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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 12:54p, 6/4/24
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"In space, you can only hear tinnitus."

Jokes aside, those facehugger attacks are particularly violent.
They leaned way hard into that phase of the life cycle in this one.

Whoever designed the setpieces did a fantastic job. It captures the old school claustrophobic feel of the Nostromo, and borrows elements from Hadley's Hope with the dark red room.

Caught one scene where it looks like someone floating in zero gravity towards what looks like a spray of xeno acid blood.

Black dude has to be this film's Android problem.

We'll see on that chestburster scene. When it happened to Kane and others, it was suddenly extremely painful and violent. This one looked like "hey, what's that noise? My heart is beating kind of hard, let me look at this." Super creepy when you realize the sound in the trailer is leading up to and then see that.
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1:02p, 6/4/24
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

That was amazing! I'm still banking on game inspiration from Alien Isolation there were other subtle nods from that game in this trailer.

But even if it's not related at all…..looks AWESOME!!!!!
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In reply to jokershady • 1:19p, 6/4/24
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What if we get a surprise Amanda Ripley introduction?
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In reply to Cromagnum • 1:42p, 6/4/24
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Cromagnum said:
What if we get a surprise Amanda Ripley introduction?
Then I'm sure people will ***** about that much like they do with any reference to original characters in new Star Wars stuff.
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 1:49p, 6/4/24
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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:
Cromagnum said:
What if we get a surprise Amanda Ripley introduction?
Then I'm sure people will ***** about that much like they do with any reference to original characters in new Star Wars stuff.


It's only an original character to anyone that played the game or read that story. For movie watchers only, that's new territory.
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In reply to Cromagnum • 1:59p, 6/4/24
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Cromagnum said:
What if we get a surprise Amanda Ripley introduction?
Im guessing she's the adult female we're seeing in these trailers….
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In reply to Sea Speed • 2:14p, 6/4/24
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TCTTS said:
Ha, when I'm actually typing out posts myself, I'm usually aware when I use language. But when I post tweets, because I'm not in elementary school, I hardly ever notice that there might be a cuss word, one that fellow adults have deemed "bad" on site read almost exclusively by other fellow adults. I just don't even think twice about it. And I guess since this board isn't as heavily viewed/moderated as some of the others, those tweets slip through the cracks every so often, both on my end and staff's. In other words, this is a long way of saying it's not intentional.


There is almost certainly no one under the age of 18 that reads this board. The puritan level of moderation around curse words is pretty funny.


I hath not seen thee in church lately, Goodman Sea Speed.

Pray, doth thine health quaver? Doth thy humors not welcome the wholesome air of church companionship?

Or doth thine tongue plague thee at thy days work, casting your desires to speak saucy language that would make the Goodwives swoon?

Wouldst thou speak the devil's curses? And mock thy brethren that speak only good and wholesome communion amongst themselves?

Thou rascal and scamp! Thou excrement-mouthed lout!

I'll have the sheriff come round, and spank thou hind quarters with a stout and blessed staff of correction!

Mayhap some time in yon internet stocks will tender thy salty tongue, and even thy tempers!
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2:56p, 6/4/24
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This looks fantastic.
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In reply to Cromagnum • 2:57p, 6/4/24
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Or watched the director's cut of Aliens
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3:00p, 6/4/24
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FTR, I won't be bothered by a character named Amanda Ripley.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 4:05p, 6/4/24
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That looks AWESOME! Really reinforcing the terror in this one. Just the sound of the motion detector is all they needed to be honest, I don't think a word of dialogue was needed over that sound to get me hyped. That scene in the water with the face hugger...OMG!
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 4:20p, 6/4/24
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
Regardless of how the movie ends up, that's an excellent trailer!
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4:31p, 6/4/24
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Just got around to watching it. It's exactly what I wanted this to be.

Looks like a perfect mix of Alien, Aliens, and a generous dollop of Alien: Isolation vibes.

This will no doubt wash away the bad taste of Covenant.

Some beautiful space shots in there, too.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 4:37p, 6/4/24
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Covenant > Prometheus

Covenant has aged the best of the two, IMO, and is pretty damn good on rewatch.
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In reply to TCTTS • 4:39p, 6/4/24
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Absolutely false.

Prometheus is much better.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 4:42p, 6/4/24
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
Absolutely false.

Prometheus is much better.
In lieu of a pissing contest here, I will just say it is possible to consider both Prometheus and Alien Covenant to be entertaining and worthwhile entries to this series.

Alien Resurrection, on the other hand …
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 4:44p, 6/4/24
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I always found it interesting how the worst movies in both the Halloween and Alien franchises are called Resurrection.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 4:50p, 6/4/24
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There are some really cool ideas/sequences in Prometheus, and some phenomenal imagery throughout.

But the asinine decision-making by the characters is just too much for me. It's so, so bad. The characters make certain decisions and things happen only because the plot needs them to, and so much of it makes no damn sense at all.

Also, the Guy Pierce old man makeup is horrendous, and beyond distracting.

Covenant isn't a masterpiece or anything, but IMO, the plot works better, the Engineers home world is cooler, and David going full-on villain is so much fun to watch.
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In reply to TCTTS • 4:55p, 6/4/24
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There are some wonderful and hilarious analysis videos about prometheus on YouTube and it will really step your hatred of that movie up a notch, I know it did for me.
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4:55p, 6/4/24
I felt like prometheus needed too much homework to fully appreciate. Plus the pacing was off. We get david finding the engineer, Holloway dying, the emergency c-section, finding weyland still alive in like 10 minutes without any time for any of those big events to fully digest for the audience and the characters
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5:04p, 6/4/24
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Plenty of valid criticism of Prometheus, but it's still a good movie.

I've never rewatched Covenant cause it was so forgettable.
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5:36p, 6/4/24
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Super pumped for this one but didn't even know it was coming until I stumbled on this thread a few weeks ago. Think I rambled about this on one of the Dune threads but Aliens was the first R movie mom took me to see. Looking at the release date I would have 10 at the time (That's Gen X, not Boomer for you Y and Z kids ).

I still vividly remember going to the new theater the Arboretum in Austin, whatever an Arboretum was. It was phenomenal. I'd never seen anything remotely close to that and certainly not on a big screen. And I've been hooked on this franchise since then. We rented Alien on tape a week or two later and while still good, the small CRT and tinny built-in speakers just couldn't recreate that big screen experience. Have since seen both Alien and Aliens on big screen numerous times and they are near the top of my favorite films.

I have no idea how I'd actually rank the films and hate choosing favorites of anything. I'll take the copout and just say there are 3 very clear groupings for me.

Alien and Aliens >>> Prometheus and Covenant >>> All the others

Aliens 3 is the only real borderline movie for me here. It's a low-end 2 or a high-end 3 and I've probably changed my mind a few times on where it really goes. Hoping we get another group 1 film here.
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In reply to RED AG 98 • 6:24p, 6/4/24
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I kind of feel like the OG Alien and Aliens are unbeatable, so 3rd place is the best this one can hope for.
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8:22p, 6/4/24
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That dad at 0:37 DGAF. LOL

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2:35p, 7/10/24
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In reply to Cromagnum • 4:03p, 7/10/24
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hey....could be real....


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2:45p, 7/11/24
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Getting more and more stoked for this...

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2:46p, 7/11/24
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Also, tickets are now available.
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4:51p, 7/11/24
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6:26p, 7/11/24
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Something about seeing this footage in grainy VHS makes me more stoked.

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In reply to Max Power • 9:22p, 7/11/24
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Max Power said:
Something about seeing this footage in grainy VHS makes me more stoked.



That is absolutely amazing!
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In reply to TCTTS • 10:37p, 7/11/24
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TCTTS said:
that is not a food receptacle I would eat out of. Congratulations Aliens franchise, you have scared me enough that I will not collect this awesome collectible.
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In reply to Max Power • 3:12a, 7/12/24
AG
Man, that's dope. Here's the context, which is pretty cool...


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3:14a, 7/12/24
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Also, I finally saw the latest trailer on the big screen tonight, and it looked incredible.

Bought our tickets earlier today too.

Can't wait.
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In reply to Max Power • 3:40a, 7/12/24
Max Power said:
Something about seeing this footage in grainy VHS makes me more stoked.

nothing like having achieved faster-than-light and interstellar travel, and yet still relying on magnetic tape to record video
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