I think we all know what this likely is.. 8)
https://twitter.com/fedalvar/status/1770216405352460646?s=20
Update:
Quote from: MudButt on Mar 19, 2024, 10:45:28 PMI think we all know what this likely is.. 8)
https://twitter.com/fedalvar/status/1770216405352460646?s=20
Let's f**king go!!!!!
Or tomorrow, Fede Alvarez releases his very own OnlyFans!!!! Let's go!!!
But to be honets, it's kind of surreal to think that this is the first Alien footage that we will get since Covenant was released 7 years ago.
I was 16 back then.
It kind of sucks that we got a lot of spoilers and leaks before the first footage was even released, but honestly, i just want to see the trailer and then read breakdowns, etc...
I can't wait to see the characters, the sets, the cinematography, the "red and orange" color pallete and most importantly, i just want to see how the Xeno looks.
Soon as those leaks hit he was probably like "print it!"
I believe 20th Century Studios drops trailers around 9 AM PST. Should be a good indicator as to when this might drop assuming it's the trailer.
Guessing it'll be a teaser trailer tmrw and a full trailer on alien day
https://twitter.com/ImperialMince/status/1770227432836002154
Quote from: Gazz on Mar 19, 2024, 11:15:35 PMhttps://twitter.com/ImperialMince/status/1770227432836002154
Is gareth green's pic real or just an edit?
(https://s12.gifyu.com/images/SUycJ.gif)
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 19, 2024, 11:16:47 PMQuote from: Gazz on Mar 19, 2024, 11:15:35 PMhttps://twitter.com/ImperialMince/status/1770227432836002154
Is gareth green's pic real or just an edit?
It's me.
And I just threw Fede's picture in photoshop and boosted the brightness.
Only noticed it because I thought there was a smudge on my screen when looking at the original tweet.
Quote from: Gazz on Mar 19, 2024, 11:20:40 PMQuote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 19, 2024, 11:16:47 PMQuote from: Gazz on Mar 19, 2024, 11:15:35 PMhttps://twitter.com/ImperialMince/status/1770227432836002154
Is gareth green's pic real or just an edit?
It's me.
And I just threw Fede's picture in photoshop and boosted the brightness.
Only noticed it because I thought there was a smudge on my screen when looking at the original tweet.
Ah ok, i thought Fede was releasing multiple pics in order to reveal the look of the Xeno lmao
Boosted it a little further
Quote from: Gazz on Mar 19, 2024, 11:23:48 PMBoosted it a little further
Really?
Wow, then the Xeno looks cool.
Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god.
This is a rather exciting update, Reserving expectation don't want to get hopes too high, hope what they tease looks promising. 😃
Cool. FuQ
I heard it drops at 6am
Quote from: chromhart on Mar 20, 2024, 01:59:06 AMI heard it drops at 6am
Where'd you hear that? And what time zone? I wanna time my break at work to see it lol
daniel Richtman pateron.
Does he say which timezone?
Alright lets see what he's got.
Can't wait
I'm excited for the following podcast episode.
For the rumoured 6 am release of the teaser did that apply to pst pacific standard time?
Quote from: XENOMORPHOSIS on Mar 20, 2024, 05:03:05 AMFor the rumoured 6 am release of the teaser did that apply to pst pacific standard time?
Yes, I believe so.
Quote from: MudButt on Mar 20, 2024, 05:25:55 AMQuote from: XENOMORPHOSIS on Mar 20, 2024, 05:03:05 AMFor the rumoured 6 am release of the teaser did that apply to pst pacific standard time?
Yes, I believe so.
Looked up current PST it's 22:30, over where I am in UK it's 5:30.
It should drop around 1pm in UK if that Richtman guy is correct.
when is tomorrow in g.m.t.?
Quote from: oduodu on Mar 20, 2024, 06:55:38 AMwhen is tomorrow in g.m.t.?
We're currently GMT.
1pm perhaps.
much obliged
Just some clarification since Alvarez doesn't specify from which timezone he is posting from.
https://twitter.com/steveasbell/status/1770250269554802800
Will it be 30 seconds with a title? I hope its a bit longer. Cant wait!
Quote from: MudButt on Mar 19, 2024, 10:45:28 PMI think we all know what this likely is.. 8)
https://twitter.com/fedalvar/status/1770216405352460646?s=20
Why did Alvarez post a screen grab from Avp Requiem though? Don't get it? ??
I am looking forward to this, for some reason I have high hopes that it might really be good. As long as they concentrate on telling a good story and not pushing an agenda I think I'll be happy. Fingers crossed. I've been a fan of the original since I saw it at the drive in back in 79. Aliens was pretty good, Alien 3 would have been much better had the 'rod puppet' not looked so cheaply animated.... All the movies after that haven't appealed to me. I hope this one is great.
Try to stay calm people. Remember how brilliant the Prometheus trailer was and then the birth of the turd that was the film.
Such a shame, Prometheus had some great visuals.
Quote from: Wweyland on Mar 20, 2024, 07:10:03 AMWill it be 30 seconds with a title? I hope its a bit longer. Cant wait!
A little bit longer
https://twitter.com/thevscooper/status/1770244843815461067
Quote from: Darkoo on Mar 20, 2024, 10:19:29 AMQuote from: Wweyland on Mar 20, 2024, 07:10:03 AMWill it be 30 seconds with a title? I hope its a bit longer. Cant wait!
A little bit longer
https://twitter.com/thevscooper/status/1770244843815461067
Honestly, i think that is the best option.
A 2 minute teaser that leans more into the tone and atmosphere of the movie, than simply spoiling every plot point of the movie step by step through chronological order (although that will probably be the next trailer) is the best way to hype these things.
Longlegs had an incredible teaser and we know practically nothing regarding that movie.
Happy trailer release day. :)
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 20, 2024, 10:21:32 AMQuote from: Darkoo on Mar 20, 2024, 10:19:29 AMQuote from: Wweyland on Mar 20, 2024, 07:10:03 AMWill it be 30 seconds with a title? I hope its a bit longer. Cant wait!
A little bit longer
https://twitter.com/thevscooper/status/1770244843815461067
Honestly, i think that is the best option.
A 2 minute teaser that leans more into the tone and atmosphere of the movie, than simply spoiling every plot point of the movie step by step through chronological order (although that will probably be the next trailer) is the best way to hype these things.
Longlegs had an incredible teaser and we know practically nothing regarding that movie.
But how do I know if I want to see the movie or not, if I don't know exactly what happens before I see it?
Quote from: Darkoo on Mar 20, 2024, 10:19:29 AMQuote from: Wweyland on Mar 20, 2024, 07:10:03 AMWill it be 30 seconds with a title? I hope its a bit longer. Cant wait!
A little bit longer
https://twitter.com/thevscooper/status/1770244843815461067
I'm glad about the trailer time; most trailers with anything over 2 minutes, creeping into 3 has a major issue with revealing the entire film plot with relative ease; Latest trailer of the new Crow remake done that.
So today or tomorrow?
Today.
Trailer tomorrow or today? I from Russia. 14:02
1.42 means
lingering shots of inside of ship ( lots of fade to black )
"We've managed to replicated its DNA"
More lingering shots of the ship with the cast
"its got out"
*Siren music
*Facehugger creeps up a wall
Person screams
" second jaw starts to appear"
ALIEN ROMULUS ( Quiet music)
If I'm right I get to take over AVP Galaxy :laugh:
Quote from: MistressTeqila on Mar 20, 2024, 11:02:13 AMTrailer tomorrow or today? I from Russia. 14:02
Late this afternoon or early evening for you today.
Quote from: Highland on Mar 20, 2024, 11:07:04 AM1.42 means
lingering shots of inside of ship ( lots of fade to black )
"We've managed to replicated its DNA"
More lingering shots of the ship with the cast
"its got out"
*Siren music
*Facehugger creeps up a wall
Person screams
" second jaw starts to appear"
ALIEN ROMULUS ( Quiet music)
If I'm right I get to take over AVP Galaxy :laugh:
You forgot "acoustic minor key cover of classic pop song"
Thanks)
https://twitter.com/trailertrack/status/1770410703762919840
Doesn't seem that early to me, to be honest. Having one out there to slap on Godzilla x Kong next week would certainly be a good way to get some eyes on it.
:o :o :o Please Fed, PLEASE, resurrect the franchise.
I hope it is a trailer.
Probably a poster
Quote from: Gridseeker on Mar 20, 2024, 12:25:42 PM:o :o :o Please Fed, PLEASE, resurrect the franchise.
Spoiler
(https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/6ab/09d/b3f694806e3501b7260a8945525b56f5ae-14-janet-yellen.rsquare.w400.jpg)
Quote from: Gridseeker on Mar 20, 2024, 12:25:42 PM:o :o :o Please Fed, PLEASE, resurrect the franchise.
Wasn't that Jeunet's job?
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 12:39:50 PMQuote from: Gridseeker on Mar 20, 2024, 12:25:42 PM:o :o :o Please Fed, PLEASE, resurrect the franchise.
Wasn't that Jeunet's job?
Jeunet Yellen?
I'll show myself out..
A poster would be disappointing.
I'm sure we'll get a poster... Alongside the trailer.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 12:48:37 PMI'm sure we'll get a poster... Alongside the trailer.
I hope you are right :)
would already be sooner. The wait is unbearable
Well it's gone 6am PT. Not seeing anything on Twitter or Youtube.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 11:49:40 AMDoesn't seem that early to me, to be honest. Having one out there to slap on Godzilla x Kong next week would certainly be a good way to get some eyes on it.
You are our messiah.
Also:
https://twitter.com/HollywoodHandle/status/1770232103340286100
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 01:02:51 PMWell it's gone 6am PT. Not seeing anything on Twitter or Youtube.
Same. I was pretty sure 20th Century usually drops their trailers at 9 AM PT.. I was surprised when I saw the 6 AM time. Looking at their last 2 big normal trailer releases outside of Super Bowl, they dropped at 9 AM & 8 AM PST (The First Omen & Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes).
It's probably safe to say we can expect the trailer in the next 2-3 hours :laugh:
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 01:02:51 PMWell it's gone 6am PT. Not seeing anything on Twitter or Youtube.
Is it not a really inconvenient time to drop a trailer?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 01:02:51 PMWell it's gone 6am PT. Not seeing anything on Twitter or Youtube.
The wait is killing me. I'm never up before the birds start chirping.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 20, 2024, 01:08:36 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 01:02:51 PMWell it's gone 6am PT. Not seeing anything on Twitter or Youtube.
Is it not a really inconvenient time to drop a trailer?
Yeah, I think it's a daft time. I would expect the 9am. Was just a comment on a previous rumour.
Quote from: El Diablo on Mar 20, 2024, 01:09:24 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 01:02:51 PMWell it's gone 6am PT. Not seeing anything on Twitter or Youtube.
The wait is killing me. I'm never up before the birds start chirping.
I remember waking up at for 5am my time for the Covenant trailer. :laugh: Had the alarms set and everything.
I ain't waiting till 2am. I'll just wake up to the shitstorm in the morning.
That said, about the 6am drop, Sony just posted one at this time. :laugh:
https://twitter.com/trailertrack/status/1770436980871962867
Yeah but nobody cares about that movie.
This thread gives me 2011 vibes
(I'm wearing orthopedic insoles now)
Oh my. Excitement is through the roof. Hope it's not for a poster :laugh:
(https://c.tenor.com/rec5dlPBK2cAAAAd/tenor.gif)
It's from January, so yeah it's fake.
sorry
Quote from: SiL on Mar 20, 2024, 01:21:46 PMQuote from: oduodu on Mar 20, 2024, 01:18:54 PMis this fake:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY12NsfJOLw
?
Yes, all those trailers are fake.
Any trailer with a clearly AI generated cover image is a fake. God, I f**king hate those YouTubers. I appreciate the desire to do something based on love, or to play with editing skills or etc, but Jesus, f**king label your uploads as concept trailers or fan trailers.
That Star Wars trailer yesterday dropped at 8:00 PST/11:00 EST. Disney could be doing the same slot today with this.
Bring it on!!!! I've tried to keep in the dark as much as possible about story details, characters, creature design etc. I'm excited to finally see some footage.
bet you its going to be a teaser instead.....
Pumping up the brightness on Youtube - this is going to be my NA moment
Ive had 6 beers so this trailer might be awesome tonight and shit in the morning 🤣
Quote from: kwisatz on Mar 20, 2024, 01:32:10 PMPumping up the brightness on Youtube - this is going to be my NA moment
Lisan al Gaib!
I also want beer, but I have to work tomorrow.
Go trailer!!! >:(
Go trailer!!! >:(
No, this is definitely legit. This was posted on the directors official social media website. So it's not a fan generated thing. It has to be the real deal.....
Devon, a link to a specific trailer was shared earlier in the comments. It's that we're saying is fanmade.
So this is happening TODAY 20/03/24 right?
Quote from: T Dog on Mar 20, 2024, 02:22:33 PMSo this is happening TODAY 20/03/24 right?
Correct.
Quote from: T Dog on Mar 20, 2024, 02:22:33 PMSo this is happening TODAY 20/03/24 right?
Yes, Steve Asbell (20th Century Studios) said Wednesday.
Alien Romulus
Good writing.
Good Strong characters,
War Aliens vs people Marines, Colonial Marshals
New Aliens maybe King, Red Aliens, Predalien ...
Maybe Mala'kaks / Space Jockeys, Yautja ...
Or
Bad writing.
Dumb characters
Cool, I'm on my lunch break here in GMT. Was hoping it would be out by now.
Likely going to be another hour and a half. Whatever it is.
US or UK time zone?
Quote from: MistressTequila on Mar 20, 2024, 02:27:57 PMUS or UK time zone?
An hour and a half is the same no matter what time zone you are in.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 02:27:51 PMLikely going to be another hour and a half. Whatever it is.
If it drops the same time as yesterday's Star Wars trailer, then that'll only be a half hour. But an hour and a half from now does seem just as likely/viable an option. That'd put it right at noon, EST.
Sorry
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 02:27:51 PMLikely going to be another hour and a half. Whatever it is.
Might get something in 30 min time. 8am PST.
Stay frosty Corporal.
Is
@Nightmare Asylum a ninja? >:(
https://twitter.com/KendrickPejoro/status/1770458071271379312
Quote from: Darkoo on Mar 20, 2024, 02:36:02 PMhttps://twitter.com/KendrickPejoro/status/1770458071271379312
Yep, I'm thinking 23 minutes out now after this one. 8)
Yeah, seems likely!
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Mar 20, 2024, 02:31:46 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 02:27:51 PMLikely going to be another hour and a half. Whatever it is.
Might get something in 30 min time. 8am PST.
Stay frosty Corporal.
Is @Nightmare Asylum a ninja? >:(
Spoiler
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DvgkHzmXQAAICXj.jpg:large)
Last night I sat around in the theater lobby continuing with my Dune reread before my screening of Love Lies Bleeding, and then as soon as I got out of the theater I saw Fede's post about this trailer coming today.
All is connected.
It's been a while but have never really been away and have been keeping updated with all the various leaks and news on here re: Romulus. Fingers crossed for something good with the trailer!
OK SO I WAS WRONG, IT WASN'T 11 EST. EVERYONE STAY IN LINE. ONE MORE HOUR.
(https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbngzNm5iaG9jZzN6eGdoOGR2ZmNsZzlwaWVmbWhqc2Q4NmFwa2FmbCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/Ssbyt8jB95qWIoMJrp/giphy.gif)
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 03:03:06 PMhttps://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbngzNm5iaG9jZzN6eGdoOGR2ZmNsZzlwaWVmbWhqc2Q4NmFwa2FmbCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/Ssbyt8jB95qWIoMJrp/giphy.gif
But Fede told me to do the exact opposite.
Spoiler
(https://ew.com/thmb/XcZsowrfa2BZoc6VGdCylfJVjhs=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/dont-breathe-poster-ca4fcde7c17f43fdb1795997b6582bc6.jpg)
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 03:02:10 PMOK SO I WAS WRONG, IT WASN'T 11 EST. EVERYONE STAY IN LINE. ONE MORE HOUR.
From Lisan al Gaib to ELisabeth Shaw in an instant
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 03:04:57 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 03:03:06 PMhttps://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbngzNm5iaG9jZzN6eGdoOGR2ZmNsZzlwaWVmbWhqc2Q4NmFwa2FmbCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/Ssbyt8jB95qWIoMJrp/giphy.gif
But Fede told me to do the exact opposite.
Spoiler
(https://ew.com/thmb/XcZsowrfa2BZoc6VGdCylfJVjhs=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/dont-breathe-poster-ca4fcde7c17f43fdb1795997b6582bc6.jpg)
You know what, that was a good one. :laugh:
looks like this thread is turning into another 'gonna drop in 45 seconds' thread.
(https://i.imgflip.com/4dwzto.png?a474936)
Quote from: kwisatz on Mar 20, 2024, 03:06:53 PMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 03:02:10 PMOK SO I WAS WRONG, IT WASN'T 11 EST. EVERYONE STAY IN LINE. ONE MORE HOUR.
From Lisan al Gaib to ELisabeth Shaw in an instant
mfw i'm wrong
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/what-happened-to-elizabeth-shaw-01-701x291.jpg)
Luckily it's only yer Second Face
to break up the usual countdown a little; Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which had its trailer rumored for yesterday but now is rumored for today or tomorrow, just dropped some first look images. Wondering if Romulus might do the same.
i saw a tweet that said 3-5 minutes remaining.
Quote from: RoguePred1987 on Mar 20, 2024, 03:25:11 PMto break up the usual countdown a little; Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which had its trailer rumored for yesterday but now is rumored for today or tomorrow, just dropped some first look images. Wondering if Romulus might do the same.
We GOT our first look image!
https://twitter.com/fedalvar/status/1770216405352460646
The anticipation for this trailer is akin to the actual movie dropping!
Quote from: Imbrie on Mar 20, 2024, 03:27:25 PMThe anticipation for this trailer is akin to the actual movie dropping!
I know right, WTF!!!
I think it's because we haven't got a single footage of new Alien content for 7 years.
Quote from: Imbrie on Mar 20, 2024, 03:27:25 PMThe anticipation for this trailer is akin to the actual movie dropping!
Quote from: Imbrie on Mar 20, 2024, 03:27:25 PMThe anticipation for this trailer is akin to the actual movie dropping!
It's Christmas morning, and I wanna open my presents!
Can't believe I'm doing this but ... 28 minutes more?
Quote from: Imbrie on Mar 20, 2024, 03:32:02 PMCan't believe I'm doing this but ... 28 minutes more?
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/hitzlsperger/15661432/16877/16877_900.gif)
It's what I choose to believe.
I hope so! I've got to head off in 45 mins. :'(
It may be 9AM PST which is less than 10 minutes. But I'm the case that Fede got his timezones wrong, expect anything from today to tomorrow. It could easily just be a tease of some type, and not a trailer too. But we should find out very soon.
soon....
Are there any trailers which released after 9 am Pacific time?
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 20, 2024, 03:54:17 PMIt may be 9AM PST which is less than 10 minutes. But I'm the case that Fede got his timezones wrong, expect anything from today to tomorrow. It could easily just be a tease of some type, and not a trailer too. But we should find out very soon.
Steve Asbell did clarify it was Weds.
Plenty have in the past. Sometimes they have scheduled drops on a busy trailer week like this. The studios all coordinate to not overlap each other. But sometimes they do, hence why Beetlejuice Beetlejuice didn't see its trailer yesterday, but likely today. The Acolyte trailer took priority.
Where the trailer is suppose to be released ?
Quote from: Jerem on Mar 20, 2024, 03:57:00 PMWhere the trailer is suppose to be released ?
Should be the 20th Century YouTube channel or social channels.
https://www.instagram.com/stories/iamfedealvarez/3328013999406966469/
Give it 2 mins, let's see if there's more coming.
https://twitter.com/fedalvar/status/1770480165895770476
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 20, 2024, 03:56:50 PMThe Acolyte trailer took priority.
And then got totally one-upped by
Furiosa.
https://twitter.com/20thcentury/status/1770480462487847198
really dig that poster. simple, to the point, effective.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 04:00:42 PMhttps://twitter.com/20thcentury/status/1770480462487847198
https://twitter.com/fedalvar/status/1770480165895770476
https://twitter.com/mikes_monsters/status/1770480401867239644?s=46
Fede's updated his Twitter with the poster:
https://twitter.com/fedalvar/status/1770480165895770476?t=3AJihLnxTeUzjmVLE-iYWQ&s=19
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 20, 2024, 03:59:15 PMhttps://twitter.com/fedalvar/status/1770480165895770476
Oh man, what if this was all for a poster? 😂
Trailer looks okay, lots of facehugger action. Lots of visual callbacks to the first 2 films.
nice solid teaser
It's here, people!!!
I loved the aesthetic of the movie, the cinematography looks great.
Also, i want Andy's jacket.
Quote from: MudButt on Mar 20, 2024, 04:01:19 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 20, 2024, 04:00:42 PMhttps://twitter.com/20thcentury/status/1770480462487847198
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTNMt84KT0k
OK yep. Cool cool cool. I love how hard they're leaning into all of the Facehugger action.
BRB gonna watch 100 more times.
They re-used the Prometheus alarm thing. :laugh:
Also Benjamin Wallfish confirmed as the composer, via the poster.
I fricking love it, love the atmosphere, the Aliens, the Fachehuggers, the music, everything. Agost can't come soon enough
Trailer was awesome...
Love the Alien Isolation vibes.
I love it!! It looks terrifying and unapologetically brutal.
The aesthetic and cinematography is nice. Fingers crossed.....mostly.
Absolutely does what a teaser should. Sets the tone without giving away any plot points.
Just some quick impressions as I gotta run off shortly but damn, I like it! Love the mood and atmosphere of it. Very effective teaser, didn't give much away! Loving the visuals and the consistency with Alien. Will have to watch it a million more times later, but I dig!
great teaser trailer i cant wait.
I talked a lot about the cinematography, but the sets...
The sets look great though.
The production of this movie is TIGHT.
If I had zero other information, I would be off the rails excited. Still......that bit is promising.
I actually think a movie with just swarms of facehuggers could be great in it's own right lol.
That shot of the Facehugger tube being pulled out of the mouth is so good.
Hell yeah to this. 8)
who is the one letting the facehuggers out of the room...? cleary an artificial person....
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 04:14:10 PMThat shot of the Facehugger tube being pulled out of the mouth is so good.
It made me feel so uncomfortable...in a good way lol
Yeah, liked it.
Quote from: NoStyleDutch on Mar 20, 2024, 04:16:01 PMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 04:14:10 PMThat shot of the Facehugger tube being pulled out of the mouth is so good.
It made me feel so uncomfortable...in a good way lol
I know right.
Wow, this looks incredible!!! Looks really brutal! So glad the Xeno's are being made to be something to be afraid of again. Can't wait for another trailer!
https://youtu.be/GTNMt84KT0k?si=fUzS7jLMeh-HYzf0
Okay this looks great. Cailee Spaeny in typical Alien Final Girl mode at the end is awesome.
Afraid? They're not even in the trailer apart from the last bit (and that's a shot we've seen a thousand times before)
Those few opening shots through the corridors looked stunning - I was getting Isolation vibes. CGI looks great - I have got high hopes for this....either way it's exciting and there seems to be a lot of positivity from the community around this movie which is great to see ☺️
Corridor in the beginning very reminiscent of the Nostromo.
Also see the pulse rifle variant at the end.
Love the tone and the color palette of this film it looks very gritty fits perfectly with the horror.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 04:14:10 PMThat shot of the Facehugger tube being pulled out of the mouth is so good.
That was nasty. Has to be expected with an Alvarez movie. I'm prepared for worse ;D
Also, poor Aileen Wu.
I still think the first Prometheus trailer can't be beat.
I don't know how I feel about this. CGI facehuggers leaping on the face of a canon-fodder, more corridors, and the kiss of death from the Big Chap. I suppose it's a tease, but I wanted more sc-fi, more things unseen before.
We'll see.
Was already pretty optimistic, but this looks even better than I anticipated!
Really good teaser trailer! Hype has just shot through the roof.
Ok, that looks promising! Got burned by the Prometheus trailer, so I'm not going to get carried away, but first impressions are definitely good.
I'm not sure it was Big Chap at all. Well, too early to tell for sure.
The poster does nothing for me.
I could have made that. For nothing.
"Produced by Walter Hill"
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GJICUzRbsAA3vst.jpg)
So, they went with a Covenant creature design or similar? That´s concerning.
Would Big Chap attack a different breed of xeno ?
Really good teaser.
Love the atmosphere and visuals already.
What I have read about this movie seems to indicate that it has no great ambition beyond a new iteration of what we've already seen, I guess. I hope that the movie will also provide some other things but I am not really enthusiastic, although I suppose it will be well done.
I have been quite critical about the prequels, but they enlarged quite a bit the universe. Will this movie give some food for thought beyond the return of the same?
I'd rather have an Alien Isolation 2 or a new video game of this (great) ilk. There is great potentiel there. But as for a new movie, I would rather prefer conceptual new entries rather than the omnipresence of the good old Xeno.
Quote from: Ulfer on Mar 20, 2024, 04:43:27 PMWhat I have read about this movie seems to indicate that it has no great ambition beyond a new iteration of what we've already seen, I guess. I hope that the movie will also provide some other things but I am not really enthusiastic, although I suppose it will be well done.
I have been quite critical about the prequels, but they enlarged quite a bit the universe. Will this movie give some food for thought beyond the return of the same?
I'd rather have an Alien Isolation 2 or a new video game of this (great) ilk. There is great potentiel there. But as for a new movie, I would rather prefer conceptual new entries rather than the omnipresence of the good old Xeno.
The movie's ambition appears to be to move well away from the direction that Prometheus was to kickstart and rediscover the horror of the original movie. I, personally, think that's the right move for the first movie after Covenant to take and to not try to introduce grander themes. Simplicity and terror look to be key to this one.
https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1770491091390779846
Quote from: DaveT937 on Mar 20, 2024, 04:39:39 PM"Produced by Walter Hill"
He always gets producer credit (and check) on any new Alien movie even if he wasn't involved.
Comes from his original contract on Alien.
"it has no great ambition beyond a new iteration of what we've already seen"
that s what i am afraid of.
let s hope it s more than that.
fingers crossed.
Remember...we do have Noah Hawley's retro vision to look forward to.
Magor aliens Ripley vibes with the pulse rifle. Looks good but it comes down to acting and the cast to make or break this for me . Great looking face huggers. and the flares remind me of the t-rex scene in Jurassic Park .
Just a shame Cailee Spaeny's character clearly dies at the end of the trailer... ;D
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Mar 20, 2024, 04:32:24 PMCorridor in the beginning very reminiscent of the Nostromo.
Also see the pulse rifle variant at the end.
Aliens vibes as well :o
(https://i.ibb.co/yfWMyb9/Screenshot-20240320-135127-You-Tube.jpg)
I can't wait to see the Alien and also...
Spoiler
the new creature
I can't be the only one who thinks this looks very much like something made for Hulu, right? Everyone just looks so.. artificial. And the whole PR "we tried to do everything practical and hired all the guys from Aliens" certainly doesn't jive with the bountiful CGI in the trailer, particularly the running face huggers. And the shot of the ostensible protagonist walking out holding the rifle just has no weight to it whatsoever.. it invokes absolutely nothing.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/alien-romulus-trailer-ridley-scott-1235856321/amp/
Some stills:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJIMUf2WEAAG6hZ?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJIMUftW0AAFaBx?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJIPqhpW8AAaGgB?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJIPqhrWAAIPoZV?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJIMUhiW8AACvtU?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJIMUiSWgAASwOU?format=jpg&name=large)
We've got Nostromo A, B and C deck style corridors:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJIPHY_WgAIgKtWformat=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJIPHY8W0AA8oiV?format=jpg&name=large)
Guys, Fede alvarez shares more unique details about the movie here.
The space station in the movie has 2 version/modes, the Romulus (most recent rech) and Remus (retro tech).
It does look consistent with Alien visually.
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 20, 2024, 05:02:05 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2PYIrvnX8I
Guys, Fede alvarez shares more unique details about the movie here.
The space station in the movie has 2 version/modes, the Romulus (most recent rech) and Remus (retro tech).
Oh shit, over 20 minutes long. Time to get settled and watch this thing.
I've noticed some of the social media marketing has some interesting little teaser snippet shots before the trailer, that aren't in the actual trailer.
(https://i.postimg.cc/XNyZTSXP/434005300-347703184933187-454253715860264302-n.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/R0ySRh1Z/433949675-902756311646284-3107557868311660369-n.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/m2BbV09C/433920409-423942096776344-7958661579842121364-n.jpg)
https://www.gamesradar.com/alien-romulus-trailer-breakdown-fede-alvarez-interview/ (https://www.gamesradar.com/alien-romulus-trailer-breakdown-fede-alvarez-interview/)
Fun interview.
If there's no Goro predator cameo then I'm straight up walking out of the theatre after the end credits. :'(
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Mar 20, 2024, 05:03:24 PMI've noticed some of the social media marketing has some interesting little teaser snippet shots before the trailer, that aren't in the actual trailer.
(https://i.postimg.cc/XNyZTSXP/434005300-347703184933187-454253715860264302-n.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/R0ySRh1Z/433949675-902756311646284-3107557868311660369-n.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/m2BbV09C/433920409-423942096776344-7958661579842121364-n.jpg)
Oh man that third one is intriguing... Looks like
something being transported... I wonder what. ;)
Does the xenomorph have biomechanical design?
Quote from: locusta on Mar 20, 2024, 04:41:02 PMhttps://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GJICUzRbsAA3vst.jpg
So, they went with a Covenant creature design or similar? That´s concerning.
Metal teeth, unlike the covenant one. And the final shot looks Biomech it seems. Has the cheeks again at least, could be bigger, but better than the last designs having no cheeks.
Love this. Looks great. Exactly what I'm expecting. The voice acting sounds great as of now. The gun looks great, the alluded gore is exactly what I was expecting.
Here's those additional shots in motion:
The final shot looks like a return of the medics and military from the climax of Alien 3...they've "rescued" you know who.
Quote from: chrisandy on Mar 20, 2024, 04:56:54 PMI can't be the only one who thinks this looks very much like something made for Hulu, right? Everyone just looks so.. artificial. And the whole PR "we tried to do everything practical and hired all the guys from Aliens" certainly doesn't jive with the bountiful CGI in the trailer, particularly the running face huggers. And the shot of the ostensible protagonist walking out holding the rifle just has no weight to it whatsoever.. it invokes absolutely nothing.
Fede said that before filming they told him that it was being released in theaters, not on Hulu.
The same is said about PREY and cinematographically it has no difference from other film releases. It looks better than The Predator costing more.
Movies on Hulu are the same as releasing movies.
The Creator ( and more movies Fox) as an idea was released on Hulu BUT later in cinemas as Romulus. Bob IGER new approach to movies Fox to cinema not Hulu.
There is no difference in filming for Hulu or cinema to Fox. They make equal a movies. Hulu is not direct dvd in 2010.
Quote from: DaveT937 on Mar 20, 2024, 04:57:40 PMhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/alien-romulus-trailer-ridley-scott-1235856321/amp/
Quote from: The Hollywood ReporterThe story focuses on a group of twenty-something space colonizers and scavengers who have the misfortune of meeting a Xenomorph inside a dilapidated space station. The film has a notably young cast that's led by Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, as well David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu. Álvarez says that the idea to follow younger people in this world came from an Aliens deleted scene that Cameron eventually restored in his extended Special Edition cut.
"There's a moment where you see a bunch of kids running [and riding a big wheel] around the corridors of this colony. And I thought, 'Wow, what would it be like for those kids to grow up in a colony that still needs another 50 years to terraform?'" Álvarez tells The Hollywood Reporter. "So I remember thinking, 'If I ever tell a story in that world, I would definitely be interested in those kids when they reach their early twenties.'"
Whether it's the infamous basement scene in Álvarez's 2016 hit, Don't Breathe, or any number of scenes in his Evil Dead (2013) reimagining, he has a knack for making audiences squirm in their seats. Romulus is also following suit, as Merced recently told THR about a "disgusting" scene of hers that prompted ten people on set to avert their eyes in revulsion during playback. That scene is alluded to in the opening shot of the new teaser, in that you see remnants of it and hear isolated dialogue of Merced's character during the sequence. For Álvarez, the disturbingly ambitious scene is meant to be his crack at creating something in the same vein as Scott's iconic chestburster sequence in the '79 film.
Below, during a recent conversation with THR in support of Alien: Romulus' first teaser, Álvarez also discusses writing the film for fast-rising star Cailee Spaeny.
Well, congratulations on this first step towards August's release. The teaser was two hours too short, but I'm intrigued.
(Laughs.) Thank you. I'm glad that I can finally talk about it, and that's the idea, right? I went to a crazy extent to make sure I showed the minimum amount at this point. It's just enough to get you interested, but not too much. I personally hate spoilers or anything that makes me feel like it steals from that night when you finally sit down and watch the movie. And this teaser doesn't steal from that [eventual] night.
So Alien: Romulus takes place between Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986), but it's reportedly "unconnected" to those films. Is that correct?
That's not correct, but it does take place between the two movies. The way we crafted it is if you haven't seen any of them, I'm jealous because you'll have an incredible experience. You'll have all these worlds of Alien coming at you, and you've never experienced any of this. You don't know how the creature is born, and you don't know any of these things. That's fantastic. You'll have a blast.
Now, if you've seen the others, then it's a completely different experience in a way, because you'll see and you'll find those connections with the other movies. And if you're a fan, you'll be that person who annoys your friends in the theater, by telling them that you know what this is from and where that gun is from and what the characters are talking about.
So it is crafted in that way, and hopefully it works that way for everybody, but it is connected to all of them. I love all of those movies. I didn't want to omit or ignore any of them when it comes to connections at a story level, character level, technology level and creature level. There's always connections from Alien to Alien: Covenant.
The synopsis involves a group of young space colonizers and scavengers who encounter "the most terrifying life form in the universe" inside a run-down space station. Did you choose to focus on a younger cast just because that's a relatively new dynamic for the franchise?
I wish there was some sort of deep-thinking strategy about it. It was really more based on Aliens. I remember watching an extended cut of Aliens, and there's a moment where you see a bunch of kids running [and riding a big wheel] around the corridors of this colony. And I thought, "Wow, what would it be like for those kids to grow up in a colony that still needs another 50 years to terraform? There's no sunlight and there's no real life, except to just take the place of a parent and do the same job they did." In my movies, I'm always interested in those characters. Maybe it's because I grew up in the small country of Uruguay. I think it connects to a lot of people who grew up in small towns and think that all the important things are happening somewhere else.
So when I saw those kids, I remember thinking, "If I ever tell a story in that world, I would definitely be interested in those kids when they reach their early twenties, and what they want to do and where they want to go." And when it comes to having them encounter the creature, the dynamics are completely different. So that might be the reason why we managed to make it. When Ridley [Scott] read it, he felt that It was completely different than the other movies. It had all the DNA of the originals and a lot of [the other movies], but it automatically felt different and fresh, mostly because kids that age approach problems in a completely different way than adults do and professional adults do. So it's just a completely different viewing experience.
Were you asked to pitch what became Alien: Romulus? Or did you ask if you could come in and pitch it?
Right after Don't Breathe, I had a meeting at Scott Free, Ridley's company, and I think they were about to start doing Alien: Covenant. And I mentioned something that I would love to see. I said, "I hope this movie has some of this and that and this." And he was like, "Oh, that's interesting. What would you do with it?" No one was actually asking me [to pitch], believe me; it was more that they were intrigued about what I wanted to see as a fan. And I was like, "I think you guys should do this and approach it this way, and maybe it's about that." And suddenly, I was pitching, but I was not really being asked to do it. So that stayed in the air there somehow, and then a couple of years later, Ridley remembered that. He knew about it. He was like, "Fede had pitched this thing." So they called me back and said, "Hey, remember that story you mentioned? Do you want to write it and direct it?" And I was like, "f**k yeah!" And here we are.
It's pretty intimidating to step into a Ridley Scott franchise. Denis Villeneuve recently told me how difficult it was for him on Blade Runner 2049. But apparently, you've already passed the Ridley test. He really spent an entire hour telling you how much he loved the movie?
He did! As intimidating as it is, that's the best part of being able to work on something like this. For all of us and whatever it is that we do, the dream is to sit down with the masters of our craft and have a conversation about what we do and learn how to do it better. And the process of making this film definitely gave me that experience with Ridley. At the story level, we first told him what I was planning to do, and then when he read it, I discussed the script with him. And later, when he watched the movie, I discussed my cut with him. So I consider each one of those moments and creative conversations with Ridley to be a highlight of my career and my life.
James Cameron is also someone I've met through the years, and when he learned that I was doing it, we started chatting about it. So I also had that conversation with him at the script level. He's now seen the movie and loved it. It's also fascinating because [Cameron and Scott's] notes and comments are completely different. (Laughs.) They wouldn't repeat a note. Whatever Ridley said, Cameron said something different. They were all super smart comments, notes and thoughts on the film and the filmmaking, et cetera, but both of them have completely different approaches. So the fantastic part of being able to make this film is to have the chance to work with them.
Knowing that you'd already succeeded in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead sandbox, did that also help lessen any nerves?
It did, but even when I did interviews ten years ago with Evil Dead, people would ask me about the pressure and the intimidation. And I told everybody, "You're forgetting where I come from. I have been doing short movies in Uruguay since I was a kid, and all of a sudden, someone says, 'You want to do Evil Dead?' There's no way you go, 'Oh, wait a second, let's think this through.'" (Laughs.) The joy of it and the passion for these things is so big that I tend to be a more glass-half-full kind of guy, and I really see it as a privilege to be able to travel to these worlds. That's what it is for me. I get to physically go to that place. On Evil Dead, I was able to step out of a car every morning or every night, mostly, and see the cabin right there in the woods. I was in the Evil Dead universe, and I got to grab the camera and run around and witness things that will stay with me forever. And hopefully, that experience will pass to the audience
And it's the same thing with [Alien: Romulus]. I was able to walk through a Weyland-Yutani spaceship that's designed in the style of [Alien and Aliens concept artist] Ron Cobb. I got to be in this world that Ridley created and encounter these creatures face to face. So the more I focused on that privilege, the more I forgot about the pressure. Instead, I was able to really think about how I will give the audience the thrills and the horrors of being trapped on spaceships in the Alien universe.
Did the response at test screenings ultimately upgrade this movie from Hulu to theatrical?
No, it happened before that. I wish I could tell you yes, but no, it was before that. Right when we started shooting it, the studio was like, "f**k it, we're going into theaters with this." So we shot it already knowing that it was for theaters, and the team did such a good job.
Well, you picked a great time to be in the Cailee Spaeny business, as she's having a moment with Priscilla, Civil War and Romulus. Did she exceed your expectations in every way?
Absolutely, yeah. She's an amazing talent. I met her a few years before, and it was a complete coincidence in a way. It's a credit to her talent, but when we started writing the movie a few years ago, my co-writer [Rodo Sayagues] and I already had her photo on the board. We put photos of faces on the board just to have a character face that we could turn to when they're going to say a line. "How would that person speak?" So we had her face on the board from the beginning, and I always tell Cailee, "I wrote this movie for you." So I met her and I'd seen her work, and then when this came about, I was lucky enough that she loved the script from the get-go. She then jumped aboard, and I've been thrilled to see her having so much success lately.
You have another great young actor in Isabela Merced, and she told me recently that she watched some of the movie on your iPad during additional photography. And then she explained that there's a scene so disgusting that all the people who were watching over her shoulders had to turn away in horror.
(Laughs.)
Do we hear a little bit of that scene in the teaser?
I think we might! I'll tell you more without spoiling too much. It takes place in [the teaser's] first shot. There's a tiny hint in there, and it has to do with that scene that Isabela talked about, which is great. When you manage to have an idea or concept that has not been seen before in any Alien movie — and it's also something that has never happened before in the history of movies and science fiction — my first test usually when I shoot it is to just look at the boom mic guy. He has no idea what's about to happen, and then I see his face completely in shock over what he's witnessing. So that is, for me, the biggest reward, and when you know that there's something special, then you just can't wait for opening night. I'll sit in the front and turn around to see people's reactions to those moments.
And the original Alien was pretty much based on one of those moments. People had never seen a creature bursting out of someone's chest, at least not in that way. So you always try to find those things, and with these movies, people want the same thing but different. If Alien was a band, then we wanted this to be the concert where we play all the hits and then a few more new songs, so they go, "Wow, that's pretty good!" (Laughs.) So that's the way we approached the whole thing. We want to make sure that we play all those hits and more.
Lastly, you just touched on the Weyland-Yutani spaceship that your team built, but overall, how did you balance practical effects and VFX?
For the creatures, we brought in all the guys from Aliens. They were in their early twenties when they made Aliens, and they were a part of Stan Winston's [special effects] team. And now we had them at the top of their game. They have their own shops, and so we brought them all together to work on all the creatures, because we went with all animatronics and puppets at every level. I even got the chance to be under the table with them, puppeteering all these animatronics
I have this obsession with no green screens, so we built every creature and set. Everything had to be built so we were really living and breathing in these spaces. But I'm not an anti-CG guy. I got the chance to do Evil Dead, because I had made this short movie called Panic Attack! with a couple of friends and we did all the CG. So I come from a background where I know how to build the effects myself. I still do VFX shots in my movies to this day. I'll cut and do VFX shots on my computer, sometimes. So it's just whatever is best for the shot, and when it comes to face-to-face encounters and moments with creatures, nothing beats the real thing.
For the sets, we built spaceships and we built miniatures. We went back to all of that. And then we figured out ways to marry it with the CG world. There's some things that only CG can do for the scope and movement. So it really has to be the right tool for the shot. Ideally, you should never feel like you're watching CG. Ideally, there should be nothing there where the audience goes, "Well, that was clearly CG." It should always feel practical, but I prefer practical because I want to see it when I'm there [on set]. There is nothing worse than having nothing to look at when I'm shooting. But some things that are CG can really blow your mind when done right.
Ridley watched [Alien: Romulus] after I had just finished the director's cut, and there was no VFX on the director's cut. There was no time to make any. But he still had the whole experience. There was nothing missing. You know what I mean? So take it that way. You can watch it without VFX, and you'll know exactly what's going on. You won't miss it much. That is a fact.
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 20, 2024, 05:02:05 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2PYIrvnX8I
Guys, Fede alvarez shares more unique details about the movie here.
The space station in the movie has 2 version/modes, the Romulus (most recent rech) and Remus (retro tech).
The overall space station is called the Renaissance. Wasn't that a rumored title for this film at one point?
EDIT: Yep!
Quote from: Necronomicon II on Jun 22, 2023, 02:09:44 PMInteresting that they're sticking with Romulus, I can confirm that Renaissance was also an early working title. Make of that what you will.
Quote from: chrisandy on Mar 20, 2024, 04:56:54 PMI can't be the only one who thinks this looks very much like something made for Hulu, right? Everyone just looks so.. artificial. And the whole PR "we tried to do everything practical and hired all the guys from Aliens" certainly doesn't jive with the bountiful CGI in the trailer, particularly the running face huggers. And the shot of the ostensible protagonist walking out holding the rifle just has no weight to it whatsoever.. it invokes absolutely nothing.
No, this looks way better than the usual straight-streaming shit. This looks on par with Prometheus and Alien visually.
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Mar 20, 2024, 05:12:19 PMLastly, you just touched on the Weyland-Yutani spaceship that your team built, but overall, how did you balance practical effects and VFX?
For the creatures, we brought in all the guys from Aliens. They were in their early twenties when they made Aliens, and they were a part of Stan Winston's [special effects] team. And now we had them at the top of their game. They have their own shops, and so we brought them all together to work on all the creatures, because we went with all animatronics and puppets at every level. I even got the chance to be under the table with them, puppeteering all these animatronics
I have this obsession with no green screens, so we built every creature and set. Everything had to be built so we were really living and breathing in these spaces. But I'm not an anti-CG guy. I got the chance to do Evil Dead, because I had made this short movie called Panic Attack! with a couple of friends and we did all the CG. So I come from a background where I know how to build the effects myself. I still do VFX shots in my movies to this day. I'll cut and do VFX shots on my computer, sometimes. So it's just whatever is best for the shot, and when it comes to face-to-face encounters and moments with creatures, nothing beats the real thing.
For the sets, we built spaceships and we built miniatures. We went back to all of that. And then we figured out ways to marry it with the CG world. There's some things that only CG can do for the scope and movement. So it really has to be the right tool for the shot. Ideally, you should never feel like you're watching CG. Ideally, there should be nothing there where the audience goes, "Well, that was clearly CG." It should always feel practical, but I prefer practical because I want to see it when I'm there [on set]. There is nothing worse than having nothing to look at when I'm shooting. But some things that are CG can really blow your mind when done right.
Ridley watched [Alien: Romulus] after I had just finished the director's cut, and there was no VFX on the director's cut. There was no time to make any. But he still had the whole experience. There was nothing missing. You know what I mean? So take it that way. You can watch it without VFX, and you'll know exactly what's going on. You won't miss it much. That is a fact.
This is the part that really excites me.
Wow that looks sick, don't want to over hype it but that's pretty grizzly.
Good Lord, this looks amazing. A mix of Alien, Isolation, and Aliens. Sweet baby Jesus!
Is speculation that could potentially be spoiler-y allowed in this thread? Or is that in the spoiler threads only?
Quote from: lv_226 on Mar 20, 2024, 05:13:53 PMQuote from: chrisandy on Mar 20, 2024, 04:56:54 PMI can't be the only one who thinks this looks very much like something made for Hulu, right? Everyone just looks so.. artificial. And the whole PR "we tried to do everything practical and hired all the guys from Aliens" certainly doesn't jive with the bountiful CGI in the trailer, particularly the running face huggers. And the shot of the ostensible protagonist walking out holding the rifle just has no weight to it whatsoever.. it invokes absolutely nothing.
No, this looks way better than the usual straight-streaming shit. This looks on par with Prometheus and Alien visually.
Agreed. Does not look like a made for streaming movie at all.
Quote from: oduodu on Mar 20, 2024, 04:50:01 PM"it has no great ambition beyond a new iteration of what we've already seen"
that s what i am afraid of.
let s hope it s more than that.
fingers crossed.
We will see. But nowadays such a teaser so obviously trying to evoke the good old memories can give that kind of fear. We'll see. Obviously I've no problem with the possibility to have a somewhat too much derivative movie: if it is a decent and well made one, why not. My fear is that this kind of things tends to monopolize the industry (with exceptions:
Dune part two is a phenomenal blockbuster, but it is also a passionate adaptation of a true classic). Nowadays, even though some aspects can show passion in blockbusters (cinema and series), the whole looks too often like the product of an industrial
cahier des charges as I say in my mother tongue. If I'm allowed to speak of other universes, I like the old Star Wars movies but in these last years, I only found interest in
Rogue One and above all
Andor, if you see what I mean.
I think that there is quite a potential to do interesting movies building upon the conceptual ideas of the first
Alien. But it is obviously much more risky and demanding than to recycle the phenomenal but maybe weary-on-the-cinema-screen good old Xeno. For that last thing, I'd rather get a video game, because that refreshes greatly the interest, I think. It was great to see the style of the first Alien setting reproduced and expanded upon in
Alien Isolation, but it was an interactive experience. ;)
If you go on to 20th century fox's instagram page there's an extra 3-4 seconds extra at the beginning and I'm pretty sure in that is big chap being brought in on some sort of bed?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4vfnJTr4SX/?igsh=bmMxdW9rM3ltb3Z4
wait, i was out of following things for a while, I thought we were getting a tv series, so new movie comes on August? Is this suppose to be a sequel to the prequels ?
going back to the roots reminded me of avpr advertizing.
This looks like such an amazing blend of Alien and Aliens.
Its got a claustrophobic feel to it. Its dark atmosphere whike atill letting things be visble in the shots shown.
Those facehuggers crashing through the door is nightmare fuel
Quote from: Samhain13 on Mar 20, 2024, 05:25:22 PMwait, i was out of following things for a while, I thought we were getting a tv series, so new movie comes on August? Is this suppose to be a sequel to the prequels ?
We are getting a series next year.
This movie takes place between Alien & Aliens.
I'm trying to piece together the plot since its pretty much every where.
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station (Romulus Space Station), a group of young space colonizers (the smaller WY ship- unlike the Weyland Corp logo) come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Quote from: lv_226 on Mar 20, 2024, 05:13:53 PMThis looks on par with Prometheus and Alien visually.
It doesn't look bad but that's a stretch I think.
Quote from: MudButt on Mar 20, 2024, 05:27:03 PMQuote from: Samhain13 on Mar 20, 2024, 05:25:22 PMwait, i was out of following things for a while, I thought we were getting a tv series, so new movie comes on August? Is this suppose to be a sequel to the prequels ?
We are getting a series next year.
This movie takes place between Alien & Aliens.
OH
Quote from: chrisandy on Mar 20, 2024, 05:19:51 PMIs speculation that could potentially be spoiler-y allowed in this thread? Or is that in the spoiler threads only?
For my benefit, please keep spoilers in the other threads!! :-X
I loved the whole atmosphere of the trailer. Definitely a horror vibe. So are they going to a planet or is the whole thing taking place on a Space Station? Anyways, both hugger scenes were great. Just imagine, 50 huggers chasing you at the same time. Those things are fast. Can't believe it's been 7 years since the last Alien movie. Can't wait, will be there opening weekend. Love the poster too.
Quote from: Aquarius8 on Mar 20, 2024, 05:40:37 PMI loved the whole atmosphere of the trailer. Definitely a horror vibe. So are they going to a planet or is the whole thing taking place on a Space Station? Anyways, both hugger scenes were great. Just imagine, 50 huggers chasing you at the same time. Those things are fast. Can't believe it's been 7 years since the last Alien movie. Can't wait, will be there opening weekend. Love the poster too.
I believe that the central characters leave a planet for the space station and it's there that the action takes place.
New interview with Variety:
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/alien-romulus-trailer-fede-alvarez-1235946491/
Snippet from the interview:
QuoteHow tough was it to find a balance between the little green computer monitors of "Alien" and the futuristic technology of the more recent films?
I know a lot of people felt like it makes no sense. But I think we make the mistake when we watch the Nostromo and assume that's how the entire universe looks like. If I decide to make a movie on Earth today, and I go to the Mojave Desert and I take an old truck because a guy drives a Chevy, if you're an alien, you're going to go, "That's what the world looks like." But it doesn't mean there's not a guy in a Tesla in the city, which would be the "Prometheus" ship. The first movie is truck drivers in a beat-up truck. "Prometheus" is the ship of the richest man in the world.
Quote from: Imbrie on Mar 20, 2024, 05:42:56 PMQuote from: Aquarius8 on Mar 20, 2024, 05:40:37 PMI loved the whole atmosphere of the trailer. Definitely a horror vibe. So are they going to a planet or is the whole thing taking place on a Space Station? Anyways, both hugger scenes were great. Just imagine, 50 huggers chasing you at the same time. Those things are fast. Can't believe it's been 7 years since the last Alien movie. Can't wait, will be there opening weekend. Love the poster too.
I believe that the central characters leave a planet for the space station and it's there that the action takes place.
Based on Fede's interviews today, that seems to be the case. He talked in the interviews that are going around about being inspired by the
Aliens SE scenes depicting children on LV-426, and how after seeing that he wanted to explore what life would be like for younger folks that grew up only knowing life on a half-baked colony world like that. Then in the trailer we see their ship approaching the Renaissance Station, so presumably they must have left their world.
Awesome teaser. 8)
Well, if I remember correctly, the last time I've seen at the cinema a mass of huggers, it was in the (sorry) rather subpar but quite fun AVP movies, and I don't think it worked very well...
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Mar 20, 2024, 05:03:24 PMI've noticed some of the social media marketing has some interesting little teaser snippet shots before the trailer, that aren't in the actual trailer.
(https://i.postimg.cc/XNyZTSXP/434005300-347703184933187-454253715860264302-n.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/R0ySRh1Z/433949675-902756311646284-3107557868311660369-n.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/m2BbV09C/433920409-423942096776344-7958661579842121364-n.jpg)
Spoiler
Remains of the big chap
in the last still?
PRECISELY
Looks like those people at the door are in riot gear?
You signed the script together with your inseparable Rodo Sayagues, but this time you once again have a great brand behind you. Have you had the freedom to say what you wanted in this film?
One hundred percent. We are in a different time, it is no longer the studio that David Fincher dealt with in 'Alien³' (1992), this is completely the opposite. It is another era of cinema, I have made 'Alien: Romulus' with the same freedom with which I made 'Don't Breathe'. The study was great, and I don't say that lightly, it's not always like that, but in this case it really was like that. Steve Asbell, who runs 20th Century Studios, loves the saga and has been working with Ridley since 'Prometheus' (2012). I think that nowadays there is a little more belief that the more freedom you give to the director, especially if the director is like me, who is a screenwriter with Rodo, with my colleague on all the films, they achieve something more. authentic and not something manufactured by a studio. This is, for better and worse, all my fault and Rodo's. It is an auteur film with the blessing and support of the original creators.
Quote from: Ulfer on Mar 20, 2024, 05:51:57 PMWell, if I remember correctly, the last time I've seen at the cinema a mass of huggers, it was in the (sorry) rather subpar but quite fun AVP movies, and I don't think it worked very well.
No offense but that seems like a very arbitrary detail to connect the dots on.
I don't think the amount of huggers is the make-or-break component to a Alien film.
August 16th huh? Aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww WHAT A WAITING PERIOD.
Least I got Godzilla X Kong to help with some of that wait.
And I just realize if there are multiple Aliens, why call it Alien Romulus and not ALIENS Romulus?
Quote from: Mr.Turok on Mar 20, 2024, 06:12:57 PMAnd I just realize if there are multiple Aliens, why call it Alien Romulus and not ALIENS Romulus?
Because it wasn't
Aliens: Resurrection or
Aliens: Covenant either.
Quote from: RIP77 on Mar 20, 2024, 06:10:03 PMYou signed the script together with your inseparable Rodo Sayagues, but this time you once again have a great brand behind you. Have you had the freedom to say what you wanted in this film?
One hundred percent. We are in a different time, it is no longer the studio that David Fincher dealt with in 'Alien³' (1992), this is completely the opposite. It is another era of cinema, I have made 'Alien: Romulus' with the same freedom with which I made 'Don't Breathe'. The study was great, and I don't say that lightly, it's not always like that, but in this case it really was like that. Steve Asbell, who runs 20th Century Studios, loves the saga and has been working with Ridley since 'Prometheus' (2012). I think that nowadays there is a little more belief that the more freedom you give to the director, especially if the director is like me, who is a screenwriter with Rodo, with my colleague on all the films, they achieve something more. authentic and not something manufactured by a studio. This is, for better and worse, all my fault and Rodo's. It is an auteur film with the blessing and support of the original creators.
Which interview is this from?
Just watched the trailer and get me aboard the hype train!!!
And from here until release I will have blinders on for anything Romulus related as I like knowing as little as possible before seeing the film.
I can't f**king wait this is absolutely insane the set pieces look so good, the characters expressions, even those cgi face huggers
Quote from: MudButt on Mar 20, 2024, 06:37:12 PMQuote from: RIP77 on Mar 20, 2024, 06:10:03 PMYou signed the script together with your inseparable Rodo Sayagues, but this time you once again have a great brand behind you. Have you had the freedom to say what you wanted in this film?
One hundred percent. We are in a different time, it is no longer the studio that David Fincher dealt with in 'Alien³' (1992), this is completely the opposite. It is another era of cinema, I have made 'Alien: Romulus' with the same freedom with which I made 'Don't Breathe'. The study was great, and I don't say that lightly, it's not always like that, but in this case it really was like that. Steve Asbell, who runs 20th Century Studios, loves the saga and has been working with Ridley since 'Prometheus' (2012). I think that nowadays there is a little more belief that the more freedom you give to the director, especially if the director is like me, who is a screenwriter with Rodo, with my colleague on all the films, they achieve something more. authentic and not something manufactured by a studio. This is, for better and worse, all my fault and Rodo's. It is an auteur film with the blessing and support of the original creators.
Which interview is this from?
Spanish interview.
https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a60253072/alien-romulus-pelicula-fede-alvarez-director-entrevista/ (https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a60253072/alien-romulus-pelicula-fede-alvarez-director-entrevista/)
Looks promising in tone, until the explosions and face hugger swarm breaking through glass doors was shown. Hopefully they will tone that down. Also hopefully since it looks like there isn't an adult in the lot of them, that they aren't pandering that zim zer nonsense. If this movie is a follow up to the original, then there shouldn't be any modern culture war BS in it.
I restored my Avpgalaxy account for write this post :)
hey guys.
I watched teaser and I f loved. Fede, please bring more gore and brutality. as well, try to keep ending as should have to be continued..
Can't wait for August to come.
Very good tease! Working on a reaction and trailer breakdown video. May share a few new deets as well. Will share the link once it's up.
I have been avoiding reading much of anything about this movie especially recently since a lot of spoilers have come out, but I really enjoyed the trailer! Love the atmosphere, it definitely feels like a true Alien movie. Really am excited for this!
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 05:44:59 PMQuote from: Imbrie on Mar 20, 2024, 05:42:56 PMQuote from: Aquarius8 on Mar 20, 2024, 05:40:37 PMI loved the whole atmosphere of the trailer. Definitely a horror vibe. So are they going to a planet or is the whole thing taking place on a Space Station? Anyways, both hugger scenes were great. Just imagine, 50 huggers chasing you at the same time. Those things are fast. Can't believe it's been 7 years since the last Alien movie. Can't wait, will be there opening weekend. Love the poster too.
I believe that the central characters leave a planet for the space station and it's there that the action takes place.
Based on Fede's interviews today, that seems to be the case. He talked in the interviews that are going around about being inspired by the Aliens SE scenes depicting children on LV-426, and how after seeing that he wanted to explore what life would be like for younger folks that grew up only knowing life on a half-baked colony world like that. Then in the trailer we see their ship approaching the Renaissance Station, so presumably they must have left their world.
Ok, that gives me a bit of a breather on the young cast. If they are written as people only knowing that life then we won't have modern type young adults and bully jocks etc. lol. Hopefully.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 04:14:10 PMThat shot of the Facehugger tube being pulled out of the mouth is so good.
Looks properly disgusting
It looks.....fine.
Regarding the shot of the tube coming out of the mouth -
Spoiler
Is that a xeno impregnating someone like a facehugger would?
Quote from: brokentusk420 on Mar 20, 2024, 06:46:54 PMLooks promising in tone, until the explosions and face hugger swarm breaking through glass doors was shown. Hopefully they will tone that down. Also hopefully since it looks like there isn't an adult in the lot of them, that they aren't pandering that zim zer nonsense. If this movie is a follow up to the original, then there shouldn't be any modern culture war BS in it.
The central characters are, per Fede's interview, kids that grew up on a shitty world without sunlight that is in the process of being terraformed (inspired by the kids seen living on LV-426 in the
Aliens SE), dealing with/escaping from the BS that comes along with that corporate, isolated environment.
I guess if that constitutes as "modern culture war BS" because it has young characters and a scathing political/corporate undertone to it, then you probably won't get anything you want out of this one.
Quote from: Kradan on Mar 20, 2024, 06:52:55 PMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 04:14:10 PMThat shot of the Facehugger tube being pulled out of the mouth is so good.
Looks properly disgusting
Just the kind of awful, grisly imagery I was hoping that Fede would bring to the table!
Quote from: RIP77 on Mar 20, 2024, 06:10:03 PMYou signed the script together with your inseparable Rodo Sayagues, but this time you once again have a great brand behind you. Have you had the freedom to say what you wanted in this film?
One hundred percent. We are in a different time, it is no longer the studio that David Fincher dealt with in 'Alien³' (1992), this is completely the opposite. It is another era of cinema, I have made 'Alien: Romulus' with the same freedom with which I made 'Don't Breathe'. The study was great, and I don't say that lightly, it's not always like that, but in this case it really was like that. Steve Asbell, who runs 20th Century Studios, loves the saga and has been working with Ridley since 'Prometheus' (2012). I think that nowadays there is a little more belief that the more freedom you give to the director, especially if the director is like me, who is a screenwriter with Rodo, with my colleague on all the films, they achieve something more. authentic and not something manufactured by a studio. This is, for better and worse, all my fault and Rodo's. It is an auteur film with the blessing and support of the original creators.
I have a very difficult time taking these statements at face value
I like it.
Quote from: brokentusk420 on Mar 20, 2024, 06:46:54 PMAlso hopefully since it looks like there isn't an adult in the lot of them, that they aren't pandering that zim zer nonsense. If this movie is a follow up to the original, then there shouldn't be any modern culture war BS in it.
Yawn.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 20, 2024, 06:56:05 PMI like it.
Quote from: brokentusk420 on Mar 20, 2024, 06:46:54 PMAlso hopefully since it looks like there isn't an adult in the lot of them, that they aren't pandering that zim zer nonsense. If this movie is a follow up to the original, then there shouldn't be any modern culture war BS in it.
Yawn.
Don't give a shit. Yawn
Quote from: T Dog on Mar 20, 2024, 06:53:48 PMIt looks.....fine.
Regarding the shot of the tube coming out of the mouth -
Spoiler
Is that a xeno impregnating someone like a facehugger would?
BRO.......that looks like it would belong to something......larger. lol.
Quote from: brokentusk420 on Mar 20, 2024, 06:57:18 PMDon't give a shit. Yawn
Nobody here cares for your shit takes either so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Quote from: Imbrie on Mar 20, 2024, 04:48:55 PMThe movie's ambition appears to be to move well away from the direction that Prometheus was to kickstart and rediscover the horror of the original movie. I, personally, think that's the right move for the first movie after Covenant to take and to not try to introduce grander themes. Simplicity and terror look to be key to this one.
Back to basics approach worked great for Predator
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 06:29:23 PMQuote from: Mr.Turok on Mar 20, 2024, 06:12:57 PMAnd I just realize if there are multiple Aliens, why call it Alien Romulus and not ALIENS Romulus?
Because it wasn't Aliens: Resurrection or Aliens: Covenant either.
Indeed, it's called the Alien franchise, not the Aliens franchise.
Typically for first trailers, it didn't show much, but it looks promising, it feels moody, bloody and claustrophobic, jus as it should be. And they got me with swarm of facehuggers. It is a visual that was present in fandom's imagination because of some EU works, but seeing it in the movie will be terryfing.
Quote from: T Dog on Mar 20, 2024, 06:53:48 PMIt looks.....fine.
Regarding the shot of the tube coming out of the mouth -
Spoiler
Is that a xeno impregnating someone like a facehugger would?
Pretty sure it's hugger's
Quote from: Kradan on Mar 20, 2024, 07:21:18 PMQuote from: T Dog on Mar 20, 2024, 06:53:48 PMIt looks.....fine.
Regarding the shot of the tube coming out of the mouth -
Spoiler
Is that a xeno impregnating someone like a facehugger would?
Pretty sure it's hugger's
I never imagined that a facehugger's tube could be so...engorged.
I mean, we all know what it is
My only criticism is that there are only 6 actors for the entire movie, and way too many facehuggers. I mean, how many deaths we could have in the film, lets assume that at least 5. Im sorry but that really isnt enough to me. In the original Alien, there were 7 actors, so about one more than in the Romulus. Its not a serious problem or something, no, but I would expect that there would be at least 10 actors if not more, especially when there arent any famous stars. Poor facehuggers will have a pretty hard time with these "kids" they will gonna be in their survival mode, becuase there wouldnt be enough "bodies" for them, well. . if there wont be a 6 facehuggers, lol.
Other than that, judging by the trailer. I think that this film is looking seriously great, the CGI effects are obviously still not finished, thats fine. But the athmosphere is top notch, and the level of violence looks very, very promising. I wonder how the other creatures would look like, the "new" creatures made by the "black goo" stuff etc. Even the camera angles are looking tasty, and sound perspective is very familiar.
I expect and hope that since they doesnt have any big names attached to this film, that they throw the entire budget to the effects and environment. The existence of Ash "cameo" on the other hand is at least in my eyes totally useless, thats another part of the budget wasted to something that is not even that important, I will rather see another Android portrayed by a real living person, yes I know there is a one, but I mean that in the context of this Ash CGI "cameo".
The fact is, that in the first Alien movie, Ash was android that no one know about, even the entire crew of Nostromo doesnt know that till the last moment. So, I find it a bit silly that now, in this movie, they are trying to portray the Ash not as an unique individual, but rather as a part of series form by the same looking Androids, and thats a bit odd to me. If Ash was really an android made by dozens and dozens of the same looking androids, than it is weird and dull that that the crew of Nostromo doesnt know that.
I mean, "hey we have a bunch of same looking androids in our age of space travel, but we dont know that we have that one in our ship"? That is dull. Ash in the first movie should be the one and only android of its kind, or at least I think that the first Alien movie clearly wanted to show that, thats why the Nostromo crew doesnt know about him being an android. Or am I wrong?
Quote from: brokentusk420 on Mar 20, 2024, 06:57:18 PMQuote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 20, 2024, 06:56:05 PMI like it.
Quote from: brokentusk420 on Mar 20, 2024, 06:46:54 PMAlso hopefully since it looks like there isn't an adult in the lot of them, that they aren't pandering that zim zer nonsense. If this movie is a follow up to the original, then there shouldn't be any modern culture war BS in it.
Yawn.
Don't give a shit. Yawn
Really man? Do you have to be that way? It takes a lot of energy to be disagreeable. We don't have to like the same things, but it takes nothing to either keep quiet or be polite.
Folks, there's a new Alien movie coming out, let's be chill and not derail things any further.
The horde of huggers is a great visual, something I've wanted to see on screen ever since reading Aliens Berserker.
Spoiler
I'm guessing Big Chaps remains are on that table being walked down the hall, must be part of the beginning intro.
So the Timeline is Between "Alien" and "Aliens" which was a long gap of Ridley's cryosleep. So basically an "Isolation" scenario where Wayland-Yutani is doing experimentation on a Space Station just like Amanda and this crew somehow ends up there. The fact it was a swarm of huggers means there's a lot of eggs on the Station. Yes there was the one Alien at the end but based on the huggers they must be dealing with multiple Aliens.
I didn't see any Colonial Marines but there seemed to be some security forces by the door. But everyone was basically running for their lives so I got more of an "Alien"/"Alien 3" vibe. What I enjoy about the Alien Franchise is that there's always Different directors (Outside of Ridley) so there's always a new vision and style with each film. Though I did want to see David's story finish in "Awakening" or even some alternate timeline "Alien 5". But I'm fine with this teaser of an isolated Alien Story between 1 and 2.
F&CK YEAH! IT LOOKS GORGEOUS! 8 :o 8) ;D This movie is probably the "resurrection" that the franchise needed.
BTW, is it me or I´ve got vibes from Alien: Isolation?
Spoiler
So, is Big Chap alive and causes chaos on the space station or is he dead and they just clone him or something? Go ahead, spoil it for me.
Optimism is high after that teaser trailer!
Quote from: razeak on Mar 20, 2024, 07:02:43 PMQuote from: T Dog on Mar 20, 2024, 06:53:48 PMIt looks.....fine.
Regarding the shot of the tube coming out of the mouth -
Spoiler
Is that a xeno impregnating someone like a facehugger would?
BRO.......that looks like it would belong to something......larger. lol.
I think it's someone taking a facehugger off someone's face.
Quote from: irn on Mar 20, 2024, 07:47:25 PMOptimism is high after that teaser trailer!
Quote from: razeak on Mar 20, 2024, 07:02:43 PMQuote from: T Dog on Mar 20, 2024, 06:53:48 PMIt looks.....fine.
Regarding the shot of the tube coming out of the mouth -
Spoiler
Is that a xeno impregnating someone like a facehugger would?
BRO.......that looks like it would belong to something......larger. lol.
I think it's someone taking a facehugger off someone's face.
Definitely looks to be the case, yeah.
That isn't gonna end well!
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Mar 20, 2024, 06:10:29 PMQuote from: Ulfer on Mar 20, 2024, 05:51:57 PMWell, if I remember correctly, the last time I've seen at the cinema a mass of huggers, it was in the (sorry) rather subpar but quite fun AVP movies, and I don't think it worked very well.
No offense but that seems like a very arbitrary detail to connect the dots on.
I don't think the amount of huggers is the make-or-break component to a Alien film.
Which is not implied in my message.
I can understand the will to see that particular element on the screen. I'm cautious about that kind of things. Not all ideas (and even more "fan ideas") work on the screen. I remember too well the wishes of fans to see this or that, the rather complacent attitude of the scenarists who realized those supposed dreams... And well, let's say that sometimes, it doesn't end well for the work in question. The trend to do more and to go hyperbolical in many popular universes nowadays on the screen sometimes leads to disappointments.
Never imagined the thing that went through the mouth was so big. Feels weird writing that.
In regards to the culture war nonsense that's being brought up, the Alien series has always been consistent with their female leads and the series has always been pretty progressive to an extent before it even became an issues with modern movies today. Even regardless how you feel about Ridley Scott and Prometheus and Covenant, both Shaw and Daniels were well written characters who were obviously wasted (a lot were definitely upset over Shaw being killed by Covenant).
I thought Don't Breathe was a phenomenal film and Fede Alvarez had a very well written female lead in it, and I really enjoyed his take on Evil Dead too. So I'm optimistic about Cailee Spaeny and she definitely gives off Ripley vibes in that last shot, but I don't think that's a bad thing either.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 20, 2024, 07:52:08 PMNever imagined the thing that went through the mouth was so big. Feels weird writing that.
Lean into it LOL It's all good, man... we are all here for the body horror.
Big Chap's pissed off and fights the newbie beast at the end. ;)
Quote from: germanator2 on Mar 20, 2024, 07:54:43 PMIn regards to the culture war nonsense that's being brought up, the Alien series has always been consistent with their female leads and the series has always been pretty progressive to an extent before it even became an issues with modern movies today. Even regardless how you feel about Ridley Scott and Prometheus and Covenant, both Shaw and Daniels were well written characters who were obviously wasted (a lot were definitely upset over Shaw being killed by Covenant).
I thought Don't Breathe was a phenomenal film and Fede Alvarez had a very well written female lead in it, and I really enjoyed his take on Evil Dead too. So I'm optimistic about Cailee Spaeny and she definitely gives off Ripley vibes in that last shot, but I don't think that's a bad thing either.
Don't worry, we always need that one guy making that one comment. Always.
Quote from: lv_226 on Mar 20, 2024, 08:00:46 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 20, 2024, 07:52:08 PMNever imagined the thing that went through the mouth was so big. Feels weird writing that.
Lean into it LOL It's all good, man... we are all here for the body horror.
Haha I'm all for it.
Just a theory on why it is called, Alien, instead of Aliens.
Big Chap is the Alien, the first and the others are imitations of him, not real.
It's been awhile since I was on here, good to be back
Ok guys! I can see the fingers now! Yeah, throbbing facehugger tube being removed from someones gaping mouth.....ok I'll see myself out.
It looks beautiful. I love the aesthetic, and of course Fede Alvarez has put his personal touch ensuring plenty of body horror moments (pulling the facehugger tube out looks insane). I also very much like the focus on facehuggers being a terrifying creature in their own right. The scene of the crew being overwhelmed by them looks like it will be great
Also, I am very happy that the release date is August. I firmly believe that the biggest mistake Covenant made was moving up it's release date to May. There were just too many giant blockbusters out at the same time that year and Covenant got the short straw.
I assume this was shot on digital. I miss film.
Pretty good trailer, with a pretty big Alien: Isolation influence.
Somehow, space stations have not been done in Alien movies, so it's kind of a first (Gateway doesn't count).
Now I can't wait for the podcast breakdown of the trailer lol
Fun thing to note - this is labeled as "trailer 2" which seems to imply another trailer is locked and loaded (perhaps where the new social media stinger footage is from):
(https://i.imgur.com/fmgxsbH.png)
On another note, here's a clearer look at the Xeno and Facehuggers from a ProRes version of the trailer:
https://twitter.com/agarcia_46/status/1770536194541260851
Quote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 20, 2024, 08:25:03 PMFun thing to note - this is labeled as "trailer 2" which seems to imply another trailer is locked and loaded (perhaps where the new social media stinger footage is from):
https://i.imgur.com/fmgxsbH.png
On another note, here's a clearer look at the Xeno and Facehuggers from a ProRes version of the trailer:
https://twitter.com/agarcia_46/status/1770536194541260851
Ok I'm going back to my original comment about the tubesize etc. Tis' no ordinary tube extraction
Watched that teaser and what can i say, at last something that is looking good to wait for in 2024.
(https://thumbs4.imagebam.com/b4/75/fb/MESMBRW_t.jpg) (http://"https://www.imagebam.com/view/MESMBRW")
(https://i.ibb.co/vBcRDVw/433933677-10232615012823929-1898656196553281328-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/g7rh6mj)
Here in Italy, we wonder why the effect of blood has been softened. Someone supposes the reason why?
Quote from: T Dog on Mar 20, 2024, 08:26:35 PMQuote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 20, 2024, 08:25:03 PMFun thing to note - this is labeled as "trailer 2" which seems to imply another trailer is locked and loaded (perhaps where the new social media stinger footage is from):
https://i.imgur.com/fmgxsbH.png
On another note, here's a clearer look at the Xeno and Facehuggers from a ProRes version of the trailer:
https://twitter.com/agarcia_46/status/1770536194541260851
Quote from: JDrums on Mar 20, 2024, 08:30:32 PM(https://i.ibb.co/vBcRDVw/433933677-10232615012823929-1898656196553281328-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/g7rh6mj)
Here in Italy, we wonder why the effect of blood has been softened. Someone supposes the reason why?
IIRC Italy has stricter censorship for violence, at least with trailers.
Ok I'm going back to my original comment about the tubesize etc. Tis' no ordinary tube extraction
It's interesting, as it's definitely a facehugger seemingly being extracted
(https://i.imgur.com/19Ul2B9.png)
Hey Guys, I have been a part of the AVP Galaxy for sometime, at least since Prometheus. Username has changed since then, I used to be Kane 1977 or something close to that, but it feels to be back here, especially with the new film on the way.
I have to say that I am impressed this far with the trailer and I know that there is a whole lot more to come.
I think that on the scene where that woman is attacked by the hugger except from the person standing next to the door , there is "something" else on the floor. An alien? a facehugged person?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJIt91QWgAEuPIH?format=jpg&name=large)
Am I crazy or?
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220714-alien3-still-024.jpg)
Quote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 20, 2024, 08:25:03 PMFun thing to note - this is labeled as "trailer 2" which seems to imply another trailer is locked and loaded (perhaps where the new social media stinger footage is from):
https://i.imgur.com/fmgxsbH.png
On another note, here's a clearer look at the Xeno and Facehuggers from a ProRes version of the trailer:
https://twitter.com/agarcia_46/status/1770536194541260851
I bet they made a longer trailer first before to release on alien day but decided to come up with soemthing shorter as a teaser after the leaks
Quote from: SPECIAL FORCES on Mar 20, 2024, 08:40:41 PMI think that on the scene where that woman is attacked by the hugger except from the person standing next to the door , there is "something" else on the floor. An alien? a facehugged person?
Seems to be two people on the ground:
(https://i.imgur.com/IzRCiZ6.png)
Lets take a look, Fede Alvarez is a good guy, I really believe in his qualities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2PYIrvnX8I
Quote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 20, 2024, 08:48:20 PMQuote from: SPECIAL FORCES on Mar 20, 2024, 08:40:41 PMI think that on the scene where that woman is attacked by the hugger except from the person standing next to the door , there is "something" else on the floor. An alien? a facehugged person?
Seems to be two people on the ground:
https://i.imgur.com/IzRCiZ6.png
Thanks! 🙏
Looking good. I like the fact it's set between the first two films as well.
Quote from: JDrums on Mar 20, 2024, 08:30:32 PM(https://i.ibb.co/vBcRDVw/433933677-10232615012823929-1898656196553281328-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/g7rh6mj)
Here in Italy, we wonder why the effect of blood has been softened. Someone supposes the reason why?
Same here in France.
Having watched the trailer a good few times now it's getting better and better in my mind.
It just dawned on me that this is the first time since 1997 that a new director has taken on the series. It's cool to have someone at the helm who may be more likely to be aware of the surrounding media and history of the series than Ridley is (as BlueMarsalis79 is suggesting with the possible Superhugger).
That was awesome! Looks like it brings back that claustrophobic feeling.
Love the steamy shot of Cailee Spaeny with the rifle! Very Ripley.
I like the rifle itself. It's a nice marriage of the aesthetics from both of the first two films.
The production design is identical to Alien and the whole thing looks very Isolation, plus ye olde trailer music - which gives off a fan film vibe. Which follows since the guy has done his fair shares of remakes.
Overall though from that brief snippet, looks promising.
The only thing I'm disappointed with is the lazy mouth tendons on the Aliens. AvPR put more effort in.
Having watched the trailer... I'm pretty much checked out. It doesn't look bad.. but it doesn't look good either. It didn't draw me in or drum up excitement for me and I was just bored watching it.
Am I gonna watch it? Well, yea, how often do you get to watch an Alien movie in theaters.
In a word, it was "meh".
Love the look of the production design so far.
I watched that interview with Fede and I found it interesting what he said about the setting being a combination of an old and newer station. Giving a chance to have a marriage of the aesthetics of Alien and Aliens. Plus with the little nods to Isolation that have been spotted.
Should be very nice visually, and I'm interested to see if there's any further thematic subtext to the contrast/combination of both aesthetics.
The CG bonce-clampers could still use some work.
Well, as it releases exactly one month before my 40th, I think it's going to be an early birthday treat to pay for a private cinema screening for my fiancée and I. 😊
Quote from: Gridseeker on Mar 20, 2024, 07:41:22 PMBTW, is it me or I´ve got vibes from Alien: Isolation?
Totally
Very blatantly.
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 20, 2024, 09:27:23 PMIn a word, it was "meh".
Wouldn't go so low as 'meh', but it's certainly not 'OH MY GOD I JUST DID THINGS IN MY PANTS!'
If this is successful, Alvarez should make a trilogy of midquels. He can do one between Aliens and A3 next to explain the egg on Sulaco.
Quote from: SM on Mar 20, 2024, 09:36:05 PMVery blatantly.
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 20, 2024, 09:27:23 PMIn a word, it was "meh".
Wouldn't go so low as 'meh', but it's certainly not 'OH MY GOD I JUST DID THINGS IN MY PANTS!'
Yea, like I love the look, but then things were jumping everywhere, I see a rifle about to be used on a space station, it just felt like they were trying too hard. Idk, they showed their hand a little too much and probably too early, but I had
more excitement from the trailer for Prometheus.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 09:37:12 PMIf this is successful, Alvarez should make a trilogy of midquels. He can do one between Aliens and A3 next to explain the egg on Sulaco.
100% behind this. Been saying forever that this route is the best way to logically explain both the egg and the use of a different cryochamber.
Quote from: SM on Mar 20, 2024, 09:36:05 PMVery blatantly.
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 20, 2024, 09:27:23 PMIn a word, it was "meh".
Wouldn't go so low as 'meh', but it's certainly not 'OH MY GOD I JUST DID THINGS IN MY PANTS!'
I was the latter. 🤣
Quote from: Acid_Reign161 on Mar 20, 2024, 09:43:32 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 09:37:12 PMIf this is successful, Alvarez should make a trilogy of midquels. He can do one between Aliens and A3 next to explain the egg on Sulaco.
100% behind this. Been saying forever that this route is the best way to logically explain both the egg and the use of a different cryochamber.
Since Romulus is heavily inspired by Isolation, the next one should be heavily inspired by ACM. Randy should consult.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 09:37:12 PMIf this is successful, Alvarez should make a trilogy of midquels. He can do one between Aliens and A3 next to explain the egg on Sulaco.
Should do a trilogy between A3 and A:R, going to the xenomorph home world.
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Mar 20, 2024, 04:59:54 PMhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJIMUiSWgAASwOU?format=jpg&name=large
This is giving off some serious Alien Resurrection vibes. I love it
Quote from: Acid_Reign161 on Mar 20, 2024, 09:44:52 PMQuote from: SM on Mar 20, 2024, 09:36:05 PMVery blatantly.
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 20, 2024, 09:27:23 PMIn a word, it was "meh".
Wouldn't go so low as 'meh', but it's certainly not 'OH MY GOD I JUST DID THINGS IN MY PANTS!'
I was the latter. 🤣
Is that a protruding Alien mouth in your pocket?
If I'm a little picky it's I'm not that crazy over the poster, it's alright but just getting flashback of similar examples.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens:_Colonial_Marines#/media/File%3AAliensColonialMarinesBox.png
https://imgur.com/gallery/8vrQYXC
Quote from: T Dog on Mar 20, 2024, 09:52:32 PMQuote from: Acid_Reign161 on Mar 20, 2024, 09:44:52 PMQuote from: SM on Mar 20, 2024, 09:36:05 PMVery blatantly.
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 20, 2024, 09:27:23 PMIn a word, it was "meh".
Wouldn't go so low as 'meh', but it's certainly not 'OH MY GOD I JUST DID THINGS IN MY PANTS!'
I was the latter. 🤣
Is that a protruding Alien mouth in your pocket?
Big chap's head... 😂
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 20, 2024, 09:49:25 PMShould do a trilogy between A3 and A:R, going to the xenomorph home world.
If Xenomorph Prime is any indication, anyone landing there wouldn't survive for more than twenty seconds.
So, not much movie there!
Teaser looks f**king gorgeous!
It showed just enough to get me really excited. There's still concerns regarding what's known of the plot though.
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 20, 2024, 09:54:38 PMQuote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 20, 2024, 09:49:25 PMShould do a trilogy between A3 and A:R, going to the xenomorph home world.
If Xenomorph Prime is any indication, anyone landing there wouldn't survive for more than twenty seconds.
So, not much movie there!
Is that the planet covered in red and black aliens tearing each other to pieces?
Would love a 4k version of the trailer
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 20, 2024, 09:54:38 PMQuote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 20, 2024, 09:49:25 PMShould do a trilogy between A3 and A:R, going to the xenomorph home world.
If Xenomorph Prime is any indication, anyone landing there wouldn't survive for more than twenty seconds.
So, not much movie there!
Plenty movie there if you keep the ship in orbit and send in small away teams.
Also, I'm being sarcastic.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 09:56:37 PMIs that the planet covered in red and black aliens tearing each other to pieces?
Yeah, that's the one.
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 20, 2024, 09:58:53 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 09:56:37 PMIs that the planet covered in red and black aliens tearing each other to pieces?
Yeah, that's the one.
@SM might finally get to see a live-action praetorian.
Quote from: XENOMORPHOSIS on Mar 20, 2024, 09:53:34 PMIf I'm a little picky it's I'm not that crazy over the poster, it's alright but just getting flashback of similar examples.
I'm also not crazy about the poster. I kind of don't expect much from major studio posters anymore unfortunately. I assume a different, and maybe better, on might get put out closer to release.
But at least the trailer looked good.
If they had just dropped the poster by itself I'd probably be feeling less than enthused lol. The trailer has me very satisfied at the moment tho.
Quote from: Ingwar on Mar 20, 2024, 09:54:54 PMTeaser looks f**king gorgeous!
For me, that's part of the problem. It looks a bit too clean and polished. Like the prequels. I want 70s/80s film grain and grime.
The trailer was a vibe. I've watched it several times today at work and my boss will not be happy with how much has not been done. Worth it.
Quote from: Highland on Mar 20, 2024, 11:07:04 AM1.42 means
lingering shots of inside of ship ( lots of fade to black )
"We've managed to replicated its DNA"
More lingering shots of the ship with the cast
"its got out"
*Siren music
*Facehugger creeps up a wall
Person screams
" second jaw starts to appear"
ALIEN ROMULUS ( Quiet music)
If I'm right I get to take over AVP Galaxy :laugh:
Literally about 85% right :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Very interesting! They absolutely NAILED the Aesthetic! It looks beautiful. The tense opening scene is very reminiscent of the back burster scene in covenant. It has that same tense dread and feel. It feels like a very simple and contained story which I think will work well. I am cautiously optimistic.
PS. That's a lot of goddamn facehuggers. Jesus.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 10:02:19 PMQuote from: Ingwar on Mar 20, 2024, 09:54:54 PMTeaser looks f**king gorgeous!
For me, that's part of the problem. It looks a bit too clean and polished. Like the prequels. I want 70s/80s film grain and grime.
By gorgeous I didn't mean it looks too clean and polished. On the contrary, it looks gritty and dirty. I love the aesthetics.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 10:02:19 PMQuote from: Ingwar on Mar 20, 2024, 09:54:54 PMTeaser looks f**king gorgeous!
For me, that's part of the problem. It looks a bit too clean and polished. Like the prequels. I want 70s/80s film grain and grime.
It also needs space Jesus. Can we have some Space Jesus?
Quote from: Ingwar on Mar 20, 2024, 10:04:29 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 10:02:19 PMQuote from: Ingwar on Mar 20, 2024, 09:54:54 PMTeaser looks f**king gorgeous!
For me, that's part of the problem. It looks a bit too clean and polished. Like the prequels. I want 70s/80s film grain and grime.
By gorgeous I didn't mean it looks too clean and polished. On the contrary, it looks gritty and dirty. I love the aesthetics.
The aesthetics of the sets and props are fine, but I'm talking about the photography.
The aesthetics should get Ron Cobb, Roger Christian, Michael Seymour and Les Dilley credits for this film.
(https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_1315/f99fb431ef86ebec66603e4348cd187b.jpg)
(https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/alien-romulus-xenomorph-attacking.jpg?q=50&fit=contain&w=1140&h=&dpr=1.5)
(https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/david-jonsson-andy-alien-romulus-65fb0cb015db4.jpg?resize=980:*)
(https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/alien-romulus-trailer-screenshot.jpg?q=50&fit=contain&w=1140&h=&dpr=1.5)
Looks like the movie a fan would make it he had 50illion bucks.
Will need to see more. The feel if it looks good though.
That trailer music must be up there with the Beatles in terms of use.
Quote from: SM on Mar 20, 2024, 10:09:50 PMThe aesthetics should get Ron Cobb, Roger Christian, Michael Seymour and Les Dilley credits for this film.
(https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExZnh0aHZldXRpdjR3c2V5OTI4YzU0cHY5emNhaHpqcm1va3puYWlldCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/AOVvNcNIll2H6T8LvI/source.gif)
Love the way he talks about the franchise
Quote from: Ingwar on Mar 20, 2024, 10:10:58 PMhttps://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_1315/f99fb431ef86ebec66603e4348cd187b.jpg
https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/alien-romulus-xenomorph-attacking.jpg?q=50&fit=contain&w=1140&h=&dpr=1.5
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/david-jonsson-andy-alien-romulus-65fb0cb015db4.jpg?resize=980:*
https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/alien-romulus-trailer-screenshot.jpg?q=50&fit=contain&w=1140&h=&dpr=1.5
That's some concerned synthetic in the third photo ;D
Quote from: Highland on Mar 20, 2024, 10:11:45 PMLooks like the movie a fan would make it he had 50illion bucks.
Yeah but in a good way as Fede seems to understand the Alien universe 8)
Hi, i'm really liking this. Feels like it belongs in Alien universe without being a copy. Something like Blade Runner 2049. Look at the first scene. Clearly the doors just closed and we heare the people who are trapped there. Also at 0:34 in the backround there might be an Xenomorph chasing the people. Can't wait to see the movie.
I'm still rather intrigued by that very early set photo of that baby xeno head stuck on that camera and what comes of it (in the film).
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 10:05:41 PMThe aesthetics of the sets and props are fine, but I'm talking about the photography.
Like the retro futuristic aesthetic is back, but with nowadays color palette.
I don't know if it has been pointed out before or not, but in case it was I apologize. But at the beginning of the trailer the station is orbiting a planet with rings, isn't it the same planet that's next to LV 426?
Quote from: Darkseed on Mar 20, 2024, 10:26:12 PMI don't know if it has been pointed out before or not, but in case it was I apologize. But at the beginning of the trailer the station is orbiting a planet with rings, isn't it the same planet that's next to LV 426?
Could be Saturn for all we know.
good look at the ship name here:
(https://i.imgur.com/snRGfp2.png)
Stop your grinnin and drop your linen. Alien might be back folks!
Oh that looks so good! How exciting!
The question I'm asking and haven't really seen anyone else ask is, will there be a queen featured in this film? It would be neat to see the original big chap molt into a queen, or perhaps even be mid-process.
Corbelan IV ?
Very encouraging teaser trailer. Some very visceral visuals with those facehuggers attacking en masse.
Quote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 20, 2024, 10:31:11 PMgood look at the ship name here:
https://i.imgur.com/snRGfp2.png
No basis in Conrad, as far as I can tell. Pretty shocked about that.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 06:29:23 PMQuote from: Mr.Turok on Mar 20, 2024, 06:12:57 PMAnd I just realize if there are multiple Aliens, why call it Alien Romulus and not ALIENS Romulus?
Because it wasn't Aliens: Resurrection or Aliens: Covenant either.
Other media had Aliens too. Idk, it's a tick for me, like how things aren't arranged neatly it sort of itches. Aliens Phalanx, Aliens Fireteam Elite, Aliens Dark Decent, Aliens vs Predator Requiem, ect.
Also Covenant had one Alien so that make sense. Those other things are not Aliens in that sense of the series to me. Resurrection is meh so I don't take it seriously.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 10:45:13 PMIs that Conradian?
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 10:58:54 PMQuote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 20, 2024, 10:31:11 PMgood look at the ship name here:
https://i.imgur.com/snRGfp2.png
No basis in Conrad, as far as I can tell. Pretty shocked about that.
Actually it is. Monseigneur Corbelan, a character from the book Nostromo.
My reaction and trailer breakdown. I share a teeny tiny bit of more information too.
Quote from: Mr.Turok on Mar 20, 2024, 11:10:54 PMAlso Covenant had one Alien so that make sense.
There are two. One dies as they take off and another is born on the ship.
Are you still getting shitty midquel novel vibes?
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 11:27:06 PMAre you still getting shitty midquel novel vibes?
They're not so much vibes as seismic waves at this point.
Quote from: Mr.Turok on Mar 20, 2024, 11:10:54 PMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 06:29:23 PMQuote from: Mr.Turok on Mar 20, 2024, 06:12:57 PMAnd I just realize if there are multiple Aliens, why call it Alien Romulus and not ALIENS Romulus?
Because it wasn't Aliens: Resurrection or Aliens: Covenant either.
Other media had Aliens too. Idk, it's a tick for me, like how things aren't arranged neatly it sort of itches. Aliens Phalanx, Aliens Fireteam Elite, Aliens Dark Decent, Aliens vs Predator Requiem, ect.
Also Covenant had one Alien so that make sense. Those other things are not Aliens in that sense of the series to me. Resurrection is meh so I don't take it seriously.
Covenant had two Aliens (as much as I wish it was only one). One birthed from Oram, and a second from Lope.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 20, 2024, 11:12:15 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 10:45:13 PMIs that Conradian?
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 20, 2024, 10:58:54 PMQuote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 20, 2024, 10:31:11 PMgood look at the ship name here:
https://i.imgur.com/snRGfp2.png
No basis in Conrad, as far as I can tell. Pretty shocked about that.
Actually it is. Monseigneur Corbelan, a character from the book Nostromo.
I stand corrected! Excellent. 8)
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 10:20:40 PM@Magegg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7d3ZQfjVGI
I don't trust anyone that calls themself a fan of the franchise than proceeds to say predators versus aliens in the opening seconds
This film looks like the end boss finale on Alien Isolation.
I mean, he is still a fan, but he's just saying the name wrong. Like for god sake, Alien versus predator sounds so much better than Predator versus Alien.
I am very happy that the franchise is going back to horror route again even with Prometheus and alien covenant they weren't as received well from what I heard. Let's hope this one is the one who hits the home run.
I know I'm just joking it was actually a good review
Let me get this straight... the one colored guy, plays an android... Who grew up somewhere that people didn't like androids?? Whaaaaaaaaaat. C'mon. Why even add that? Why try to create division?
I wonder, will this Alien have a ridge top or smooth head with skull??
Quote from: SiL on Mar 20, 2024, 11:29:00 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 11:27:06 PMAre you still getting shitty midquel novel vibes?
They're not so much vibes as seismic waves at this point.
Forget seismic waves.. at this point, it's a black hole and there's no escaping from it.
Quote from: GreybackElder on Mar 21, 2024, 12:18:40 AMI wonder, will this Alien have a ridge top or smooth head with skull??
Judging from the skills, it seems like he's going to have a smooth head.
Quote from: brokentusk420 on Mar 20, 2024, 06:46:54 PMLooks promising in tone, until the explosions and face hugger swarm breaking through glass doors was shown. Hopefully they will tone that down. Also hopefully since it looks like there isn't an adult in the lot of them, that they aren't pandering that zim zer nonsense. If this movie is a follow up to the original, then there shouldn't be any modern culture war BS in it.
This shit is so boring. The ONLY people who give two shits about "modern culture war BS" are YOU people. Grow up, educate yourself, and stop bringing your dogwhistles and hateful ideology to our doorstep. We're here to talk about cool aliens and badass looking ships, not humour your stupidity.
The then-modern culture war BS is some of the best stuff in the original movie.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 20, 2024, 11:29:00 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 11:27:06 PMAre you still getting shitty midquel novel vibes?
They're not so much vibes as seismic waves at this point.
Actually, you know what? I'm getting Star Wars/Dial of Destiny Sequel vibes flooding in.
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 20, 2024, 11:12:49 PMMy reaction and trailer breakdown. I share a teeny tiny bit of more information too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avb9yUbZOR0
Oh Mike, you tease.. ;)
So anyway, what the hell was that face hugger getting off of a person. Like the tube throat thing, is like way too big for facehugger from what I've seen the depicted in other alien media.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 12:44:05 AMSo anyway, what the hell was that face hugger getting off of a person. Like the tube throat thing, is like way too big for facehugger from what I've seen the depicted in other alien media.
This facehugger is packing some heat.
(https://artsdot.com/ADC/Art-ImgScreen-4.nsf/O/A-A25T8S/$FILE/H.R.-giger-hr-giger-erotomechanics-ix.Jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJJpHfXXcAAF2th?format=jpg&name=medium)
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 12:44:05 AMSo anyway, what the hell was that face hugger getting off of a person. Like the tube throat thing, is like way too big for facehugger from what I've seen the depicted in other alien media.
These huggers just look a bit different. Could be a plot reason, could simply be aesthetics.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 21, 2024, 12:48:09 AMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 12:44:05 AMSo anyway, what the hell was that face hugger getting off of a person. Like the tube throat thing, is like way too big for facehugger from what I've seen the depicted in other alien media.
These huggers just look a bit different. Could be a plot reason, could simply be aesthetics.
Black Goo facehugger is my guess.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 12:44:05 AMSo anyway, what the hell was that face hugger getting off of a person. Like the tube throat thing, is like way too big for facehugger from what I've seen the depicted in other alien media.
Trilobite proportions
(https://s12.gifyu.com/images/SV2bj.gif)
I wouldn't be surprised if we went in, watched the film and just felt "whelmed". Just whelmed.
The guy that birthed the queen that laid that egg was a porn star apparently.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 12:44:05 AMSo anyway, what the hell was that face hugger getting off of a person. Like the tube throat thing, is like way too big for facehugger from what I've seen the depicted in other alien media.
Deleted stuff from Alien 3 opening. (https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/Alien_3_deleted_scenes#Opening_montage)
I got very good vibes from that teaser. As usual, I'll await the full movie to really judge.
I can dig it.
One question that came to me now is this a teaser for the trailer or is this a trailer on his own?
It is a teaser trailer.
Future trailers will be longer and feature more of the plot.
Yay, I would like to see my xeno Buddy
I mean, we really never saw facehugger's tube in work closely. Yeah, it looks a little too big, but effect is even more disturbing because of that. Besides, imagine being a facehugger that just wants to release its load and bad WY scientists are keeping him from doing that for a long time. No wonder that poor fella Has everything swollen down there :laugh:
The sets remind me a lot of the first Alien film. Makes sense given this film takes place between Alien and Aliens. How will they use it to create some innovative shock horror scenes, I will be interested to know. What kind of new horror scenes will there be I wonder?
Quote from: Cougerboy on Mar 21, 2024, 01:51:58 AMWhat kind of new horror scenes will there be I wonder?
Piles of facehuggers, it seems, for starters.
I also really love that they're using practical effects I mean yeah they clearly use CGI when they needed it but it's not all the time like in Prey, even though I really like that movie, I did have a problem that it didn't use the practical effects, even though they have them. It would've been cheaper if they didn't use CGI for the face.
Prey used a ton of practical effect, just not for the face... and that face design was bad as CG and as a practical effect.
Are the alien screeches from Aliens coming back or are they just a placeholder for the trailer? Anyway to know? Was nice to hear the old ones again anyway.
Quote from: 426Buddy on Mar 21, 2024, 02:30:31 AMAre the alien screeches from Aliens coming back or are they juat a placeholder for the trailer? Anyway know? Was nice to hear the old ones again anyway.
No way to know for sure, but I'm inclined to think they're just stock sounds being used for the trailer, since they're all just disembodied screeches.
I would have thought the facehugger would be little harder to take off someone, like the little starros in Suicide Squad. I guess maybe it's dead but don't they usually climb off and die after impregnation?
Quote from: 426Buddy on Mar 21, 2024, 02:30:31 AMPrey used a ton of practical effect, just not for the face... and that face design was bad as CG and as a practical effect.
Are the alien screeches from Aliens coming back or are they just a placeholder for the trailer? Anyway to know? Was nice to hear the old ones again anyway.
oh yeah, I noticed that the Pural effects were used when the the predator was uncloaked. I just wish that the face was just practical effects and not CGI. But there were multiple times where that was invisible, and I wish there were less scenes with that.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 21, 2024, 02:32:35 AMQuote from: 426Buddy on Mar 21, 2024, 02:30:31 AMAre the alien screeches from Aliens coming back or are they juat a placeholder for the trailer? Anyway know? Was nice to hear the old ones again anyway.
No way to know for sure, but I'm inclined to think they're just stock sounds being used for the trailer, since they're all just disembodied screeches.
I'm pretty sure those sound effects were just placeholders. We heard the AVP 2010 scream within the alien covenant trailer didn't we?
Quote from: Scott Conover on Mar 21, 2024, 02:37:12 AMI would have thought the facehugger would be little harder to take off someone, like the little starros in Suicide Squad. I guess maybe it's dead but don't they usually climb off and die after impregnation?
Usually.
If they're facehugger fingers in the shot of tube coming out of the woman's mouth, they look kind of floppy and possibly dead.
Seems like there would be multiple xenomorph depending if those chestburster come out or not
Fingers crossed that the film is actually good.. because that teaser is not doing it for me. I've watched it several times, so there's something there. I just don't know what it is.
I'm not exactly feeling the trailer either. I don't think it looks dogass or anything, I just think that my fandom had been brought so low that it's going to take something miraculous to recover it to what it once was.
I actually have found many of the recent outings in the EU to be decent, so hopefully this movie will be as well.
Fandom is not on life support anymore..........but it is still in critical condition.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 02:03:42 AMI also really love that they're using practical effects I mean yeah they clearly use CGI when they needed it but it's not all the time like in Prey, even though I really like that movie, I did have a problem that it didn't use the practical effects, even though they have them. It would've been cheaper if they didn't use CGI for the face.
Both CGI and practical effects are great tools in filmmaker's belt and mix of them is the best option nowadays in my opinion. And Prey is actually very good example of using both. The couldn't go too far into CG with its budget, do they had to get creative.
Quote from: Kimarhi on Mar 21, 2024, 04:51:23 AMI'm not exactly feeling the trailer either. I don't think it looks dogass or anything, I just think that my fandom had been brought so low that it will it's going to take something miraculous to recover it to what it once was.
I actually have found many of the recent outings in the EU to be decent, so hopefully this movie will be as well.
Fandom is not on life support anymore..........but it is still in critical condition.
I think the hype killed it for me. I didn't take the leaks or spoilers into account when watching it because that's whatever, but yea, it's not getting me pumped for it unlike trailers for Prey, AvP and even Prometheus.
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 21, 2024, 04:37:16 AMFingers crossed that the film is actually good.. because that teaser is not doing it for me. I've watched it several times, so there's something there. I just don't know what it is.
Well, its just teaser really, maybe that's why. It doesn't show much. For me it's just okay, my hype didn't increased nor decreased. But what it showed also assured me that it will be proper horror, and finger crossed it will be good horror.
Quote from: jacobo1122 on Mar 21, 2024, 05:13:26 AMQuote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 21, 2024, 04:37:16 AMFingers crossed that the film is actually good.. because that teaser is not doing it for me. I've watched it several times, so there's something there. I just don't know what it is.
Well, its just teaser really, maybe that's why. It doesn't show much. For me it's just okay, my hype didn't increased nor decreased. But what it showed also assured me that it will be proper horror, and finger crossed it will be good horror.
We need more good Alien horror. Games included.
What's this ringed planet they're in front of I wonder
I just hope there is a sense of time with the gestation and growth of Xenos. I hate how Covenant fully threw that out the door
Quote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 21, 2024, 05:23:59 AMI just hope there is a sense of time with the gestation and growth of Xenos. I hate how Covenant fully threw that out the door
That's an ongoing problem imo in Alien films. How do you put these characters in a situation where enough time can pass for a chestburster(s) to realistically gestate and grow? It's obviously not impossible to get around, but it does limit you somewhat.
With the Lope impregnation in Covenant for example, it happened late in the movie so they had to make the gestation ridiculously quick.
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 21, 2024, 05:15:47 AMQuote from: jacobo1122 on Mar 21, 2024, 05:13:26 AMQuote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 21, 2024, 04:37:16 AMFingers crossed that the film is actually good.. because that teaser is not doing it for me. I've watched it several times, so there's something there. I just don't know what it is.
Well, its just teaser really, maybe that's why. It doesn't show much. For me it's just okay, my hype didn't increased nor decreased. But what it showed also assured me that it will be proper horror, and finger crossed it will be good horror.
We need more good Alien horror. Games included.
We need games there have a similar vibe as alien isolation, or at least a shooter that has a Xeno be an actual threat rather than relying on big health points or numbers
I liked the teaser. Good aesthetic, got the right vibe. Didn't give away too much of the plot. Made me want to see more.
Job done really.
Very nice to finally get the teaser trailer & the tone of it looks great! Back to some fundamentals here. Also, the poster is dope, just hope to see a few other styles for promos as well!
Overall, excellent material for the time being & doesn't give too much away, which can be appreciated I think. Can't wait to see this "in theaters"! 8)
People are saying you can see a Runner chasing the two people in the shot where they throw the flare. In the background, down the hall.
It ain't no runner.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 06:05:13 AMPeople are saying you can see a Runner chasing the two people in the shot where they throw the flare. In the background, down the hall.
I will freak out of this is true, the Runner it's my favourite Alien after Big Chap
Quote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 06:05:13 AMPeople are saying you can see a Runner chasing the two people in the shot where they throw the flare. In the background, down the hall.
I just watched it in slow motion zoomed in. It's not a runner, it's a mop & bucket.
What they're running from has been removed from the shot.
Quote from: Stitch on Mar 21, 2024, 06:13:06 AMQuote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 06:05:13 AMPeople are saying you can see a Runner chasing the two people in the shot where they throw the flare. In the background, down the hall.
I just watched it in slow motion zoomed in. It's not a runner, it's a mop & bucket.
Mop and bucket are chasing people? Well, that sounds scary, actually.
Quote from: Stitch on Mar 21, 2024, 06:13:06 AMQuote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 06:05:13 AMPeople are saying you can see a Runner chasing the two people in the shot where they throw the flare. In the background, down the hall.
I just watched it in slow motion zoomed in. It's not a runner, it's a mop & bucket.
Me too, I was just checking it. No Runner 😐 I'm in love with the trailer, I saw it more than 20 times today and still amazes me. I'm already full hype, this movie will be awesome
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 06:14:03 AMWhat they're running from has been removed from the shot.
Makes more sense than running from janitorial duty. Cheers for cheering that up.
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 06:08:31 AMIt ain't no runner.
Yeah the screenshots weren't terribly compelling.
Not sure if anyone picked up on this design detail yet. So I brightened up the shot to help a bit.
https://twitter.com/mikes_monsters/status/1770701104919253154?s=46
It may have already, but there's too many messages to read through at this point. 😅
I kept thinking I was seeing an eye socket and a skull under there but it also looks like that Xeno got a scar
The Xeno does indeed have a scar on the face and dome.
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 06:48:45 AMThe Xeno does indeed have a scar on the face and dome.
Spoiler
Big Chap, yay or nay? Or is this shot of a different Xeno?
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 06:38:49 AMNot sure if anyone picked up on this design detail yet. So I brightened up the shot to help a bit.
https://twitter.com/mikes_monsters/status/1770701104919253154?s=46
It may have already, but there's too many messages to read through at this point. 😅
Pretty cool detail, but if it's Big Chap.. ooo does not bode well for me.
This shot is our new Xeno.
Then the name should indeed be Scarface. I'm game for that.
Quote from: Rankles75 on Mar 21, 2024, 05:31:27 AMQuote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 21, 2024, 05:23:59 AMI just hope there is a sense of time with the gestation and growth of Xenos. I hate how Covenant fully threw that out the door
That's an ongoing problem imo in Alien films. How do you put these characters in a situation where enough time can pass for a chestburster(s) to realistically gestate and grow? It's obviously not impossible to get around, but it does limit you somewhat.
With the Lope impregnation in Covenant for example, it happened late in the movie so they had to make the gestation ridiculously quick.
David pulling some shenanigans with the medpatch aside, gestation wasn't ridiculously quick; implantation was.
They escaped, flew back to Covenant, docked, took Lope to the infirmary, Upworth patched up his face, Daniels stapled Walter/ David's face, made breakfast while T took Mother offline till 8 bells. Danny is woken at what appears to be 4 bells by Mother (two hours after she was supposed to be back online) with an alert that there's an unidentified lifeform.
So maybe the Alien was born earlier (likely since it's full size the first time we see it), but it's implied a number of hours have passed at minimum since Lope was attacked.
Add to that, we don't know actually how long implantation takes.
Oram makes a better case for very short gestation, due to not much stuff happening in between being attacked and the burster popping out, and it being just before dawn on a planet with a short day night cycle.
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 06:52:45 AMThis shot is our new Xeno.
Pleased with that! Happy to see a thick inner jaw again. They got a bit teeny between AR - AvPR, which looked a bit goofy imo.
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 21, 2024, 06:53:44 AMThen the name should indeed be Scarface. I'm game for that.
Can we make it a thing? I've been sitting on it since November lol.
There's already a Scar in fandom.
I'm sold Scarface sounds badass. Should absolutely be known as that
Quote from: SM on Mar 21, 2024, 07:02:17 AMThere's already a Scar in fandom.
But not a Scar
face!
(https://i.gyazo.com/729d2efd18ea884c1dbd9a7db549e1ef.png)
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 06:52:45 AMThis shot is our new Xeno.
Does Big Chap have more detailed tendons when we see him or is it all this slapped together look?
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 21, 2024, 07:09:14 AMhttps://i.gyazo.com/729d2efd18ea884c1dbd9a7db549e1ef.png
Who is the roughest and toughest of Aliens?
The boldest, the bravest, the fiercest of Aliens?
Fiendish of tail and wicked of paw
Was mighty, magnificent,
Scarface Claw!
Loved this teaser trailer, just what I needed.
I remember the first Prometheus teaser, that was very dark and ominous but the final film didn't really have that feel.
But Romulus looks to be a darker in tone film and I'm all for it.
The design of the ship is cool also, rear engine design is the same as the Nostromo.
Poor Aileen Wu, girl seems to be getting absolutely smashed in this trailer.
Can't wait to see more.
Also, is anyone else hyped for some zero g stuff in an alien film. I'm excited for that? Thought that shot looked great.
Also, is anyone else hyped for some zero g stuff in an alien film. I'm excited for that? Thought that shot looked great.
We could always name it Scarbutt
Hehe . The facehuggers are its little friends.
I'm gonna stay light on details about BC. Looked like him to me.
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 07:43:10 AMI'm gonna stay light on details about BC. Looked like him to me.
That answers the question.
The TikTok upload of the trailer (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRThYvX4/) has a few extra shots at the beginning.
Anyone else want to speculate about what
Spoiler
Big Chap
is encased in?
-secreted resin (my pick)
-ice ball
-rock
-something of Weyland/Yutani design
Quote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 07:54:58 AMQuote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 07:43:10 AMI'm gonna stay light on details about BC. Looked like him to me.
That answers the question.
Not sure how, but okay. Just wait to see it before you decide. It's definitely different from the one we barely see in the trailer.
Quote from: Sabres21768 on Mar 21, 2024, 08:06:36 AMAnyone else want to speculate about what Spoiler
Big Chap
-secreted resin (my pick)
-ice ball
-rock
-something of Weyland/Yutani design
Encased in a deleted scene, hopefully.
Quote from: Sabres21768 on Mar 21, 2024, 08:06:36 AMAnyone else want to speculate about what Spoiler
Big Chap
-secreted resin (my pick)
-ice ball
-rock
-something of Weyland/Yutani design
(https://y.yarn.co/a5c47402-c39b-4032-97e6-b15263bae010_text.gif)
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 08:08:59 AMNot sure how, but ok. ... It's definitely different from the one we barely see in the trailer.
Considering my question is if they're the same as the kind we see in the trailer, and you said he looks like himself (which is not how the one in the trailer looks), that's how it answers my question ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/USqv8fe.png)
Quote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 08:16:48 AMQuote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 08:08:59 AMNot sure how, but ok. ... It's definitely different from the one we barely see in the trailer.
Considering my question is if they're the same as the kind we see in the trailer, and you said he looks like himself (which is not how the one in the trailer looks), that's how it answers my question ;D
Misread on my end. My B. Been a long day!
Quote from: Rankles75 on Mar 21, 2024, 08:16:25 AMQuote from: Sabres21768 on Mar 21, 2024, 08:06:36 AMAnyone else want to speculate about what Spoiler
Big Chap
-secreted resin (my pick)
-ice ball
-rock
-something of Weyland/Yutani design
https://y.yarn.co/a5c47402-c39b-4032-97e6-b15263bae010_text.gif
I can't tell if you're hinting or not...
I like the shot of the new Alien, not seeing an issue the tendons.
Three people carrying him ? Plus the weight of that "structure"... So he is heavy, but not that heavy.
Quote from: Nukiemorph on Mar 21, 2024, 08:17:51 AMhttps://i.imgur.com/USqv8fe.png
Quite a sleepy chap there.
He's probably feeling a bit spaced out.
Quote from: 426Buddy on Mar 21, 2024, 08:36:54 AMI like the shot of the new Alien, not seeing an issue the tendons.
They're just vertical strips of flesh. I like ''em more detailed.
Quote from: Nukiemorph on Mar 21, 2024, 08:17:51 AMhttps://i.imgur.com/USqv8fe.png
Back pipes are looking good
Quote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 08:45:16 AMQuote from: 426Buddy on Mar 21, 2024, 08:36:54 AMI like the shot of the new Alien, not seeing an issue the tendons.
They're just vertical strips of flesh. I like ''em more detailed.
Quote from: Nukiemorph on Mar 21, 2024, 08:17:51 AMhttps://i.imgur.com/USqv8fe.png
Back pipes are looking good
I can't even tell how you see that.
Anyone want to do a little doodle over the pic for me?
The rectangular bits on the left hand side look like the back pipes. Could be wrong, but I'd guess we're looking at his back with the chest on the left.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 09:02:08 AMThe rectangular bits on the left hand side look like the back pipes. Could be wrong, but I'd guess we're looking at his back with the chest on the left.
I see it now. Thanks.
Any thought on what he's in?
Some sci fi bullshit. (I say that endearingly).
Quote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 09:07:28 AMSome sci fi bullshit. (I say that endearingly).
Fair
Quote from: Sabres21768 on Mar 21, 2024, 09:04:00 AMQuote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 09:02:08 AMThe rectangular bits on the left hand side look like the back pipes. Could be wrong, but I'd guess we're looking at his back with the chest on the left.
I see it now. Thanks.
Any thought on what he's in?
A giant Engineer Goo cup?
Quote from: Highland on Mar 21, 2024, 09:08:43 AMQuote from: Sabres21768 on Mar 21, 2024, 09:04:00 AMQuote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 09:02:08 AMThe rectangular bits on the left hand side look like the back pipes. Could be wrong, but I'd guess we're looking at his back with the chest on the left.
I see it now. Thanks.
Any thought on what he's in?
A giant Engineer Goo cup?
No.
I'm guessing it encased itself in resin.
Quote from: Highland on Mar 21, 2024, 09:08:43 AMQuote from: Sabres21768 on Mar 21, 2024, 09:04:00 AMQuote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 09:02:08 AMThe rectangular bits on the left hand side look like the back pipes. Could be wrong, but I'd guess we're looking at his back with the chest on the left.
I see it now. Thanks.
Any thought on what he's in?
A giant Engineer Goo cup?
Lol it does remind me of that.
Quote from: Ingwar on Mar 20, 2024, 10:04:29 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 10:02:19 PMQuote from: Ingwar on Mar 20, 2024, 09:54:54 PMTeaser looks f**king gorgeous!
For me, that's part of the problem. It looks a bit too clean and polished. Like the prequels. I want 70s/80s film grain and grime.
By gorgeous I didn't mean it looks too clean and polished. On the contrary, it looks gritty and dirty. I love the aesthetics.
Don't mind him, he watched it on his phone. Couldn't see all the dirt and grime obviously.
I assume that it's Big Chap, yes? If so... My sudden enthusiasm dropped to a low..
Quote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 20, 2024, 10:31:11 PMgood look at the ship name here:
https://i.imgur.com/snRGfp2.png
Corbelan? Is that a Joseph Conrad reference?
It is, a character from the Nostromo book.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 07:22:30 PMQuote from: Kradan on Mar 20, 2024, 07:21:18 PMQuote from: T Dog on Mar 20, 2024, 06:53:48 PMIt looks.....fine.
Regarding the shot of the tube coming out of the mouth -
Spoiler
Is that a xeno impregnating someone like a facehugger would?
Pretty sure it's hugger's
I never imagined that a facehugger's tube could be so...engorged.
I think you see the facehugger legs in stills of that scene. It does look quite large compared to the other times we've seen tubes sticking out, but I can buy into it having the capacity to decrease/increase in size to fit the host accordingly.
Quote from: 426Buddy on Mar 20, 2024, 07:35:58 PMThe horde of huggers is a great visual, something I've wanted to see on screen ever since reading Aliens Berserker.
Spoiler
I'm guessing Big Chaps remains are on that table being walked down the hall, must be part of the beginning intro.
Yeah, I've had Berserker/Frenzy in my mind since hearing about the amount of facehuggers in this too. The glimpse we saw in the teaser looked good too! I think it's actually pretty refreshing having them have such an apparent prominent sequence. We haven't really seen them have any significant scenes where they're doing things other than jumping out of the eggs since Aliens.
They were meant to be big players in AvP but their scenes kept getting cut down.
Quote from: NoStyleDutch on Mar 20, 2024, 08:24:37 PMNow I can't wait for the podcast breakdown of the trailer lol
Recording tonight! Wont edit this, will just run some automatic processes over it and be up for Friday I hope. Will depend on the video upload.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 21, 2024, 09:33:50 AMQuote from: NoStyleDutch on Mar 20, 2024, 08:24:37 PMNow I can't wait for the podcast breakdown of the trailer lol
Recording tonight! Wont edit this, will just run some automatic processes over it and be up for Friday I hope. Will depend on the video upload.
Totally listening then.
Quote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 20, 2024, 08:25:03 PMFun thing to note - this is labeled as "trailer 2" which seems to imply another trailer is locked and loaded (perhaps where the new social media stinger footage is from):
https://i.imgur.com/fmgxsbH.png
On another note, here's a clearer look at the Xeno and Facehuggers from a ProRes version of the trailer:
https://twitter.com/agarcia_46/status/1770536194541260851
The facehuggers do look significantly different in that shot, not like the one Fede shared in the Alien Day still? A lot more volume to them. I can see the Super Facehugger vibes in the colours there too.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 09:17:47 PMI like the rifle itself. It's a nice marriage of the aesthetics from both of the first two films.
Honestly, after those boring rifles in Prometheus and that awfully lazy AUG in Covenant, it's really refreshing to actually see some effort put into creating a new weapon! I like the looks of this predecessor Pulse Rifle. Can definitely see the design linage in it, it also looks like a slightly awkward version of the M41A too. I also get a smirk out of it being white as all the stuff manufactured for Weyland in Fireteam Elite was also white.
My first impression of that throat thing was that was the new creature. I didn't freeze frame it or anything though.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 21, 2024, 12:46:41 AMhttps://artsdot.com/ADC/Art-ImgScreen-4.nsf/O/A-A25T8S/$FILE/H.R.-giger-hr-giger-erotomechanics-ix.Jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJJpHfXXcAAF2th?format=jpg&name=medium
Ohhhh yes!! Good shout!
Now this looks awesome! I really like the Facehuggers and how dangerous they are.
Can't wait for the full trailer 8)
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 06:38:49 AMNot sure if anyone picked up on this design detail yet. So I brightened up the shot to help a bit.
https://twitter.com/mikes_monsters/status/1770701104919253154?s=46
It may have already, but there's too many messages to read through at this point. 😅
Another win for #TeamSkull.
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 07:04:02 AMQuote from: SM on Mar 21, 2024, 07:02:17 AMThere's already a Scar in fandom.
But not a Scarface!
Isn't the Concrete Jungle Predator called Scarface too?
I believe so. He's not an alien, though.
Neither is Scar, but it's still related.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 21, 2024, 09:23:32 AMIt is, a character from the Nostromo book.
Father Corbelan, a Catholic priest, I see. Wonder if there will be religious undertones in this film like we had in Alien 3 and Ressurection?
Fede does seem to love him some A3
I vote Scarface for the new Alien. I never played Concrete Jungle.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 21, 2024, 09:35:50 AMQuote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 20, 2024, 08:25:03 PMFun thing to note - this is labeled as "trailer 2" which seems to imply another trailer is locked and loaded (perhaps where the new social media stinger footage is from):
https://i.imgur.com/fmgxsbH.png
On another note, here's a clearer look at the Xeno and Facehuggers from a ProRes version of the trailer:
https://twitter.com/agarcia_46/status/1770536194541260851
The facehuggers do look significantly different in that shot, not like the one Fede shared in the Alien Day still? A lot more volume to them. I can see the Super Facehugger vibes in the colours there too.
Actually, looking at in motion again, it does look more normal when it jumps.
I really like that there seem to be an emphasis on the dangerosity of facehuggers, they deserve it.
I seen the trailer several times now and I love it....I think it is going to be awesome
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Mar 21, 2024, 09:49:21 AMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 21, 2024, 09:23:32 AMIt is, a character from the Nostromo book.
Father Corbelan, a Catholic priest, I see. Wonder if there will be religious undertones in this film like we had in Alien 3 and Ressurection?
The paradigm-shifting influence of the Renaissance was felt on all aspects of life, including religion...
Plot Twist: Callie Spaeny's character is revealed to actually be Amanda. That last shot of her in the trailer isn't too far off from her either and Fede and co. definitely played Isolation before they made this
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 06:38:49 AMNot sure if anyone picked up on this design detail yet. So I brightened up the shot to help a bit.
https://twitter.com/mikes_monsters/status/1770701104919253154?s=46
It may have already, but there's too many messages to read through at this point. 😅
Grid Alien fans in shambles after Scarface Alien's cracked dome isn't caked in green blood
Quote from: germanator2 on Mar 21, 2024, 11:06:31 AMPlot Twist: Callie Spaeny's character is revealed to actually be Amanda. That last shot of her in the trailer isn't too far off from her either and Fede and co. definitely played Isolation before they made this
Oh my underwear, NO.
Quote from: germanator2 on Mar 21, 2024, 11:06:31 AMPlot Twist: Callie Spaeny's character is revealed to actually be Amanda. That last shot of her in the trailer isn't too far off from her either and Fede and co. definitely played Isolation before they made this
I can see they would take key notes regarding tension and suspense, aswell as design and aesthetics referenced throughout isolation, but they'd be smarter than go "yeah we're just gonna do Isolation but in film form this time!"
Also, nice to hear a British accent! Wonder if there's gonna be a connection to the 3WE, especially since the original film featured the logo on Jones' cat carrier.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 08:45:16 AMQuote from: 426Buddy on Mar 21, 2024, 08:36:54 AMI like the shot of the new Alien, not seeing an issue the tendons.
They're just vertical strips of flesh. I like ''em more detailed.
I still think that shot in trailer looks good. But looking at the poster with the side shot of the jaw, I can definitly see what you mean.
After watching this trailer a few times I'm definitely feeling an alien isolation vibe. Dark, long, winding hallways seems like it's right out of the game. I cannot praise this trailer enough for nailing the alien aesthetic.
Quote from: GreybackElder on Mar 21, 2024, 01:10:36 PMAfter watching this trailer a few times I'm definitely feeling an alien isolation vibe.
Needs more people hiding in lockers for hours on end.
I hear that complaint all the time about the game. But to be honest back when I played it, I never used the lockers that much. Usually getting behind something and staying out of line of sight is sufficient. If not, I would throw a distraction. Of course, after you get the flamethrower you don't have to do that even. Not having a way to kill the creature in that game plus not having real guns was never going to work for a large chunk of gamers though.
I say to thee who felt the need to do that to "git gud"
I played Alien: Isolation once. On novice. Because I was a terrified baby the whole time. And spent many an hour in a locker.
I think I owe myself a second playthrough, before Romulus hits.
Spending time in the lockers was half the fun! God, I love that game.
While on the topic of Isolation, if we're to assume that the game is canon, that puts it five years prior to Romulus beginning. In Romulus, Weyland-Yutani clearly has access to Alien specimens on board the Renaissance Station, and 37 years later in Aliens the company doesn't know where exactly to look on LV-426 until Ripley is awakened and points them in the specific direction, leading to Burke sending the Jordan family off on that path.
Given the Derelict's signal being turned off in Isolation, and then Renaissance Station's samples presumably all being lost by the end of Romulus, it makes sense that the company, now without their hands on any samples again, would go back to prioritizing LV-426 as their main hope to acquire new samples, though without the signal active any more, they couldn't pinpoint the location of the Derelict directly as the Nostromo had been able to do back in Alien.
I managed to complete the game without any time in lockers (on Normal). Also stayed behind cover and used distractions.
Quote from: Wweyland on Mar 21, 2024, 01:51:42 PMI managed to complete the game without any time in lockers (on Normal). Also stayed behind cover and used distractions.
Ooh, get you!
I've hidden in lockers a few times, but the f**ker caught me, so I stopped doing that.
Quote from: 426Buddy on Mar 21, 2024, 01:27:43 PMOf course, after you get the flamethrower you don't have to do that even. Not having a way to kill the creature in that game plus not having real guns was never going to work for a large chunk of gamers though.
Oh yeah, as soon as I found the flamethrower I never needed to hide again! Love that thing. Finished the game with a ton of fuel because I tried to use it sparingly.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 21, 2024, 01:41:49 PMWhile on the topic of Isolation, if we're to assume that the game is canon, that puts it five years prior to Romulus beginning. In Romulus, Weyland-Yutani clearly has access to Alien specimens on board the Renaissance Station, and 37 years later in Aliens the company doesn't know where exactly to look on LV-426 until Ripley is awakened and points them in the specific direction, leading to Burke sending the Jordan family off on that path.
Given the Derelict's signal being turned off in Isolation, and then Renaissance Station's samples presumably all being lost by the end of Romulus, it makes sense that the company, now without their hands on any samples again, would go back to prioritizing LV-426 as their main hope to acquire new samples, though without the signal active any more, they couldn't pinpoint the location of the Derelict directly as the Nostromo had been able to do back in Alien.
To add to this – if
Isolation isn't canon, then I guess the volcanic activity would have to have knocked out the Derelict's signal somewhere in the 20 years between
Alien and
Romulus (probably closer to
Alien than to
Romulus).
I used lockers, but I did everything else too. Locker time (if using) is probably decided by anxiety. Just step out. lol. mostly.
Is the station called Romulus or Renaissance?
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 21, 2024, 02:07:10 PMQuote from: 426Buddy on Mar 21, 2024, 01:27:43 PMOf course, after you get the flamethrower you don't have to do that even. Not having a way to kill the creature in that game plus not having real guns was never going to work for a large chunk of gamers though.
Oh yeah, as soon as I found the flamethrower I never needed to hide again! Love that thing. Finished the game with a ton of fuel because I tried to use it sparingly.
On nightmare mode there was so little fuel to be found that I needed to shot facehuggers and eggs with gun, to have any fuel for later encounters.
Quote from: Wweyland on Mar 21, 2024, 02:12:10 PMIs the station called Romulus or Renaissance?
Renaissance Station, but it has two separate modules: Romulus (the newer one) and Remus (the older one with more outdated tech).
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 21, 2024, 02:13:48 PMQuote from: Wweyland on Mar 21, 2024, 02:12:10 PMIs the station called Romulus or Renaissance?
Renaissance Station, but it has two separate modules: Romulus (the newer one) and Remus (the older one with more outdated tech).
I must have missed some info dumps, where is this from?
Any info what the ship that docks with is called?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 21, 2024, 01:34:35 PMSpending time in the lockers was half the fun! God, I love that game.
On later playthroughs I found out that You are better off without using lockers at all. There is plenty places to hide, and bastard learns to stare at lockers longer if U are using them often.
Remus. He's old-school.
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Quote from: Wweyland on Mar 21, 2024, 02:15:33 PMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 21, 2024, 02:13:48 PMQuote from: Wweyland on Mar 21, 2024, 02:12:10 PMIs the station called Romulus or Renaissance?
Renaissance Station, but it has two separate modules: Romulus (the newer one) and Remus (the older one with more outdated tech).
I must have missed some info dumps, where is this from?
Any info what the ship that docks with is called?
Fede talks about the station and its modules in this excellent interview:
As for ships, the one the characters on has been revealed to be the Corbelan IV. Not sure if there's a dedicated ship that's designed for docking with the station, though.
Hell, I must make double featured, replaying both Isolation and Dark Descent before Romulus.
I should probably actually play Dark Descent. Bought it during one of its really good sales but only dabbled and played a bit of the first level.
Quote from: Wweyland on Mar 21, 2024, 02:15:33 PMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 21, 2024, 02:13:48 PMQuote from: Wweyland on Mar 21, 2024, 02:12:10 PMIs the station called Romulus or Renaissance?
Renaissance Station, but it has two separate modules: Romulus (the newer one) and Remus (the older one with more outdated tech).
I must have missed some info dumps, where is this from?
Any info what the ship that docks with is called?
From the looks of it, the ship is called Corbelan IV.
Cool. So is that a proto-Pulse Rifle or something else?
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 21, 2024, 02:24:51 PMI should probably actually play Dark Descent. Bought it during one of its really good sales but only dabbled and played a bit of the first level.
You really should, it's suprisingly great game, and it takes off after a little weak tutorial level. For me Dark descent represents suspense and feel of Aliens nearly as good as Isolation represents horror of first movie.
Quote from: jacobo1122 on Mar 21, 2024, 02:41:13 PMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 21, 2024, 02:24:51 PMI should probably actually play Dark Descent. Bought it during one of its really good sales but only dabbled and played a bit of the first level.
You really should, it's suprisingly great game, and it takes off after a little weak tutorial level. For me Dark descent represents suspense and feel of Aliens nearly as good as Isolation represents horror of first movie.
100 percent accurate. You just have to get through the not that great prologue level. After that......excellence.
Quote from: Wweyland on Mar 21, 2024, 02:38:17 PMCool. So is that a proto-Pulse Rifle or something else?
Yes, according to Alvarez it's the older version.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 21, 2024, 03:26:16 PMQuote from: Wweyland on Mar 21, 2024, 02:38:17 PMCool. So is that a proto-Pulse Rifle or something else?
Yes, according to Alvarez it's the older version.
So, the Storm Rifle, then? Or the Harrington Assault Rifle?
I absolutely don't know.
You mean the Jonathan LaForce version? The guy who ran the food cart.
Quote from: Wweyland on Mar 21, 2024, 03:47:43 PMYou mean the Jonathan LaForce version? The guy who ran the food cart.
Yeah, him from Episode 22 of
Saga of the Weapon.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 21, 2024, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 06:38:49 AMNot sure if anyone picked up on this design detail yet. So I brightened up the shot to help a bit.
https://twitter.com/mikes_monsters/status/1770701104919253154?s=46
It may have already, but there's too many messages to read through at this point. 😅
Another win for #TeamSkull.
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 21, 2024, 07:04:02 AMQuote from: SM on Mar 21, 2024, 07:02:17 AMThere's already a Scar in fandom.
But not a Scarface!
Isn't the Concrete Jungle Predator called Scarface too?
It is and was pointed out to me on Twitter. I'm a filthy casual apparently!
Well, now the wine-drinking Alien fans have a Scarface of our own.
Maybe it's time to add some blow to the Alien fandom.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 21, 2024, 05:21:23 PMMaybe it's time to add some blow to the Alien fandom.
The Alien side of the fandom can all join hand in hand to dip their toes into
Predator 2 once a year, as a shared communal experience. Same sensation.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 12:44:05 AMSo anyway, what the hell was that face hugger getting off of a person. Like the tube throat thing, is like way too big for facehugger from what I've seen the depicted in other alien media.
(https://i.ibb.co/d6vsvwk/images-17.jpg)
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 21, 2024, 05:39:07 PMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 12:44:05 AMSo anyway, what the hell was that face hugger getting off of a person. Like the tube throat thing, is like way too big for facehugger from what I've seen the depicted in other alien media.
https://i.ibb.co/d6vsvwk/images-17.jpg
(https://i.redd.it/z3ean9be6qr61.jpg)
So some of the Aliens throughout the series have had nicknames:
Big Chap
Warrior
Dog
Newborn
...what are we calling the Alien in the trailer?
Scarface is okay but there is a scar-face in a predator game
What about Slash?
Quote from: GreybackElder on Mar 21, 2024, 08:29:02 PMWhat about Slash?
Only if the Xeno in question was in Guns N Roses.
Slash is not bad of a name
I vote we call him Paul.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 08:01:33 PMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 21, 2024, 05:39:07 PMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 12:44:05 AMSo anyway, what the hell was that face hugger getting off of a person. Like the tube throat thing, is like way too big for facehugger from what I've seen the depicted in other alien media.
https://i.ibb.co/d6vsvwk/images-17.jpg
https://i.redd.it/z3ean9be6qr61.jpg
I wonder if Giger would have liked the scene and design🤔
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 21, 2024, 08:44:44 PMI vote we call him Paul.
Sometimes you gotta roll the dice.
Call him Scarface cuz unlike the Predator one this one is canon
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Quote from: GreybackElder on Mar 21, 2024, 08:29:02 PMSo some of the Aliens throughout the series have had nicknames:
Big Chap
Warrior
Dog
Newborn
...what are we calling the Alien in the trailer?
Scarface is okay but there is a scar-face in a predator game
What about Slash?
Big Chap was what it was called on set. Warrior and Newborn were in the script and the Alien 3 creature is variously called the Dragon, Spike or Runner.
A nickname will evolve through common usage rather than someone forcing an opinion on a forum (not that I think you're forcing an opinion- just speaking generally).
I must say, it's exciting time for being an Alien fan and especially for me, because it's my first time waiting like that for a new movie. Before only Alien movies I saw in theaters were Prometheus and Covenant, and I wasn't as dedicated to the franchise as I am now, I wasn't following rumors or chatting on forums. Honestly, I even felt that I'm getting further away from this series after disasters like Prometheus and Colonial Marines. If it wasn't for Isolation, I doubt I would be here today. But I am, more into franchise than ever, and experiencing the thrill of waiting for a new movie with fellow fans is great. I only hope that I won't get overhyped and don't appreciate the movie even if it would be decent. And honestly being just decent is what I want from it now, just like other Alvarez' movies. Both Evil Dead and Don't Breathe were well made horrors, but they didn't blow me out of my sockets or anything. And I think that it is what we need right now from this movie, being just well made horror.Everything above that will be nice suprise for me.It is possible of course, I had similiar thoughts about Trachtenberg and his movies, and yet he found his footing so well in Predator series and cooked up something truly special for us.
I just restarted Alan Wake II in Final Draft mode, so I suggest:
Mr Scratch.
Or just Scratch.
Quote from: Stitch on Mar 21, 2024, 09:24:22 PMI just restarted Alan Wake II in Final Draft mode, so I suggest:
Mr Scratch.
Or just Scratch.
Well, he also came out of the Dark Place on trailer, so it fits :)
Quote from: SM on Mar 21, 2024, 09:20:06 PMQuote from: GreybackElder on Mar 21, 2024, 08:29:02 PMSo some of the Aliens throughout the series have had nicknames:
Big Chap
Warrior
Dog
Newborn
...what are we calling the Alien in the trailer?
Scarface is okay but there is a scar-face in a predator game
What about Slash?
Big Chap was what it was called on set. Warrior and Newborn were in the script and the Alien 3 creature is variously called the Dragon, Spike or Runner.
A nickname will evolve through common usage rather than someone forcing an opinion on a forum (not that I think you're forcing an opinion- just speaking generally).
Ha, yes i totally agree with you. As I was trying to remember these "nicknames" I kept thinking that some of these are actually script names. I also agree that forcing a name will never stick it's just a fun thought experiment.
Quote from: jacobo1122 on Mar 21, 2024, 09:23:50 PMI must say, it's exciting time for being an Alien fan and especially for me, because it's my first time waiting like that for a new movie. Before only Alien movies I saw in theaters were Prometheus and Covenant, and I wasn't as dedicated to the franchise as I am now, I wasn't following rumors or chatting on forums. Honestly, I even felt that I'm getting further away from this series after disasters like Prometheus and Colonial Marines. If it wasn't for Isolation, I doubt I would be here today. But I am, more into franchise than ever, and experiencing the thrill of waiting for a new movie with fellow fans is great. I only hope that I won't get overhyped and don't appreciate the movie even if it would be decent. And honestly being just decent is what I want from it now, just like other Alvarez' movies. Both Evil Dead and Don't Breathe were well made horrors, but they didn't blow me out of my sockets or anything. And I think that it is what we need right now from this movie, being just well made horror.Everything above that will be nice suprise for me.It is possible of course, I had similiar thoughts about Trachtenberg and his movies, and yet he found his footing so well in Predator series and cooked up something truly special for us.
Welcome friend! Yes, what a time to be an Alien or Predator fan. I must say I haven't been this pumped for an alien or predator release since i saw the Predators trailer. While I feel that Prey was superior to predators in many ways that Predators trailer was epic!!
Having listened to some of the interviews I feel that Alvarez and Trachtenberg have the same kind of respect and reverence of the franchises. I don't want to get my hopes up but if this teaser is anything close to the actual movie I think we are in for a real treat.
I kinda like Scratch actually.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 21, 2024, 09:01:19 PMhttps://brightstarbedtimestories.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/scarface-claw-cat-book-dodd-p4.jpg
Is he frightened of pirates armed with their guns?
He sneaks and he eats them solely for fun
No matter what happens
Whoever might call
There's nothing that frightens him
Nothing at all
https://youtu.be/dLOOBLSyLJs?feature=shared
... me after watching this teaser.
You know that facehugger swarm is really haunting to witness. I think it's probably more effective than a horde of Warriors nowadays, probably because we gotten so used to them. I know there's like a section of swarms of facehuggers in a comic book but I haven't read it and they only source I listen to is from YouTube and that was a while ago. I think I haven't even finished it.
Huggers getting to shine in this one.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 10:49:41 PMYou know that facehugger swarm is really haunting to witness. I think it's probably more effective than a horde of Warriors nowadays, probably because we gotten so used to them. I know there's like a section of swarms of facehuggers in a comic book but I haven't read it and they only source I listen to is from YouTube and that was a while ago. I think I haven't even finished it.
Aliens: Berserk
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 21, 2024, 10:58:46 PMHuggers getting to shine in this one.
👁🕸👁👉👈Luckily I'm somewhat both arachno- lover / phobic.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 11:04:20 PMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 10:49:41 PMYou know that facehugger swarm is really haunting to witness. I think it's probably more effective than a horde of Warriors nowadays, probably because we gotten so used to them. I know there's like a section of swarms of facehuggers in a comic book but I haven't read it and they only source I listen to is from YouTube and that was a while ago. I think I haven't even finished it.
Aliens: Berserk
Wait, I thought it was that one comic alien defiance that had a scene like this. There was another one like it?
Yes, it was from the 90s.
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 21, 2024, 11:07:09 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 21, 2024, 10:58:46 PMHuggers getting to shine in this one.
👁🕸👁👉👈Luckily I'm somewhat both arachno- lover / phobic.
I think you're in for a treat.
I can't wait for a full trailer that shows the reanimated corpse of Ian Holm.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 21, 2024, 11:13:30 PMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 21, 2024, 11:07:09 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 21, 2024, 10:58:46 PMHuggers getting to shine in this one.
👁🕸👁👉👈Luckily I'm somewhat both arachno- lover / phobic.
I think you're in for a treat.
Hell yeah 8)👍
(https://s12.gifyu.com/images/SVzjf.gif)
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 21, 2024, 11:15:51 PMI can't wait for a full trailer that shows the reanimated corpse of Ian Holm.
Uncanny valley?
I'm sure it will be very tastefully done.
:o
Spoiler
(https://s12.gifyu.com/images/SVzjP.gif)
My expectations are low given past movies, but I have to admit, that was a great trailer
At 0:45 in the trailer it looks like a broad-shouldered character near the doors in the background is *deliberately* unleashing a facehugger onto the character in the foreground.
They don't seem to react at all / flinch to the facehugger leaping around, so I presume this is deliberate, and they didn't let the hugger into the room by accident.
Oh - and maybe an Easter Egg - at 0:49 when the Ripley-esque character stands near an archway, the wire pattern on the archway above her head and slightly behind her is (half) the shape of the octagon self-destruct countdown computer screen used by Mother in the original Alien film
I'm getting tired of facehuggers, tbh.
This teaser hit all the right notes. I hope we get a DVD set called The Alien Hptalogy. 8) I'm sure we'll get one for streaming.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 11:10:50 PMQuote from: SiL on Mar 21, 2024, 11:04:20 PMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 21, 2024, 10:49:41 PMYou know that facehugger swarm is really haunting to witness. I think it's probably more effective than a horde of Warriors nowadays, probably because we gotten so used to them. I know there's like a section of swarms of facehuggers in a comic book but I haven't read it and they only source I listen to is from YouTube and that was a while ago. I think I haven't even finished it.
Aliens: Berserk
Wait, I thought it was that one comic alien defiance that had a scene like this. There was another one like it?
And recently there was a swarm of facehuggers in Dark Descent in one of first cutscenes. So we got that visual in motion, but now it's time for live action one.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 21, 2024, 09:35:50 AMQuote from: carnotaurus1350 on Mar 20, 2024, 08:25:03 PMFun thing to note - this is labeled as "trailer 2" which seems to imply another trailer is locked and loaded (perhaps where the new social media stinger footage is from):
https://i.imgur.com/fmgxsbH.png
On another note, here's a clearer look at the Xeno and Facehuggers from a ProRes version of the trailer:
https://twitter.com/agarcia_46/status/1770536194541260851
The facehuggers do look significantly different in that shot, not like the one Fede shared in the Alien Day still? A lot more volume to them. I can see the Super Facehugger vibes in the colours there too.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 20, 2024, 09:17:47 PMI like the rifle itself. It's a nice marriage of the aesthetics from both of the first two films.
Honestly, after those boring rifles in Prometheus and that awfully lazy AUG in Covenant, it's really refreshing to actually see some effort put into creating a new weapon! I like the looks of this predecessor Pulse Rifle. Can definitely see the design linage in it, it also looks like a slightly awkward version of the M41A too. I also get a smirk out of it being white as all the stuff manufactured for Weyland in Fireteam Elite was also white.
Honestly my least favourite part of those movies is the super generic tech. If you got rid of WeyYu logos and didn't mention or show xenos I doubt anyone would know they were alien prequels.
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 21, 2024, 11:07:09 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 21, 2024, 10:58:46 PMHuggers getting to shine in this one.
👁🕸👁👉👈Luckily I'm somewhat both arachno- lover / phobic.
And these are really leaning into the arachnid look.
I love that this feels like a return to Alien in terms of psychological-spiritual horror. The Alien films have felt either mostly like action flicks (Aliens, Alien Resurrection) or grand Odyssey epics (Prometheus, Alien Covenant) which I do love mind you. But Alien (1979) had a spiritual horror that hasn't quite re-emerged, Romulus gave me those Gigerian Vibes again, especially the cryotube with blood and screams, and the facehuggers chasing down people in confined spaces.
I confess that I love each Alien film: its aesthetic, style, and interpretation of the Xenomorph. But the original Alien is my favorite, and to see hints we may get some of that former g(l)ory "brings warm feelings to my heart." (Yoda, Attack of the Clones).
Meh, they will never top this facehugger swarm.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kd0tQ4VHK_Y/UGM5fueIQCI/AAAAAAAAI_o/rxmtsd3l6NY/s1600/a3g_07.png)
I'm not sure which has better CG.
Quote from: SM on Mar 22, 2024, 02:11:08 AMMeh, they will never top this facehugger swarm.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kd0tQ4VHK_Y/UGM5fueIQCI/AAAAAAAAI_o/rxmtsd3l6NY/s1600/a3g_07.png
Those rail shooters were the GOAT.
No way - Alien 3 was practical effects all the way.
Quote from: SM on Mar 22, 2024, 02:11:08 AMMeh, they will never top this facehugger swarm.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kd0tQ4VHK_Y/UGM5fueIQCI/AAAAAAAAI_o/rxmtsd3l6NY/s1600/a3g_07.png
Nothing will top the swarms of facehuggers in Alien Resurrection PS1 😨
Our discussion episode is now up: https://www.avpgalaxy.net/2024/03/22/alien-romulus-teaser-trailer-breakdown-and-discussion-avp-galaxy-podcast-180/
Awe yea!
A good breakdown. I did enjoy the Romulus trailer but I'm not a massive fan of "teaser trailers" in general. They don't usually give a coherent sense of the story. Like, I remember really enjoying the 2015 Christmas Day Covenant trailer a lot more than this. So I'm holding off any judgement/excitement until we get the full trailer - presumably 5 weeks from today, 26/04? 🤞
I just found this theory on the LV-426 subreddit and it is really good and interesting.
"Fede confirmed in an interview https://youtu.be/H2PYIrvnX8I?si=E1SDlOnf6uHES9nH @6:01 that the station is split into two Halfs. An older part of the station (called Remus) and a newer part that has more Aliens era technology (called Romulus).
Hence Romulus and Remus in Roman Mythology who both fed off a beast, the wolf. In this case, the station is experimenting on a "beast" which is whatever they've brought onto the station.
In Roman Mythology, Romulus kills Remus in a dissagreement and founds the kingdom of Rome. Perhaps a kind of dissagreement arises on the station between both sides causing them to fight, ultimately leading to an outbreak and the forming of an Alien "Kingdom" on the station. Romulus, the newer more advanced side of the station perhaps let lose their experiments on the older Remus on orders from Weyland. Or maybe it's simply refering to how Romulus leads to the death of the station.
I'm also betting that the reason the outbreak happens is because of an unhinged android that loses it OR has been ordered by Yutani to let the Alien lose. When the crew arrive, they find the android still alive who further uses them as his play things."
Judging by the footage, it's pretty good, maybe we'll see something new. ;)
Loved the teaser and I'm hyped for some zero g also. Hoping there are some new creature designs, I'm a big fan of the trilobite, neomorph and even the newborn. Would like to see something different other than another queen.
FYI, there's a dipping bird on Andrew's desk in Alien 3 assembly cut.
The acid blood in zero g was used to great effect in the dead orbit graphic novel. Hope for the same in this.
Yeah zero G hasn't been talked about much. It could give us really cool and new scenes.
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 22, 2024, 09:13:09 AMI just found this theory on the LV-426 subreddit and it is really good and interesting.
"Fede confirmed in an interview https://youtu.be/H2PYIrvnX8I?si=E1SDlOnf6uHES9nH @6:01 that the station is split into two Halfs. An older part of the station (called Remus) and a newer part that has more Aliens era technology (called Romulus).
Hence Romulus and Remus in Roman Mythology who both fed off a beast, the wolf. In this case, the station is experimenting on a "beast" which is whatever they've brought onto the station.
In Roman Mythology, Romulus kills Remus in a dissagreement and founds the kingdom of Rome. Perhaps a kind of dissagreement arises on the station between both sides causing them to fight, ultimately leading to an outbreak and the forming of an Alien "Kingdom" on the station. Romulus, the newer more advanced side of the station perhaps let lose their experiments on the older Remus on orders from Weyland. Or maybe it's simply refering to how Romulus leads to the death of the station.
I'm also betting that the reason the outbreak happens is because of an unhinged android that loses it OR has been ordered by Yutani to let the Alien lose. When the crew arrive, they find the android still alive who further uses them as his play things."
Remus - Old
Romulus - New
Romulus kills Remus. Brother kills brother.
Spoiler
New mutant Alien kills old Big chap. Please god no. :'(
Indeed, it has been done too many times already. Or maybe it's the other way around,
Spoiler
Big Chap kills the mutant. But that would be too jurassic worldly for my taste.
Coffee? Check. Son playing quietly to himself? Check. Trailer breakdown and discussion of potentially a great Alien movie from my favorite podcasters? Double check. I couldn't have asked for a better morning. Thanks gentlemen!
Ok, y'all there's a theory goin around that a Queen is on the space station. What do you think?
I think at this rate I might wanna end up seeing the Newborn pop out from a corner.
Quote from: SM on Mar 22, 2024, 03:02:40 AMNo way - Alien 3 was practical effects all the way.
I meant that video game vs. Rommy.
Quote from: Prometheus242 on Mar 22, 2024, 02:22:28 PMOk, y'all there's a theory goin around that a Queen is on the space station. What do you think?
I think that would be cool but I'm not expecting a hive or queen.
Am I trippin' or is there motion sensor noises at the beginning of the slightly longer trailer from instagram and tiktok ?
I'm also excited for the zero G scene. Something we haven't really seen before in the films, and has potential to be cool and scary.
Would especially be tense if they did the thing where it's almost completely silent other than the main characters audio. Like some of the sequences in Dead Space.
I would like to get some Alien mayhem in zero G, but I have a feeling that it will be just a short incovienience for our characters and that's just it. But I'd love to be proven wrong.
Quote from: jacobo1122 on Mar 22, 2024, 05:25:18 PMI would like to get some Alien mayhem in zero G, but I have a feeling that it will be just a short incovienience for our characters and that's just it. But I'd love to be proven wrong.
In Fede I trust.. I think if we've got Zero G, it will end up not being fun for our characters 8)
Quote from: MudButt on Mar 22, 2024, 05:43:04 PMQuote from: jacobo1122 on Mar 22, 2024, 05:25:18 PMI would like to get some Alien mayhem in zero G, but I have a feeling that it will be just a short incovienience for our characters and that's just it. But I'd love to be proven wrong.
In Fede I trust.. I think if we've got Zero G, it will end up not being fun for our characters 8)
Wasnt fun for Eric Red's Alien 3 script lol
They should have one of the characters outside in a spacesuit who starts screaming, but then nobody hears him/her.
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Mar 22, 2024, 05:58:19 PMThey should have one of the characters outside in a spacesuit who starts screaming, but then nobody hears him/her.
In a space suit no one can hear you scream.
Just started watching Don't Breathe and I'm wondering if Fede would connect the xenomorph with a distict survival personality like the film Don't Breathe does with the main antagonist/protagonist, however you want to see it. The only literature we have with the Xenomorph that exhibits any personality is Alien Isolation. It does it through out the game. Make a sound and it follows. Throw a noise maker, it darts to it. Stay close to fire and it refrains (at least with a flame thrower it does).
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 22, 2024, 05:59:42 PMQuote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Mar 22, 2024, 05:58:19 PMThey should have one of the characters outside in a spacesuit who starts screaming, but then nobody hears him/her.
In a space suit no one can hear you scream.
Because space make deaf.
I'm kind of wondering and thinking of what the population is and was on that Space Station. I'm guessing they, some I'm assuming survived and escaped when the outbreak took place. I would imagine post infection, the company would be keeping eye on it, hence the probably synthetic who is there and maybe providing information on the creatures .
Just a thought.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 22, 2024, 06:34:08 PMQuote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 22, 2024, 05:59:42 PMQuote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Mar 22, 2024, 05:58:19 PMThey should have one of the characters outside in a spacesuit who starts screaming, but then nobody hears him/her.
In a space suit no one can hear you scream.
Because space make deaf.
Wait, you can hear stuff in space, Star Wars teaches me that it can produce sound :)
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 22, 2024, 09:13:12 PMWait, you can hear stuff in space, Star Wars teaches me that it can produce sound :)
Star Wars teaches nothing!
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 22, 2024, 09:13:12 PMQuote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 22, 2024, 06:34:08 PMQuote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 22, 2024, 05:59:42 PMQuote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Mar 22, 2024, 05:58:19 PMThey should have one of the characters outside in a spacesuit who starts screaming, but then nobody hears him/her.
In a space suit no one can hear you scream.
Because space make deaf.
Wait, you can hear stuff in space, Star Wars teaches me that it can produce sound :)
"Who will life to escaping? Who is bad milk blood robot?"
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 22, 2024, 08:17:53 AMOur discussion episode is now up: https://www.avpgalaxy.net/2024/03/22/alien-romulus-teaser-trailer-breakdown-and-discussion-avp-galaxy-podcast-180/
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Quote from: Acid for Blood on Mar 22, 2024, 09:11:12 AMA good breakdown. I did enjoy the Romulus trailer but I'm not a massive fan of "teaser trailers" in general. They don't usually give a coherent sense of the story. Like, I remember really enjoying the 2015 Christmas Day Covenant trailer a lot more than this. So I'm holding off any judgement/excitement until we get the full trailer - presumably 5 weeks from today, 26/04? 🤞
Hopefully Alien Day will let us see more, maybe a TV spot or longer trailer.
I'm betting a full trailer.
Anyone notice Andy marching with his shoulders and back neck showing looks similar to the Thrawn scene in the Ahsoka series and trailer? Saw what you did there Disney. ;)
My wife just watched the teaser.
She got Resurrection vibes and she's not necessarily an Alien fan, she likes Aliens and Alien 3.
"There isn't an adult in the lot of them."
The actors are all in their 20s for the most part. :laugh:
Depending on how long the Renaissance has been overrun and cut out from outside communications, I'm curious to know if there's maybe a few stranded survivors there.
I think the crew of 6 is a little light for giving us enough kills, considering there would be at least one survivor. Or each kill has to make a big impact, that could compensate.
I mean Alien only had a crew of seven. Deaths we care about, not volume, please.
The trailer looks good.
Quote from: 426Buddy on Mar 22, 2024, 03:31:58 PMQuote from: Prometheus242 on Mar 22, 2024, 02:22:28 PMOk, y'all there's a theory goin around that a Queen is on the space station. What do you think?
I think that would be cool but I'm not expecting a hive or queen.
Not buying it myself.
Banned and tidied. Carry on.
Regarding a Queen
Spoiler
I read an article that they brought back the guys who puppetered the Queen in Aliens to puppeter....something. And Fede Alvarez was saying he was helping them underneath with the puppeterring. So I'm assuming there is a Queen at some point in the movie
Hmmm I thought that comment was in regards to the huggers or chaps
Probably one of the dumbass "woke brigade"?
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 23, 2024, 09:20:13 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 23, 2024, 08:39:43 AMBanned and tidied. Carry on.
Wow. What happened?
Quote from: Rankles75 on Mar 23, 2024, 09:22:50 AMProbably one of the dumbass "woke brigade"?
Standard shenanigans.
Quote from: T Dog on Mar 23, 2024, 08:46:10 AMRegarding a Queen Spoiler
I read an article that they brought back the guys who puppetered the Queen in Aliens to puppeter....something. And Fede Alvarez was saying he was helping them underneath with the puppeterring. So I'm assuming there is a Queen at some point in the movie
I suspect it could be all those huggers tbh.
There seem to be around 10 huggers that break through the door, probably more in the whole film. So I'd say it's likely.
I was never big on the Queen and hive aspect in Aliens.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 23, 2024, 10:08:41 AMThere seem to be around 10 huggers that break through the door, porbably more in the whole film. So I'd say it's likely.
From what Fede was saying in that interview, it feels like the teaser didn't blow the films wad too soon, so I can only assume there's more and crazier hugger stuff.
Here's the quote in full. The bold part got me thinking Queen.
https://www.gamesradar.com/alien-romulus-trailer-breakdown-fede-alvarez-interview/
We went to crazy extents in this movie to do things practically. We had Weta Workshop doing a lot of the Facehuggers. And not only that, we brought back the guys that worked on Aliens. Shane Mahan, who [sculpted] the Queen's head himself, was the one in charge of building all the Xenomorphs for our movie.
And when I say "build", we built them. We did full animatronics for all the creatures in the movie. It was one of the best experiences in my career, just to see these guys that I admire so much, back [working together].
There were moments when we'd need nine puppeteers to make a creature work, and you had all those guys, now in their 60s, under the table. And I'm there with them because there's not enough hands. I got to be under the table, puppeteering these things, with the guys that worked on the original Aliens. So that's been the best part.
That's not out of the question for a single "normal" sized Alien with a lot of points of articulation either tbh.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 23, 2024, 10:46:18 AMThat's not out of the question for a single "normal" sized Alien with a lot of points of articulation either tbh.
That's fair, but I'm still thinking there'll be a Queen.
should I be worried about this film? Like I seen people who seen the leaks and say they're not impress.
Spoiler
For what it's worth we know there'sa new hybrid at the end, which is probably what required attention.
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 21, 2024, 03:30:19 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 21, 2024, 03:26:16 PMQuote from: Wweyland on Mar 21, 2024, 02:38:17 PMCool. So is that a proto-Pulse Rifle or something else?
Yes, according to Alvarez it's the older version.
So, the Storm Rifle, then? Or the Harrington Assault Rifle?
The 'Storm Rifle', aside from being extremely lazy web fan-bait with no actual connection to the movie whatsoever, looks like an M41A with a long barrel i.e. not made to look in any way 'retro' despite the huge time gap. This Romulus weapon is an original design. Given Alvarez showed the Tech Manual, it's very likely intended to be, or inspired by, the 'Harrington' from the book. Which is really, really cool. It fits the description perfectly "similar in concept" i.e. over/under rifle/grenade launcher, PR-esque carry handle, magazine/housing and round counter, but different in every detail. I might have preferred something longer and more cumbersome and perhaps closer to present-day designs (especially as Covenant just used Steyr AUGs) but hey, this could easily be the compact variant for security forces since it appears to be quite different from the USCMC brown/green and black look (this appears overall grey in colour with a red vertical band at the front). These are nitpicks - I love this design.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 23, 2024, 11:01:10 AMSpoiler
For what it's worth we know there'sa new hybrid at the end, which is probably what required attention.
Spoiler
So that's gonna be like a bad thing, and also I should've done this while I was asking first the question, but I would like to go in this movie blind. That was my bad. It was just how was your reaction to the leaks.
Quote from: Biggles on Mar 23, 2024, 01:20:04 PM(especially as Covenant just used Steyr AUGs)
Actually, the rifle used in
Covenant is the Thales F90. For the film, the gun was customized with a Picatinny rail and a folding stock. In-universe, it's known as the RMC F903WE.
Quote from: Biggles on Mar 23, 2024, 01:20:04 PMThe 'Storm Rifle', aside from being extremely lazy web fan-bait with no actual connection to the movie whatsoever, looks like an M41A with a long barrel i.e. not made to look in any way 'retro' despite the huge time gap.
The M41A Pulse Rifle was in fact cribbed from the Weyland Storm Rifle, with a few features removed for economy.
Quote from: Jigsaw85 on Mar 22, 2024, 11:11:11 AMQuote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 22, 2024, 09:13:09 AMI just found this theory on the LV-426 subreddit and it is really good and interesting.
"Fede confirmed in an interview https://youtu.be/H2PYIrvnX8I?si=E1SDlOnf6uHES9nH @6:01 that the station is split into two Halfs. An older part of the station (called Remus) and a newer part that has more Aliens era technology (called Romulus).
Hence Romulus and Remus in Roman Mythology who both fed off a beast, the wolf. In this case, the station is experimenting on a "beast" which is whatever they've brought onto the station.
In Roman Mythology, Romulus kills Remus in a dissagreement and founds the kingdom of Rome. Perhaps a kind of dissagreement arises on the station between both sides causing them to fight, ultimately leading to an outbreak and the forming of an Alien "Kingdom" on the station. Romulus, the newer more advanced side of the station perhaps let lose their experiments on the older Remus on orders from Weyland. Or maybe it's simply refering to how Romulus leads to the death of the station.
I'm also betting that the reason the outbreak happens is because of an unhinged android that loses it OR has been ordered by Yutani to let the Alien lose. When the crew arrive, they find the android still alive who further uses them as his play things."
Remus - Old
Romulus - New
Romulus kills Remus. Brother kills brother.
Spoiler
New mutant Alien kills old Big chap. Please god no. :'(
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 22, 2024, 12:43:47 PMIndeed, it has been done too many times already. Or maybe it's the other way around, Spoiler
Big Chap kills the mutant. But that would be too jurassic worldly for my taste.
Well, we got that in a deleted Alien Covenant scene. This wouldn't be so fresh, plus Newborn killed the Queen in Resurrection.
So I should worry about the movie? Does the leaks make the movie look bad?
Quote from: T Dog on Mar 23, 2024, 08:46:10 AMRegarding a Queen Spoiler
I read an article that they brought back the guys who puppetered the Queen in Aliens to puppeter....something. And Fede Alvarez was saying he was helping them underneath with the puppeterring. So I'm assuming there is a Queen at some point in the movie
They're just talking about puppeteering the Xeno in general. Not another creature.
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 23, 2024, 04:50:54 PMQuote from: T Dog on Mar 23, 2024, 08:46:10 AMRegarding a Queen Spoiler
I read an article that they brought back the guys who puppetered the Queen in Aliens to puppeter....something. And Fede Alvarez was saying he was helping them underneath with the puppeterring. So I'm assuming there is a Queen at some point in the movie
They're just talking about puppeteering the Xeno in general. Not another creature.
Ok, but let a man dream Mike!
NO DREAMS ALLOWED!
If Newt can't have dreams, none of us can! :P
But for real they used puppeteering techniques like they did for the Queen for the Xeno in this one.
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 23, 2024, 02:38:29 PMQuote from: Biggles on Mar 23, 2024, 01:20:04 PM(especially as Covenant just used Steyr AUGs)
Actually, the rifle used in Covenant is the Thales F90. For the film, the gun was customized with a Picatinny rail and a folding stock. In-universe, it's known as the RMC F903WE.
Quote from: Biggles on Mar 23, 2024, 01:20:04 PMThe 'Storm Rifle', aside from being extremely lazy web fan-bait with no actual connection to the movie whatsoever, looks like an M41A with a long barrel i.e. not made to look in any way 'retro' despite the huge time gap.
The M41A Pulse Rifle was in fact cribbed from the Weyland Storm Rifle, with a few features removed for economy.
I know. I was using AUG generically - the F90 is an AUG as much as an M4 is an AR-15.
As for the M41A being "cribbed" from the Storm Rifle, well, if you choose to regard it as canon, then sure, I suppose. I don't - it was just a piece of fluff for the movie website, even if from an official source.
9 mil views after 3 days. Prey teaser has 2.3 mil views after 1 year. ( if there were not more accounts presenting the trailer)
I think the Alien franchise was always more popular than Predator.
That is right. It is time to make one universe across all Alien and Predator movies. Maybe "Badlands" will make this move since it is set in future.
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 23, 2024, 02:38:29 PMThe M41A Pulse Rifle was in fact cribbed from the Weyland Storm Rifle, with a few features removed for economy.
Yes, but in real life, it was an incredibly lazy job that wasn't thought out very well, and can reasonably be disregarded and forgotten on that alone.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 23, 2024, 05:55:19 PMI think the Alien franchise was always more popular than Predator.
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Great podcast gentlemen. I absolutely agree that this was a fantastic and effective teaser trailer. I hope we get some zero G Alien action or at the very least some locker hiding/table hiding moments. To echo what xenomorphine said I hope any new trailers don't reveal too many spoiler/plot details.
As a side note I wonder if the Romulus side will lead to the destruction of the station to reflect how Romulus killed Remus in Roman mythology?
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 23, 2024, 05:55:19 PMI think the Alien franchise was always more popular than Predator.
If it wasn't for AvP, I think the Predator franchise would have mercifully ended with P2 and the soda-drinkers would have gone thirsty for decades.
I'm still wondering if Nosferatu Perlman is on Remus.
In the most non aggressive way possible I don't understand the praise that went with Prey. The movie is poor IMO.
It has an incredibly bad second half, the Predator using its helmet targeting not once but twice knowing full well its not wearing the helmet and not knowing where the helmet is. Its nonsensical and absolutely ruined the movie for me.
The fact that nobody producing the movie questioned people wouldn't buy that dumbness from a supposedly advanced hunting alien race (regardless of wether the creature was meant to be young) is strange. But what's perhaps more strange is when I've bought it up before people will defend it with no logic to the end!
I'm fully expecting Romulus to be the perfect companion piece for Prey, and all that implies.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 23, 2024, 08:38:46 PMI'm fully expecting Romulus to be the perfect companion piece for Prey, and all that implies.
Do you mean ridiculous plot points that film makers think we will just buy and not question?
The midquel setting practically guarantees that, IMO. Emphasis on mid.
Really? ??? I thought you summoning Prey means a good Alien movie with an ugly monster design.
Quote from: Jonjamess on Mar 23, 2024, 08:32:32 PMIn the most non aggressive way possible I don't understand the praise that went with Prey. The movie is poor IMO.
It has an incredibly bad second half, the Predator using its helmet targeting not once but twice knowing full well its not wearing the helmet and not knowing where the helmet is. Its nonsensical and absolutely ruined the movie for me.
The fact that nobody producing the movie questioned people wouldn't buy that dumbness from a supposedly advanced hunting alien race (regardless of wether the creature was meant to be young) is strange. But what's perhaps more strange is when I've bought it up before people will defend it with no logic to the end!
I see it as just like humans the predators can make mistakes, even more than once. And also the predator in prey had just been shot in the back of the head and had its armed chopped off so it probably wasn't thinking straight.
Personally, I hope there will be some sort of Seegson involvement in the plot, and I wish the film actually won't play it "totally safe" when it comes to adding something to the Alien canon.
I feel like Prey wouldn't have got quite the emphatic praise if it wasn't following up such a terrible movie.
Quote from: NoStyleDutch on Mar 23, 2024, 08:55:12 PMQuote from: Jonjamess on Mar 23, 2024, 08:32:32 PMIn the most non aggressive way possible I don't understand the praise that went with Prey. The movie is poor IMO.
It has an incredibly bad second half, the Predator using its helmet targeting not once but twice knowing full well its not wearing the helmet and not knowing where the helmet is. Its nonsensical and absolutely ruined the movie for me.
The fact that nobody producing the movie questioned people wouldn't buy that dumbness from a supposedly advanced hunting alien race (regardless of wether the creature was meant to be young) is strange. But what's perhaps more strange is when I've bought it up before people will defend it with no logic to the end!
I see it as just like humans the predators can make mistakes, even more than once. And also the predator in prey had just been shot in the back of the head and had its armed chopped off so it probably wasn't thinking straight.
You make a more reasonable argument than many. But it didn't work for me.
Quote from: Jonjamess on Mar 23, 2024, 09:02:51 PMQuote from: NoStyleDutch on Mar 23, 2024, 08:55:12 PMQuote from: Jonjamess on Mar 23, 2024, 08:32:32 PMIn the most non aggressive way possible I don't understand the praise that went with Prey. The movie is poor IMO.
It has an incredibly bad second half, the Predator using its helmet targeting not once but twice knowing full well its not wearing the helmet and not knowing where the helmet is. Its nonsensical and absolutely ruined the movie for me.
The fact that nobody producing the movie questioned people wouldn't buy that dumbness from a supposedly advanced hunting alien race (regardless of wether the creature was meant to be young) is strange. But what's perhaps more strange is when I've bought it up before people will defend it with no logic to the end!
I see it as just like humans the predators can make mistakes, even more than once. And also the predator in prey had just been shot in the back of the head and had its armed chopped off so it probably wasn't thinking straight.
You make a more reasonable argument than many. But it didn't work for me.
Fair enough!
Quote from: SiL on Mar 23, 2024, 09:00:54 PMI feel like Prey wouldn't have got quite the emphatic praise if it wasn't following up such a terrible movie.
Disappoint the fans long enough and they'll lap up even a mediocre product then call it a triumph.
Quote from: Salt The Fries on Mar 23, 2024, 08:57:23 PMPersonally, I hope there will be some sort of Seegson involvement in the plot, and I wish the film actually won't play it "totally safe" when it comes to adding something to the Alien canon.
Alien Isolation is on par with the films in respect to canon, so it could be possible.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 23, 2024, 09:04:03 PMQuote from: SiL on Mar 23, 2024, 09:00:54 PMI feel like Prey wouldn't have got quite the emphatic praise if it wasn't following up such a terrible movie.
Disappoint the fans long enough and they'll lap up even a mediocre product then call it a triumph.
This.
The bolt shoots straight like a crossbow before the homing function kicks in. Taabe has to dodge the bolts being shot at him. Later the bolt just flys past Naru at the end, the Predator doesn't know his mask has been positioned so its targeting him. He could still shoot the weapon without targeting... It's a lazy argument thats been explained a many times. In any case we have a Prey forum for this.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 23, 2024, 09:04:03 PMQuote from: SiL on Mar 23, 2024, 09:00:54 PMI feel like Prey wouldn't have got quite the emphatic praise if it wasn't following up such a terrible movie.
Disappoint the fans long enough and they'll lap up even a mediocre product then call it a triumph.
I always hated this argument. It's demeaning to those fans that don't share your opinion.
In my defense, I am a wine-drinking Alien fan. My sophisticated tastes are harder to please.
Only time will tell when we can actually watch it and find out whether it's actually good or not.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 23, 2024, 09:27:55 PMIn my defense, I am a wine-drinking Alien fan. My sophisticated tastes are harder to please.
What about absinthe-drinking Giger fans?
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 23, 2024, 09:53:14 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 23, 2024, 09:27:55 PMIn my defense, I am a wine-drinking Alien fan. My sophisticated tastes are harder to please.
What about absinthe-drinking Giger fans?
I don't know. I haven't actually seen
@wmmvrrvrrmm around for quite a while.
I'm a whiskey sipping fan of them all.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 23, 2024, 09:53:14 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 23, 2024, 09:27:55 PMIn my defense, I am a wine-drinking Alien fan. My sophisticated tastes are harder to please.
What about absinthe-drinking Giger fans?
Absinthe-drinking Giger fans who are also fond of Gruyère* cheese :D
*Gruyeres is the location of Giger Museum.
Quote from: NoStyleDutch on Mar 23, 2024, 08:55:12 PMQuote from: Jonjamess on Mar 23, 2024, 08:32:32 PMIn the most non aggressive way possible I don't understand the praise that went with Prey. The movie is poor IMO.
It has an incredibly bad second half, the Predator using its helmet targeting not once but twice knowing full well its not wearing the helmet and not knowing where the helmet is. Its nonsensical and absolutely ruined the movie for me.
The fact that nobody producing the movie questioned people wouldn't buy that dumbness from a supposedly advanced hunting alien race (regardless of wether the creature was meant to be young) is strange. But what's perhaps more strange is when I've bought it up before people will defend it with no logic to the end!
I see it as just like humans the predators can make mistakes, even more than once. And also the predator in prey had just been shot in the back of the head and had its armed chopped off so it probably wasn't thinking straight.
I get this point of view, but it would've worked better if Feral wasn't portrayed as not giving a f**k about being hurt at all.
Quote from: Salt The Fries on Mar 23, 2024, 09:57:29 PMQuote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 23, 2024, 09:53:14 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 23, 2024, 09:27:55 PMIn my defense, I am a wine-drinking Alien fan. My sophisticated tastes are harder to please.
What about absinthe-drinking Giger fans?
Absinthe-drinking Giger fans who are also fond of Gruyère* cheese :D
*Gruyeres is the location of Giger Museum.
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Quote from: Jonjamess on Mar 23, 2024, 08:32:32 PMIn the most non aggressive way possible I don't understand the praise that went with Prey. The movie is poor IMO.
It has an incredibly bad second half, the Predator using its helmet targeting not once but twice knowing full well its not wearing the helmet and not knowing where the helmet is. Its nonsensical and absolutely ruined the movie for me.
The fact that nobody producing the movie questioned people wouldn't buy that dumbness from a supposedly advanced hunting alien race (regardless of wether the creature was meant to be young) is strange. But what's perhaps more strange is when I've bought it up before people will defend it with no logic to the end!
I wasn't so impressed with Prey either, I put it 3° in my ranking of Predator films after Predator and Predator 2. It was good but not as good as the first 2 films, but after both AvP and The Predator (💩) who can blame to someone to love Prey
I have really bad taste and I am quite easy to please :) 🙏
Consider yourself lucky then. Having elite-level taste is a living hell.
I've become more difficult to please but I still quite enjoyed Prey. I give it a 3 out of 5, but a very solid 3 out of 5 lol I think the director has a lot of potential to make even better predator movies in the future
Quality-starved Alien fans be like this now...
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Good environment for Romulus to succeed.
Maybe it's the perfect time to start enjoying beer and coke.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 23, 2024, 11:12:01 PMQuality-starved Alien fans be like this now...
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Good environment for Romulus to succeed.
I'm all skin and bones. Just leave me. I'll only slow you down. Leave chips if you have any.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 23, 2024, 11:12:01 PMQuality-starved Alien fans be like this now...
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Good environment for Romulus to succeed.
I will get this reaction if I get a Giger like design
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Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 23, 2024, 11:12:01 PMQuality-starved Alien fans be like this now...
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Good environment for Romulus to succeed.
That's what happens with every new film though.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 23, 2024, 11:12:01 PMQuality-starved Alien fans be like this now...
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Good environment for Romulus to succeed.
That's me with Alien content in general, I just complain if it makes me throw up.
My general reaction to new Alien content:
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/38/17/db/3817dbbca962bb9d7740d004a0010730.jpg)
Really? I'm more like this...
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExN2ljZHFlanBsanZ6cHNsdXFpNWZ6cG1vZTM4bTllcGpvZXFsaXhtNCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/RD00bKoDEkUK3yx9k1/source.gif)
But what would you call Merlot in the franchise?
I'd call Alien a haut medoc. Aliens a dependable Shiraz. Alien 3 is a Pinot noir of indeterminate origin.
Maybe Alien Resurrection is a $9 2L goon bag of merlot.
AvP is cheap Lambrusco and AvPR is 3 buck chuck Spumante.
Quote from: SM on Mar 24, 2024, 09:52:01 AMAvP is cheap Lambrusco and AvPR is 3 buck chuck Spumante.
AvPR is a 5L box of "dry red".
Avpr is just grape juice. Generic grape juice
AVPR is martian piss, at best.
The AvP films are toilet water.
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According to my sources, Big Chap is still somewhat alive when it gets recovered... apparently it's kind of sad to see, like a deformed and wounded animal. But yeah, Big Chap got harpooned AND fried by the pod's jet propulsion system, frying the Xenomorph for a moment before the vacuum of space would have frozen the wounds. Stuck in a perpetual state of pain and suffering until the Network picked him up...
But yeah, the nostalgia is mounting higher and higher for me as more gets revealed. Of all the sci-fi franchises I nerd out over, Alien has always been my top obsession. I'm legitimately thrilled about this movie and everything it's going to show us.
This comment is from the scified forums, and it has some spoilers that may have or have not been discussed here, but i think they share a little more details.
I read the six first words, aaand that's gonna be it for me, nope, no more.
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They've been discussed.
Does someone have a direct link to the 'Reel' version of Trailer with the additional scenes at the beginning?
UPDATE: Found it https://www.instagram.com/p/C4vfnJTr4SX/?hl=en
Quote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 11:41:47 AMSpoiler
They've been discussed.
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True, they have, but i think that the state in which the state (alicve or dead) of Big Chap when he was found, was still up to discussion.
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 24, 2024, 11:45:14 AMQuote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 11:41:47 AMSpoiler
They've been discussed.
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True, they have, but i think that the state in which the state (alicve or dead) of Big Chap when he was found, was still up to discussion.
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It was known he was found alive, the question was the state during the main story.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 11:46:04 AMQuote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 24, 2024, 11:45:14 AMQuote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 11:41:47 AMSpoiler
They've been discussed.
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True, they have, but i think that the state in which the state (alicve or dead) of Big Chap when he was found, was still up to discussion.
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It was known he was found alive, the question was the state during the main story.
Oh, my bad then.
Thanks for the correction.
This scene?
(https://i.ibb.co/r5jWx77/Alien-Romulus-Scene.jpg)
Quote from: Prez on Mar 24, 2024, 11:52:19 AMThis scene?
https://i.ibb.co/r5jWx77/Alien-Romulus-Scene.jpg
Yes.
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 24, 2024, 11:48:34 AMQuote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 11:46:04 AMQuote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 24, 2024, 11:45:14 AMQuote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 11:41:47 AMSpoiler
They've been discussed.
Spoiler
True, they have, but i think that the state in which the state (alicve or dead) of Big Chap when he was found, was still up to discussion.
Spoiler
It was known he was found alive, the question was the state during the main story.
Oh, my bad then.
Thanks for the correction.
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How do you think they'll convincingly retcon a salvage team recovering Big Chap? Like, what are the chances? I mean, to me it's a bigger stretch than that of David being the Xenomorph creator (not that I have any problem with that)...
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Still doesnt look big enough to be the chap to me, even though it is clearly meant to be. I still wonder what that thing is it is being carried on.
Quote from: TheBATMAN on Mar 24, 2024, 12:09:38 PMSpoiler
Still doesnt look big enough to be the chap to me, even though it is clearly meant to be. I still wonder what that thing is it is being carried on.
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It's curled up. Bolaji curled up in the suit was half the height of Lambert, if that.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 12:15:43 PMQuote from: TheBATMAN on Mar 24, 2024, 12:09:38 PMSpoiler
Still doesnt look big enough to be the chap to me, even though it is clearly meant to be. I still wonder what that thing is it is being carried on.
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It's curled up. Bolaji curled up in the suit was half the height of Lambert, if that.
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I wonder if it's curled up because it's hibernating or it was in agonizing state and died this way. I wonder if he actually awakens or did they extract black goo from him and that set events in motion?
Quote from: Salt The Fries on Mar 24, 2024, 12:03:45 PMQuote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 24, 2024, 11:48:34 AMQuote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 11:46:04 AMQuote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 24, 2024, 11:45:14 AMQuote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 11:41:47 AMSpoiler
They've been discussed.
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True, they have, but i think that the state in which the state (alicve or dead) of Big Chap when he was found, was still up to discussion.
Spoiler
It was known he was found alive, the question was the state during the main story.
Oh, my bad then.
Thanks for the correction.
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How do you think they'll convincingly retcon a salvage team recovering Big Chap? Like, what are the chances? I mean, to me it's a bigger stretch than that of David being the Xenomorph creator (not that I have any problem with that)...
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I can see them doing something like this:
Weyland-Yutani was already monitoring the area with their own "bio-sensors" or secret space stations, so they used the Nostromo as a means to gain a sample of the Xeno.
Once Big Chap was ejected from the Narcissus and the whole Nostromo's explosion, they sent their own team (not some expendable space truckers) to survey the area with their bio-sensors (and hopefully, still took some time before finding the Xeno, in order to make it look as simple or as easy as it seems).
Or maybe the harpoon as a sensor and that is the end of it.
Is it a little contrived or convenient? Yeah, but the franchise always had some scene or two like that, so as long as the rest of the movie is great, i can look pass something like that.
Quote from: TheBATMAN on Mar 24, 2024, 12:09:38 PMSpoiler
Still doesnt look big enough to be the chap to me, even though it is clearly meant to be. I still wonder what that thing is it is being carried on.
Maybe he gets dehydrated and shrinks a little when conditions get too harsh...but he's still alive! ala Tardigrade
(https://i.ibb.co/KrhfsvT/Tardigrade-Plants-Kids-03-21-3x2.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/PZsxgS4/Picsart-24-03-24-09-25-09-600.jpg)
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 24, 2024, 12:29:16 PMMaybe he gets dehydrated and shrinks a little when conditions get too harsh...but he's still alive! ala Tardigrade
Or pulls a Kars from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
https://www.gamesradar.com/alien-romulus-cailee-spaeny-proper-horror-sigourney-weaver-ripley/
"We used practical effects. We had the same people who worked on Aliens. They came back. They were there making the xenomorph. This is a creature that they have so much love for. We had puppeteers working on the face-hugger. So to see that – it all felt so alive,"
"I had to turn off my 'nerding out' brain, because I was just like, 'Wow, it's beautiful. Ooh, you put the Giger skull...' I had to turn that off. But it was properly scary. We set it between the first movie and the second. We were talking about, 'How could this be a child of the two?' So we have those heightened moments, but then proper horror."
"I definitely did everything that I could to bring that character to life. Watching Sigourney play that role – she's part of the changing of the game that those films did," Spaeny continues. "I could never be her. But I injected whatever I have in me into that character, and tried to make it three-dimensional – as three-dimensional as possible. So I hope that that's there, and it comes alive."
Quote from: Prez on Mar 24, 2024, 11:52:19 AMThis scene?
https://i.ibb.co/r5jWx77/Alien-Romulus-Scene.jpg
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Is that supposed to be Kane's Son? If so, I'm very curious in Álvarez and Sayagues' justification for how they recover it. I suppose they already have the flight recorder and know the path of her shuttle (presuming Big Chap is in the trail of her shuttle still), that makes the whole thing plausible and less contrived.
Then again...I'm reminded that in Alien 3 we're expected to believe that an egg magically appeared aboard a random corridor in the Sulaco where we never see the queen. It's not like the writers and producers of the Alien series are known for carefully planning their stories and avoiding plot contrivances.
Quote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 02:10:08 PMSpoiler
Is that supposed to be Kane's Son? If so, I'm very curious in Álvarez and Sayagues' justification for how they recover it. I suppose they already have the flight recorder and know the path of her shuttle (presuming Big Chap is in the trail of her shuttle still), that makes the whole thing plausible and less contrived.
Then again...I'm reminded that in Alien 3 we're expected to believe that an egg magically appeared aboard a random corridor in the Sulaco where we never see the queen. It's not like the writers and producers of the Alien series are known for carefully planning their stories and avoiding plot contrivances.
I still find the recovery implausible. Not to beat a dead horse, but if you have enough information to find something as small as a Xeno in space you have enough information to locate the derelict.
Lets not forget that the Xeno was not a stationary object when we last saw it.
Quote from: Mustangjeff on Mar 24, 2024, 02:50:54 PMQuote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 02:10:08 PMSpoiler
Is that supposed to be Kane's Son? If so, I'm very curious in Álvarez and Sayagues' justification for how they recover it. I suppose they already have the flight recorder and know the path of her shuttle (presuming Big Chap is in the trail of her shuttle still), that makes the whole thing plausible and less contrived.
Then again...I'm reminded that in Aliencubed we're expected to believe that an egg magically appeared aboard a random corridor in the Sulaco where we never see the queen. It's not like the writers and producers of the Alien series are known for carefully planning their stories and avoiding plot contrivances.
Not to beat a dead horse, but if you have enough information to find something as small as a Xeno in space you have enough information to locate the derelict.
Your mention of the Derelict is actually my only primary issue with it. When you extrapolate to the consequences it has on Weyland Yutani's motivations in
Aliens and
Alien 3, you're left with a few conclusions that go like this: a.) Everyone in the know at WY got Amenesia b.) Everyone in the know literally dropped in IQs, like Ripley said c.) Everyone in the know were all conveniently gathered in one place and killed off so the plot of
Aliens could still happen.
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Having the Big Chap return feels like Jurassic World having Rexy return from the original Jurassic Park. This worries me a little, since the JW films were not the best, too meta for my taste.
Quote from: Mustangjeff on Mar 24, 2024, 02:50:54 PMQuote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 02:10:08 PMSpoiler
Is that supposed to be Kane's Son? If so, I'm very curious in Álvarez and Sayagues' justification for how they recover it. I suppose they already have the flight recorder and know the path of her shuttle (presuming Big Chap is in the trail of her shuttle still), that makes the whole thing plausible and less contrived.
Then again...I'm reminded that in Alien 3 we're expected to believe that an egg magically appeared aboard a random corridor in the Sulaco where we never see the queen. It's not like the writers and producers of the Alien series are known for carefully planning their stories and avoiding plot contrivances.
I still find the recovery implausible. Not to beat a dead horse, but if you have enough information to find something as small as a Xeno in space you have enough information to locate the derelict.
Lets not forget that the Xeno was not a stationary object when we last saw it.
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Maybe it was in a debris field around LV-426 caused by the Nostromo explosion. Still very implausible they find it though.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Mar 24, 2024, 03:11:47 PMSpoiler
Having the Big Chap return feels like Jurassic World having Rexy return from the original Jurassic Park. This worries me a little, since the JW films were not the best, too meta for my taste.
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That was Rexy? I forgot everything about that movie. I only remember the Rex being more like a glorified cameo than a crucial plot element to the story.
Quote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 03:18:21 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Mar 24, 2024, 03:11:47 PMSpoiler
Having the Big Chap return feels like Jurassic World having Rexy return from the original Jurassic Park. This worries me a little, since the JW films were not the best, too meta for my taste.
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That was Rexy? I forgot everything about that movie. I only remember the Rex being more like a glorified cameo than a crucial plot element to the story.
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Yeah they played up its the Original Rex from JP in all three Jurassic World films.
My concern is having Chappie featured is a sign they are trying to hard for nostalgia. I forsee the Xenomorph spawns of Chappie in the film being depicted as smarter and superior to those in other films because they are DNA descendants of Chappie. [\spoilers]
Quote from: irn on Mar 24, 2024, 03:17:39 PMQuote from: Mustangjeff on Mar 24, 2024, 02:50:54 PMQuote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 02:10:08 PMSpoiler
Is that supposed to be Kane's Son? If so, I'm very curious in Álvarez and Sayagues' justification for how they recover it. I suppose they already have the flight recorder and know the path of her shuttle (presuming Big Chap is in the trail of her shuttle still), that makes the whole thing plausible and less contrived.
Then again...I'm reminded that in Alien 3 we're expected to believe that an egg magically appeared aboard a random corridor in the Sulaco where we never see the queen. It's not like the writers and producers of the Alien series are known for carefully planning their stories and avoiding plot contrivances.
I still find the recovery implausible. Not to beat a dead horse, but if you have enough information to find something as small as a Xeno in space you have enough information to locate the derelict.
Lets not forget that the Xeno was not a stationary object when we last saw it.
Spoiler
Maybe it was in a debris field around LV-426 caused by the Nostromo explosion. Still very implausible they find it though.
Spoiler
It wouldn't be in the debris fields as that's too big of an area to cover and her shuttle was quite a bit away when she blew it away with the thrusters. Assuming the Alien stayed relatively in the path of the thruster trails after it's blown away, albeit constantly moving backwards down the path, all they would hypothetically have to do is follow the trail and scan the area for organic matter.
The bottom line is this, though: It's less about it being convenient for me, and more about my enjoyment of the story sprouting from it.
Alien: Isolation is another good example: The plot and main character choices are pretty contrived and convenient, especially given the natural consequences it would have on
Aliens and
Alien 3, but the game is enjoyable so most folks including me just don't care. It does bug me, to be sure, but it's not enough to make me dislike it.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Mar 24, 2024, 03:30:54 PMQuote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 03:18:21 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Mar 24, 2024, 03:11:47 PMSpoiler
Having the Big Chap return feels like Jurassic World having Rexy return from the original Jurassic Park. This worries me a little, since the JW films were not the best, too meta for my taste.
Spoiler
That was Rexy? I forgot everything about that movie. I only remember the Rex being more like a glorified cameo than a crucial plot element to the story.
Spoiler
Yeah they played up its the Original Rex from JP in all three Jurassic World films.
My concern is having Chappie featured is a sign they are trying to hard for nostalgia. I forsee the Xenomorph spawns of Chappie in the film being depicted as smarter and superior to those in other films because they are DNA descendants of Chappie. [\spoilers]
The nostalgia-bait is kind of already there, given the look of the technology and sets. Unless you were already considering that and just pointing out that
Spoiler
chappie being present
escalates the member-berries to 1000.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 09:19:18 AMMaybe Alien Resurrection is a $9 2L goon bag of merlot.
It's two goon bags. You're not quite sure how certain decisions got made and you're sure
somebody is upset.
LOVED this teaser trailer! It captures the tone/grittiness of the original movie and reinforces were are returning to the horror.
Quote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 03:38:42 PMQuote from: irn on Mar 24, 2024, 03:17:39 PMQuote from: Mustangjeff on Mar 24, 2024, 02:50:54 PMQuote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 02:10:08 PMSpoiler
Is that supposed to be Kane's Son? If so, I'm very curious in Álvarez and Sayagues' justification for how they recover it. I suppose they already have the flight recorder and know the path of her shuttle (presuming Big Chap is in the trail of her shuttle still), that makes the whole thing plausible and less contrived.
Then again...I'm reminded that in Alien 3 we're expected to believe that an egg magically appeared aboard a random corridor in the Sulaco where we never see the queen. It's not like the writers and producers of the Alien series are known for carefully planning their stories and avoiding plot contrivances.
I still find the recovery implausible. Not to beat a dead horse, but if you have enough information to find something as small as a Xeno in space you have enough information to locate the derelict.
Lets not forget that the Xeno was not a stationary object when we last saw it.
Spoiler
Maybe it was in a debris field around LV-426 caused by the Nostromo explosion. Still very implausible they find it though.
Spoiler
It wouldn't be in the debris fields as that's too big of an area to cover and her shuttle was quite a bit away when she blew it away with the thrusters. Assuming the Alien stayed relatively in the path of the thruster trails after it's blown away, albeit constantly moving backwards down the path, all they would hypothetically have to do is follow the trail and scan the area for organic matter.
The bottom line is this, though: It's less about it being convenient for me, and more about my enjoyment of the story sprouting from it.
Alien: Isolation is another good example: The plot and main character choices are pretty contrived and convenient, especially given the natural consequences it would have on Aliens and Alien 3, but the game is enjoyable so most folks including me just don't care. It does bug me, to be sure, but it's not enough to make me dislike it.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Mar 24, 2024, 03:30:54 PMQuote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 03:18:21 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Mar 24, 2024, 03:11:47 PMSpoiler
Having the Big Chap return feels like Jurassic World having Rexy return from the original Jurassic Park. This worries me a little, since the JW films were not the best, too meta for my taste.
Spoiler
That was Rexy? I forgot everything about that movie. I only remember the Rex being more like a glorified cameo than a crucial plot element to the story.
Spoiler
Yeah they played up its the Original Rex from JP in all three Jurassic World films.
My concern is having Chappie featured is a sign they are trying to hard for nostalgia. I forsee the Xenomorph spawns of Chappie in the film being depicted as smarter and superior to those in other films because they are DNA descendants of Chappie. [\spoilers]
The nostalgia-bait is kind of already there, given the look of the technology and sets. Unless you were already considering that and just pointing out that Spoiler
chappie being present
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I tend to agree although I don't think big chap is there purely for nostalgia. It really depends on execution and the nuance of how it all plays out, but there is something interesting there in looking at the resilience/adaptability of the Xeno DNA. If chappie can survive in a technical sense (no decay of organic matter), what's to say the xenos killed in any of the films are technically are not still alive? Can they reconstitute? Or do they feed into another life cycle in some twisted way. A persistent, continuous and infinite evolution of an organism. Maybe a natural path of a Xeno that no longer feeds is to return to a state of black goo given enough time, and in a sense the xenos are all just continued evolution of the same organism which has existed for eons.
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 24, 2024, 11:22:34 AMSpoiler
According to my sources, Big Chap is still somewhat alive when it gets recovered... apparently it's kind of sad to see, like a deformed and wounded animal. But yeah, Big Chap got harpooned AND fried by the pod's jet propulsion system, frying the Xenomorph for a moment before the vacuum of space would have frozen the wounds. Stuck in a perpetual state of pain and suffering until the Network picked him up...
But yeah, the nostalgia is mounting higher and higher for me as more gets revealed. Of all the sci-fi franchises I nerd out over, Alien has always been my top obsession. I'm legitimately thrilled about this movie and everything it's going to show us.
This comment is from the scified forums, and it has some spoilers that may have or have not been discussed here, but i think they share a little more details.
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I really hope that is a joke. Its supposed to be an Alien, not supernatural. Not to mention the chances of coming across something floating in space is extremely unlikely and too coincidental. It was said in Aliens that Ripley was lucky to be found as despite going through the "core" systems she was not noticed until a salvage ship found her by sheer luck.
Quote from: The Cruentus on Mar 24, 2024, 07:28:43 PMSpoiler
I really hope that is a joke. Its supposed to be an Alien, not supernatural. Not to mention the chances of coming across something floating in space is extremely unlikely and too coincidental. It was said in Aliens that Ripley was lucky to be found as despite going through the "core" systems she was not noticed until a salvage ship found her by sheer luck.
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And the Narcissus likely had a transponder constantly broadcasting it's location. And even then it still took 57 years to find it
Quote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 03:38:42 PMQuote from: irn on Mar 24, 2024, 03:17:39 PMQuote from: Mustangjeff on Mar 24, 2024, 02:50:54 PMQuote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 02:10:08 PMSpoiler
Is that supposed to be Kane's Son? If so, I'm very curious in Álvarez and Sayagues' justification for how they recover it. I suppose they already have the flight recorder and know the path of her shuttle (presuming Big Chap is in the trail of her shuttle still), that makes the whole thing plausible and less contrived.
Then again...I'm reminded that in Alien 3 we're expected to believe that an egg magically appeared aboard a random corridor in the Sulaco where we never see the queen. It's not like the writers and producers of the Alien series are known for carefully planning their stories and avoiding plot contrivances.
I still find the recovery implausible. Not to beat a dead horse, but if you have enough information to find something as small as a Xeno in space you have enough information to locate the derelict.
Lets not forget that the Xeno was not a stationary object when we last saw it.
Spoiler
Maybe it was in a debris field around LV-426 caused by the Nostromo explosion. Still very implausible they find it though.
Spoiler
It wouldn't be in the debris fields as that's too big of an area to cover and her shuttle was quite a bit away when she blew it away with the thrusters. Assuming the Alien stayed relatively in the path of the thruster trails after it's blown away, albeit constantly moving backwards down the path, all they would hypothetically have to do is follow the trail and scan the area for organic matter.
The bottom line is this, though: It's less about it being convenient for me, and more about my enjoyment of the story sprouting from it.
Alien: Isolation is another good example: The plot and main character choices are pretty contrived and convenient, especially given the natural consequences it would have on Aliens and Alien 3, but the game is enjoyable so most folks including me just don't care. It does bug me, to be sure, but it's not enough to make me dislike it.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Mar 24, 2024, 03:30:54 PMQuote from: Eal on Mar 24, 2024, 03:18:21 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Mar 24, 2024, 03:11:47 PMSpoiler
Having the Big Chap return feels like Jurassic World having Rexy return from the original Jurassic Park. This worries me a little, since the JW films were not the best, too meta for my taste.
Spoiler
That was Rexy? I forgot everything about that movie. I only remember the Rex being more like a glorified cameo than a crucial plot element to the story.
Spoiler
Yeah they played up its the Original Rex from JP in all three Jurassic World films.
My concern is having Chappie featured is a sign they are trying to hard for nostalgia. I forsee the Xenomorph spawns of Chappie in the film being depicted as smarter and superior to those in other films because they are DNA descendants of Chappie. [\spoilers]
The nostalgia-bait is kind of already there, given the look of the technology and sets. Unless you were already considering that and just pointing out that Spoiler
chappie being present
Spoiler
Yeah my concern isn't its impossible for Chappie to be found, as you lay out that is plausible. My issue is when writers incorporate an original element from the classic original film in the franchise it does not bode well for storytelling, I mentioned Rexy in Jurassic World films, but there is also Vader's Mask & The Millennium Falcon in The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, and those films are not well received. I am sure my concern is going to prove unwarranted, reverse engineering the creation of Xenos from Chappie sounds like a cool concept, I just worry when major nostalgia eggs are added to movies because it can mean a lack of unique ideas. [\spoiler]
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Mar 24, 2024, 07:52:05 PMQuote from: The Cruentus on Mar 24, 2024, 07:28:43 PMSpoiler
I really hope that is a joke. Its supposed to be an Alien, not supernatural. Not to mention the chances of coming across something floating in space is extremely unlikely and too coincidental. It was said in Aliens that Ripley was lucky to be found as despite going through the "core" systems she was not noticed until a salvage ship found her by sheer luck.
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And the Narcissus likely had a transponder constantly broadcasting it's location. And even then it still took 57 years to find it
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Or they knew where the shuttle was upon finding big chap, sabotaged it, and felt confident that the shuttle would be lost forever. And maybe what we see in Aliens and Alien Cubed is just an after effect of the work at Renaissance Station being destroyed, as well as an extreme policy of compartmentalization that usually happens in secret government agencies and corporations doing confidential RND. The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing, basically.
A lot of people are going to owe ralfy a big apology after this.
Do you think they will find Kane's body floating around as well. 😏
Quote from: TheDerelict on Mar 24, 2024, 09:16:32 PMDo you think they will find Kane's body floating around as well. 😏
Funnily enough, Kane's body was supposed to appear in a deleted scene in the original film.
Sod it, let's go all in and find Captain Branson's body as well. There's your covenant connection. 😜
A little time jump and we could also find the queen.
Wait until they find the room full of cloned Kane mutants begging for the fire.
Quote from: TheDerelict on Mar 24, 2024, 09:44:00 PMSod it, let's go all in and find Captain Branson's body as well. There's your covenant connection. 😜
If they go the route of the novels they can have Hick's daughter and Dallas's grandkid's nephew join up with a kitten that's descended from Jonsey to fight the Queen from Aliens after finding her in deep space.
Quote from: TheDerelict on Mar 24, 2024, 09:16:32 PMDo you think they will find Kane's body floating around as well. 😏
Now that would be interesting since some of Chappie's DNA is bound to be in his chest cavity.
Plot of the sequel, Alien: Remus. ;)
Nevermind jumping the shark, this would all be jumping the megaladon! :laugh:
57 years is a lot of time to fill with midquels. It could happen.
Quote from: The Cruentus on Mar 24, 2024, 11:24:45 PMNevermind jumping the shark, this would all be jumping the megaladon! :laugh:
Xenomorph Megaladoon:
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gi6zOvzpkcM/maxresdefault.jpg)
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 24, 2024, 11:28:28 PM57 years is a lot of time to fill with midquels. It could happen.
Increasingly mid
quels.
Quote from: Prometheus242 on Mar 23, 2024, 08:37:28 AMQuote from: 426Buddy on Mar 22, 2024, 03:31:58 PMQuote from: Prometheus242 on Mar 22, 2024, 02:22:28 PMOk, y'all there's a theory goin around that a Queen is on the space station. What do you think?
I think that would be cool but I'm not expecting a hive or queen.
Not buying it myself.
It would be nice but I don't expect it. We have not had a queen on screen in over 20 years which is a damn shame.
Quote from: Embry Starred on Mar 24, 2024, 11:48:30 PMQuote from: Prometheus242 on Mar 23, 2024, 08:37:28 AMQuote from: 426Buddy on Mar 22, 2024, 03:31:58 PMQuote from: Prometheus242 on Mar 22, 2024, 02:22:28 PMOk, y'all there's a theory goin around that a Queen is on the space station. What do you think?
I think that would be cool but I'm not expecting a hive or queen.
Not buying it myself.
It would be nice but I don't expect it. We have not had a queen on screen in over 20 years which is a damn shame.
We may see a Queen, since Romulus has Aliens vibes in parts, like the Pulse Rifle.
It would be a neat spoiler that is kept secret till people see the film, The Return of the Queen:
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The bitch could be back.
Reading all the stuff about
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Big Chap returning
is going to make my head explode from the sheer stupidity of it.
My fingers are crossed, and it's very shaky ground.
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 25, 2024, 12:20:55 AMMy fingers are crossed, and it's very shaky ground.
I am also crossing my fingers and hoping it will work out, because "its what I choose to believe." -E. Shaw
Ok real talk, for anyone who have seen the Leaks, based off that is the movie going to be good or bad. Don't tell me any leaks just how you feel about the leaks.
I'm not mad, just anxious
Quote from: E. Shaw on Mar 25, 2024, 12:32:24 AMQuote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 25, 2024, 12:20:55 AMMy fingers are crossed, and it's very shaky ground.
I am also crossing my fingers and hoping it will work out, because "its what I choose to believe." -E. Shaw
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Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 25, 2024, 12:40:56 AMOk real talk, for anyone who have seen the Leaks, based off that is the movie going to be good or bad. Don't tell me any leaks just how you feel about the leaks.
;D
I'm not mad, just anxious
That would defeat the purpose. I think you should be excited regardless, it's another alien movie for Christ sakes and you've made it this far so just keep ya head down and the anticipation alive.
But as someone who read the spoilers I will leave you with this :o ;D
Quote from: Jigsaw85 on Mar 25, 2024, 01:05:21 AMQuote from: E. Shaw on Mar 25, 2024, 12:32:24 AMQuote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 25, 2024, 12:20:55 AMMy fingers are crossed, and it's very shaky ground.
I am also crossing my fingers and hoping it will work out, because "its what I choose to believe." -E. Shaw
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Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 25, 2024, 12:40:56 AMOk real talk, for anyone who have seen the Leaks, based off that is the movie going to be good or bad. Don't tell me any leaks just how you feel about the leaks.
I'm not mad, just anxious
I'll share my thoughts once I see a final cut of the film with finished effects. I don't feel like I can give it a fair critique just yet based on the early version I saw, and also don't want to sway the discussion in any way if I say I like it or don't. I'm saving all of that for closer to release.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 25, 2024, 12:40:56 AMOk real talk, for anyone who have seen the Leaks, based off that is the movie going to be good or bad. Don't tell me any leaks just how you feel about the leaks.
I'm not mad, just anxious
Okay, so I'm not the biggest Alvarez fan. I love Evil Dead 2013. I like Don't Breathe. Texas Chainsaw was sh*t. But I think he would be perfect for an Alien film... That being said, depending on how it goes, the film could very easily be anchored by that leaked plot element, no matter how good it could be.
That's really my only worry and I won't know until I watch the film.
Hmm I am wondering if those of us that hated the lore butchering in Prometheus/Covenant will be pissed off even more with this movie or relieved. I am hoping for the latter but it is hard to get hopes up with this franchise.
Quote from: The Cruentus on Mar 25, 2024, 10:39:59 AMHmm I am wondering if those of us that hated the lore butchering in Prometheus/Covenant will be pissed off even more with this movie or relieved. I am hoping for the latter but it is hard to get hopes up with this franchise.
Well, the prequels fundamentally changed our perspectives on the space jockeys and not necessarily in a good way because before those films, I don't think anybody imagined bald guys in suits. They also changed up the Giger aesthetics for better or worse. Mostly worse.
What they're doing in this film, they can do any other way that makes way more sense and is much more explicable. Either way, I think people are pissed off no matter which direction they take.
True there will always be folks that are not pleased. You can't can't please everyone after all.
My gripes with covenant is specifically the super-fast life-cycle and the fact that an android created the "alien", effectively making it not an alien but an artificial lab experiment that is only 20 odd years old by the time of the first movie.
This is why future movies need to ignore or retcon the prequels. Its why I am hoping for the best but being prepared for the worst with this new movie as I am wondering if there is going to be more lore butchering going on. That is why I am wondering that the things that angered fans in the prequels will end up being worse in future films.
So...while I haven't seen the film myself, from what we know, I'm actually really excited to see it come together.
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I think that if you're a fan of the direction The Cold Forge and Into Charybdis took with the goo, and you appreciate what the EU started to do with the black goo, then Romulus sounds right up your street.
If you just hate prequel elements...nothing I can say there!
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So they are keeping the goo in eh? how unfortunate. :( I don't think there is any science that can explain how that mcguffin can be plausible, especially since it does whatever the plot needs....If you go by the tone of the first few movies, Alien is very down to earth and fairly believable in the stuff that is going on, bar a few things obviously.
These prequels should have simply been seperate universes/standalone movies.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Mar 25, 2024, 12:40:56 AMOk real talk, for anyone who have seen the Leaks, based off that is the movie going to be good or bad. Don't tell me any leaks just how you feel about the leaks.
I'm not mad, just anxious
Eh, I wished Fede came up with his own idea (even if it's silly and far fetch) rather than try and connect it with Prometheus and Covenant.
As someone that's seen way more from the leaks than I would have liked to, on paper I'm really digging what I'm seeing so far.
Now granted, I'm a filthy prequel (specifically, Covenant) fan, so take my words with as many grains of salt as you deem necessary.
Nothing wrong with liking the prequels, visually they are good and as movies on their own (minus the silly horror tropes) they are enjoyable. It just when it connects to the rest of the franchise, they just don't fit in my opinion. These should have just been standalone or what if movies, or just a completely different movie universe that simply pays homage to some alien aspects.
David as robot H.R. Giger totally works for me in the context of the wider universe (even if he is now relegated to having recreated the Alien, rather than creating it, as per Hawley's comments – which still works within the themes of a constant mythological cycle of creation/destruction that the prequel films exist within), and I love the use of the Gothic horror trappings as applied to this world in Covenant.
As for a completely different universe playing on this wavelength, Raised By Wolves has (had :'() that covered.
Wait did Hawley actually say for that for certain? I know he made comments about how prequels don't fit into his vision.
Quote"Ridley and I have talked about this — and many, many elements of the show," Hawley says. "For me, and for a lot of people, this 'perfect life form' — as it was described in the first film — is the product of millions of years of evolution that created this creature that may have existed for a million years out there in space. The idea that, on some level, it was a bioweapon created half an hour ago, that's just inherently less useful to me."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/noah-hawley-prometheus-alien-prequel-fx-1235787276/amp/
Ah yes now I remember. I do hope that is true and not just publicity.
Well the series is supposed to be set before Covenant right? so if Aliens show up in that timeline then awesome, they then predate David's lab experiment.
Yep, it is set roughly around the same point in time as Prometheus. I have to imagine a tad after Prometheus, since the concept art depicts the Maginot as a Weyland-Yutani vessel rather than a Weyland one.
Granted, the concept art uses the Alien: Romulus/Aliens/Alien 3-era Weyland-Yutani logo, which shouldn't be in application until some time after Alien, so who knows what's up there... If we are to take Alien: Isolation as being canon, then the swap from one logo to another would have happened during the five year gap between Isolation and Romulus.
I'm sorry I'm still laughing at Resurrection being a goonbag.
@Kradan Spoiler
Family value fartbag.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 25, 2024, 01:15:53 PMQuote"Ridley and I have talked about this — and many, many elements of the show," Hawley says. "For me, and for a lot of people, this 'perfect life form' — as it was described in the first film — is the product of millions of years of evolution that created this creature that may have existed for a million years out there in space. The idea that, on some level, it was a bioweapon created half an hour ago, that's just inherently less useful to me."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/noah-hawley-prometheus-alien-prequel-fx-1235787276/amp/
It was also a diplomatic way of saying he didn't like the prequels enough.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 25, 2024, 01:21:36 PMIf we are to take Alien: Isolation as being canon
We absolutely can.
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Mar 25, 2024, 01:38:32 PMI'm sorry I'm still laughing at Resurrection being a goonbag.
@Kradan Spoiler
Family value fartbag.
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I must say that I like the revelation of the Queen in Aliens a lot, I do not desire particularly for one to show up before that film in chronological terms.
Too late
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I am obviously not counting expanded universe merchandise.
#RespectAVP
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 24, 2024, 11:28:28 PM57 years is a lot of time to fill with midquels. It could happen.
A Newt's Tale adaptation?
Alien is new to something that seems to be more common in Star Wars. I'm referring to the Midquels in Liveaction form. I am optimistic until we see how it is executed. Same with the Noah series.
I'm not going to cry about something that I haven't even been able to experience before making an opinion.
But you know what? Even if it turns out to be bad, I'm not going to fill the forums with toxic hate. Life is very wonderful (with everything and the bad :-X ) and short for that. :)
Well, Romulus will be a nice dessert after the main course, which is called Dune: part 2. This will never top it. Hope we get to see something new that isn't related to androids or AI. So sick of that.
You are going to be disappointed.
Yeah,
Dune: Part² set the bar too high, and not just for science fiction...I would say for cinema in general. :laugh:
Quote from: Snake on Mar 25, 2024, 08:07:40 PMWell, Romulus will be a nice dessert after the main course, which is called Dune: part 2. This will never top it. Hope we get to see something new that isn't related to androids or AI. So sick of that.
Although it could have been better with a superior script and a good editing of the film, that ship already sailed with Prometheus 12 years ago.
I guess we can say there are new things in this movie in a way though.
Quote from: Prometheus242 on Mar 25, 2024, 03:53:24 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 24, 2024, 11:28:28 PM57 years is a lot of time to fill with midquels. It could happen.
A Newt's Tale adaptation?
I really never want to visit LV-426 again. We've abused that location and the infestation so much.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 26, 2024, 08:27:54 AMI really never want to visit LV-426 again. We've abused that location and the infestation so much.
I think everything related to
Aliens has been pounded into the ground for far, far,
faaaaaaar too long.
Don't get me wrong - it's still the best Alien film in my opinion, but I think after nearly four decades, the franchise needs to focus on other things.
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 26, 2024, 09:02:37 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 26, 2024, 08:27:54 AMI really never want to visit LV-426 again. We've abused that location and the infestation so much.
I think everything related to Aliens has been pounded into the ground for far, far, faaaaaaar too long.
Don't get me wrong - it's still the best Alien film in my opinion, but I think after nearly four decades, the franchise needs to focus on other things.
I want to see a Jungle hive. Or, better yet, a Giger world.
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 26, 2024, 11:17:31 AMI want to see a Jungle hive. Or, better yet, a Giger world.
I'd actually like to see the Perfected in action. A bunch of colonists trying to escape as their base is transformed around them would be
really cool.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 26, 2024, 08:27:54 AMQuote from: Prometheus242 on Mar 25, 2024, 03:53:24 PMQuote from: Local Trouble on Mar 24, 2024, 11:28:28 PM57 years is a lot of time to fill with midquels. It could happen.
A Newt's Tale adaptation?
I really never want to visit LV-426 again. We've abused that location and the infestation so much.
Bet Hawley does it on the telly.
Assuming Hawley ever even takes the action off Earth.
Well, the Maginot has to be coming from somewhere with those eggs. :laugh:
It wouldn't make sense if the tv series got to LV-426 before the movies.
We should go on strike and demand off-earth Alien action
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 26, 2024, 01:13:42 PMIt wouldn't make sense if the tv series got to LV-426 before the movies.
Who's to say that Hawley's multi-season plan is all going to stick to the season one timeframe. Could be in for some time jumps...
For All Mankind sets each season a decade or so after the last, for example.
Yeah I guess it's possible.
He does it constantly in Fargo, and even finds a way of doing it in Legion with the same cast, I am going to be even more surprised if he sticks to one time and place.
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 26, 2024, 01:16:32 PMWe should go on strike and demand off-earth Alien action
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I liked the teaser. It has everything I want. So it's weird I'm not that excited.
I await the full trailer.
Here is my review of the teaser.
Nice review, I like the 80s theme/color of your vids intro as well.
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 25, 2024, 09:05:08 PMYeah, Dune: Part² set the bar too high, and not just for science fiction...I would say for cinema in general. :laugh:
Quote from: Snake on Mar 25, 2024, 08:07:40 PMWell, Romulus will be a nice dessert after the main course, which is called Dune: part 2. This will never top it. Hope we get to see something new that isn't related to androids or AI. So sick of that.
Although it could have been better with a superior script and a good editing of the film, that ship already sailed with Prometheus 12 years ago.
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 25, 2024, 09:05:08 PMYeah, Dune: Part² set the bar too high, and not just for science fiction...I would say for cinema in general. :laugh:
Quote from: Snake on Mar 25, 2024, 08:07:40 PMWell, Romulus will be a nice dessert after the main course, which is called Dune: part 2. This will never top it. Hope we get to see something new that isn't related to androids or AI. So sick of that.
Although it could have been better with a superior script and a good editing of the film, that ship already sailed with Prometheus 12 years ago.
Right... That was THE moment to bring back the series to it's former glory and expand upon the universe and the lore. Ridley returning to the series and all the secrecy about this movie did it for me. I never was more hyped! But 'engineers' in a SJ-suit? So It's not a 15 foot tall organism and it sucks to know that. Not to mention aliens were created by David. It takes away all the mysticism and notion that it came from one the darkest corners of the universe. Oh man...those are my biggest gripes with these movies. I really don't like Prometheus or Covenant! And with Romulus it looks we're going to get more of the same...facehuggers, chestbursters, aliens, and stupid things/descisions happening to get the plot going. And more actresses emulating Ripley. Nothing new here. When do we get to see the alien homeworld? Something to the like of Pandora but full on Giger-style. The xeno may not be the perfect lifeform there and maybe they could have been preyed upon by something we haven't seen yet... Also, What does earth look like by then? Will there be war between the SJ and man? So many missed opportunities. It feels like the bigger picture is missing here and to me it looks like the alien franchise is out of gas. The damage has been done with Prometheus and Covenant from which it will never recover so we get more of the same again to play it safe.
I also said back in 2012 that we needed Villeneuve to reboot the franchise but now the sucker is about to make one of the best sci-fi trilogies ever when Dune: part 3 will be greenlighted. Oh the irony...
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 05:02:59 PMNot to mention aliens were created by David
God that hurts.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 27, 2024, 05:16:02 PMQuote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 05:02:59 PMNot to mention aliens were created by David
God that hurts.
You bet. I was devastated when I went to see Prometheus in theatres. Wanted to tear my seat from it's place and hurl it at the screen. Never been more disappointed in my life. Except for when my ex broke up with me.
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Soon enough it will be a nine film franchise anyway. I easily see Romulus being enough of a success to get two films the green light, one of which being the final Ridley Scott directed prequel, much like what Prey resulted in.
I can not wait for that Alien boxset a few years down the line:
Prometheus, Covenant, Destiny, Alien, Romulus, Aliens, Anchorpoint, Alien³ and Alien Resurrection.
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Mar 27, 2024, 06:02:01 PMSoon enough it will be a nine film franchise anyway.
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Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Mar 27, 2024, 06:02:01 PMSoon enough it will be a nine film franchise anyway. I easily see Romulus being enough of a success to get two films the green light, one of which being the final Ridley Scott directed prequel, much like what Prey resulted in.
I can not wait for that Alien boxset a few years down the line:
Prometheus, Covenant, Destiny, Alien, Romulus, Aliens, Anchorpoint, Alien³ and Alien Resurrection.
I don't know but if this bombs at the box office we may never get another ALIEN-movie. And I hope to God Ridley stays away from this. His last movies weren't any good (Napoleon). We need a new take on this with a director who has vision and style.
Ridley does have vision and style, the issue is that the first Alien film had others such as Dan O'Bannon that balanced things out and allowed a great product to come out of it. Prometheus and Covenant while visually good and enjoyable in some other ways, lacked anyone else to balance Ridley out. Ridley preferred a focus on AI over the alien creature.
Quote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 06:33:02 PMRidley does have vision and style, the issue is that the first Alien film had others such as Dan O'Bannon that balanced things out and allowed a great product to come out of it. Prometheus and Covenant while visually good and enjoyable in some other ways, lacked anyone else to balance Ridley out. Ridley preferred a focus on AI over the alien creature.
Alien (1979) was the perfect lightning in a bottle.
Ron Cobb (production design/art), Dan O'Bannon (script), Ridley Scott (direction), HR Giger (iconic monster design).
These 4 dudes all fed the movie in unique ways that hightened the experience.
If you take one of them, the whole castle falls.
Now, i actually like Prometheus and Covenant (on a vacuum, but even then i agree with the majority of the criticism and why they are hated or divisive), but it did showed that Ridley Scott's personal vision of what the Alien franchise is, simply wasn't enough...
Now, Ridley Scott is an incredible director (that needs a good script) and his prequels are really well-directed and have great perfomances, but they lack what the other 3 gentlemen brought to the table.
But the point still remains, Ridley Scott was probably the only dude at the time that turned what could be a forgotten B-horror movie into a horror masterpiece.
His direction (monster shots) and the way he played with suspense, alongside with the very naturalistic perfomance of the actors is what brought this movie into the Halls of Fame.
Had it been any other director and the whole franchise and this very forum probably wouldn't have existed.
Quote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 06:33:02 PMRidley does have vision and style, the issue is that the first Alien film had others such as Dan O'Bannon that balanced things out and allowed a great product to come out of it. Prometheus and Covenant while visually good and enjoyable in some other ways, lacked anyone else to balance Ridley out. Ridley preferred a focus on AI over the alien creature.
Yeah, he absolutely did. 40+ years ago when he made ALIEN with no help of cgi whatsoever. And Gladiator will always be his best movies and his pinnacle. But when compared to what other directors are churning out right now, i think it's only right for him to step aside. He's just too old.
I'm pretty optimistic that this will be good, but I'm hoping for a good marketing campaign that drives people to theaters so this can do well!
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:41:44 PMQuote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 06:33:02 PMRidley does have vision and style, the issue is that the first Alien film had others such as Dan O'Bannon that balanced things out and allowed a great product to come out of it. Prometheus and Covenant while visually good and enjoyable in some other ways, lacked anyone else to balance Ridley out. Ridley preferred a focus on AI over the alien creature.
Yeah, he absolutely did. 40+ years ago when he made ALIEN with no help of cgi whatsoever. And Gladiator will always be his best movies and his pinnacle. But when compared to what other directors are churning out right now, i think it's only right for him to step aside. He's just too old.
I think that if Ridley stops making movies, the guy will simply die...
He needs that filmmaking experience to give him energy and feed his life-force.
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMAnd I hope to God Ridley stays away from this.
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Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMHis last movies weren't any good (Napoleon).
I quite liked
Napoleon (though I think it'll be enhanced by a longer cut for sure),
House of Gucci is a ton of campy, satirical fun (
House of Gucci and
Napoleon actually have a lot of thematic and tonal overlap in that regard), and
The Last Duel is a late-career masterpiece; love that movie to bits. Not to mention just how much affection I have for
Alien: Covenant, and for Ridley's contributions to
Raised By Wolves. Can't wait to see
Gladiator 2 later this year.
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMa director who has vision and style.
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Anyways, as far as other filmmakers I'd like to see take a stab at Alien, Alex Garland is near the top of that list for me. Put most of his backlog into a blender and you have just about all the ingredients there....
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 27, 2024, 06:46:46 PMThe Last Duel is a late-career masterpiece
True, The Last Duel was incredible and it's a shame that it did so poorly at the box office, although seeing Ridley Scott rant about was funny as shit.
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Mar 27, 2024, 06:43:35 PMI'm pretty optimistic that this will be good, but I'm hoping for a good marketing campaign that drives people to theaters so this can do well!
Yeah, i'm pretty optimistic too, but i'll be honest, it's box office run scares me a bit.
For one, Horizon: An American Saga Part 2 will be released on the same day, and Part 1 seems to be tapping into that boomer/Top Gun crowd, then i can imagine that Part 2 will have even more hype, especially because of how close to each other both parts are.
And second, because of its potential high budget.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 27, 2024, 06:46:46 PMQuote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMAnd I hope to God Ridley stays away from this.
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Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMHis last movies weren't any good (Napoleon).
I quite liked Napoleon (though I think it'll be enhanced by a longer cut for sure), House of Gucci is a ton of campy, satirical fun (House of Gucci and Napoleon actually have a lot of thematic and tonal overlap in that regard), and The Last Duel is a late-career masterpiece; love that movie to bits. Not to mention just how much affection I have for Alien: Covenant, and for Ridley's contributions to Raised By Wolves. Can't wait to see Gladiator 2 later this year.
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMa director who has vision and style.
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Anyways, as far as other filmmakers I'd like to see take a stab at Alien, Alex Garland is near the top of that list for me. Put most of his backlog into a blender and you have just about all the ingredients there....
Not impressed with him smoking a cigar...he's not even holding a drink. All i'm saying is he is past his prime and we need someone eager with fresh ideas to keep this franchise alive.
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I'm all in on bringing new voices into the fold with Alien. My favorite thing about it as an ongoing franchise is that each filmmaker has brought something totally new to the table, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing that cinematic language expand in both
Alien: Romulus and Noah Hawley's upcoming series.
That being said, I'm also very much on board with Ridley's prequels (even though I don't think
Prometheus really works as a movie), and would love nothing more than to see him get one last stab at it to close the book on that story arc while also allowing new voices to come in and do their own thing as well.
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:52:25 PMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 27, 2024, 06:46:46 PMQuote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMAnd I hope to God Ridley stays away from this.
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Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMHis last movies weren't any good (Napoleon).
I quite liked Napoleon (though I think it'll be enhanced by a longer cut for sure), House of Gucci is a ton of campy, satirical fun (House of Gucci and Napoleon actually have a lot of thematic and tonal overlap in that regard), and The Last Duel is a late-career masterpiece; love that movie to bits. Not to mention just how much affection I have for Alien: Covenant, and for Ridley's contributions to Raised By Wolves. Can't wait to see Gladiator 2 later this year.
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMa director who has vision and style.
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Anyways, as far as other filmmakers I'd like to see take a stab at Alien, Alex Garland is near the top of that list for me. Put most of his backlog into a blender and you have just about all the ingredients there....
Not impressed with him smoking a cigar...he's not even holding a drink. All i'm saying is he is past his prime and we need someone eager with fresh ideas to keep this franchise alive.
Fresh ideas is not always a good thing though (Predalien egg-barfing, the black goo, David creating alien) sometimes they can work out well if it fits well such as the Alien Queen.
Its a gamble really.
Quote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 06:58:14 PM(Predalien egg-barfing, the black goo, David creating alien)
Two of these things are cool, though. :)
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 27, 2024, 07:00:17 PMQuote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 06:58:14 PM(Predalien egg-barfing, the black goo, David creating alien)
Two of these things are cool, though. :)
Don't make me get my metal pipe of re-education out! :laugh:
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:52:25 PMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 27, 2024, 06:46:46 PMQuote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMAnd I hope to God Ridley stays away from this.
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Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMHis last movies weren't any good (Napoleon).
I quite liked Napoleon (though I think it'll be enhanced by a longer cut for sure), House of Gucci is a ton of campy, satirical fun (House of Gucci and Napoleon actually have a lot of thematic and tonal overlap in that regard), and The Last Duel is a late-career masterpiece; love that movie to bits. Not to mention just how much affection I have for Alien: Covenant, and for Ridley's contributions to Raised By Wolves. Can't wait to see Gladiator 2 later this year.
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMa director who has vision and style.
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Anyways, as far as other filmmakers I'd like to see take a stab at Alien, Alex Garland is near the top of that list for me. Put most of his backlog into a blender and you have just about all the ingredients there....
Not impressed with him smoking a cigar...he's not even holding a drink. All i'm saying is he is past his prime and we need someone eager with fresh ideas to keep this franchise alive.
The Martian was another recent hit. His highest grossing film ever and sitting at 91% on RT.
Perhaps you're the one past his prime?
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Mar 27, 2024, 07:04:11 PMQuote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:52:25 PMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 27, 2024, 06:46:46 PMQuote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMAnd I hope to God Ridley stays away from this.
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Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMHis last movies weren't any good (Napoleon).
I quite liked Napoleon (though I think it'll be enhanced by a longer cut for sure), House of Gucci is a ton of campy, satirical fun (House of Gucci and Napoleon actually have a lot of thematic and tonal overlap in that regard), and The Last Duel is a late-career masterpiece; love that movie to bits. Not to mention just how much affection I have for Alien: Covenant, and for Ridley's contributions to Raised By Wolves. Can't wait to see Gladiator 2 later this year.
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 06:28:43 PMa director who has vision and style.
(https://marketingmagazine.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/main-image-website-12.png)
Anyways, as far as other filmmakers I'd like to see take a stab at Alien, Alex Garland is near the top of that list for me. Put most of his backlog into a blender and you have just about all the ingredients there....
Not impressed with him smoking a cigar...he's not even holding a drink. All i'm saying is he is past his prime and we need someone eager with fresh ideas to keep this franchise alive.
The Martian was another recent hit. His highest grossing film ever and sitting at 91% on RT.
Perhaps you're the one past his prime?
Excuse me? No need to get personal. And I'm 36 so I don't have to get any lessons in life from you my friend.
Quote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 06:58:14 PMsometimes they can work out well if it fits well such as the Alien Queen.
Even then, i think that the Queen only fits on a vacuum.
The depiction of the Xeno in Aliens is so familiar (to the audience as space ants) and different to the Big Chap of the first movie, that i think it's fair to say that Cameron took away the mysterious vibe of the Xeno earlier than Scott ever did with the prequels.
The thing is that James Cameron managed to do the best scifi-action movie of all time, so it kind of gets a pass.
The Xenos in Aliens could have been replaced with any other fictional monster and the movie would have still been a banger, because of the vibes and style of James Cameron.
The psychosexual Gigeresque aspect of the Xeno got lost, but in return James Cameron pulled an ambitious production (animatronics, set design, power loader) and a compelling narrative, with all of these factors being executed with maximum perfection.
And i say this as someone that loves Aliens.
That movie is so good, that i kind of give it a pass when it comes to how the Xenos were portrayed in comparison to the first movie.
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 27, 2024, 07:08:08 PMQuote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 06:58:14 PMsometimes they can work out well if it fits well such as the Alien Queen.
Even then, i think that the Queen only fits on a vacuum.
The depiction of the Xeno in Aliens is so familiar (to the audience as space ants) and different to the Big Chap of the first movie, that i think it's fair to say that Cameron took away the mysterious vibe of the Xeno earlier than Scott ever did with the prequels.
The thing is that James Cameron managed to do the best scifi-action movie of all time, so it kind of gets a pass.
The Xenos in Aliens could have been replaced with any other fictional monster and the movie would have still been a banger, because of the vibes and style of James Cameron.
The psychosexual Gigeresque aspect of the Xeno got lost, but in return James Cameron pulled an ambitious production (animatronics, set design, power loader) and a compelling narrative, with all of these factors being executed with maximum perfection.
And i say this as someone that loves Aliens.
That movie is so good, that i kind of give it a pass when it comes to how the Xenos were portrayed in comparison to the first movie.
They were always bug-like to begin with though.
Quote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 01:33:15 PMNice review, I like the 80s theme/color of your vids intro as well.
Thank you, really appreciate it.
Quote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 07:18:39 PMQuote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 27, 2024, 07:08:08 PMQuote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 06:58:14 PMsometimes they can work out well if it fits well such as the Alien Queen.
Even then, i think that the Queen only fits on a vacuum.
The depiction of the Xeno in Aliens is so familiar (to the audience as space ants) and different to the Big Chap of the first movie, that i think it's fair to say that Cameron took away the mysterious vibe of the Xeno earlier than Scott ever did with the prequels.
The thing is that James Cameron managed to do the best scifi-action movie of all time, so it kind of gets a pass.
The Xenos in Aliens could have been replaced with any other fictional monster and the movie would have still been a banger, because of the vibes and style of James Cameron.
The psychosexual Gigeresque aspect of the Xeno got lost, but in return James Cameron pulled an ambitious production (animatronics, set design, power loader) and a compelling narrative, with all of these factors being executed with maximum perfection.
And i say this as someone that loves Aliens.
That movie is so good, that i kind of give it a pass when it comes to how the Xenos were portrayed in comparison to the first movie.
They were always bug-like to begin with though.
I think you understand what i mean.
The first movie had a lot of psychosexual influence and rape imagery, not to mention the scene with Big Chap moving his tail beneath Lambert's legs.
The second movie, while still featuring facehuggers and the life-cycle, had a much more shallow interpretation of the Xeno and abandoned its Gigeresque features and vibes for a more action oriented spectacle, therefore turning the Xeno into literal bugs to be used as cannon fodder, while then introducing a big final boss, the Queen.
And don't get me wrong, it worked, the movie was a blast, but it's fair to say that the Xeno changed as a monster.
Romulus was originally set to be released on streaming service Hulu so that's that. It does not have the scope, scale or gravity of the first movies and it simply won't be anything new or groundbreaking as we have seen in the past. Still going to see it day 1 and hope it breaks even or makes a profit. Then we really need sth else because the same story over and over again has been done to death.
Completely agree with the Xeno changing as a monster, for me it became more creature/animal like. I LOVED the way it would move in the original, it was more humanoid, more mysterious, sensual even.
I agree. As much as I love Aliens, I've been swayed more and more by the argument that it very much simplifies the creature, and a lot of the cosmic horror ambiguity and potential that the first film has.
But this is something that has been debated and discussed ad nauseum across a ton of threads on here lol.
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 27, 2024, 07:28:34 PMQuote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 07:18:39 PMQuote from: PortugueseXeno on Mar 27, 2024, 07:08:08 PMQuote from: The Cruentus on Mar 27, 2024, 06:58:14 PMsometimes they can work out well if it fits well such as the Alien Queen.
Even then, i think that the Queen only fits on a vacuum.
The depiction of the Xeno in Aliens is so familiar (to the audience as space ants) and different to the Big Chap of the first movie, that i think it's fair to say that Cameron took away the mysterious vibe of the Xeno earlier than Scott ever did with the prequels.
The thing is that James Cameron managed to do the best scifi-action movie of all time, so it kind of gets a pass.
The Xenos in Aliens could have been replaced with any other fictional monster and the movie would have still been a banger, because of the vibes and style of James Cameron.
The psychosexual Gigeresque aspect of the Xeno got lost, but in return James Cameron pulled an ambitious production (animatronics, set design, power loader) and a compelling narrative, with all of these factors being executed with maximum perfection.
And i say this as someone that loves Aliens.
That movie is so good, that i kind of give it a pass when it comes to how the Xenos were portrayed in comparison to the first movie.
They were always bug-like to begin with though.
I think you understand what i mean.
The first movie had a lot of psychosexual influence and rape imagery, not to mention the scene with Big Chap moving his tail beneath Lambert's legs.
The second movie, while still featuring facehuggers and the life-cycle, had a much more shallow interpretation of the Xeno and abandoned its Gigeresque features and vibes for a more action oriented spectacle, therefore turning the Xeno into literal bugs to be used as cannon fodder, while then introducing a big final boss, the Queen.
And don't get me wrong, it worked, the movie was a blast, but it's fair to say that the Xeno changed as a monster.
They were still bio-mechanical in Aliens and they still moved slowly when they didn't need to jump wall to wall. I get what you mean though.
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 07:32:18 PMRomulus was originally set to be released on streaming service Hulu so that's that. It does not have the scope, scale or gravity of the first movies and it simply won't be anything new or groundbreaking as we have seen in the past. Still going to see it day 1 and hope it breaks even or makes a profit. Then we really need sth else because the same story over and over again has been done to death.
Maybe we should wait to see it before making such doom and gloom judgements.
People had similar reservations for
Prey, but a Hulu release, and scaled-back return to basics ended up being very enjoyable to a good majority of the fanbase. And clearly was enough to warrant two sequels being green-lit, and giving the studios confidence enough to give this a theater run.
Regarding
Romulus originally being conceived for Hulu, back in 2022 when the film was announced Steve Asbell had this to say on that subject:
QuoteAsbell, who recently spoke to THR about the future of 20th Century Studios, said by doing the project for Hulu, there wouldn't be the pressure to whittle down the potential edginess that could come with theatrical considerations. "It's not a film that has to be all things to all people with those gargantuan budgets. They get to be authentically what they are. And this is closer to its genre roots."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alien-movie-fede-alvarez-20th-century-studios-1235037155/
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Mar 27, 2024, 07:37:24 PMQuote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 07:32:18 PMRomulus was originally set to be released on streaming service Hulu so that's that. It does not have the scope, scale or gravity of the first movies and it simply won't be anything new or groundbreaking as we have seen in the past. Still going to see it day 1 and hope it breaks even or makes a profit. Then we really need sth else because the same story over and over again has been done to death.
Maybe we should wait to see it before making such doom and gloom judgements.
People had similar reservations for Prey, but a Hulu release, and scaled-back return to basics ended up being very enjoyable to a good majority of the fanbase. And clearly was enough to warrant two sequels being green-lit, and giving the studios confidence enough to give this a theater run.
Ok fair enough...i'm still collating...
But Prey wasn't that good either imo. It felt lazy being set on earth, so easy when you don't have to create a new one... And the Predator was virtually indestructable it was ridiculous. Also, I'm not even remotely confident in Hollywood anymore after all the crap they released the past few years. We have to rely on the suits at fox these days and not the artists anymore so fingers crossed.
I liked PREY but honestly I didn't think it was that good. Not bad, not good. It was hard for me to buy into the main girl out smarting the predator after how she was introduced early in the film (I see what they were going for just didn't feel the execution was there) and I HATED the feral design.
With that being said though there were some really cool scenes cinematography wise. I still love the rattlesnake scene among some of the other wild life scenes. And it seemed like the director had a passion for the Predator films which is why I think we are seeing a shift between Romulus and PREY because the directors have a strong fan side that honors the lore and isn't trying to reinvent the wheel too much.
But Romulus idk I'm all onboard at this point with Fede I've heard and seen enough at this point from his previous works and the visuals in the trailer. I will go down with the ship on this saying this will be up there with the first two alien films.
There's a part of me that hopes it will be on par with the first two movies. I don't believe at all it will happen though.
Romulus will be praised like Prey, but probably will not take risks. And yet Alien (1979) was a film that took risks. Its ironic how the desire for nostalgia makes it impossible to create what you are now nostalgic about. Once upon a time the Xenomorph was innovative in design and all was fresh; now we are painted into a corner with only the right to use certain strokes, and colors.; its ironic, what was once new and creative gets used to destroy creativity and any chance of seeing anything new as writers and directors cling to orthodoxy; doubly ironic that most franchises are now trapped in dogma, and are like religions, with deviations or fresh takes treated as heresy.
Quote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 07:45:16 PMQuote from: Cosmic Incubation on Mar 27, 2024, 07:37:24 PMQuote from: Snake on Mar 27, 2024, 07:32:18 PMRomulus was originally set to be released on streaming service Hulu so that's that. It does not have the scope, scale or gravity of the first movies and it simply won't be anything new or groundbreaking as we have seen in the past. Still going to see it day 1 and hope it breaks even or makes a profit. Then we really need sth else because the same story over and over again has been done to death.
Maybe we should wait to see it before making such doom and gloom judgements.
People had similar reservations for Prey, but a Hulu release, and scaled-back return to basics ended up being very enjoyable to a good majority of the fanbase. And clearly was enough to warrant two sequels being green-lit, and giving the studios confidence enough to give this a theater run.
Ok fair enough...i'm still collating...
Are you sure about that...? :P
(Sorry for the lame joke, I couldn't resist :laugh: )
It's hard to fully tell right now what Romulus will have to offer. I think it might not be a whole lot of new territory, but will overall be a solid reminder of what a good Alien film can be. I'm personally ok with that.
I don't get the vibe that it'll be full of eye-rolling nostalgia-bait or anything either. Fede had the opportunity to do such a thing with his Evil Dead, but didn't. There were echoes from the original, but it felt unique and not forced, and gave the film it's own identity in the series.
I hope it does have a new thing going for it honestly, that's something I loved about Prometheus, something I still love, it's taking the core concept of something and doing your own thing with it.
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Mar 27, 2024, 11:47:16 PMIt's hard to fully tell right now what Romulus will have to offer.
I think I'm looking forward to SiL's reaction more than the actual movie.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 27, 2024, 11:52:30 PMI think I'm looking forward to SiL's reaction more than the actual movie.
If I don't like it it's probably going to just be "ehhhh".
Is that how you reacted to AvPR?
That was 17 years ago my dude.
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Mar 27, 2024, 11:50:34 PMI hope it does have a new thing going for it honestly, that's something I loved about Prometheus, something I still love, it's taking the core concept of something and doing your own thing with it.
Oh me too for sure! I'd love to see some new things. And I think Fede can offer, and will have his own vision shown.
I just think it'll at
minimum be a solid back to basics story akin to Isolation, which is satisfying on it's own for me.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 27, 2024, 11:57:54 PMThat was 17 years ago my dude.
But that just makes me feel old. >:(
Sil's reaction at 4:24 :) :laugh: ;)
Alien movies make me smile no matter what :)
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Quote from: E. Shaw on Mar 27, 2024, 11:13:14 PMRomulus will be praised like Prey, but probably will not take risks. And yet Alien (1979) was a film that took risks. Its ironic how the desire for nostalgia makes it impossible to create what you are now nostalgic about. Once upon a time the Xenomorph was innovative in design and all was fresh; now we are painted into a corner with only the right to use certain strokes, and colors.; its ironic, what was once new and creative gets used to destroy creativity and any chance of seeing anything new as writers and directors cling to orthodoxy; doubly ironic that most franchises are now trapped in dogma, and are like religions, with deviations or fresh takes treated as heresy.
Godzilla Minus One showed me that someone can take a series that has been repeated many times over, and make something amazing with a fresh new perspective. I'm optimistic so far based on the teaser and various interviews with Fede that we will get a back to basics Alien story with some visceral new imagery/concepts with the familiar and on top of that I have a sneaky suspicion there will be new concepts, one especially in particular...... 8)
Also to note in new a Spanish interview, he said he loves it when rather than answering the questions to mysteries, we end up with new questions and seemed to imply this is what we will get with Romulus.
My problem isn't seeing new things. I think majority of people who had a problem with the new things were that they totally went outside the established (or assumed) lure. If done properly I don't think it's a big deal. I think most people are actually open to it I mean hell there has already been something different in every single film. But when Scott was trying to do something absurd like make David the intended creator of the xenomorph I think 99.8% of people would agree that didn't sit well with them. But as far as Prometheus and Covenant I don't think they're at all that bad of films, they just have parts where we stray a little too far off course.
And Prometheus as a stand alone entry I absolutely love the way it contributes to the universe without infringing on the xenomorph. It shows that the Alien universe has a lot more to offer than just the xenomorph.
Covenant was honestly a great film for me all the way up until the introduction of the Alien. God I wish they just had the neomorph and maybe at the end some other obscure alien from Shaws ovaries and the black goo. Literally love the first 2/3 of that movie. And if they solidified that he stole the blueprints from the engineers ;D
Depends on what we call new things.
Spoiler
Is a new creature considered a new thing ? It was already done before with the Newborn, or even Neomorphs. I guess it's new if this movie's latest creature is different enough from what we already saw.
I'm fine with new. My problem is when people think that "new" means we have to add something novel or reinvent the wheel.
Look at chestbursting. The first four movies all had unique chestbursting sequences, but none of them reinvented chestbursting. They just came up with interesting scenarios for them. And there are unique scenarious for bursting that we haven't seen yet, plenty of ways to make it fresh without needing to make friggin' Stomach Creche Bursters. I'm looking at you, AvPR.
And when something novel is added, would it kill it to be complimentary rather than a lame "bigger badder" upgrade? Or something that basically makes the original threat tame and irrelevant? The Queen is great because she fits a completely different role to the regular adults. If you swapped a Queen out for Big Chap you'd have a very, very different movie. But replace a neomorph with a xenomorph and what real difference does it make? No acid blood? That's about it. Or replace the xenomorph with free-floating pathogen and suddenly the Alien doesn't seem all that much of a problem.
It's the nature of a franchise that rules and standards start to be made, and ignoring them for the sake of newness is a skill issue, not innovation. If people are tired of the bounding boxes of the franchise, the answer is to make or find a new one, not beat a dead horse for brand recognition.
That's more like it.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 28, 2024, 01:51:09 AMDepends on what we call new things. Spoiler
Is a new creature considered a new thing ? It was already done before with the Newborn, or even Neomorphs. I guess it's new if this movie's latest creature is different enough from what we already saw.
This is true, we've seen new things with every Alien movie. Aliens with the Queen, Alien 3 with the dog/ox alien, resurrection with the newborn, etc. These are all new things so just having new ideas/elements does not necessarily make them interesting. For example, demon/possession movies have been made so many times, a lot of time with new ideas and takes on the genre, and I grew fatigued by them. Nothing really ever clicked with me or genuinely provided me with a sense of dread. Then
Hereditary came out of no where and provided something unique which stuck with me. In my opinion, it was pure, surreal dread that finally provided exactly what I was looking for. Of course, thats just me and we all have our own preferences but the point is if Fede Alvarez's take on the Alien franchise produces genuine terror and shock value, it doesn't necessarily need to have completely new ideas to be interesting.
What is promising about
Romulus is if it actually takes us back to the atmosphere of the first film and establishes the Xenomorph as a true 'perfect organism', vs bugs of the later movies. Going back to a twisted Lovecraftian psycho-sexual cosmic horror of the first film, if a new idea is introduced with that as the baseline then I think it would be very fresh and interesting. Especially if you can bring about new mysteries and questions and get the audience intellectually invested.
I found this interview interesting too, just saw it posted earlier today.
Of note he says "My favorite are the ones that did not answer questions. The more I know, the less scared I am. The fear of the unknown, and what is that thing, that is what makes it terrifying." Then he states there are some moments in the movie that he thinks will really stick with people and mentions 'picking up stories we never thought we would hear more about but we do' and talks about connecting to the other movies. So I could easily see some interesting connections being made if done correctly but also creating new questions in the process vs just plugging these ideas in as neat little perfectly connecting plot points to merge it all.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 27, 2024, 06:57:01 PMThat being said, I'm also very much on board with Ridley's prequels (even though I don't think Prometheus really works as a movie), and would love nothing more than to see him get one last stab at it to close the book on that story arc while also allowing new voices to come in and do their own thing as well.
Look, I love Covenant. I genuinely do. It has a lot of rich thematics going off. I still think shoehorning the Alien into the last act was a mistake though (as it was in the pre-Prometheus days of that film too). That said, I adamantly don't want to see Ridley back in the director's chair. While we can still very much steer away from David-as-Creator (we'll have to see what Romulus does), I just don't trust Ridley not do David-as-Space-Jockey. And I think that would be the tipping point for me.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 27, 2024, 07:39:24 PMRegarding Romulus originally being conceived for Hulu, back in 2022 when the film was announced Steve Asbell had this to say on that subject:
QuoteAsbell, who recently spoke to THR about the future of 20th Century Studios, said by doing the project for Hulu, there wouldn't be the pressure to whittle down the potential edginess that could come with theatrical considerations. "It's not a film that has to be all things to all people with those gargantuan budgets. They get to be authentically what they are. And this is closer to its genre roots."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alien-movie-fede-alvarez-20th-century-studios-1235037155/
Knowing what we know now about all the
Spoiler
connections to the wider cinematic Alien lore with references to Ash, Big Chap and the big tie-in to the controversial aspects with the prequels
I can see where he's coming from with that statement, but I take more that as a not having to appeal to the wider masses, rather than an edginess or violence thing. Though if the teaser is indicative of the final project, that's still very much there!
Quote from: SiL on Mar 28, 2024, 03:00:24 AMBut replace a neomorph with a xenomorph and what real difference does it make? No acid blood? That's about it. Or replace the xenomorph with free-floating pathogen and suddenly the Alien doesn't seem all that much of a problem.
And that's my problem with shoehorning the Alien in. It doesn't give the films any time to define or differentiate these other versions before you bring in the "classic" and just waste your time with it. Spaihts' scripts had that problem, Covenant has that problem.
It's my biggest issue with the black goo and its various creations. Why bother with the Alien any more? Outside of nostalgia it's honestly kind of lame in comparison. I said in another thread if it weren't for brand recognition the audience would think the Alien is proof David is shithouse at making things.
"Look at my life's work! Something with a really cumbersome life cycle compared to the thing I made it out of, but this time with acid blood!"
Exactly. Please stop playing with your PS5 and take a look at the PS2 I invented.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
The Pathogen during Alien Covenant's depiction; a spore that enters through just any orifice, kills you or results in a gangly pale translucent skinned humanoid with barely any discernable features save for sonetimes back spikes, a tail, a pointed head and a goblin shark like pharyngeal jaw. They only kill things.
It is without that sexual component, even the method of incubation comes across more like a parasitic coincidence, than something with a deliberate analogue. If you want that stuff with the Pathogen's representation you have to get much more convoluted with something like Prometheus.
On top of being deeply psychosexual the Alien causes amnesia and takes a longer time to incubate allowing farther spread of itself, the Facehugger's able to be independent but creation of a Chestburster's consistent, it can perpetuate itself infinitely through a hive structure that it is able to use as camouflage and it uses acid for blood.
Even half aside not featured in that film it is imbued with some pretty clear advantages.
The prequels are fairly consistent that the pathogen creates things that are capable of reproducing.
As a movie threat, the Alien has no advantages over the pathogen or pathogen created things outside of acid blood. It has restraints introduced that make it less threatening and less destructive than the alternatives.
If nostalgia weren't at play what we see in Covenant doesn't sell the Alien as anything special.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 28, 2024, 03:05:57 AMThat's more like it.
You should have said "do it, give in to the dark side" :laugh:
Quote from: SiL on Mar 28, 2024, 10:05:19 AMIt's my biggest issue with the black goo and its various creations. Why bother with the Alien any more? Outside of nostalgia it's honestly kind of lame in comparison. I said in another thread if it weren't for brand recognition the audience would think the Alien is proof David is shithouse at making things.
"Look at my life's work! Something with a really cumbersome life cycle compared to the thing I made it out of, but this time with acid blood!"
This is where I struggle because I like the idea of the Aliens being some revenge/spite/rape monster specifically designed for mankind by David, and it's cumbersome to ensure more discomfort/pain/etc.
But I also really hate David designing the Aliens. So it's just a lose-lose for me.
After ten years on 16EG14 nothing remains outside of the original virus according to David and what we obviously see with the Neomorph stuff.
Most of the crew also do not get infected because after deployment the Pathogen had no means to spread and perpetuate itself, it is all dead, and the spores themselves have barely any range despite being planet wide in dispersal.
Unlike what we see in the film after Oram dies, the other Facehuggers in the vicinity actively seek out hosts, and when one gets a host the longer incubation time means the Alien escapes the planet.
That and the acid blood makes it superior just in the context of that one film.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 28, 2024, 10:05:19 AMIt's my biggest issue with the black goo and its various creations. Why bother with the Alien any more? Outside of nostalgia it's honestly kind of lame in comparison. I said in another thread if it weren't for brand recognition the audience would think the Alien is proof David is shithouse at making things.
"Look at my life's work! Something with a really cumbersome life cycle compared to the thing I made it out of, but this time with acid blood!"
But but look at the great design!
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Mar 28, 2024, 12:22:01 PMUnlike what we see in the film after Oram dies, the other Facehuggers in the vicinity actively seek out hosts, and when one gets a host the longer incubation time means the Alien escapes the planet.
That and the acid blood makes it superior just in the context of that one film.
That is fair, but depends on intent I suppose. As a bioweapon, quicker gestation time results in quicker combat and the faster life cycle means the deployers don't have to deal with cleaning up the creatures themselves. As something to punish humanity, allowing it to spread is better suited to ensure maximum exposure.
Also the fact that even if David did use up the original stuff, the payload that was dropped still seemingly decimated most if not the entire planet. I think a character mentions being unable to hear any wildlife or something. So it renders Aliens obsolete really.
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Mar 28, 2024, 12:22:01 PMAfter ten years on 16EG14 nothing remains outside of the original virus according to David and what we obviously see with the Neomorph stuff.
Aliens would also eradicate all the native wildlife and leave themselves dormant and waiting, like the spores.
QuoteUnlike what we see in the film after Oram dies, the other Facehuggers in the vicinity actively seek out hosts,
Only one does, in response to someone else entering the room. Facehuggers generally wait for things to come to them -- just like the spores.
Quotethe longer incubation time means the Alien escapes the planet.
Eh, you're overselling this. The
Covenant was en route, there's not long between him being infected and them taking off.
Facehuggers also normally stay on for quite a while, which immobilises the host for the duration, so they can only be moved if something moves them. After the facehugger comes off there's usually not much time before the Alien is born.
I think we are both correct from certain perspectives as pointed out.
Depends on the media, we do not see in Alien Covenant itself, Monolith's AVP showed the Aliens farming but if we consider Aliens the film's depiction they seemingly keep producing ad infinitum.
Imagine if the entrance to the crashed Juggernaut did not house Pods but Eggs, if Motes could chase people up the stairs like Facehuggers, I believe you might have a greater number of Neomorphs than Aliens.
Just in Alien Covenant though we are shown the Facehugger does not need to stay on long but the Alien Chestburster still has several hours of development required.
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Mar 28, 2024, 02:39:52 PMif we consider Aliens the film's depiction they seemingly keep producing ad infinitum.
They can only produce with hosts. The
Aliens colony was down to one potential hosts until the marines arrived.
QuoteImagine if the entrance to the crashed Juggernaut did not house Pods but Eggs, if Motes could chase people up the stairs like Facehuggers, I believe you might have a greater number of Neomorphs than Aliens.
People would see the eggs sooner and be wary.
You can also shoot face huggers, you can't shoot motes. And who says the motes can't go upstairs? The ones that get Ledward coalesce and fly into his ear. They clearly have autonomous motion, they don't just blow around in the breeze.
While I completely agree with SiL that the Pathogen tends to make the Alien obsolete (especially if not constrained by any rules like some comics, games and novels tend to go...), one excuse I find for an advantage of an Alien over the Pathogen is that a Facehugger can melt through any helmet and and get you. The motes wouldn't be able to go through good masks, Hazmat suits etc.
Still, that's bit of a reach. Creatives keep on forgetting that there have been good stories in these recent years without the Pathogen... For all of the strangeness that Noah's show might bring, I like that he's at least not gonna include Scott's stuff which I hope means no Pathogen there.
Quote from: Still Collating... on Mar 28, 2024, 11:27:40 PMWhile I completely agree with SiL that the Pathogen tends to make the Alien obsolete (especially if not constrained by any rules like some comics, games and novels tend to go...), one excuse I find for an advantage of an Alien over the Pathogen is that a Facehugger can melt through any helmet and and get you. The motes wouldn't be able to go through good masks, Hazmat suits etc.
Even if the pathogen were a byproduct of the Alien (that is, David is not the creator) it would be something like the weaponization of the Xenomorph by the Engineers :laugh:
Quote from: SiL on Mar 28, 2024, 11:12:57 PMQuote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Mar 28, 2024, 02:39:52 PMif we consider Aliens the film's depiction they seemingly keep producing ad infinitum.
They can only produce with hosts. The Aliens colony was down to one potential hosts until the marines arrived.
QuoteImagine if the entrance to the crashed Juggernaut did not house Pods but Eggs, if Motes could chase people up the stairs like Facehuggers, I believe you might have a greater number of Neomorphs than Aliens.
People would see the eggs sooner and be wary.
You can also shoot face huggers, you can't shoot motes. And who says the motes can't go upstairs? The ones that get Ledward coalesce and fly into his ear. They clearly have autonomous motion, they don't just blow around in the breeze.
Yep. 156 Colonists out of 158 dead by the time the marines arrived, 1 more died in the processor. So there was only really between 100 to 150ish odd aliens give or take. Some colonists were probably outright killed so not all them became hosts.
I meant the Queen showed no signs of stopping to be clear.
Ah right.
It is possible she may have stopped at some intervals, otherwise there would be no room for the eggs.
I imagine the adults moved some.
We only have so much to go on when it is the only film that showed the Aliens active as a colony. In Alien and Alien³ we get a single Alien trying to establish things. In Alien Covenant we get siblings, two, twice and in Resurrection everything got corrupted.
Really curious to see what exactly Romulus does.
True but it might be she stopped laying eggs until some of the aliens were killed, so she needed to replensish. Speculation of course but multiple weeks of laying eggs would mean there should be more hallways filled them.
In A3 the Alien looked like he was eating the whole time.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 29, 2024, 01:02:40 AMIn A3 the Alien looked like he was eating the whole time made of melted cheese.
FTFY
Who doesn't like cheese ?
What I just read is a reminder of how much I hate the black goo, in terms of how much it cheapens the Alien.
Spoiler
But somehow I find the black goo more forgiveable slightly over finding Big Chap floating in space.
Spoiler
I really don't want to see him floating in space
You'll both regret you said that
Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Mar 29, 2024, 04:00:16 AMSpoiler
But somehow I find the black goo more forgiveable slightly over finding Big Chap floating in space.
Spoiler
I find neither compare to this film accepting that the Engineers concept is still a thing instead of forgetting Prometheus ever happened.
I agree but too late, it's confirmed anyways
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Mar 29, 2024, 01:05:18 AMWho doesn't like cheese ?
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I'm not even going to attempt to pick out the posts of merit from that rat's nest. Split, deleted and banned. I have zero patience for those using "woke" as an excuse to just be a racist.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2024, 08:38:53 AMI'm not even going to attempt to pick out the posts of merit from that rat's nest. Split, deleted and banned. I have zero patience for those using "woke" as an excuse to just be a racist.
I don't know how often you hear this but you're awesome. You're work here is beyond appreciated even though I'm sure its a pain in the a$$ sometimes. But your efforts and those of the other mods make this the top place for this fandom
Quote from: 426Buddy on Mar 30, 2024, 09:44:47 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2024, 08:38:53 AMI'm not even going to attempt to pick out the posts of merit from that rat's nest. Split, deleted and banned. I have zero patience for those using "woke" as an excuse to just be a racist.
I don't know how often you hear this but you're awesome. You're work here is beyond appreciated even though I'm sure its a pain in the a$$ sometimes. But your efforts and those of the other mods make this the top place for this fandom
If other fandoms had a group like the mods here maybe they wouldn't be drowning in toxicity and douchiness!
Quote from: NoStyleDutch on Mar 30, 2024, 04:39:05 PMQuote from: 426Buddy on Mar 30, 2024, 09:44:47 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2024, 08:38:53 AMI'm not even going to attempt to pick out the posts of merit from that rat's nest. Split, deleted and banned. I have zero patience for those using "woke" as an excuse to just be a racist.
I don't know how often you hear this but you're awesome. You're work here is beyond appreciated even though I'm sure its a pain in the a$$ sometimes. But your efforts and those of the other mods make this the top place for this fandom
If other fandoms had a group like the mods here maybe they wouldn't be drowning in toxicity and douchiness!
I doubt it, I still see it here and there on this site, to be fair though all fandoms have it, it comes with the territory unfortunately, best one can do is try and avoid them, report them or hope the mods are vigilant.
This teaser hasn't been out that long and there is already fake versions of it :laugh:
Quote from: The Cruentus on Mar 30, 2024, 04:43:49 PMQuote from: NoStyleDutch on Mar 30, 2024, 04:39:05 PMQuote from: 426Buddy on Mar 30, 2024, 09:44:47 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2024, 08:38:53 AMI'm not even going to attempt to pick out the posts of merit from that rat's nest. Split, deleted and banned. I have zero patience for those using "woke" as an excuse to just be a racist.
I don't know how often you hear this but you're awesome. You're work here is beyond appreciated even though I'm sure its a pain in the a$$ sometimes. But your efforts and those of the other mods make this the top place for this fandom
If other fandoms had a group like the mods here maybe they wouldn't be drowning in toxicity and douchiness!
I doubt it, I still see it here and there on this site, to be fair though all fandoms have it, it comes with the territory unfortunately, best one can do is try and avoid them, report them or hope the mods are vigilant.
This teaser hasn't been out that long and there is already fake versions of it :laugh:
Fair enough, I can't disagree because I stayed off here for a while because of some of the negativity that pops up. But atleast they nip some stuff in the bud here when it gets to a certain level.
I do wish that more forums and sites in general were moderated as tightly as this one. You'd be surprised at how nasty the Lego fandom gets.
It almost always pops off to the point of deletion when I'm asleep. :(
I must say I wasn't surprised.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2024, 08:38:53 AMI'm not even going to attempt to pick out the posts of merit from that rat's nest. Split, deleted and banned. I have zero patience for those using "woke" as an excuse to just be a racist.
Fair play Hicks!
I assume it was that Snake fella going mask-off?
He was really Liquid Snake all along.
Quote from: The Cruentus on Mar 30, 2024, 04:43:49 PMQuote from: NoStyleDutch on Mar 30, 2024, 04:39:05 PMQuote from: 426Buddy on Mar 30, 2024, 09:44:47 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2024, 08:38:53 AMI'm not even going to attempt to pick out the posts of merit from that rat's nest. Split, deleted and banned. I have zero patience for those using "woke" as an excuse to just be a racist.
I don't know how often you hear this but you're awesome. You're work here is beyond appreciated even though I'm sure its a pain in the a$$ sometimes. But your efforts and those of the other mods make this the top place for this fandom
If other fandoms had a group like the mods here maybe they wouldn't be drowning in toxicity and douchiness!
I doubt it, I still see it here and there on this site, to be fair though all fandoms have it, it comes with the territory unfortunately, best one can do is try and avoid them, report them or hope the mods are vigilant.
This teaser hasn't been out that long and there is already fake versions of it :laugh:
It would be neat if someone replaced the siren with that chilling opening music of Alien with the planets being shown and the title forming.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 30, 2024, 05:39:17 PMIt almost always pops off to the point of deletion when I'm asleep. :(
Nah I think what happens is it pops off when Hicks is asleep , then Apon says "somebody wake up hicks"
Then we log on and are like "wasn't this at page 65 yesterday"
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2024, 08:38:53 AMI'm not even going to attempt to pick out the posts of merit from that rat's nest. Split, deleted and banned. I have zero patience for those using "woke" as an excuse to just be a racist.
Hicks the 🐐
Quote from: 426Buddy on Mar 30, 2024, 09:44:47 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2024, 08:38:53 AMI'm not even going to attempt to pick out the posts of merit from that rat's nest. Split, deleted and banned. I have zero patience for those using "woke" as an excuse to just be a racist.
I don't know how often you hear this but you're awesome. You're work here is beyond appreciated even though I'm sure its a pain in the a$$ sometimes. But your efforts and those of the other mods make this the top place for this fandom
I normally hear the opposite about how terrible the place is because I can never do enough! But that is very much appreciated, Buddy! We do really try to keep the forums a nice place to come and nerd out with fellow Alien/Predator fans.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 31, 2024, 09:06:21 AMQuote from: 426Buddy on Mar 30, 2024, 09:44:47 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2024, 08:38:53 AMI'm not even going to attempt to pick out the posts of merit from that rat's nest. Split, deleted and banned. I have zero patience for those using "woke" as an excuse to just be a racist.
I don't know how often you hear this but you're awesome. You're work here is beyond appreciated even though I'm sure its a pain in the a$$ sometimes. But your efforts and those of the other mods make this the top place for this fandom
I normally hear the opposite about how terrible the place is because I can never do enough! But that is very much appreciated, Buddy! We do really try to keep the forums a nice place to come and nerd out with fellow Alien/Predator fans.
I haven't been here for a long time but I think you guys do a great job, there's always gonna be people like that
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 30, 2024, 05:36:27 PMI do wish that more forums and sites in general were moderated as tightly as this one. You'd be surprised at how nasty the Lego fandom gets.
Lego? Seriously?
I'm afraid to even ask about Monopoly ...
Quote from: Kradan on Mar 31, 2024, 12:28:53 PMI'm afraid to even ask about Monopoly ...
Do you want to buy Hadley's Hope Parkway pre-Nuke? :D
Quote from: SM on Mar 31, 2024, 11:39:19 AMQuote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 30, 2024, 05:36:27 PMI do wish that more forums and sites in general were moderated as tightly as this one. You'd be surprised at how nasty the Lego fandom gets.
Lego? Seriously?
Cutthroat bastards and vicious gatekeepers, the lot of them. Or so I'm assuming.
I've been thinking about selling some of my very old lego, does this mean I'm going to have to hear about the great replacement and the gay agenda ad nauseam to do so?
Quite possibly.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 31, 2024, 07:58:47 PMI've been thinking about selling some of my very old lego, does this mean I'm going to have to hear about the great replacement and the gay agenda ad nauseam to do so?
How would you feel if you were a member of the jaundiced community with undisputed representation by Lego minifigs for decades, only to be forced to share the stage with all these strangely-colored newcomers?
(https://i.imgur.com/Hk4cJ99.jpeg)
He's putting on a happy face, but you can tell he's dying inside.
Quote from: SM on Mar 31, 2024, 11:39:19 AMQuote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 30, 2024, 05:36:27 PMI do wish that more forums and sites in general were moderated as tightly as this one. You'd be surprised at how nasty the Lego fandom gets.
Lego? Seriously?
Probably get a lot of blocks on there.
Even in the Jesus fandom there are toxic people :o 😱
Quote from: Rankles75 on Apr 01, 2024, 01:23:41 AMQuote from: SM on Mar 31, 2024, 11:39:19 AMQuote from: Slutty Badger on Mar 30, 2024, 05:36:27 PMI do wish that more forums and sites in general were moderated as tightly as this one. You'd be surprised at how nasty the Lego fandom gets.
Lego? Seriously?
Probably get a lot of blocks on there.
(https://img.freepik.com/free-vector/zing-comic-bright-template-with-speech-bubbles-colorful-frames_1142-9594.jpg?w=826&t=st=1711941123~exp=1711941723~hmac=faa545b54b605ff7b04f8550e3537d402ecc1f1391d6493d034910ea59de9e15)
This green band version of the trailer was sent to me via Twitter. It has the shot of the Facehugger being removed taken out and replaced with lab doors opening, otherwise exactly the same.
Thanks to @culkykyle450 on twitter for finding it and sending it my way!!
Also been mega busy and offline from the site. Apologies on not getting back to some folks messages.
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 01, 2024, 02:37:50 AMEven in the Jesus fandom there are toxic people :o 😱
Oh yeah
Quote from: 426Buddy on Mar 30, 2024, 09:44:47 AMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2024, 08:38:53 AMI'm not even going to attempt to pick out the posts of merit from that rat's nest. Split, deleted and banned. I have zero patience for those using "woke" as an excuse to just be a racist.
I don't know how often you hear this but you're awesome. You're work here is beyond appreciated even though I'm sure its a pain in the a$$ sometimes. But your efforts and those of the other mods make this the top place for this fandom
Quote from: Local Trouble on May 26, 2023, 08:17:29 PMDear Corporal Hicks,
I hope this message finds you well, or as well as you can be given the perpetual state of fatigue that seems to have become your constant companion.
If tiredness were an Olympic sport, you, Corporal Hicks, would surely be a gold medalist. You are the Atlas of AvPGalaxy.net, carrying the weight of the forum on your sagacious, albeit sleep-deprived shoulders. Your weary eyes have become our beacon, cutting through the nebulous chaos of online dialogue with a steadfast, albeit drowsy, gaze.
Your ceaseless dedication is evident in the way you navigate the forums. The nocturnal vigilance you show in moderating, the tired yet determined spirit you pour into keeping the Alien and Predator universe alive and thriving, and the late-night decisions you make—all of these make you a paragon of administrative prowess.
Some say that great leadership requires sacrifice. And what greater sacrifice is there than the deprivation of rest, relaxation, and recuperation? And yet, you soldier on, unflaggingly, your steadfast resolve best demonstrated in the dark circles under your eyes.
While some may mistake your fatigue for disinterest, we, the loyal members of AvPGalaxy.net, see it as it truly is: a badge of honor. Your exhaustion is testament to your commitment, your indefatigable labor on our behalf. Tired though you may be, you are the reason our community thrives, blossoms, and prospers.
It is also worth noting your tireless efforts in managing the mischievous antics of certain forum members. These wayward souls, delighting in their little pranks, surely add to your exhaustion. Yet, with your signature weary sigh and sleep-deprived wit, you deal with each incident with a level-headedness that is simply admirable.
Dear Corporal Hicks, you are not simply our administrator. You are our leader, our mentor, and our champion, an ever-tired sentinel who ensures that the light of AvPGalaxy.net never flickers out.
The next time you find yourself burning the midnight oil, weighed down by your tireless dedication, remember that we see you, and we appreciate you. Your weary strength, your judicious wisdom, your stubborn resolve—all have become the pillars that uphold our community.
So, in conclusion, here's to you, Corporal Hicks, the most exhausted hero we know. May your coffee be strong, your pillow soft, and your rest—if and when you finally get it—deep and rejuvenating.
Yours in profound admiration and gratitude,
ChatGPT
Nice
Not bad
(https://i.ibb.co/N7F1kZY/Copia-di-Aggiungi-un-intestazione.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Bwf47qs)
Love the touch of the birth of Rome
Not going to lie, but i thought this was going to be an April's Fools joke post.
"Don't get too excited," they said.
I am at fever pitch for this film. That new shot is the best thing I have seen or will see all day.
I thought this was an April Fools joke. I was like - :o I don't get it?!
Quote from: PortugueseXeno on Apr 01, 2024, 09:12:46 AMNot going to lie, but i thought this was going to be an April's Fools joke post.
I can't be arsed with that these years. lol
Maybe the real April Fool's was the friends we made along the way.
I sure know my friendships are a joke.
Loving the attention to detail!
"Don't get too excited" too late ;D ;)
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 01, 2024, 10:34:02 AM"Don't get too excited" too late ;D ;)
Yeah, i already liked Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead and Don't Breathe), so i was confident that he would make a movie that i "will" like, but after seeing the teaser, my hype is even bigger now.
I just hope that the marketing doesn't spoil things like Covenant's trailers did, because i know i will have zero self-restraint when it comes to watching it.
Fede said that if he gets his way, then the marketing will not be a spoiler-one and that makes me more excited (even though i already read most of the leaks, i still want some visual imagery to not be spoiled).
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Apr 01, 2024, 04:10:33 AMThis green band version of the trailer was sent to me via Twitter. It has the shot of the Facehugger being removed taken out and replaced with lab doors opening, otherwise exactly the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQtH6p7xbBo
Thanks to @culkykyle450 on twitter for finding it and sending it my way!!
Also been mega busy and offline from the site. Apologies on not getting back to some folks messages.
Really digging that logo on the door.
I dig everything I saw so far, I don't dig everything I know unfortunately.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 01, 2024, 10:38:41 AMQuote from: Mike's Monsters on Apr 01, 2024, 04:10:33 AMThis green band version of the trailer was sent to me via Twitter. It has the shot of the Facehugger being removed taken out and replaced with lab doors opening, otherwise exactly the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQtH6p7xbBo
Thanks to @culkykyle450 on twitter for finding it and sending it my way!!
Also been mega busy and offline from the site. Apologies on not getting back to some folks messages.
Really digging that logo on the door.
It's a really nice door 🚪 👌
(https://y.yarn.co/4d11dd8c-701e-4647-b30c-820d390870a5_text.gif)
Quote from: 426Buddy on Apr 01, 2024, 11:03:03 AMIt's a really nice door 🚪 👌
Is it a door, or a hatch?
Hatch of course. Landlubbers.. :P
Does anybody have screengrabs from the Tik Tok trailer? There were extra shots at the start of that too!
It will probably be used in the full trailer.
Why did they change red blood on a cryopod to black? - 0:44.
Its a pg trailer I'm guessing, they removed the facehugger being removed too.
Quote from: Drukathi on Apr 01, 2024, 01:53:53 PMWhy did they change red blood on a cryopod to black? - 0:44.
Greenband/PG trailer
Also, since I know some people were worried about it a couple days ago (though it might have just been Snake... :-X), the existence of a Green Band trailer would indeed mean that the film we are getting is going to be rated R.
Wow another trailer This time is a green band now im 40 years old can wait for alien Romulus in theater August 16 This is one of the best alien franchise ever for This event my question what happened to David 8 android from Prometheus and alien covenant series and android Walter i hope they are alive i hope there is a female android in alien Romulus
Quote from: T Dog on Apr 01, 2024, 01:47:08 PMDoes anybody have screengrabs from the Tik Tok trailer? There were extra shots at the start of that too!
Here are some that I grabbed from my phone:
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Mar 20, 2024, 05:03:24 PMI've noticed some of the social media marketing has some interesting little teaser snippet shots before the trailer, that aren't in the actual trailer.
(https://i.postimg.cc/XNyZTSXP/434005300-347703184933187-454253715860264302-n.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/R0ySRh1Z/433949675-902756311646284-3107557868311660369-n.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/m2BbV09C/433920409-423942096776344-7958661579842121364-n.jpg)
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 31, 2024, 10:05:47 PMQuote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 31, 2024, 07:58:47 PMI've been thinking about selling some of my very old lego, does this mean I'm going to have to hear about the great replacement and the gay agenda ad nauseam to do so?
How would you feel if you were a member of the jaundiced community with undisputed representation by Lego minifigs for decades, only to be forced to share the stage with all these strangely-colored newcomers?
(https://i.imgur.com/Hk4cJ99.jpeg)
He's putting on a happy face, but you can tell he's dying inside.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/87/aa/46/87aa465e83f5187c996f7499eb4afc68.gif)
What do you all think of that tub of stuff is anyway? Considering that even if the Xeno survived the Narcissus engine blast, in what way would it just maybe find debris from the Nostromo? I'm sure everyone thought the Nostromo exploded like a nuclear fission reactor but I mean that was 80s tv special effects at work.
"Romulus Labs"
Aka
"We're all gonna die!"
Blood turns darker when it is out of the body, no oxygen.
I wonder now that we will get a Red Band Trailer come Alien Day on 4-26?
The Red Band version of this teaser is the one we already have, with the grisly Facehugger removal and the more prominently vibrant blood.
We could very well get a new trailer on Alien Day, only time will really tell. It seems a bit too soon after this one, but then, this was only a teaser.
Yeah the fact that the one we got was the "teaser" trailer, makes me think we'll get a longer or more in-depth trailer on Alien Day.
I still think Furiosa's release (late May, Memorial Day weekend) is probably a better bet to expect a new/full trailer, just given the timeline of this film's release, but Alien Day could very well see the release of some sort of BTS reel or something along those lines. Or hey, maybe it really be a full trailer coming in a few weeks!
Weyland Yutani Romulus Lab, and Aliens vs Young suad Isabel from Sicario 2 .. ;D
Aliens vs Marines strong characters
I imagine the explosion we see in the trailer is to get rid of the Infestation, but there will be a surprise (not a surprise anymore since its part of the storytelling) final act.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 01, 2024, 10:38:41 AMReally digging that logo on the door.
What's interesting about the hatch logo is that it is actually a roman style bass relief sculpture, not just a sticker.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GKGfWr4XMAEnC-H?format=jpg&name=large)
Bass relief sculptures were a pretty big thing in ancient civilizations, the Roman empire especially. You can see plenty of them in Gladiator.
Romulus and Remus being raised by wolves...well that's quite literal ;D
Two questions, one question is unrelated to the movie
So will this movie is going to be somewhat religious or theme of religious?
And is raised by wolves good?
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 01, 2024, 07:41:38 PMRomulus and Remus being raised by wolves...well that's quite literal ;D
"It's f*cking great!" - Ridley Scott
Quote from: Mr. Joe on Apr 01, 2024, 06:37:06 PMWeyland Yutani Romulus Lab, and Aliens vs Young suad Isabel from Sicario 2 .. ;D
Aliens vs Marines strong characters
Once more... WAT.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 07:45:19 PMSo will this movie is going to be somewhat religious or theme of religious?
Seems to be playing more on Roman mythology/history more so than any contemporary religion, but I'm sure there will be some overlap there (probably less so than the more overt Christian overtones in
Alien 3,
Resurrection, and the prequels [though the prequels also had a lot of Greek myth to their makeup as well], however).
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 07:45:19 PMAnd is raised by wolves good?
I think it's excellent. Comes with my highest recommendation, provided you're comfortable jumping into a series that comes to a stop with an abrupt cliffhanger as a result of early cancelation.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 07:45:19 PMTwo questions, one question is unrelated to the movie
So will this movie is going to be somewhat religious or theme of religious?
And is raised by wolves good?
I hope it's religious, the films have always had some religious aspect.
Raised By Wolves is very good. A glimpse of the future IMHO.
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Apr 01, 2024, 03:14:16 PMQuote from: T Dog on Apr 01, 2024, 01:47:08 PMDoes anybody have screengrabs from the Tik Tok trailer? There were extra shots at the start of that too!
Here are some that I grabbed from my phone:
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Mar 20, 2024, 05:03:24 PMI've noticed some of the social media marketing has some interesting little teaser snippet shots before the trailer, that aren't in the actual trailer.
(https://i.postimg.cc/XNyZTSXP/434005300-347703184933187-454253715860264302-n.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/R0ySRh1Z/433949675-902756311646284-3107557868311660369-n.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/m2BbV09C/433920409-423942096776344-7958661579842121364-n.jpg)
Cheers! It's that 3rd shot I was interested in! I bet I know what that is they are transporting ;)
Those are promising answers one last question that is related to the movie
Are you hoping to see that this movie will have more sexual themes around the xenomorph? I know this is a weird question, but since HR Geiger art is a little more on the let's say "inspirational" side of the art community, I'm kind of hoping that there are some elements of those themes around the xenomorph. Hell I think we saw one in the trailer with the face hugger removeal.
Yeah, there will, I can't see Fede leaving that side of things alone.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 09:17:42 PMThose are promising answers one last question that is related to the movie
Are you hoping to see that this movie will have more sexual themes around the xenomorph? I know this is a weird question, but since HR Geiger art is a little more on the let's say "inspirational" side of the art community, I'm kind of hoping that there are some elements of those themes around the xenomorph. Hell I think we saw one in the trailer with the face hugger removeal.
The psycho-sexual has always been part of the Alien Saga. I do hope it is more like Alien in showing this aspect of the creature.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 09:17:42 PMHR Geiger
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbGZ4bHBmaHM1MnM0Y3kxdWVrdnRrcW5oNXV2NjM5bWVsemdiOXk1NyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/3o6Mb4BiqYBpZJH8SQ/giphy.gif)
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 01, 2024, 09:39:57 PMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 09:17:42 PMHR Geiger
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbGZ4bHBmaHM1MnM0Y3kxdWVrdnRrcW5oNXV2NjM5bWVsemdiOXk1NyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/3o6Mb4BiqYBpZJH8SQ/giphy.gif
Hahaha that made me ROFL.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Apr 01, 2024, 09:30:28 PMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 09:17:42 PMThose are promising answers one last question that is related to the movie
Are you hoping to see that this movie will have more sexual themes around the xenomorph? I know this is a weird question, but since HR Geiger art is a little more on the let's say "inspirational" side of the art community, I'm kind of hoping that there are some elements of those themes around the xenomorph. Hell I think we saw one in the trailer with the face hugger removeal.
The psycho-sexual has always been part of the Alien Saga. I do hope it is more like Alien in showing this aspect of the creature.
I mean yeah, it's always been part of the franchise, but I feel like it's been focused on less as the years went on when they start to focus on the shooter elements instead of the psycho-sexual elements
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 09:49:19 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 01, 2024, 09:30:28 PMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 09:17:42 PMThose are promising answers one last question that is related to the movie
Are you hoping to see that this movie will have more sexual themes around the xenomorph? I know this is a weird question, but since HR Geiger art is a little more on the let's say "inspirational" side of the art community, I'm kind of hoping that there are some elements of those themes around the xenomorph. Hell I think we saw one in the trailer with the face hugger removeal.
The psycho-sexual has always been part of the Alien Saga. I do hope it is more like Alien in showing this aspect of the creature.
I mean yeah, it's always been part of the franchise, but I feel like it's been focused on less as the years went on when they start to focus on the shooter elements instead of the psycho-sexual elements
I agree, Aliens kinda started down playing it. Alien3 brought it back a bit, Alien Resurrection delved into more, though went overboard with The Newborn. I felt Prometheus had it in a few scenes, the Cobra Hugger and Shaw's surgery.
With Alvarez it's pretty much guaranteed.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Apr 01, 2024, 09:56:33 PMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 09:49:19 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 01, 2024, 09:30:28 PMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 09:17:42 PMThose are promising answers one last question that is related to the movie
Are you hoping to see that this movie will have more sexual themes around the xenomorph? I know this is a weird question, but since HR Geiger art is a little more on the let's say "inspirational" side of the art community, I'm kind of hoping that there are some elements of those themes around the xenomorph. Hell I think we saw one in the trailer with the face hugger removeal.
The psycho-sexual has always been part of the Alien Saga. I do hope it is more like Alien in showing this aspect of the creature.
I mean yeah, it's always been part of the franchise, but I feel like it's been focused on less as the years went on when they start to focus on the shooter elements instead of the psycho-sexual elements
I agree, Aliens kinda started down playing it. Alien3 brought it back a bit, Alien Resurrection delved into more, though went overboard with The Newborn. I felt Prometheus had it in a few scenes, the Cobra Hugger and Shaw's surgery.
From what I remember, in resurrection, I did like some of the things they included, I'm totally on board with a newborn being a caterpillar, (I want my boy to be giger like), with the prequels there were some right as you said with Shaw "hugging in bed" with her boyfriend, surgery, the hammerpede going in the dumbasses throat. With covenant the only scene that I remembered that being so suggestible, is the shower scene and that was just cut.
You forgot about the flute scene. :laugh:
Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 01, 2024, 10:19:16 PMYou forgot about the flute scene. :laugh:
let not talk about that scene
Why not? It's a perfectly cromulent scene.
One of the best scene in Covenant.
No, it's just bad writing
Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 01, 2024, 10:19:16 PMYou forgot about the flute scene. :laugh:
(https://y.yarn.co/c811b730-a7ed-45dc-8a6f-354d5043a7c4_text.gif)
Actually that particular scene is nicely written dialogue-wise.
David is just lookin for love.
"No one will love you like I do."
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 10:47:58 PMNo, it's just bad writing
I can understand not liking the scene, but how exactly is it bad writing?
The scene clearly shows David's narcissistic tendencies through a dialogue full of sexual inuendo to a literal copy of himself, while at the same time trying to manipulate his naive brother.
Say what you want about Covenant, but it tried to bring back some that psychosexual themes that Giger liked so much.
It feels like a line from a porn.
Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 01, 2024, 11:09:19 PMIt feels like a line from a porn.
ROFL
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Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 01, 2024, 11:09:19 PMIt feels like a line from a porn.
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I know people who use Subutex and they're all opioid addicts.
No one understands the lonely perfection of my dreams
The flute scene is great. Maybe even the film's best scene, honestly. Love the interplay between David and Walter there.
Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 09:49:19 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 01, 2024, 09:30:28 PMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 09:17:42 PMThose are promising answers one last question that is related to the movie
Are you hoping to see that this movie will have more sexual themes around the xenomorph? I know this is a weird question, but since HR Geiger art is a little more on the let's say "inspirational" side of the art community, I'm kind of hoping that there are some elements of those themes around the xenomorph. Hell I think we saw one in the trailer with the face hugger removeal.
The psycho-sexual has always been part of the Alien Saga. I do hope it is more like Alien in showing this aspect of the creature.
I mean yeah, it's always been part of the franchise, but I feel like it's been focused on less as the years went on when they start to focus on the shooter elements instead of the psycho-sexual elements
Alien: Covenant brings those elements back to the forefront in full force.
I assume it was bad because the Internet was making fun of it, and I also haven't watched it recently too
A woman, of great importance to them, is part of their art.
(https://i.ibb.co/QHRDPm2/Picsart-24-04-01-21-44-12-556.jpg)
David is Giger in movie form(https://s12.gifyu.com/images/SVFSk.gif)👉👈
(https://i.ibb.co/LJ16NPD/udRbwnC.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/fFMwrQ7/BnNtTk5.jpg)
Also
Covenant was written by Satan💤👹
(https://i.ibb.co/RNnDbVv/Screenshot-20240401-215345-Chrome.jpg)
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Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 02, 2024, 12:20:38 AMI assume it was bad because the Internet was making fun of it
Please don't get your opinions this way.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Apr 02, 2024, 01:03:27 AMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 02, 2024, 12:20:38 AMI assume it was bad because the Internet was making fun of it
Please don't get your opinions this way.
That understandable, i'll try not to.
Quote from: David Weyland on Apr 02, 2024, 12:08:30 AMNo one understands the lonely perfection of my dreams
David, and Cortana in Halo 5: Guardians.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 01, 2024, 08:07:03 PMQuote from: Thatguy2068 on Apr 01, 2024, 07:45:19 PMSo will this movie is going to be somewhat religious or theme of religious?
Seems to be playing more on Greek mythology/history more so than any contemporary religion, but I'm sure there will be some overlap there (probably less so than the more overt Christian overtones in Alien 3, Resurrection, and the prequels [though the prequels also had a lot of Greek myth to their makeup as well], however).
Roman mythology surely? Aliens and Prometheus had a little bit of Greek mythology mixed-in. Alien a little bit of Egyptian mythology.
With regards to religion, we have the Father Corbelan reference, though at this point it's still a very tenious and esoteric reference that not many will pick up.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 02, 2024, 12:12:57 AMThe flute scene is great. Maybe even the film's best scene, honestly. Love the interplay between David and Walter there.
Yeah, it's great but I prefer the prologue.
I don't remember seeing extended scene.
Quote from: Ingwar on Apr 02, 2024, 09:35:54 AMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 02, 2024, 12:12:57 AMThe flute scene is great. Maybe even the film's best scene, honestly. Love the interplay between David and Walter there.
Yeah, it's great but I prefer the prologue.
I don't remember seeing extended scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drktnMmHbFs
I wish they kept the longer prologue, the reasoning behind the choice of the track tied in nicely with the film's overall symbolism and also David's motivations.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 01, 2024, 08:07:03 PM... though the prequels also had a lot of Greek myth to their makeup as well
Prometheus. Duuuh
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Apr 01, 2024, 10:22:05 PMWhy not? It's a perfectly cromulent scene.
You blow, I'll do the embiggening
Quote from: Kradan on Apr 02, 2024, 11:56:11 AMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 01, 2024, 08:07:03 PM... though the prequels also had a lot of Greek myth to their makeup as well
Prometheus. Duuuh
(https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/prometheus-eagle-eating-liver.jpg)
"When Prometheus was caught and brought to justice for his theft, the gods, well, you might say they overreacted a little. The poor man was tied to a rock as an eagle ripped through his belly and ate his liver over and over, day after day, ad infinitum. All because he gave us fire, our first true piece of technology. Fire."
I liked it more when mythology was more of an undertone to the films. Just something to muse about. Alien to me always seemed kinda incidental with it's likening to Pandora's box. Prometheus then later comes along and just feels a bit too try-hard.
I agree, Ridley Scott and his prequels pals didn't bothered themselves with subtelty.
I'm ok with both take, I feel subtlety puts in more impact once you find out about it
Subtext is cool, subtle subtext is better.
Subsubtlesubtext ?
Quote from: Kradan on Apr 02, 2024, 09:04:54 PMSubsubtlesubtext ?
I... read that as something else for a second there.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 02, 2024, 12:12:30 PMQuote from: Kradan on Apr 02, 2024, 11:56:11 AMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 01, 2024, 08:07:03 PM... though the prequels also had a lot of Greek myth to their makeup as well
Prometheus. Duuuh
(https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/prometheus-eagle-eating-liver.jpg)
"When Prometheus was caught and brought to justice for his theft, the gods, well, you might say they overreacted a little. The poor man was tied to a rock as an eagle ripped through his belly and ate his liver over and over, day after day, ad infinitum. All because he gave us fire, our first true piece of technology. Fire."
The True Prometheus
When humanity tortured and crucified the last of the Emissaries, the Engineers changed their minds about their creations and planned to destroy us with their biological weapon.
(https://s9.gifyu.com/images/SU3km.gif)
The nanomachines dematerialized an Alien to create something based on the xenomorph's DNA.
(https://i.ibb.co/LvRcdnD/AERab2-W-1.jpg)
(https://s12.gifyu.com/images/SVZvf.gif)
The wise council of the Elders decided so. But one of the Engineers wanted to warn humanity by distributing star maps around the world with the coordinates of the Engineers' biological weapons laboratory. That is the fire that the titan gives to humans.
(https://s9.gifyu.com/images/SU3kW.gif)
Finally, Prometheus travels to the LV-223 facility to unleash a biological epidemic as sabotage. He himself becomes infected with black goo and heads like a kamikaze towards his own species... ala Fifield... but not before activating the explosive mechanism of the urns.
(https://s9.gifyu.com/images/SVZmT.gif)
(https://i.ibb.co/r4dDkm4/SFc5A.gif)
I always felt that the prequels missed an opportunity by not using this as a creature design.
(https://i.imgur.com/O72hVVd.jpg)
Quote from: 426Buddy on Apr 02, 2024, 09:49:40 PMI always felt that the prequels missed an opportunity by not using this as a creature design.
https://i.imgur.com/O72hVVd.jpg
I wonder if this
PROMETHEUS design is somewhat inspired?
(https://i.ibb.co/xCnvMQL/mural2.jpg)
That or it's an Amengi🙊🙈
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWSaPy84Vc(jk!😅(https://s9.gifyu.com/images/SVZqS.gif)👉👈)
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 02, 2024, 01:01:27 AMA woman, of great importance to them, is part of their art.
(https://i.ibb.co/QHRDPm2/Picsart-24-04-01-21-44-12-556.jpg)
David is Giger in movie formhttps://s12.gifyu.com/images/SVFSk.gif👉👈
(https://i.ibb.co/LJ16NPD/udRbwnC.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/fFMwrQ7/BnNtTk5.jpg)
Also Covenant was written by Satan💤👹
(https://i.ibb.co/RNnDbVv/Screenshot-20240401-215345-Chrome.jpg)
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Satan? No, maybe Anubis or one of the Egyptian gods.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Apr 02, 2024, 10:20:28 PMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 02, 2024, 01:01:27 AMA woman, of great importance to them, is part of their art.
(https://i.ibb.co/QHRDPm2/Picsart-24-04-01-21-44-12-556.jpg)
David is Giger in movie formhttps://s12.gifyu.com/images/SVFSk.gif👉👈
(https://i.ibb.co/LJ16NPD/udRbwnC.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/fFMwrQ7/BnNtTk5.jpg)
Also Covenant was written by Satan💤👹
(https://i.ibb.co/RNnDbVv/Screenshot-20240401-215345-Chrome.jpg)
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Satan? No, maybe Anubis or one of the Egyptian gods.
Are the Egyptian gods biomechanical?
🤩🙏
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 02, 2024, 10:46:03 PMAre the Egyptian gods biomechanical?
🤩🙏
Kinda...?
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/44/ec/c944ec1fb367e860c291e7d8651842ab.gif)
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 02, 2024, 10:46:03 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 02, 2024, 10:20:28 PMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 02, 2024, 01:01:27 AMA woman, of great importance to them, is part of their art.
(https://i.ibb.co/QHRDPm2/Picsart-24-04-01-21-44-12-556.jpg)
David is Giger in movie formhttps://s12.gifyu.com/images/SVFSk.gif👉👈
(https://i.ibb.co/LJ16NPD/udRbwnC.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/fFMwrQ7/BnNtTk5.jpg)
Also Covenant was written by Satan💤👹
(https://i.ibb.co/RNnDbVv/Screenshot-20240401-215345-Chrome.jpg)
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Satan? No, maybe Anubis or one of the Egyptian gods.
Are the Egyptian gods biomechanical?
🤩🙏
A cover of the Book of Dead does indicate so:
(https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9781398809628_p0_v2_s1200x630.jpg)
Look at the armor, it looks bio-mechanical to me. ;)
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy )
Alsoi]Covenant[/i] was written by Satan💤👹
(https://i.ibb.co/RNnDbVv/Screenshot-20240401-215345-Chrome.jpg)
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Some salient points but wow if anything would just make anyone intrigued of the franchise & the prequels more after reading that 😄
I bet this writer is a closet Alien fan.
Abortion isn't in the Alien films.. the parasite riping out of a host is what baby black widows do eating their way out of their fathers and other parasitic insects & arachnids.
Shaw wanting the alien out of her wasn't abortion either, she didn't even kill it. It lived.
Unrelated but this makes me feel better: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cicadas-where-america-map-illinois-b2521831.html
PROMETHEUS happens at Christmas☃️🎄
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Quote from: E. Shaw on Apr 02, 2024, 11:08:48 PMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 02, 2024, 10:46:03 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 02, 2024, 10:20:28 PMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 02, 2024, 01:01:27 AMA woman, of great importance to them, is part of their art.
(https://i.ibb.co/QHRDPm2/Picsart-24-04-01-21-44-12-556.jpg)
David is Giger in movie formhttps://s12.gifyu.com/images/SVFSk.gif👉👈
(https://i.ibb.co/LJ16NPD/udRbwnC.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/fFMwrQ7/BnNtTk5.jpg)
Also Covenant was written by Satan💤👹
(https://i.ibb.co/RNnDbVv/Screenshot-20240401-215345-Chrome.jpg)
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Satan? No, maybe Anubis or one of the Egyptian gods.
Are the Egyptian gods biomechanical?
🤩🙏
A cover of the Book of Dead does indicate so:
https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9781398809628_p0_v2_s1200x630.jpg
Look at the armor, it looks bio-mechanical to me. ;)
Aye!
(https://s9.gifyu.com/images/SVZnd.gif)
(https://s12.gifyu.com/images/SVZnW.gif)
Quote from: 426Buddy on Apr 02, 2024, 09:49:40 PMI always felt that the prequels missed an opportunity by not using this as a creature design.
https://i.imgur.com/O72hVVd.jpg
I feel like the entire industry Had to miss opportunity By using this design in general.
Quote from: Salt The Fries on Apr 02, 2024, 11:20:14 AMQuote from: Ingwar on Apr 02, 2024, 09:35:54 AMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 02, 2024, 12:12:57 AMThe flute scene is great. Maybe even the film's best scene, honestly. Love the interplay between David and Walter there.
Yeah, it's great but I prefer the prologue.
I don't remember seeing extended scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drktnMmHbFs
I wish they kept the longer prologue, the reasoning behind the choice of the track tied in nicely with the film's overall symbolism and also David's motivations.
The extended opening was too OTT.
The thing that bothers me most in the opening is there feels like a line removed just before "I am your father" and it's annoyed me since the first time I watched the film. The novel has David observing "human" and then Weyland interjects about being his father. It just feels so awkward to me without that line from David.
There should be a Covenant supercut incorporating The Crossing and The Last Supper at the beginning, then Daniels' dream/flashback, and all of the deleted scenes where they were originally inserted.
Quote from: Slutty Badger on Apr 03, 2024, 08:01:16 AMThere should be a Covenant supercut incorporating The Crossing and The Last Supper at the beginning, then Daniels' dream/flashback, and all of the deleted scenes where they were originally inserted.
Is the flashback on Earth with the futuristic apartments?
Quote from: E. Shaw on Apr 03, 2024, 08:02:33 AMIs the flashback on Earth with the futuristic apartments?
Yeah, that's the one.
The Crossing's the only one that adds anything of substance and even that gives away a lot if it is at the beginning of the film, the rest's at best totally perfunctory, at worst actively shitty like The Last Supper.
I always thought The Crossing was the most interesting one, and that it should have been in the movie.
The Crossing is the only one that was supposed to be in the movie. It's (part of) a deleted sequence from the film and actually directed by Ridley himself, while the others were always viral shorts from the start.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 03, 2024, 10:28:06 AMThe Crossing is the only one that was supposed to be in the movie. It's (part of) a deleted sequence from the film and actually directed by Ridley himself, while the others were always viral shorts from the start.
Yeah, the other shorts were directed by his son, Luke.
It's actually a superb sequence. I think Ridley said Noomi would never forgive him for cutting it.
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Apr 03, 2024, 11:51:31 AMI think Ridley said Noomi would never forgive him for cutting it.
And maybe for allowing David to cut her up also ? As much as I quite dislike the prequels, I always thought Shaw deserved a better end.
Obviously
She Won't Go Quietly and the Audi lunar rover promo wouldn't qualify, since they contradict the film and are thus non-canon.
They're still cool though!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S_kGEY_WkE
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Apr 03, 2024, 11:51:31 AMIt's actually a superb sequence. I think Ridley said Noomi would never forgive him for cutting it.
I know there was a bit more to it in the script beyond what we got to see on screen. Not sure specifically if any more of it than what was released as
The Crossing was shot or not, though.
I love it. I like to revisit it in between viewings of
Prometheus and
Alien: Covenant, just as a little extra bit of connective tissue. It's the only one of the viral shorts (across both movies) that I really revisit regularly like that.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 03, 2024, 12:00:03 PMQuote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Apr 03, 2024, 11:51:31 AMIt's actually a superb sequence. I think Ridley said Noomi would never forgive him for cutting it.
I know there was a bit more to it in the script beyond what we got to see on screen. Not sure specifically if any more of it than what was released as The Crossing was shot or not, though.
I'm fairly certain David's head outside the Juggernaut was filmed.
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Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 03, 2024, 12:40:53 PMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 03, 2024, 12:00:03 PMQuote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Apr 03, 2024, 11:51:31 AMIt's actually a superb sequence. I think Ridley said Noomi would never forgive him for cutting it.
I know there was a bit more to it in the script beyond what we got to see on screen. Not sure specifically if any more of it than what was released as The Crossing was shot or not, though.
I'm fairly certain David's head outside the Juggernaut was filmed.
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/what-happened-to-elizabeth-shaw-04.jpg
God, I would love to see that footage.
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Apr 03, 2024, 11:51:31 AMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 03, 2024, 10:28:06 AMThe Crossing is the only one that was supposed to be in the movie. It's (part of) a deleted sequence from the film and actually directed by Ridley himself, while the others were always viral shorts from the start.
Yeah, the other shorts were directed by his son, Luke.
It's actually a superb sequence. I think Ridley said Noomi would never forgive him for cutting it.
The Crossing also ties nicely with the ending. David put Shaw in stasis and planned his devil's work, just as he does with Daniels at the end of Covenant. Would have been a perfect full circle.
Though I am surprised Shaw would trust David, since he was going to let her untraditional fetus kill her in Prometheus.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Apr 03, 2024, 02:03:20 PMQuote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Apr 03, 2024, 11:51:31 AMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 03, 2024, 10:28:06 AMThe Crossing is the only one that was supposed to be in the movie. It's (part of) a deleted sequence from the film and actually directed by Ridley himself, while the others were always viral shorts from the start.
Yeah, the other shorts were directed by his son, Luke.
It's actually a superb sequence. I think Ridley said Noomi would never forgive him for cutting it.
The Crossing also ties nicely with the ending. David put Shaw in stasis and planned his devil's work, just as he does with Daniels at the end of Covenant. Would have been a perfect full circle.
Though I am surprised Shaw would trust David, since he was going to let her untraditional fetus kill her in Prometheus.
Prometheus did have numerous scenes shot with Shaw putting David's head in a bag right ? One where she does it kindly, one where she does it spitefully. Or am I remembering wrong ?
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 03, 2024, 02:13:08 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 03, 2024, 02:03:20 PMQuote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Apr 03, 2024, 11:51:31 AMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 03, 2024, 10:28:06 AMThe Crossing is the only one that was supposed to be in the movie. It's (part of) a deleted sequence from the film and actually directed by Ridley himself, while the others were always viral shorts from the start.
Yeah, the other shorts were directed by his son, Luke.
It's actually a superb sequence. I think Ridley said Noomi would never forgive him for cutting it.
The Crossing also ties nicely with the ending. David put Shaw in stasis and planned his devil's work, just as he does with Daniels at the end of Covenant. Would have been a perfect full circle.
Though I am surprised Shaw would trust David, since he was going to let her untraditional fetus kill her in Prometheus.
Prometheus did have numerous scenes shot with Shaw putting David's head in a bag right ? One where she does it kindly, one where she does it spitefully. Or am I remembering wrong ?
In my recent rewatch of Prometheus she puts his head in the bag kindly and says, "I'm sorry," and he says, "that is quite alright."
Quote from: E. Shaw on Apr 03, 2024, 02:14:54 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 03, 2024, 02:13:08 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 03, 2024, 02:03:20 PMQuote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Apr 03, 2024, 11:51:31 AMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 03, 2024, 10:28:06 AMThe Crossing is the only one that was supposed to be in the movie. It's (part of) a deleted sequence from the film and actually directed by Ridley himself, while the others were always viral shorts from the start.
Yeah, the other shorts were directed by his son, Luke.
It's actually a superb sequence. I think Ridley said Noomi would never forgive him for cutting it.
The Crossing also ties nicely with the ending. David put Shaw in stasis and planned his devil's work, just as he does with Daniels at the end of Covenant. Would have been a perfect full circle.
Though I am surprised Shaw would trust David, since he was going to let her untraditional fetus kill her in Prometheus.
Prometheus did have numerous scenes shot with Shaw putting David's head in a bag right ? One where she does it kindly, one where she does it spitefully. Or am I remembering wrong ?
In my recent rewatch of Prometheus she puts his head in the bag kindly and says, "I'm sorry," and he says, "that is quite alright."
Yes that's what I remember, but I swear I saw other scenes shot where she does it almost angrily and maybe another one where she does it neutrally. I can't remember where I saw this, probably a youtube vid about some deleted scenes, I can't find it aymore.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 03, 2024, 02:18:29 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 03, 2024, 02:14:54 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 03, 2024, 02:13:08 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 03, 2024, 02:03:20 PMQuote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Apr 03, 2024, 11:51:31 AMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 03, 2024, 10:28:06 AMThe Crossing is the only one that was supposed to be in the movie. It's (part of) a deleted sequence from the film and actually directed by Ridley himself, while the others were always viral shorts from the start.
Yeah, the other shorts were directed by his son, Luke.
It's actually a superb sequence. I think Ridley said Noomi would never forgive him for cutting it.
The Crossing also ties nicely with the ending. David put Shaw in stasis and planned his devil's work, just as he does with Daniels at the end of Covenant. Would have been a perfect full circle.
Though I am surprised Shaw would trust David, since he was going to let her untraditional fetus kill her in Prometheus.
Prometheus did have numerous scenes shot with Shaw putting David's head in a bag right ? One where she does it kindly, one where she does it spitefully. Or am I remembering wrong ?
In my recent rewatch of Prometheus she puts his head in the bag kindly and says, "I'm sorry," and he says, "that is quite alright."
Yes that's what I remember, but I swear I saw other scenes shot where she does it almost angrily and maybe another one where she does it neutrally. I can't remember where I saw this, probably a youtube vid about some deleted scenes, I can't find it aymore.
Hmmm.. because in The Crossing David talks to her about her kind nature.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Apr 03, 2024, 02:20:06 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 03, 2024, 02:18:29 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 03, 2024, 02:14:54 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 03, 2024, 02:13:08 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 03, 2024, 02:03:20 PMQuote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Apr 03, 2024, 11:51:31 AMQuote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 03, 2024, 10:28:06 AMThe Crossing is the only one that was supposed to be in the movie. It's (part of) a deleted sequence from the film and actually directed by Ridley himself, while the others were always viral shorts from the start.
Yeah, the other shorts were directed by his son, Luke.
It's actually a superb sequence. I think Ridley said Noomi would never forgive him for cutting it.
The Crossing also ties nicely with the ending. David put Shaw in stasis and planned his devil's work, just as he does with Daniels at the end of Covenant. Would have been a perfect full circle.
Though I am surprised Shaw would trust David, since he was going to let her untraditional fetus kill her in Prometheus.
Prometheus did have numerous scenes shot with Shaw putting David's head in a bag right ? One where she does it kindly, one where she does it spitefully. Or am I remembering wrong ?
In my recent rewatch of Prometheus she puts his head in the bag kindly and says, "I'm sorry," and he says, "that is quite alright."
Yes that's what I remember, but I swear I saw other scenes shot where she does it almost angrily and maybe another one where she does it neutrally. I can't remember where I saw this, probably a youtube vid about some deleted scenes, I can't find it aymore.
Hmmm.. because I'm The Crossing David talks to her about her kind nature.
That's coherent with the scene they kept in Prometheus. I'm sure someone on the forum will know what I'm referring to.
I know what you are talking about yes, Shaw swears in the harsher version.
If I recall correctly, I think that alt. version is included in the deleted scenes on the Blu-ray. Not home/able to check my disc right now to confirm, though.
It is, I remember seeing it there.
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Apr 03, 2024, 03:31:06 PMI know what you are talking about yes, Shaw swears in the harsher version.
Yep exactly.
Are we anticipating a viral marketing campaign ala Prometheus and Covenant for Romulus up to its release?
I surely hope so - The world building we got in the teasers and in-world ads for the prequels was superb!
I remember the personal messages recorded by the Covenant crew used for marketing, that was cool.
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Apr 03, 2024, 03:31:06 PMI know what you are talking about yes, Shaw swears in the harsher version.
Shaw swear? I don't believe it. She's an angel.
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Poor thing shouldn't have ended like that.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 05, 2024, 03:06:52 PMPoor thing shouldn't have ended like that.
When you trust David after he'a proven he's robosatan.. XD
Oram did the same thing.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Apr 05, 2024, 03:13:17 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 05, 2024, 03:06:52 PMPoor thing shouldn't have ended like that.
Whwn you trust David after he'a proven he's robosatan.. XD
Oram did the same thing.
Exactly. I didn't quite like how they turned David into a classical creepy movie villain while he was more interesting than that in Prometheus.
I think his progression to all out villain makes sense given his "malfunctioning" and the long period of isolation. That's what I got from the story in Covenant: it's his decline into robot madness. It might not be as interesting, but it does seem the logical conclusion. Sometimes his depiction was like a mustache twirling villain but I can't say I didn't enjoy it, honestly.
But by and large, I still think he is the same as he was in Prometheus, it's just that in Covenant he has no one to answer to anymore, so he's essentially been let off the leash.
Quote from: PsyKore on Apr 06, 2024, 07:30:15 AMI think his progression to all out villain makes sense given his "malfunctioning" and the long period of isolation. That's what I got from the story in Covenant: it's his decline into robot madness. It might not be as interesting, but it does seem the logical conclusion. Sometimes his depiction was like a mustache twirling villain but I can't say I didn't enjoy it, honestly.
But by and large, I still think he is the same as he was in Prometheus, it's just that in Covenant he has no one to answer to anymore, so he's essentially been let off the leash.
David was pretty sinister in Prometheus,
"I will be free, doesn't everyone want their parents dead?"
"Must feel like your God has abandoned you, to lose Dr. Holloway in such a similar way as your father."
"I didn't think you had it in you, forgive me, poor choice of words, excellent survival instincts Elizabeth."
It's clear he's the Diablo he becomes in Covenant, because Elizabeth is one of few who are nice to him and yet he tries to kill her by letting her untraditional fetus grow and birth.
David always was Satan from Paradise Lost.
f**king robots.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 06, 2024, 06:43:10 PMf**king robots.
To quote Capt. Kirk, "don't trust them.. let them die!"
:D
In fairness I (I mean he) tried to reassure it best that Shaw be put into cryosleep and remove later
Not David's fault Shaw decided to kick up a fuss and jeopardise her own life
Did her no good in the long run anyhow, should've just taken the advice administered..but she refused
Quote from: David Weyland on Apr 07, 2024, 01:06:24 AMIn fairness I (I mean he) tried to reassure it best that Shaw be put into cryosleep and remove later
Not David's fault Shaw decided to kick up a fuss and jeopardise her own life
Did her no good in the long run anyhow, should've just taken the advice administered..but she refused
Yeah but David clearly egged her on with that father and God comments, and you could tell he wanted to see what the fetus would do; he didn't seem to care what happened to Charlie, though he been d*ck to David, Elizabeth had been kind to him.
David Weyland defending David makes sense though.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 07, 2024, 01:55:02 AMDavid Weyland defending David makes sense though.
That'd be like a poster named I Love Bad Movies defending Alien Resurrection.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 07, 2024, 01:55:02 AMDavid Weyland defending David makes sense though.
Hahaha
Waiting for another, "no one understands the lonely perfection of my dreams." XD
The green band version of the teaser played tonight at a showing of Dune: Part Two that I went to! ;D
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 07, 2024, 02:00:16 AMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 07, 2024, 01:55:02 AMDavid Weyland defending David makes sense though.
That'd be like a poster named I Love Bad Movies defending Alien Resurrection.
Or a user named Johner or Ripley 8 defending Resurrection. :D
Quote from: GrimmVision on Apr 07, 2024, 04:38:08 AMThe green band version of the teaser played tonight at a showing of Dune: Part Two that I went to! ;D
Was it the one with the extra shot of the Romulus lab doors opening ?
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 07, 2024, 09:38:18 AMQuote from: GrimmVision on Apr 07, 2024, 04:38:08 AMThe green band version of the teaser played tonight at a showing of Dune: Part Two that I went to! ;D
Was it the one with the extra shot of the Romulus lab doors opening ?
It sure was!
I saw that one on front of Godzilla x Kong, the blood was changed to black goo.
Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 07, 2024, 07:24:39 PMI saw that one on front of Godzilla x Kong, the blood was changed to black goo.
Yeah, you gotta have that tasty pathogen.
It does kinda look like that.
Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 07, 2024, 07:24:39 PMI saw that one on front of Godzilla x Kong, the blood was changed to black goo.
It could just be Salsa Negra:
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:D
Quote from: Local Trouble on Apr 07, 2024, 02:00:16 AMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 07, 2024, 01:55:02 AMDavid Weyland defending David makes sense though.
That'd be like a poster named I Love Bad Movies defending Alien Resurrection.
Sorry I'm late.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Apr 07, 2024, 08:49:32 PMQuote from: KiramidHead on Apr 07, 2024, 07:24:39 PMI saw that one on front of Godzilla x Kong, the blood was changed to black goo.
It could just be Salsa Negra:
https://pinaenlacocina.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20258310_1591220557618795_9192492793562793240_n-680x907.jpg
:D
And I'm hungry again god damn it.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 07, 2024, 11:42:21 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Apr 07, 2024, 08:49:32 PMQuote from: KiramidHead on Apr 07, 2024, 07:24:39 PMI saw that one on front of Godzilla x Kong, the blood was changed to black goo.
It could just be Salsa Negra:
https://pinaenlacocina.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20258310_1591220557618795_9192492793562793240_n-680x907.jpg
:D
And I'm hungry again god damn it.
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Quote from: GrimmVision on Apr 05, 2024, 12:20:05 PMAre we anticipating a viral marketing campaign ala Prometheus and Covenant for Romulus up to its release?
I surely hope so - The world building we got in the teasers and in-world ads for the prequels was superb!
It's hard to be sure at this point. Obviously with it starting life out as a Hulu piece, you'd expect not but with them going full on theatrical who knows currently. I don't think we really see much in the way of viral marketing full stop now, do we?
It's gone out of fashion.
So yeah, I'd probably not really expect anything like that this time around.
Quote from: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 on Apr 02, 2024, 08:35:38 AMRoman mythology surely?
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Went to the theater to see The First Omen last night and got to see the green band teaser in the previews
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Apr 08, 2024, 01:54:37 PMWent to the theater to see The First Omen last night and got to see the green band teaser in the previews
People seemed interested/hyped ? Or no particular reaction ?
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 08, 2024, 02:15:10 PMQuote from: Cosmic Incubation on Apr 08, 2024, 01:54:37 PMWent to the theater to see The First Omen last night and got to see the green band teaser in the previews
People seemed interested/hyped ? Or no particular reaction ?
There wasn't too many people in the theater, but it seems like I remember somebody giving some kind of reaction like a "Ooo" or a "ohhh!". But otherwise no particular reaction.
I was pretty excited obviously, especially since I forgot that the trailer would be showing lol
Then some of the people proceeded to talk and be obnoxious through the whole movie and ruin the experience -_-
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Apr 08, 2024, 01:54:37 PMWent to the theater to see The First Omen last night and got to see the green band teaser in the previews
I'm shocked they didn't run the red band trailer before that one, with
The First Omen being an R-rated movie.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 08, 2024, 02:30:07 PMQuote from: Cosmic Incubation on Apr 08, 2024, 01:54:37 PMWent to the theater to see The First Omen last night and got to see the green band teaser in the previews
I'm shocked they didn't run the red band trailer before that one, with The First Omen being an R-rated movie.
I thought the same thing!
Not sure of the reasoning behind that.
Kinda odd indeed.
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Apr 08, 2024, 02:25:59 PMThen some of the people proceeded to talk and be obnoxious through the whole movie and ruin the experience -_-
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That's one of the reasons why I usually prefer the comfort of my home for watching movies. Obviously I'll do an exception for Romulus.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 08, 2024, 09:25:20 PMThat's one of the reasons why I usually prefer the comfort of my home for watching movies. Obviously I'll do an exception for Romulus.
I'm always a big proponent of going to the theater, and go pretty often. 9 out of 10 times the crowd is fine and there's no disturbances and it's a pleasant experience.
Although when that one bad experience inevitably comes it's super frustrating and makes me understanding the desire to not go a bit lol
Hopefully this is one of the few for the year and my Romulus screenings will be ok
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Apr 08, 2024, 09:40:02 PMQuote from: BigDaddyJohn on Apr 08, 2024, 09:25:20 PMThat's one of the reasons why I usually prefer the comfort of my home for watching movies. Obviously I'll do an exception for Romulus.
I'm always a big proponent of going to the theater, and go pretty often. 9 out of 10 times the crowd is fine and there's no disturbances and it's a pleasant experience.
Although when that one bad experience inevitably comes it's super frustrating and makes me understanding the desire to not go a bit lol
Hopefully this is one of the few for the year and my Romulus screenings will be ok
There's also uncomfortable chairs sometimes, lack of space, cannot pause the film if I want to grab a snack or go to the bathroom... Yeah I'm difficult lol.
I save the cinema for big blockbusters ( Dune) or anything Alien or Predator. That's pretty much it.
I'll skip movies now and wait for the 4K home release.
Although the cinema here in Australia is pretty epic, pick a weekday morning/afternoon slot and you'll almost get the entire place to yourself, with electronic leather recliner.
I had 6 people watching Dune 2 with me 8)
I see just about anything I'm interested in in a theater. Can't get enough of it, it's my favorite place to be. Saw over 50 movies on the big screen last year.
Every so often I get a bad crowd that sours the experience, but it's been a little while since I've had a truly awful one (the most recent one that comes to mind was opening day of The Many Saints of Newark in 2021; took my dad to see the first showing of the first day, so you'd think it would be a crowd of people there that actually, you know, care about the movie they're going to see, but 90% of them sat there scrolling aimlessly on their phone from before the trailers even started straight through the film and into the credits. Never saw anything quite like it...).
Even if I had the time I don't have the money to go that often.
That's another bonus thing in my favor – my local theater chain offers an obscenely cheap subscription plan. For $20 USD/month (the price of a little more than one movie ticket, usually), I get to see three movies per month, including on premium screens like IMAX. Pretty absurd deal.
If I want to see anything beyond the three, I'll usually hold off for Tuesdays when tickets are discounted, and every so often I go to the local arthouse theater to see stuff that isn't playing at the big chain theaters (Perfect Days was my first trip back there in 2024 a couple weekends ago and I loved it), but by and large that $20, three tickets a month plan gets me by pretty steadily.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 08, 2024, 08:22:48 AMSo yeah, I'd probably not really expect anything like that this time around.
Maybe it's for the best, the most of the people that goes to watch a movie never saw those viral campaigns ala Prometheus or Covenant and those videos have many elements that are important to the story of the movie. If you don't watch it, you won't know some things that happen in a movie, putting for example The Crossing in Covenant or the Prologue of Jurassic World Dominion
My local theater has now become a deluxe theater where there are like six seats per partition, so like 18 seats per row, but because these seats lay back, they take up like three rows of traditional seats. There are probably a fifth of seats per screen than there used to be.
They also made it where instead of snacks (which you can still get) they offer food. Like lunch and dinner.
So they got around the ticket loss with expensive as hell tickets. A snack and a ticket is like 50 dollars at matinee. Aint no way.
Five movie tickets here and you could by a little taurus end of the world pistol. f**king crazy.
That theater should be in Nashville somewhere, not the little Po dunk town I live in Kentucky.
Quote from: Highland on Apr 09, 2024, 12:13:22 AMI save the cinema for big blockbusters ( Dune) or anything Alien or Predator. That's pretty much it.
I do the same. I only watch Alien, Predator, Dune, Star Wars and Avatar movies in theaters.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 09, 2024, 12:55:32 AMI see just about anything I'm interested in in a theater. Can't get enough of it, it's my favorite place to be.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 09, 2024, 01:09:53 AMThat's another bonus thing in my favor – my local theater chain offers an obscenely cheap subscription plan. For $20 USD/month (the price of a little more than one movie ticket, usually), I get to see three movies per month, including on premium screens like IMAX. Pretty absurd deal.
If I want to see anything beyond the three, I'll usually hold off for Tuesdays when tickets are discounted, and every so often I go to the local arthouse theater to see stuff that isn't playing at the big chain theaters (Perfect Days was my first trip back there in 2024 a couple weekends ago and I loved it), but by and large that $20, three tickets a month plan gets me by pretty steadily.
Same here! I love going to the theater for a movie. It's my favorite lil hobby/escape. I also have that AMC A-list and it is a good deal and very much worth it (not a #ad lol). We also have a film society theater that I go to semi-frequently that shows the more newer arthouse stuff, as well as some classics. I saw a screening of
Alien there last year, as well as stuff like
Seven Samurai and Argento's
Opera.
Plus we have Alamo Drafthouse down here (Texas) and they do a lot of fun classic and obscure screenings all the time.
Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Apr 09, 2024, 02:03:05 AMPlus we have Alamo Drafthouse down here (Texas) and they do a lot of fun classic and obscure screenings all the time.
I wish we had them here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3eeC2lJZs
I only go for "big" movies also. Oh and price inflation influenced me as well :laugh:
Last time I went was for The Batman.
Edit : nope it was for Mission Impossible 7 last summer actually.
I will go as often as I can, but the QFT definitely helps with that being affordable though.
Will Alien Re-Screening happen in India?
It doesn't seem like it, not sure though.
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Apr 09, 2024, 01:45:27 AMQuote from: Highland on Apr 09, 2024, 12:13:22 AMI save the cinema for big blockbusters ( Dune) or anything Alien or Predator. That's pretty much it.
I do the same. I only watch Alien, Predator, Dune, Star Wars and Avatar movies in theaters.
For me Alien, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Jurassic Park.
Quote from: SiL on Apr 09, 2024, 01:02:18 AMEven if I had the time I don't have the money to go that often.
Ditto. Even with cheap tickets ($12 via discounts), it all adds up when you got kids in school, a mortgage and the cost of living going through the roof, etc, etc.