| I sort of see what you're saying, but Aliens doesn't explain anything about the derelict ship or make the xenomorphs the product of magic black goo. I'd forgotten how much that annoyed me. |
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BreadBinLidHero 10,803 posts
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Pierre2k 1,468 posts
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Registered 9 years ago@Jmek As the poster above me said, no, what James Cameron didn't annoy me, because here you still had this vicious, human existence threatening organism. Far as you knew, it was just some incredible species from some far away planet that the Space Jockeys encountered as they traversed the galaxy. Now it's all "Magic black goo". Just can't stand it.
A bit like the Mattix sequels, I now almost wish the prequels didn't exist. It have enjoyed the parallel universe, alternate timeline, idea Neil Blomkamp had to be honest, much as I was originally thrilled about Ridley returning to the series.
Still did like Covenant though.
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beastmaster 22,373 posts
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Mola_Ram 26,196 posts
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Registered 9 years agoOn the plus side, James Franco burns to death in the first 10 minutes, and doesn't even get to say any lines (except in the little hand-held video his wife had). The movie won a lot of goodwill from me for doing that. -
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Registered 17 years agoZuluHero wrote:
That would be a real nightmare.
Just saw this myself, bit of a mixed bag really and the plot is all over the place. It was an alright way to spend a few hours and it was better than promethus.
I still read the title as Alien: Coventry though.gif)
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thelzdking wrote:
People evolved from Monkeys.
I sort of see what you're saying, but Aliens doesn't explain anything about the derelict ship or make the xenomorphs the product of magic black goo. I'd forgotten how much that annoyed me.
HOWS THAT FOR DISAPPOINTMENT.
ALIENS is a killer film but it did dilute the creature MASSIVELY. Ash refers to the creature as a perfect organism. In the sequel they are reduced to literal drone status.
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BreadBinLidHero 10,803 posts
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Registered 12 years agoNah, there's just loads of them. -
I think even a xenomorph 'drone' from Aliens could easily take out a ship of space truckers despite them being lessened in threat individually. -
Except for Ripley of course but not even a hive could take her out in the second.
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Registered 6 years agoMola_Ram wrote:
And saving the colonists from being trapped on planet gap year
On the plus side, James Franco burns to death in the first 10 minutes, and doesn't even get to say any lines (except in the little hand-held video his wife had). The movie won a lot of goodwill from me for doing that. -
captbirdseye 11,190 posts
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Registered 16 years agothelzdking wrote:
Don't expect Ridley to expand on that or the queen. He's not a big fan of any Alien films bar his own and doesn't really count as canon.
I sort of see what you're saying, but Aliens doesn't explain anything about the derelict ship or make the xenomorphs the product of magic black goo. I'd forgotten how much that annoyed me. -
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CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI've not seen Chappie, but tbh I'm not really convinced District 9 was anything other than a fluke. Elysium was awful. -
effinjamie 998 posts
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Registered 18 years agoIt seems to me that everyone in this Universe involved with space exploration is a fucking moron. As a layman, I would think it a pretty reasonable precaution to do things like take air samples, examine for pathogens etc
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simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
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Registered 6 years agoCan you all stop hating on Alien3 , its a good movie! -
Its infinitely better than any of the films made in the franchise since. -
phAge 25,487 posts
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Registered 18 years agoJust back from this. Better than feared, worse than hoped. People still doing retarded stuff, over-explained aliens and the ultra-pretentious religious stuff continue to drag things down. Let it go, Ridley. Please. -
Mola_Ram 26,196 posts
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Registered 9 years agoBurning James Franco aside, I thought this was ok. Nope, it wasn't nearly as good as the originals (not that I was expecting it to be). And I didn't even like it as much as Prometheus, which I've always thought was underrated.
The cast was mostly forgettable, they acted like idiots, and the movie wasn't tense or scary (though I liked the gore effects). And I didn't like how they basically retconned everything that happened in Prometheus.
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Registered 9 years agoJust saw this. Complete trash. Worse than Prometheus. There was no suspence at all! -
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Registered 14 years agoThis and Prometheus are like what George Lucas did with the prequels but for Alien. -
beastmaster 22,373 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI feel a rant coming on...later!
Worst film I've seen this year so far. Even worse that that last bag of shit Resident Evil film. -
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Registered 13 years agoCosmicFuzz wrote:
Chappie is much worse than Elysium, not joking. It's an absolute train wreck than somehow managed to rope in Hugh Jackman and Sigourney Weaver.
I've not seen Chappie, but tbh I'm not really convinced District 9 was anything other than a fluke. Elysium was awful. -
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Registered 17 years agoI kinda like all of the Blomkamp films. I see the flaws, especially in Elysium and Chappie, but something about them just works for me. -
captbirdseye 11,190 posts
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Registered 16 years agoAt least Blomkamp was going make Hicks and Newt great again and get rid of the shit show that was alien 3. -
They were just ignoring everything post Aliens. Which is fine, really.
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