I had a dream about this movie for some reason. I don't even want to see it. My brain just really wanted to tease out "what do you do for the first two thirds of a three hour movie that everyone knows is about all the people getting killed by aliens, before the aliens show up?" IIRC we hadn't even gotten off the spaceship to see the wheat with no birds. Just hanging out in a giant spaceship with bad lighting, talking and rummaging through weird equipment.
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 8 May 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
xxpost sorry josh I can't let it go by with out a lol
"naval gazing"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/22/article-2701502-1FE0E0B400000578-714_964x641.jpg
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 May 2017 16:31 (seven years ago) link
Ha ha, I'm like Trump Twitter. You can totally tell when I'm rushing something out first thing in the morning when I'm full of other distractions.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 May 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
This was stupid and perfunctory. Sporadically good-looking, with characters as dumb as the scientists in Prometheus. more dumb Von daniken bullshit, plus dumb mad scientist bullshit on top.
Every second word of dialogue is either WIFE, HUSBAND, TENNESSEE or 'T'
One good point: James Franco dies before uttering a word or even really appearing in screen
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 11 May 2017 11:32 (seven years ago) link
Ridley Scott does not understand why Alien and Blade Runner were good, yet he's planning 6 more of these fucking things?
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 11 May 2017 11:33 (seven years ago) link
look on the bright side, he's 79 - how much longer can he keep cranking them out?
― PROFESSOR JIGGLY is loose in the Cat Room (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 11:40 (seven years ago) link
james, the only question i really care about in regards to this movie is how exciting/frightening/hilarious the deaths of the crew are - have i got anything to look forward to?
― PROFESSOR JIGGLY is loose in the Cat Room (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 11:47 (seven years ago) link
kinda sad that the best i can expect from a new alien is basically the same thing i'd look for in a straight-to-netflix splatter movie :(
― PROFESSOR JIGGLY is loose in the Cat Room (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 11:49 (seven years ago) link
fraid we're not getting away from von daniken as long as ppl stan for kubrick as a deep thinker
― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 11:52 (seven years ago) link
The deaths are unpleasant to start with, becoming summer camp slasher film level by the end
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 11 May 2017 11:57 (seven years ago) link
Franco burns to death in a box, that's something
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 11 May 2017 11:58 (seven years ago) link
er, spoilers??
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 May 2017 11:59 (seven years ago) link
fuck's sake
removing bookmark
that's a bit more specific info than i was hoping for from james, tbf, but i kinda feel like if you're looking at a thread for a movie that's on general release you've only got yourself to blame if and when spoilers show up
― PROFESSOR JIGGLY is loose in the Cat Room (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 12:04 (seven years ago) link
if you're looking at a thread for Ridley Scott's new Alien movie you've only got yourself to blame
― The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 May 2017 12:07 (seven years ago) link
fair
― PROFESSOR JIGGLY is loose in the Cat Room (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 12:09 (seven years ago) link
Was it ever explained why they cast Guy Pierce in bad makeup as an old man the first movie, vs. just an older actor?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:23 (seven years ago) link
Or Guy Pearce, for that matter?
He appears in a web exclusive (IE cut scene) as young himself (and also does so in Covenant, I think I heard?)
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:24 (seven years ago) link
is there any other big-budget franchise which has gone on as long as the alien series without actually making a decent film in (charitably) 25 years? even the bond series accidentally makes a reasonable one every couple of decades
every step they take to world-build this universe past aliens has just made it more boring and boxed it further into the corner of 'hapless chumps get chomped in space (occasionally a predator shows up)'
― PROFESSOR JIGGLY is loose in the Cat Room (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:45 (seven years ago) link
i had no idea it was out. i just looked at imdb and it came out what, yesterday? there is a natural etiquette to these things. however point taken
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:50 (seven years ago) link
ugh the "bond is sometimes good" bat signal has been activated on a day when i am very busy
― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:59 (seven years ago) link
20 years! Still, Jesus, 20 years.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:02 (seven years ago) link
tbf i said 'reasonable'
― PROFESSOR JIGGLY is loose in the Cat Room (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:04 (seven years ago) link
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― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:12 (seven years ago) link
mark s just desperate to wade in with an impassioned defence of the bond series, i can tell
― PROFESSOR JIGGLY is loose in the Cat Room (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:29 (seven years ago) link
― mark s, Thursday, May 11, 2017 6:52 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
important post
― mh, Thursday, 11 May 2017 15:52 (seven years ago) link
it's true, the part where barry lyndon fought a pistol duel with an ancient alien was really terrible
― PRESIDENT STEAMPUNK J. BRAINSTEM (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
it spoke to me, the guy who gets world-weary when having to listen to others talk about how deep movies are
― mh, Thursday, 11 May 2017 16:01 (seven years ago) link
makes u think
― PRESIDENT STEAMPUNK J. BRAINSTEM (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
all my posts are important, some of them may not be well understood yet
― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 16:07 (seven years ago) link
Much like Kubrick's oeuvre
― The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 May 2017 16:07 (seven years ago) link
http://wallpapercave.com/wp/2kDZlWN.jpg
― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
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― PRESIDENT STEAMPUNK J. BRAINSTEM (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 16:12 (seven years ago) link
deep/shallow such a lousy critical metaphor anyway
― The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 May 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
In today's lack of surprise
http://io9.gizmodo.com/ridley-scott-admits-fan-backlash-over-prometheus-influe-1795126523
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 16:58 (seven years ago) link
the biggest problem is that ridley scott is a nincompoop
― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
or strength, if you're tracer hand and not read this thread any more
he's no tony scott, that's for sure
― PRESIDENT STEAMPUNK J. BRAINSTEM (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
at this point he's more like Dr. Gene Scott
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 May 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
He could play him in a movie easy!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 17:29 (seven years ago) link
Sorry about spoiler, but it happens in the first 5 minutes of the film
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:34 (seven years ago) link
Nobody else is dumb enough to have gone to see this, huh?
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 12 May 2017 06:48 (seven years ago) link
Only opens in the UK today (think there were previews yesterday) and not until next week in the US.
― Bernie Lugg (Ward Fowler), Friday, 12 May 2017 07:53 (seven years ago) link
i might go and see it this weekend
the lure of franco immolation is too strong to resist
― PRESIDENT STEAMPUNK J. BRAINSTEM (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 12 May 2017 08:19 (seven years ago) link
Wasn't at all interested in seeing this but I was promised some food if I went out, the pizza was good, the film went beneath my low expectations.
There's some pretty impressive sights, visual references to Bocklin and possibly John Martin, but it probably all looked better in the concept art stages because it has that fakey blockbuster look to it.
The aliens never look as good as they did in the first four films, which surprised me. Looks like they stuck to cgi entirely?
There was some bizarre choice of sexual innuendo in the dialogue which the audience cracked up at. Several people started shouting about how much the film sucked, they were told to fuck off and thankfully they did after 10 minutes or so. I got a sense that they wouldn't have liked it even if it was great.
Fassbender gets some of the bulk of the bad dialogue and I'm not sure how well he could have delivered it all but the lead actress is good.
Genuine question: why did people have such hopes for this one? Have Scott's recent films been good?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 15 May 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
who are these "people" you're referring to?
― Number None, Monday, 15 May 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
I don't know if I've ever been in a commercial theater where people yelled stuff at the screen unless it was some special event or like rocky horror
― mh, Monday, 15 May 2017 18:29 (seven years ago) link
my god, you are a fortunate soul
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Monday, 15 May 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link