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Hammock Parties · 03-20-2024, 10:12 AM

Looks fine. Aliens doing shit. Hordes of facehuggers. IN.

Hammock Parties · 08-14-2024, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravedigger

My only hesitance with this movie going in is there doesn't seem to be alot of crew members going aboard this Romulus station. I wish there were more bodies, and if you pay attention to the trailers you've already seen the deaths of a few of them. The one thing that excites me about it is there's no way there is just one Alien in this, with the amount of facehuggers bursting out that door you expect us to believe that only one person gets an implanted alien that bursts out of them? Shits going to hit the fan quick and I'm ready for it. Sad part is everyone I ask doesn't want to go see it, my wife instantly said, "Nope." when she saw the trailer before Deadpool and Wolverine, so I'm riding solo on this one, I'll get my huge drink, candy and tub o nachos with two cheeses and sit back and be entertained at the movies by myself.

Even bad Alien movies are good. I'm in no matter what. None of these are to be missed on a big screen.

SithCeNtZ · 08-15-2024, 08:14 AM

83% on rotten tomatoes for a movie like this is pretty good. It's certainly better than I would have imagined it would get. Can't wait to see it this weekend.

Hammock Parties · 08-15-2024, 08:21 AM

got my seat for tomorrow!

SithCeNtZ · 08-15-2024, 05:41 PM

I saw it tonight. Overall a solid flick, with some really good set pieces that do a good job of keeping the franchise fresh. The last part of the movie will be hit or miss for some. I think fans of the franchise will really enjoy it, even if it is more like Alien and not trying to do anything that's brand new.

Gravedigger · 08-15-2024, 06:57 PM

The first 70% of this movie is nails, you can make up your mind on the last part,this movie borrows beats from every single Alien movie for better or worse.

Gravedigger · 08-16-2024, 11:14 AM

I want to talk about spoilers so you've been warned:

Spoiler!

Usually I'm not the person to complain about CGI in movies like others, but Rook's CGI face was distracting and looked like a terrible deepfake. They should've just put another actor in as the droid "controlling" Andy. David would've been amazing here if Michael Fassbender agreed to do it. Also the final boss CGI when he grabs her while attached to the bottom of the ship, that looked rough as hell too, kinda took me out of the moment. Great jump scare, poor CGI that looked like a 3D horror ride from Universal Studios more than anything.

The black goo introduction makes no sense, I get that they harvested it out of the Aliens considering David "created" the Aliens in Covenant, but the black goo has always been poorly explained, as to how it disintegrates Charlie in Prometheus (I'm going with that he was about to fall apart before Charlize torched him), as well as the Engineer in the beginning that took it, but it can also transform the other guy into a monster and also those maggots/worms into those parasites that killed the other scientist who tried to pet it, or the squished rat in the videos in this movie, why'd it become a monster? Maybe animals have different DNA so they're prone to transformation and insanity more so than humans? But then why was Rafe Spahl's character in Prometheus turned into an insane abomination? Just inconsistency on why it picks certain people to deform and create a monster, while others it just turns them into black dust as they fall to nothing. Including the Engineer colony that David dumped it on before the events of Covenant. Thinking too much about it so just be entertained and let it go, but Ridley really just introduced so many more questions and broken plot points with Prometheus and Covenant.

Speaking of Covenant, this movie's ending is exactly like Covenant. I didn't mind that movie's ending so I enjoyed this one, I enjoyed that she couldn't spray cooling material on the newborn because it looked like a baby, and that slight hesitation cost her valuable time to get rid of it. It's a dumb horror movie move for sure, but it makes sense. I wasn't a huge fan of how quickly Andy was dispatched, but I guess the same kinda thing happened to Bishop in Aliens, but at least Bishop was able to grab Newt and hold onto the grate, Andy is just down for the count. Felt bad for Kay, she just gets used for bait so much in this movie but I guess that's what you get when you inject an unknown substance into your neck.

Also last true gripe about this movie, but why did the Xenomorphs only get to truly kill one person in here, you can argue two of them die to the traditional Xenomorphs, but I would argue its that characters stupidity and Benny Hill like falling over that do that. But the Xenomorphs are taken out of this movie and one of my worries ahead of the movie proved to be true, you needed to add a few more humans as fodder to give the Aliens something to do here. Also they now wait longer than normal periods to kill characters, or probable kills, more suspenseful for the audience, whereas if it were the old movies those characters would be dead by now without specific reason, namely Rain in the shot of her in the elevator shaft with an Alien right in her face, she should've died right there. The Aliens looked so good in this movie too, was a shame that they're killed in the way they were at first, even though it produced the Acid in the zero gravity section. So you can't claim Mary Sue in this movie because she had aimbot, so the gun auto-aimed for her. The face-huggers shine more than the Xenos in this one, which is fine but not at the expense of time spent to them. You could've added more human sacrifices and roughly 10 minutes of screen time and made the Xenos the powerhouses and perfect organisms they deserved to be shown as and you claimed them to be.

It was a great movie, solid 7 or 8 out of 10, hope it gets a sequel just like Prey, but honestly just give us the Queen as the final act, enough of the end-game random movie monster hybrid stuff. We dont' need to let a third act devolve into the same repititious one person beats a new monster trope. You had a hive in this movie, technically you could've had Kay have a Queen inside of her and dispatched her that way and made the movie more like Aliens instead of more like Alien Resurrection, Prometheus and Covenant, at least with Covenant the final fight was against an Xenomorph. Good movie, will watch again when it comes to digital or rent, but won't see it again in movie theaters unless someone really wants to go in my inner circle.

Fish · 08-16-2024, 11:55 AM

Seems to be getting really strong reviews.

RINGLEADER · 08-16-2024, 04:48 PM

I thought it was a big messy pile of “meh”.

A bunch of stupid people doing stupid things and after around the tenth “hey theres another classic shot taken nearly verbatim from [Alien or Aliens]” it just started to piss me off. You have a budget to make an alien movie and we get the same stuff we’ve seen before only not done as well in a script that is no where near as smart.

I did like David Jonnson as Andy a lot. Good actor. The rest of the cast were cookie cutter victims who all did pretty stupid things while overacting (the lead girl acted more concerned about her friend throwing up then seeing a xenomorph lol).

Hammock Parties · 08-16-2024, 05:16 PM

An enjoyable romp through a sidestreet of the Weyland-Yutani universe.

7/10, and the last act had my jaw on the floor. Great creature design and some truly disgusting body horror.

Spoiler!

Hammock Parties · 08-16-2024, 05:23 PM

Anyway, I'm more interested in this.

Alien: Earth

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13623632/

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A prequel series set three decades before the events of the 1979 film.

**Easy 6** · 08-16-2024, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

An enjoyable romp through a sidestreet of the Weyland-Yutani universe.

7/10, and the last act had my jaw on the floor. Great creature design and some truly disgusting body horror.

Spoiler!

I've read some reviews that dance around the "obscene" body horror thing

Where else could a facehugger go on a woman...

Does that sound about right?

Hammock Parties · 08-16-2024, 07:02 PM

Not at all. But you won't be disappointed.

In fact there was one particular twist on the vagina as a horror device that was thoroughly fresh and hilarious.

Hammock Parties · 08-16-2024, 09:54 PM

Oh, I just ****ing realized.

Spoiler!

03-20-2024, 10:12 AM
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08-15-2024, 08:14 AM	#47
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08-15-2024, 08:21 AM	#48
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $2840478	got my seat for tomorrow! __________________ Chiefs game films
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08-15-2024, 05:41 PM	#49
SithCeNtZ Veteran Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lawrence Casino cash: $1141995	I saw it tonight. Overall a solid flick, with some really good set pieces that do a good job of keeping the franchise fresh. The last part of the movie will be hit or miss for some. I think fans of the franchise will really enjoy it, even if it is more like Alien and not trying to do anything that's brand new.
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08-15-2024, 06:57 PM	#50
Gravedigger Plays to win the game! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lees Summit Casino cash: $6803101	The first 70% of this movie is nails, you can make up your mind on the last part,this movie borrows beats from every single Alien movie for better or worse.
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08-16-2024, 11:14 AM	#51
Gravedigger Plays to win the game! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lees Summit Casino cash: $6803101	I want to talk about spoilers so you've been warned: Spoiler! Usually I'm not the person to complain about CGI in movies like others, but Rook's CGI face was distracting and looked like a terrible deepfake. They should've just put another actor in as the droid "controlling" Andy. David would've been amazing here if Michael Fassbender agreed to do it. Also the final boss CGI when he grabs her while attached to the bottom of the ship, that looked rough as hell too, kinda took me out of the moment. Great jump scare, poor CGI that looked like a 3D horror ride from Universal Studios more than anything. The black goo introduction makes no sense, I get that they harvested it out of the Aliens considering David "created" the Aliens in Covenant, but the black goo has always been poorly explained, as to how it disintegrates Charlie in Prometheus (I'm going with that he was about to fall apart before Charlize torched him), as well as the Engineer in the beginning that took it, but it can also transform the other guy into a monster and also those maggots/worms into those parasites that killed the other scientist who tried to pet it, or the squished rat in the videos in this movie, why'd it become a monster? Maybe animals have different DNA so they're prone to transformation and insanity more so than humans? But then why was Rafe Spahl's character in Prometheus turned into an insane abomination? Just inconsistency on why it picks certain people to deform and create a monster, while others it just turns them into black dust as they fall to nothing. Including the Engineer colony that David dumped it on before the events of Covenant. Thinking too much about it so just be entertained and let it go, but Ridley really just introduced so many more questions and broken plot points with Prometheus and Covenant. Speaking of Covenant, this movie's ending is exactly like Covenant. I didn't mind that movie's ending so I enjoyed this one, I enjoyed that she couldn't spray cooling material on the newborn because it looked like a baby, and that slight hesitation cost her valuable time to get rid of it. It's a dumb horror movie move for sure, but it makes sense. I wasn't a huge fan of how quickly Andy was dispatched, but I guess the same kinda thing happened to Bishop in Aliens, but at least Bishop was able to grab Newt and hold onto the grate, Andy is just down for the count. Felt bad for Kay, she just gets used for bait so much in this movie but I guess that's what you get when you inject an unknown substance into your neck. Also last true gripe about this movie, but why did the Xenomorphs only get to truly kill one person in here, you can argue two of them die to the traditional Xenomorphs, but I would argue its that characters stupidity and Benny Hill like falling over that do that. But the Xenomorphs are taken out of this movie and one of my worries ahead of the movie proved to be true, you needed to add a few more humans as fodder to give the Aliens something to do here. Also they now wait longer than normal periods to kill characters, or probable kills, more suspenseful for the audience, whereas if it were the old movies those characters would be dead by now without specific reason, namely Rain in the shot of her in the elevator shaft with an Alien right in her face, she should've died right there. The Aliens looked so good in this movie too, was a shame that they're killed in the way they were at first, even though it produced the Acid in the zero gravity section. So you can't claim Mary Sue in this movie because she had aimbot, so the gun auto-aimed for her. The face-huggers shine more than the Xenos in this one, which is fine but not at the expense of time spent to them. You could've added more human sacrifices and roughly 10 minutes of screen time and made the Xenos the powerhouses and perfect organisms they deserved to be shown as and you claimed them to be. It was a great movie, solid 7 or 8 out of 10, hope it gets a sequel just like Prey, but honestly just give us the Queen as the final act, enough of the end-game random movie monster hybrid stuff. We dont' need to let a third act devolve into the same repititious one person beats a new monster trope. You had a hive in this movie, technically you could've had Kay have a Queen inside of her and dispatched her that way and made the movie more like Aliens instead of more like Alien Resurrection, Prometheus and Covenant, at least with Covenant the final fight was against an Xenomorph. Good movie, will watch again when it comes to digital or rent, but won't see it again in movie theaters unless someone really wants to go in my inner circle. Last edited by Gravedigger; 08-16-2024 at 11:28 AM..
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08-16-2024, 11:55 AM	#52
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08-16-2024, 04:48 PM	#53
RINGLEADER In Search of a Life Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Confusion, USA Casino cash: $8490503	I thought it was a big messy pile of “meh”. A bunch of stupid people doing stupid things and after around the tenth “hey theres another classic shot taken nearly verbatim from [Alien or Aliens]” it just started to piss me off. You have a budget to make an alien movie and we get the same stuff we’ve seen before only not done as well in a script that is no where near as smart. I did like David Jonnson as Andy a lot. Good actor. The rest of the cast were cookie cutter victims who all did pretty stupid things while overacting (the lead girl acted more concerned about her friend throwing up then seeing a xenomorph lol).
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08-16-2024, 05:16 PM	#54
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $2840478	An enjoyable romp through a sidestreet of the Weyland-Yutani universe. 7/10, and the last act had my jaw on the floor. Great creature design and some truly disgusting body horror. Spoiler! I would have preferred a link to Aliens, because I really like how they drug in Prometheus story elements, but what we got was fine. I personally loved Rook, even if the CGI was a bit dodgy. __________________ Chiefs game films
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08-16-2024, 07:02 PM	#57
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $2840478	Not at all. But you won't be disappointed. In fact there was one particular twist on the vagina as a horror device that was thoroughly fresh and hilarious. __________________ Chiefs game films
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08-16-2024, 09:54 PM	#58
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $2840478	Oh, I just **ing realized. Spoiler!** Ian Holm DIED four years ago. What they did for this movie was absolutely amazing given that fact. No, it's not perfect, but it was more than passable and the voice was spot on. You would have thought Holm recorded those lines himself. The tech is going to result in some amazing movies down the line. __________________ Chiefs game films
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