Clearly we need an on the nose allegory, where the Aliens have populated south and central America, and the United States needs to build and man a giant border wall to keep them out.
(Wasn't this the plot of Monsters?)
Anyway, wtf with this shameless echo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQjEonI7lDA
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
(Warning^ Entire film, more or less)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
It's ALIEN... in space!
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
I see, they put a twist on it! Clever.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:45 (seven years ago) link
"what if... my two favorite words... what if... ALIEN met GRAVITY? hmm? hmm? think about it"
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 9 March 2017 00:34 (seven years ago) link
i mean, it's gonna be better than prometheus
'It's Prometheus...but worse!'
― The twin snake of violence and sex is more like a sick wolf. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 March 2017 00:35 (seven years ago) link
Ender's Alien
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Thursday, 9 March 2017 00:42 (seven years ago) link
They should have the alien teaching tough inner city kids. They could call it ... Alien On Me.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 March 2017 02:54 (seven years ago) link
Meantime -- in the same way they had a 'David' video out before Prometheus, here's a 'Walter' one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Cmf4BuNgg
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 March 2017 16:02 (seven years ago) link
Related:
https://meetwalter.com/
Hoos, our viral king, should look into this.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 March 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
guys i've cracked the code - this is all misdirection to divert our attention away from judge dredd showing up in the third act to kick some alien ass with his buddy walter
http://static3.comicvine.com/uploads/square_medium/2/27783/857636-walter.jpg
― im a male feminist, i have a fleshlight just to eat it out (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 10 March 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link
I love all this stuff. Cannot wait. Finally watched the long clip from a couple of weeks ago and it is great!! omg @ Danny McBride. If he doesn't say "Game Over" at some point I will cry. The choking joke is masterful trolling A+. I loved Prometheus but what it didn't have was this sort of cameraderie, which, when the shit goes down, makes everything 1000 times more intense
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 March 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
Oooooooooookay
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Saturday, 11 March 2017 02:38 (seven years ago) link
guys is tracer ok
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 11 March 2017 04:41 (seven years ago) link
Last time I checked it's ok to like things! Even if it's Orometheud
― Fiddle Catstro (latebloomer), Saturday, 11 March 2017 04:51 (seven years ago) link
LOL Prometheus I mean
Even my phone is being snarky
― Fiddle Catstro (latebloomer), Saturday, 11 March 2017 04:52 (seven years ago) link
Lartbloomper
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 11 March 2017 04:58 (seven years ago) link
lol
― Fiddle Catstro (latebloomer), Saturday, 11 March 2017 05:01 (seven years ago) link
well i for one am i looking forward to ridley scott's Orometheud
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 11 March 2017 07:14 (seven years ago) link
Oromotheud for Presidetn
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 11 March 2017 07:26 (seven years ago) link
James you disagree that tight emotional connections between characters raise the stakes in a horror movie? You don't like Danny McBride? You thought the chestburster fakeout was lame? Trying to parse your snark
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 11 March 2017 11:01 (seven years ago) link
I don't like mcbride. I thought the fakeout lame. Prometheus was balls. The colonists in the trailer seems as clueless and dumbarsed as the scientists in prometheus. James franco is shitty and smug.
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Saturday, 11 March 2017 11:09 (seven years ago) link
Also, mcbride saying game over would be the sort of shitty in-joking i would be happy to never see in any movie ever again
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Saturday, 11 March 2017 11:11 (seven years ago) link
Ooooooookay
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 11 March 2017 11:15 (seven years ago) link
I was kinda joking about "game over" - it would be dumm - but I'm just happy that they've refound a bit of that Thing-ness of funny people who care about each other. Not all Alien movies need to be like that (remember I like Prometheus!) but it's nice (for me) to see
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 11 March 2017 11:45 (seven years ago) link
"that Thing-ness of funny people who care about each other": this would be wildly different from oromotheud
― mark s, Saturday, 11 March 2017 11:48 (seven years ago) link
Orometheud 2: Orome Theuder
― DG, Saturday, 11 March 2017 11:59 (seven years ago) link
McBride and Franco are big anti-selling points for me too.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 11 March 2017 12:34 (seven years ago) link
"they cast Chet from Weird Science????"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 11 March 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
enough of your shitty in-joking
― mark s, Saturday, 11 March 2017 13:28 (seven years ago) link
I just googled "oromotheud" and v. disappointed
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 11 March 2017 14:00 (seven years ago) link
i too hate j franks but if you're looking to cast a kind of sniffy wet blanket you could do a whole lot worse
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 11 March 2017 14:15 (seven years ago) link
plus it looks like he's going to be literally hibernating for some part of the runtime here
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 11 March 2017 14:17 (seven years ago) link
not sure about these comedy actors in a bad film about people who can't turn left
― wins, Saturday, 11 March 2017 14:40 (seven years ago) link
otm very concerned about this tarnishing the legacy of Prometheus
― brat_stuntin (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 March 2017 14:53 (seven years ago) link
Ha, me too. Once autocorrect gave me this totally weird word that I googled, and it turned out to be some obscure regional Russian dialect. And I thought, 1) why would autocorrect assume I was typing this word that has probably been typed minimally throughout history, let alone in English? And then I thought, 2) if anyone was ever going to type this obscure Russian dialect, they were likely going to type it correctly the first time.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 11 March 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
Joseph of Oromotheud
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 11 March 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
OromotheudBegat Sigmund FreudWho specialized in opioids
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 11 March 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
So, uh, everyone, it could be a lot weirder:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/ridley-scott-keeps-trying-to-revive-gladiator-but-he-p-1793199157
Alien: Covenant wasn’t the only supernatural sequel Ridley Scott discussed at this year’s SXSW. He’s also eager to make another Gladiator film. Only problem is... the main character is dead. But Scott said he knows how to bring him back, and I’m hoping it’s because a bunch of Roman gods want him to kill Jesus. Seriously, that’s a real script, people.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 March 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
Referring to the legendary Nick Cave script that was never filmed...and which I'm hoping is back in the mix:
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/01/29/the-unbelievably-insane-gladiator-sequel-that-almost-was
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 March 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
this isn't hard, people - pretty sure the black goo can bring people back from the dead. failing that, maximus could always return as a xenomorph. lot of dramatic possibilities there and i think it'd answer the 'big questions' we all had after the first film. at the least it now seems clear that 'oromotheud' is a roman name, or perhaps thracian. all my fanboy hairs are tingling - i'm ready to start camping out for opening night! i'm sure i speak for tracer on this also.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 12 March 2017 20:04 (seven years ago) link
max's first night back in heaven, wife and child sleeping contentedly in his arms, he hears a dripping sound and camera zooms in on his face as one eye cocks open
ALIEN: AFTERLIFE
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 12 March 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
HAIL ALIEN CAESAR
― mark s, Sunday, 12 March 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9c/ff/ee/9cffeeab2d9dad55f157a5d1274ef9f3.jpg
A Roman legion hunting and battling what they believe to be a Dragon who is terrorizing the countryside. Romans vs. Alien Queen by Uglyheroes aka Jay Beard
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 12 March 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
Couldn't be any worse (better?) than Outlander (Jesus vs. alien + Vikings):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwU7IufUZUY
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 12 March 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link
"ARE YOU NOT CHESTBURSTED?"
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 March 2017 22:04 (seven years ago) link
The Blade Runner sequel will tie in to all this as well. We're essentially seeing the creation of the Ridley Cinematic Universe.
Xenomorph, Deckard and Maximus will all team up Avengers-style to fight the true threat to the universe, last seen floating in the galactic void much like Thanos:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/film/legendridleyscott/legendcurry-xlarge.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 March 2017 22:06 (seven years ago) link
I'm looking forward to seeing Russell Crowe play both a xenomorph gladiator and Robin Hood. The biggest outstanding question at this point is whether the black goo could work to bring back Thelma and/or Louise, or whether it'll be retconned that the '66 Thunderbird was actually an early model of the flying 'Spinners' from Blade Runner. There's also a fan theory going around in the last forty-eight seconds that, possible spoilers, it'll turn out the black goo was actually the 'black rain' from the film of the same title. Not sure how I feel about that one but I'm confident Scott can make it work since clearly it is something he feels really passionately about.
To be honest, a part of me is starting to worry that he failed to learn anything from the botched launch of DC's universe (sorry, BvS:DoJ fans!) and is trying to do too much with one movie. You have to build to these things organically. Still, Tracer and I are super stoked to finally see the factory where the downed Black Hawk was assembled - I mean that's a story we've all been wanting to see for the last sixteen years, and it's essentially criminal that Scott refused to answer these nagging questions for so long.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 12 March 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link