First of all thank you for another awesome Podcast. I really love them. Listening to hardcore Alien Nerds around the world having in depth discussions about my most cherished universes really helps me through hard times.
Still this time I have to disagree with one key point in your discussion.
Its about all these complaints about the shower scene. I completely understand the argument, and if it was about any other franchise I would agree but its ALIEN! ALIEN!
And in Alien...
EVERYBODY DIES! EVERYBODY f**kING DIES!
This is not a spoiler! It won't keep me from being invested in the characters. The opposite- I will connect with them even more because I know it will be their last days. The question is only- who of them will make it out? And what price are they paying?
Look at
ALIEN: Everybody dies except for Ripley.
ALIENS: Everybody dies except for a litttle girl and a blind Marine- and Ripley. Oh and half an android. Okay bunch of survivors- but the vibe is EVERYBODY DIES
ALIEN 3 Everybody DIES! Includin all survivors of Aliens. All of them. DEAD. Only a psycho prisoner makes it out.
AVP: Everybody DIES! Even the main Predator. And again- only one person makes it out.
Even Prometheus- and there is only ALIEN DNA GOO in there and still- EVERYBODY DIES! One Survivor and an android head....
Okay Alien Resurrection had a bunch of survivors but- at the time in the theater I thought, okay this is a new beginning in the Alien Universe. I was totally cool with a few people surviving- so I give you that.
But still the overall feeling is- ALIENS WILL KILL EVERYONE!
Now I didn't really see the face of the guy in the trailer- so its not to spoilerish. The scene didn't take away from the movie in my opinion. No Brothers and Sisters- that scene in the end really pumped me up to be honest.
Now I want to see how it plays out in all its gory glory uncut and raw! I can't wait for that scene! This was one for the fans man. It made the point- the Alien is back! The Nightmare, the ultimate human destroyer will return to haunt us. And test us as a species. Especially after Prometheus which I like but- it dabbled too much with the context of the larger story arc (by making an even bigger mystery), and the horror fail flat.
So this scene was just hey- allthough it is in the vein of Prometheus- with that haunting and yet fitting song, about a strange enchanted android on a journey to the edge of existence- allthough it is still that lightly philsophical mystery SCiFi story- there it is! THE ALIEN! OUT FOR CARNAGE! Blood splattering on a naked woman! The beauty of humans in there most beautiful state of existence- turned in to nightmare.
ALIEN COVENANT
The trailer needed that scene for all the Alien fans who were bummed by Prometheus. They needed to see that.
God I can't wait for that movie. To me the vibe of trailer was perfect. Super atmospheric beginning, hints at new creatures- a continuation of a story that left us wanting- an absolute outstanding landscape, spaceship horror, two Fassbenders and in the end! SPLAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!
The Alien is back!
And my life has meaning again.
