Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Post
  • Reply
Shooting Blanks
Jun 6, 2007

Real bullets mess up how cool this thing looks.

-Blade



Vampire Panties posted:

:same:

Alien 1-3 were awesome because it was humans stumbling across some wildly ancient bio weapon; the remnants of a war fought a kerjillion years ago that is both unknowable and unstoppable, all in a weird cyberpunk-ish dystopia. Even the evolution of the movies makes sense - a singular Xeno is introduced in Alien, and a lot of the audience is left thinking "well, if I had a shotgun :clint:" then Aliens happens, and its proven that shotguns will not save you. Then Alien 3 shows a return to form - they know exactly what they're fighting, and how to fight it, but even knowledge and preparation aren't enough. Resurrection follows the return theme, revisiting Aliens and people-with-shotguns but actually know what they're fighting, and its the same.

Prometheus and Covenant gently caress all of that up and devalue the story.

You're leaving out one of the best parts about Aliens and Alien 3, the entirely realistic prospect that a megacorp would hear about this mysterious xenomorph and immediately think "Let's weaponize it and sell it!" Even without knowing its origins.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Shooting Blanks
Jun 6, 2007

Real bullets mess up how cool this thing looks.

-Blade



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.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Post
  • Reply