Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Mar 09, 2024, 08:12:30 PMVery interesting on the comments about a test screening! I'm usually in the know about those as I get regular invites to them, but had no clue about it. Not saying it didn't happen! It wouldn't surprise me if they've started testing with audiences recently.
I am sure whatever was screened is much more refined and polished from what I saw. For those who didn't see the posts, I saw a very early cut with very unfinished effects. CG models without color, texture, or light at times in some scenes. PS1/PS2 level of graphics for CGI in some moments. Puppets having strings/cables and wires to control it that will be digitally erased. Some shots simply being a slightly animated concept art piece. Really rough, but watchable for me as I've seen lots of rough cuts. I likely saw the same cut Ridley saw and commented on, or one that came right after. I have actually watched it twice, and not at test screenings, but on my own in a personal viewing.
Having seen it, a lot of what I had hinted at in prior months is way more clear, and my comments about everything "not being so simple" stand true and come from having seen it now. The back to basics comment stands, but it also has a lot of new going on. It's definitely a different movie than I expected, and had been pitched to me before I'd seen it, but that isn't a bad thing. The DNA of the prequels hasn't been thrown out or forgotten either. The prequels are a part of this franchise if we like it or not, and they are indeed involved. How big or small is for you to find out when watching the movie.
The tweet about the plot is true, but only on the most simple and basic level. There's a lot more going on here. I love the wording of 'baby' lol, it's gonna throw everyone off. There are multiple baby xenomorphs at one point, but could that mean Chestbursters? Facehuggers? We've seen a baby before, and I won't tell you exactly what it is. But wouldn't that mean that there are MULTIPLE xenomorphs no matter what point of the lifecycle it is? I won't confirm nor deny any fully grown xeno numbers, as things can change from what I saw with the reshoots, or they could stay the same. So I guess I will confirm that there are indeed multiple xenos, but I won't say if they get to multiple full grown xenomorph or not. I'm still not giving anything away too easily, nor give my thoughts or opinion on the movie.
The hints are nice. This is my speculation now, but from the info I gather that this might mean that there are multiple early stages of the Alien, but either the movie ends before they grow up, or most of them get killed, except the one adult who could be the "parent" (eggmorphing) or just a surviving sibling. As far as baby goes, I'm guessing the concept art of the fetal Alien that David was supposed to spit out at the end of Covenant instead of the fetal facehuggers? Or maybe it does mean the mini huggers before they're grown?
But I'm still not buying it, that we'll see exactly that, I doubt we'll see the Covenant itself. Maybe mentioned. Probably Engineer mentions or the Pathogen in a vile somewhere.
Just my guesses.
