The Futurist Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I assume the crew are High school drop outs this time. Hope the script will adress their probable st00pidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 47 minutes ago, Ozymandias said: giving Alien fans what they were expecting last time. "'Lots of blood, gore, f-bombs" hell yeah, that's what movies are all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commonsense88 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 33 minutes ago, Elessar said: Continuing the threads laid out in Prometheus and aliens gruesomly decimating people is not mutually exclusive. What even is a "proper Prometheus sequel"? A film starring the same main characters? Ray and David coming to terms that humans were just an experiment and the creates still want to wipe humans out like rats, so they have to find away to use the creaters technology\bio weapons to kill all the creaters first, like to see it fleshed out instead of a 2 minute cliff note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 (edited) 13 hours ago, Elessar said: Epic for me means grand in scope. Alien movies might have been many things but never grand in scope. It was always about a bunch of people in a rather confined space being eaten by xenomorphs. Dunno about "big themes" either. "Don't mess with the xenomorphs" maybe (hubris of men), and the "company" is bad. I suppose you didn't watch Prometheus. The franchise moves forward and it's not longer just about running in corridors from xenomorphs, it's also about big scope, mythology and grand ideas. And it's the best way to continue the franchise. Edited April 28, 2017 by Firepower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 7 hours ago, Elessar said: What even is a "proper Prometheus sequel"? A film starring the same main characters? Yes. It was promised from start and Prometheus was a set up for this kind of sequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I just discovered this on the 6th May. Double Feature - Alien (Original Cut) + Aliens (Special Edition) with bonus footage from Alien Covenant introduced by Ridley Scott 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I just want a good movie. No more stupid scientists trying to pet an alien like a dog. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 19 minutes ago, baumer said: I just want a good movie. No more stupid scientists trying to pet an alien like a dog. Can't make an alien-wiping-out-human-crew movie with dumbass scientists nowadays. I guess it's just Hollywood runing out of plot ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 3 hours ago, Firepower said: I suppose you didn't watch Prometheus. The franchise moves forward and it's not longer just about running in corridors from xenomorphs, it's also about big scope, mythology and grand ideas. And it's the best way to continue the franchise. True but you said the better Alien films also had that. Who's to say Covenant won't have any of that, though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkshop36 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I didn't have a problem with the basic concept and story for Prometheus. I had a problem with the stupidity of some of the characters, the fairly obvious and not very good editing in the second half of the movie and just the general execution of the movie as a whole. I was actually still looking forward to a sequel just with better written characters and better execution of the story. I like what I'm seeing so far but I don't think this is exactly the path Scott was planning on taking with the story before Prometheus came out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 11 hours ago, baumer said: I just want a good movie. No more stupid scientists trying to pet an alien like a dog. Honestly I found them getting lost beforehand even worse, because one of the two had designed the mapping robots that mapped the entire structure system and he couldn't figure out where he was going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) Ne early word at all ? No early screenings with elders crying at how it was as good as Alien OG ? 8 days before the release ? Time to panic ? Edited May 2, 2017 by The Futurist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, The Futurist said: Ne early word at all ? No early screenings with elders crying at how it was as good as Alien OG ? 8 days before the release ? Time to panic ? Emmm...looks like you missed the fact that embargo lifts on May 6: 2 weeks before US release and almost a week before worldwide release. It's actually pretty good sign. Press has already seen the movie and from some inside info about their reaction, it's very good. These signs + release date shows that Fox is very confident about it. Edited May 2, 2017 by Firepower 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Yeah, it has been showing and a few social media reactions are already out there. There has actually been another press screening in London tonight (2nd). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckasaurus Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 On 2017-4-28 at 7:13 PM, 4815162342 said: Honestly I found them getting lost beforehand even worse, because one of the two had designed the mapping robots that mapped the entire structure system and he couldn't figure out where he was going. And who can forget Idris Elba relieving himself from his duties, while on an uncharted planet, so he could bone Charlize Theron? I kid you not, Prometheus has probably some of the dumbest human beings ever written on screen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 1 minute ago, Truckasaurus said: And who can forget Idris Elba relieving himself from his duties, while on an uncharted planet, so he could bone Charlize Theron? Can you really blame him for this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckasaurus Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 6 minutes ago, aabattery said: Can you really blame him for this one? It shouldn't be that hard to keep it in your pants while most of your crew is out exploring a weird alien planet. But then again, I never had a horny Theron on my back, so what do I now? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeZ Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Seeing this tonight. HYPE TRAIN ACTIVATE! Embargo is lifting pretty early too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Just now, BoxOfficeZ said: Seeing this tonight. HYPE TRAIN ACTIVATE! Embargo is lifting pretty early too. It has early release in the UK and I think the premiere is this Sunday so it's no surprise Fox has an early embargo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 On 5/2/2017 at 6:24 PM, Truckasaurus said: And who can forget Idris Elba relieving himself from his duties, while on an uncharted planet, so he could bone Charlize Theron? I kid you not, Prometheus had one of the smartest beings ever written on screen. Fixed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
