Started by TheBATMAN, Feb 17, 2022, 06:45:08 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Feb 18, 2022, 01:36:20 PMWe'll have to see what they actually do with the Alien though - I could hate that for all I know.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 18, 2022, 04:57:12 PMThey should just have let Ridley do the third and last prequel and let him put David in the jockey suit so that we can all have peace and harmony in Alien fandom land.
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Feb 18, 2022, 05:17:34 PMThe mere fact that this can be reviewed by Red Letter Media justifies the existence of the series.
Quote from: Kailem on Feb 18, 2022, 10:18:53 AMThe thing that makes me go "ehhh" is that, by setting it prior to the original films, you're limiting yourself unnecessarily both in terms of the continuity you have to match up with and thus what you can ultimately do, and also in terms of how you can surprise the audience. Because, as has already been mentioned, no matter what happens in the show, we as the audience are going to know that ultimately it's all going to be contained somehow, and that it's going to end with the Alien still not being common knowledge to the general public, because that would literally undermine the entire point of bringing Ripley along with the marines in Aliens if it didn't. And that's not the sort of "minor continuity issue" they could just sweep under the rug.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Feb 18, 2022, 01:36:20 PMI kinda feel like this is going to be how it goes down anyway.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Feb 18, 2022, 08:28:02 PMQuote from: Kailem on Feb 18, 2022, 10:18:53 AMThe thing that makes me go "ehhh" is that, by setting it prior to the original films, you're limiting yourself unnecessarily both in terms of the continuity you have to match up with and thus what you can ultimately do, and also in terms of how you can surprise the audience. Because, as has already been mentioned, no matter what happens in the show, we as the audience are going to know that ultimately it's all going to be contained somehow, and that it's going to end with the Alien still not being common knowledge to the general public, because that would literally undermine the entire point of bringing Ripley along with the marines in Aliens if it didn't. And that's not the sort of "minor continuity issue" they could just sweep under the rug.See, this assumes Hawley gives a f**k about any of that, and doesn't just do his own thing with it entirely. Which seems like 50/50 odds or better right now.
Quote from: skhellter on Feb 17, 2022, 07:18:09 PMDavid's story... is f**king lame.