[Closed] New Alien/ Prometheus film

wysiwyg - Member

So this totally ignores the fact a bunch of Xenomorphs were chased around a pyramid under the ice in AvP by Weyland himself, and the army rocked up in AvP Requiem?

I think we're all trying to ignore those movies.

nickc

It may be several things, award winning, selected for the Library of congress as worthy of preservation because of it's importance, but "generic" it is not.

Other than the fact it had female leads, what was new, original, ground breaking, different or unpredictable about Thelma and Louise?

Apart from the 41 awards it was nominated for? 😆

it was a revenge film, road film, buddy film, escape, feminist film all rolled into one, it was praised for it's cinematography, it's soundtrack, it's cast and the life that they all bought to the roles they played. It was recognised as an instant classic and groundbreaking in it's cross-over of genres.

I loved alien and aliens as a kid, and controversial, I know, I really enjoyed prometheus too. More on the second watch.

I'm really looking forward to this.

I won't mention alien resurrection.

The Martian, whilst entertaining, was complete cheese on toast.

nickc
Apart from the 41 awards it was nominated for? 😆

it was a revenge film, road film, buddy film, escape, feminist film all rolled into one, it was praised for it's cinematography, it's soundtrack, it's cast and the life that they all bought to the roles they played. It was recognised as an instant classic and groundbreaking in it's cross-over of genres.

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Although aliens was kind of a cheesey action film, it's just unbeatable, such a great story and every second line is a timeless quote.

'they're Comming out of the God damn walls man! '

' have you ever been mistaken for a man? '

' no have you? '

And hicks having a melt down' game over man game over! '

I'm gonna have to download this now to watch tonight. Best film ever.

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ninfan defence? (nothing intelligent to say, so here's a gif)

Yep. I have realised that I am out of my depth and I'm dealing with an intellect vastly superior to my own. To carry on would be a waste of time.

I was disappointed with the Martian, it was ok, but I'd such high hopes as I'd really enjoyed the book, I felt the humour, and timescale didn't translate to the film as well as it should have.

Recently bought all the Alien films on DVD.
Love Aliens and 3.
Enjoyed Prometheus.
Thelma and Louise [b]is[/b] a classic.

BTW for anyone who wants to see what we should have had in Prometheus, the original script (before that phallus from Lost dicked about with it) is online if you search for "alien engineers script"

Very good read. What a great film that would've made

Full trailer is out.

Oh yes.

So this totally ignores the fact a bunch of Xenomorphs were chased around a pyramid under the ice in AvP by Weyland himself, and the army rocked up in AvP Requiem?

I think we're all trying to ignore those movies.

The best AvP movie is yet to be made, based on a Dark Horse B&W comic series. It postulates that Predators have a captive Alien queen, which they use to 'seed' planets with eggs, wait until they infect the native fauna, then send young Predators down to hunt them as a particularly deadly rite-of-passage.
Bringing in all sorts of unnecessary mystical bollocks just means added cheese of a overly high olfactory value.
In the comic, they choose a planet which already has a human colony, cue mayhem.
In the second Predator film there's an Alien xenomorph skull on the wall of the ship hidden in New York, and in the third one, Predators, the premise is similar in that the Predators are capturing the most 'talented' human killers for young Predators to hunt on an alien planet.
A film I really did enjoy.

I shall only watch it when it's free on telly ... 😆

The trailer looks a little like an alien (1) reboot with Hollywood effects, I hope I'm wrong.

I'll watch it at the cinema anyway as it's one of the few types of films I'd pay to watch.. I hope there's a lot more to it than the trailer suggests!

Really looking forward to seeing it. Liked all the Alien films, though attempted rewatch Alien but didn't have the patience.

Re: The Martian - it's definitely better than Passengers, bunch of pap.