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Uh oh! I feel a STW Aliens critique argument brewing.

I’m just finishing up watching Liverpool spank Spartak Moscow and then I’ll turn over.

STW Aliens critique

Aliens is great.

Prometheus on the other hand is utter, utter shit.

The fact that it spawned the ‘prometheus school of running away’ speaks volumes.

Aliens is great.

I was referring to the Aliens series as a whole.

Prometheus on the other hand is utter, utter shit.

I bought it on DVD about 4 years ago and have never got round to watching it. I feel like I’ve dodged a bullet there by not wasting a few hours of my life 😆

I was referring to the Aliens series as a whole

Ah, in that case.

Alien – the all time classic

Aliens – space marines Vs aliens with added exoskeleton battle. What’s not to like?

The rest of the “originals” – meh, watch them if they are on Film4.

Prometheus – gigantic steaming turd. Featuring massively overrated actress Charlize Theron.

I found prometheus very good if you can take it at face value. There are some blimming stupid bits in it though, especially toward the end.

It’s a cool film.

The new one though.. Totally garbage.

I can’t even remember what it’s called… ‘aliens by Hollywood committee’ would be my suggestion.

Alien and aliens are true classics for different reasons, and are mandatory viewing.

Covenant

The only film I’ve seen that made Prometheus look like 2001 A Space Odyssey

Prometheus was terrible to be fair. It had such promise until 3 mins in.

Covenant!

That’s it! I forgot what it was called.

Pile of over engineered cleche crap.

What? They let them make another one after Prometheus?

The turd factory keeps squeezing them out

Scott: Next “Alien” To Have An AI Focus

Yea but it meant that Ridley Scott was tied up directing the new aliens and couldn’t interfere with the new blade runner

I’m happy with watching all of them over and over again, they’re just films with a bit of science in them but it’s more about the consequences of human/alien interaction innit.
Glad there’s another.

How? How can people think it’s good!? I get that art appreciation is subjective but this is just full of cliches and other examples of lazy film-making. It’s not even as if there’s much going on behind the superficiality, it’s just shit.

Aliens is great.

Aliens are great. 😉

is just full of cliches and other examples of lazy film-making

When I’m sat on my arse on the sofa with a beer watching a film, I’m a full on cliche of lazy film watching.

Sounds like a good match. 🙂

Saw it, but scrolled on by and decided to watch Highlander (the original) on 5Spike. Classic.

I did think Covenant took a bit of slack jawed/triple whisky/brain off to watch it, but the twist at the end was kinda expected.. good but expected.

Alien & Aliens – classics.
The rest of the franchise – Prometheus & Covenant included – a waste of time. IMO of course 😆

Saw it, but scrolled on by and decided to watch Highlander (the original) on 5Spike. Classic.

Now that is a classic filum. There can only be one.

Problem with highlander is that the sequel was so monumentally shit that it impacted my enjoyment of the original,

Prometheus and alien covenant? Well, a decent idea and potential plot, ruined by poor screenplay and direction.

Problem with highlander is that the sequel was so monumentally shit that it impacted my enjoyment of the original,

The alien franchise is in clear and present danger of doing exactly this.

There are only two Alien films I acknowledge, Alien and Aliens. I actually went to the cinema to watch Covenant. “You blow and I’ll do the fingering” was the only good part about it

“You blow and I’ll do the fingering” was the only good part about it

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The porn parody of Covenant will just keep this scene exactly as it is. It cannot be more auto-parodic, or more erotic.

Cheers for the PSA OP, I made sure not to accidentally put it on whilst channel surfing

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Prometheus I don’t mind. It looks pretty so I can switch off and enjoy the pictures.
Covenant makes me want to pull my eyes out.

I love the first 4 films. They all had something. Alien3 is very underrated (in my view) and Resurrection simply is fun.

At least it was flawed in an interesting, nice to look at way.

Just felt like it had so much unrealised potential.

I quite like Prometheus. It was one of the first films in the so-preposterous-its-untrue lets-see-if-we-can-get-away-with-this-shit genre

Covenant is one of those films that you watch in slack-jawed disbelief assuming it’ll get better and then it ends

rocketman – Member

I quite like Prometheus. It was one of the first films in the so-preposterous-its-untrue lets-see-if-we-can-get-away-with-this-shit genre

What do you mean?

Saw it, but scrolled on by and decided to watch Highlander (the original) on 5Spike. Classic.
Now that is a classic filum. There can only be one.

There can be two actually- filming a remake next year 🙂

I’ve never understood why Highlander is held in such high regard. You’ve got Sean Connery playing a Spaniard. With a Scottish accent and Christopher Lambert playing a Scotsman with a very continental accent.

PrinceJohn – Member

I’ve never understood why Highlander is held in such high regard. You’ve got Sean Connery playing a Spaniard. With a Scottish accent and Christopher Lambert playing a Scotsman with a very continental accent.

Because for it’s day it was a brilliantly shot, well acted high fantasy action adventure. It was also a pretty original premise. Despite their incongruous accents both Lambert and Connery were extremely likeable characters who played their parts to the exact level the film require.

Hope that helps.

Because for it’s day it was a brilliantly shot, well acted high fantasy action adventure. It was also a pretty original premise. Despite their incongruous accents both Lambert and Connery were extremely likeable characters who played their parts to the exact level the film require.

Hope that helps.

that plus Clancy Brown, plus a queen soundtrack

You’ve got Sean Connery playing a Spaniard.

actually he says hes an egyptian, hes just cot a spanish name & a scottish accent

Because for it’s day it was a brilliantly shot, well acted high fantasy action adventure. It was also a pretty original premise. Despite their incongruous accents both Lambert and Connery were extremely likeable characters who played their parts to the exact level the film require.

Hope that helps.

It’s no flash Gordon tho

It’s no Flash Gordon I agree. Having watched highlander last night it’s definitely dated, the fight scenes are painfully slow, the bad guy is about as terrifying as a wet mop and the special effects have definitely dates, but it’s still a good film and I enjoyed it more than Prometheus.

Not seen Highlander 2 and I will never see it so as not to sully the original.

If you want to watch prometheus, skip the theatrical version and watch AGENT 9’s fan-edit instead. So much better.