DeeCee Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 None of the characters do anything as dumb as characters in Prometheus. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marveldcfox Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 RT is the worst thing to have happened to hollywood. Spoke a brilliant man once. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I hope there will be a sequel! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted May 20, 2017 Community Manager Share Posted May 20, 2017 27 minutes ago, PRESIDENT BKB said: Is there a movie in 2017 and beyond that doesn't have a sequel or isn't considered for a sequel??? That's how Hollywood makes it's $$$$$$ Yeah plenty actually. Nobody likes talking about them anymore sadly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACSlater Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Problem with Alien movies are that all sequels are compared to the 1-2 punch of the originals which are pretty much perfect. Same stuff happen's with the T1 and T2 and the sequels after that. Hard to compete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyA10 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 10 hours ago, DeeCee said: None of the characters do anything as dumb as characters in Prometheus. I've just seen it and I disagree. Not spoiling anything though of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 12 hours ago, DeeCee said: None of the characters do anything as dumb as characters in Prometheus. Amy Seimetz got pretty damn close, but overall, they weren't quite as dumb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, MrPink said: Amy Seimetz got pretty damn close, but overall, they weren't quite as dumb. Spoiler Oram was a dumb motherfucker for letting David lure him in though. At least he has stupider acts earlier on that support him being a sad sack of shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkshop36 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Just got back from seeing it. Overall I thought it was ok. There were parts that I liked and some that I thought were just ok. I didnt think the characters were dumb per say, but just that Scott had them doing some very obvious horror tropes/cliches. Also, there wasn't a single thing that happens that both my son and I didn't see coming; especially at the very end. So, there was nothing really surprising about the movie as a whole. I did think it was a very good looking movie. We went to a 2 o'clock showing and, including us, there was maybe 10-12 people in the theater. I thought there would be much more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somebody85 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 13 hours ago, Elessar said: You know, it's just sad that movies like these have a much tougher time finding its audience when pretty much every generic comic book movie gets you twice or in many cases thrice the return. I want more of the former, less of the latter. Just something i need to get off my chest. Every once in a while... Agreed. So much so that it's like "Alright, so we're doing this again?"...."Well I guess it will be fun" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) In Prometheus there's no buildup to characters doing dumb things. They just suddenly do dumb things. In A:C there's context to people doing dumb things. Spoiler With the idea of them being married couples. However, the actual idea of them being married couples is kind of stupid. It's purely there as a plot device to create conflict between their duty to the ship and wanting to keep their partner safe. Edited May 20, 2017 by DeeCee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobSaibot Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, ACSlater said: Problem with Alien movies are that all sequels are compared to the 1-2 punch of the originals which are pretty much perfect. Same stuff happen's with the T1 and T2 and the sequels after that. Hard to compete. The problem (for me) isn't that Alien: Covenant and Prometheus aren't masterpieces. Very few sequels can be hailed as being masterpieces compared to their predecessors. So I don't expect them to match the level of those films. What I wanted was a smartly made film. That wasn't what I got when I saw it on Thursday night. It has very noticeable problems. Decent popcorn flick, but the characters in this, I had very little attachment to. Edited May 21, 2017 by NoobSaibot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 So Alien Covenant is practially another Prometheus on rottentomatos, and a little-smaller Prometheus on boxoffice, and of cause most likely the same on WOM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) Soooo, that was different than I expected based on what people were saying. Actually a bit more in line with what I wanted, but the horror aspects fell pretty flat. Just too much thrown against the wall, which doesn't work well for this franchise unless you're James Cameron. Still think it would've been better staying truer in tone to Prometheus and delving further into some of the questions posed in that. And yeah, the bulk of the characters in this are total idiots, and I wasn't even that bothered by the idiotic character complaints in Prometheus. Spoiler So basically Prometheus was advertised as NOT AN ALIEN PREQUEL, but it actually was, and now Alien Covenant was advertised as NOT A PROMETHEUS SEQUEL, but it actually was. Lol, no wonder these movies don't get good legs, misleading marketing FTL. Edited May 21, 2017 by MovieMan89 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMan7 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Seen this today and I've got to admit they really need to consider not making these movies anymore they are pretty much carbon copies of the previous one with a different set of cast members and same story beats. I was there sitting down watching this and saying to myself I've seen this before with Prometheus why am I watching this again? You can almost at this point predict what will happen next and to which characters. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, DMan7 said: Seen this today and I've got to admit they really need to consider not making these movies anymore they are pretty much carbon copies of the previous one with a different set of cast members and same story beats. I was there sitting down watching this and saying to myself I've seen this before with Prometheus why am I watching this again? You can almost at this point predict what will happen next and to which characters. Yeah, the first act in particular was a gigantic waste of time. Having the slow buildup in something like Alien served a purpose, since it was building the suspense. Repeating it here was just boring and pointless. Would have been perfectly fine missing the first 30-40 minutes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 You basically know what you're getting into with Awakening. It feels like it might have a little less philosophy, but you're either on board with where Ridley is going or you're not at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holcs Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Damn... that was kind of shitty/a letdown. Prometheus was better imo. Wasn't scared or even on the edge of my seat once. Completely predictable "twists". Some of the characters were def on prometheus level dumb. IDK, just nothing there for me except some good action towards the end of the movie. I liked Life a LOT better. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockingjay Raphael Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 From what I'm seeing, WOM is toxic OS, it is having brutal drops around the world, and it seems DOM is following this too. I've never seen a case where public disagreed so much on Critics' opinion about a blockbuster as in this one. Actually, I still don't get how the hell this movie got good reviews at all. With a WW total that will be between $220m-$240m, I wonder if we're going to see a sequel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisman0606 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 This is sure the most overrated blockbuster of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
