until we get an official Star Wars Aliens crossover. Try to run away from an Alien who can use the Force to keep you in place.
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Small Strange Bird posted:Well, that sure looks like an Alien movie with aliens and alien accessories. 'Dangit Bishop, you know I got a narrow ovipositor...' 'RightriiiiiightrightrightrightRIGHTrightRightRightrightrightright, man' -Bretthower
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Doctor Zero posted:I think it's a chestburster. Nah, at the very start of the shot you see a Facehugger's 'fingers.'
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Robert Facepalmer posted:'Dangit Bishop, you know I got a narrow ovipositor...' Peggy Hill's thing where she says "Believe me, I prayed on it, Hank, and God said to me, "Don't do it. " But you know what? I knew better." does a remarkably good job of encapsulating the Alien franchise as a whole.
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Interesting interview. https://x.com/THR/status/1770482790850875702?s=20
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Mad Hamish posted:Peggy Hill's thing where she says "Believe me, I prayed on it, Hank, and God said to me, "Don't do it. " But you know what? I knew better." does a remarkably good job of encapsulating the Alien franchise as a whole. Pen-Day-Ho - Peggy Hill with red bandana
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Zadok Allen posted:Interesting interview. Is Romulus going to end with a horrible CGI Sigourney Weaver
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Doctor Zero posted:Is Romulus going to end with a horrible CGI Sigourney Weaver Nah its gonna be Jonesy and they're gonna turn to the camera with shifty-eyes before boarding the Nostromo with an 8-track in their mouth
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Doctor Zero posted:Is Romulus going to end with a horrible CGI Sigourney Weaver "What is it?" *cgi ghoul yaphet koto smiling* "the bonus situation"
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I kinda like the horde of facehuggers. That's a kind of terror I never really considered. the AvP bullet time scene doesn't count, that was dumb as hell
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They think Dale may be infected "If you’re gonna shoot me I want Bobby Hill to take the shot, cause he’ll put me down clean." --- Dale flies around in a shuttle with a giant dead facehugger decoration on the roof --- Peggy steps up in the loader Ho Yeah!
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Teaser looks ok. Seems like I'm the only one not excited about Alvarez directing it. I mean the Evil Dead remake has its fans but I thought it was bland and forgettable and I hope Romulus doesn't follow suit.
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zenguitarman posted:I kinda like the horde of facehuggers. That's a kind of terror I never really considered. the AvP bullet time scene doesn't count, that was dumb as hell I literally shouted in panic when I saw that.
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Thought it looked great, though obviously with some real direct homages. I'd like to just see another Alien R rated horror movie. No big story, no mythology, just some Xenos hunting down folks.
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Kinda curious about that pulse rifle: Considering the film takes place before Alien, I'd figure the design is meant to be an earlier make of the weapon, though the white paintjob makes me think it could belong to Weyland Commandos, who are typically depicted as carrying around white-colored gear:  So I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the station gets a visit by some WY mercs who get murked partway through the film
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Speculation: The Space Station is filled with the embryos/hugger eggs that were on the Covenant. Or David experimented on the Covenant crew and the alien has reached it's permanent natural life cycle - there must now be a Queen laying eggs somewhere.
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Romulus is supposed to completely ignore all … that. Thank god.
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Doctor Zero posted:Romulus is supposed to completely ignore all … that. Well then how is it a prequel??
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the cool idea in prometheus and especially convenant is that your creations or children grow to hate you, the engineers with humanity and humanity with david. That David tweaks the xenos to be more efficient killers, partly out of contempt for humanity but also just for his own fascination, is really interesting as a metaphor for human nature, and our treatment of our environment and fellows. the role of strong women as mother figures and the lack of respect they earn is amplified by david loving dissecting shaw between the two movies then you have billy crudup loving up regularly out of pride and insecurity in his faith adds another layer of  as to the role of religion and faith in our relationship with our creator
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ChickenHeart posted:Considering the film takes place before Alien, I'd figure the design is meant to be an earlier make of the weapon, though the white paintjob makes me think it could belong to Weyland Commandos, who are typically depicted as carrying around white-colored gear: What? I thought it was supposed to take place between Alien and Aliens.
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Android Apocalypse posted:More Seinfeld/Aliens mashup memes please. George: Game ovah! GAME OVAH, BABY! Also, trailer looked really good.
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Linux Pirate posted:It looked decently Cassette Futurism, but also a bit too sleek. I am just nitpicking here, since there were areas that looked almost out of Alien: Isolation. This was my take too, it really looks like it could be set on Sevastopol. I know how ridiculous that sounds given how Isolation was obsessed with nailing that authentic Nostromo aesthetic and feel but 90% of the trailer just gave me live action Isolation vibes more than anything else, it's kinda weird.
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"They mostly come out at night, Jerry" "Mostly?" (funny kramer noises and gestures)
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Bing usually won't let you create AI images using real people, but it was for a while perfectly happy to let you inflict any indignity you liked upon George Costanza.
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Shooting Blanks posted:What? I thought it was supposed to take place between Alien and Aliens. According to wikipedia, you are correct. Also if the insultingly stupid leaked plot details are to be believed, it is definitely post-Alien.
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Small Strange Bird posted:Bing usually won't let you create AI images using real people, but it was for a while perfectly happy to let you inflict any indignity you liked upon George Costanza. It was supposed to be the Summer of George!
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It looks about what I'd expect from a modern non- Scott Alien movie. If you replaced all the Alien iconography (corridor, monsters, gun, typeface) with anything else, it'd be straight to video.
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MarcusSA posted:Well then how is it a prequel?? It can ignore it (in the sense of just not mentioning it) and still be a prequel. This is my issue with the prequels. Aliens were created by a human-built android. Really? Then how does an ancient derelict containing hundreds or thousands of eggs end up on Acheron? Remember that the Space Jockey is loving fossilized. That doesn't happen in a couple hundred years. I have no issue with David finding the tech and loving with it, but to imply that he created xenomorphs is ridiculous. Also it completely fucks up the life cycle of a Xenomorph. Oh it gestates and becomes a giant squid for... reasons? The idiot scientist that gets infected turns into a yeti for ... reasons? (in the cut scenes they had him transform into Xenomorph hybrid which made way more sense.) It's just full of dumb Hollywood "hey, wouldn't it be cool if..." moments that again, don't make any freaking sense in the context of the other movies. Don't even get me started on the whole implying that Jesus was a 12 foot bald porcelain skinned engineer. Again, I actually like the movie, but more as a "What if" than anything canon. I really hope the whole concept fades away and goes to live with Midichlorians. Fake edit: Oh, and the Engineers are humanoid instead of this unfathomable alien that is one of the most unique and baffling aliens on film. Bleh. "I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT SO gently caress IT IT'S A SUIT."  Fake edit edit: Oh gently caress I completely blocked the goddamn disembodied head that is still alive and explodes into goo for .... who the gently caress even knows anymore.  
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Doctor Zero posted:Again, I actually like the movie, but more as a "What if" than anything canon. I really hope the whole concept fades away and goes to live with Midichlorians. I’ve got some probably-bad news for you about
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Doctor Zero posted:This is my issue with the prequels. Aliens were created by a human-built android. Really? Then how does an ancient derelict containing hundreds or thousands of eggs end up on Acheron? Remember that the Space Jockey is loving fossilized. The ship commandeered by Shaw and David in Prometheus is already literally ancient, being over 2000 years old. The alien suits used are, likewise, over 2000 years old. They even find a frozen alien who’s over 2000 years old, so they obviously have easy access to ancient stuff. There is no such thing as an ancient fossil, however, since fossils are by definition older than what we classify as “ancient”. The characters in Alien are speaking informally, since Jokey appears mummified but not necessarily fossilized. Mummification is a process that can happen very quickly, and there’s no way to just look at a mummy and automatically know that it’s over 10,000 years old. “Also it completely fucks up the life cycle of a Xenomorph. Oh it gestates and becomes a giant squid for... reasons? The idiot scientist that gets infected turns into a yeti for ... reasons?” The reason is that those are all different species. “Don't even get me started on the whole implying that Jesus was a 12 foot bald porcelain skinned engineer.” That’s not implied in the movie. “Oh gently caress I completely blocked the goddamn disembodied head that is still alive and explodes into goo for .... who the gently caress even knows anymore.” The head is not alive. The aliens remains were kept preserved by the dangerous nanotechnology. The scientists zap the head with a small electrical charge, as part of a test. This accidentally ‘reawakens’ the goo, which proceeds to violently disintegrate the head. SuperMechagodzilla fucked around with this message at 16:59 on Mar 21, 2024 |
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