They're Remaking 'Alien' -- the 'Prometheus' thread

Prometheus and, I'm sure, Prometheus 2 are the dumbest shit but are people really getting het up about it

xxp I don't know what you expected.

On here I mean, I'm sure there's a lot of THEY RERRRNED GERRRSBERRZTZZZ elsewhere

I second that new board description nomination

Is nail polish emoji the new "I would like to point out that I have been otm in this thread"?

Prometheus and, I'm sure, Prometheus 2 are the dumbest shit but are people really getting het up about it

NO WE'RE NOT YOU SHUT YOUR LYING MOUTH RIGHT NOW

I second that new board description nomination

Is nail polish emoji the new "I would like to point out that I have been otm in this thread"?

that's what i was aiming for, aye

THEY RERRRNED GERRRSBERRZTZZZ

irl tears of lol

Tombot otm otm

Huh.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/watch-elizabeth-shaw-return-in-a-short-film-linking-pro-1794675880

For Alien Day, Fox just dropped this official Alien: Covenant prologue short called The Crossing, which stars both Prometheus survivors David (Michael Fassbender) and Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeMVrnYNwus

Also of note, this is the second prologue video released for Covenant. The first focused more on the crew of the titular ship, who are in space hoping to start a new world. You can watch that here.

Lots of intriguing backstory to chew on before the first frame of footage even rolls.

what a time to be alive

haha wait the aliens have their own cryopod thingies? that humans (and/or human-created robots) can operate? and they work on human bodies too?? OKAY

They're the USBs of the galaxy. Anyway, said cryopods were in Prometheus and all.

haha i think i blocked that out, along with all the other bad parts of prometheus.

YES THERE ARE PARTS I DO REMEMBER THANK YOU

it's a pretty dope movie that way tbh, plus it's only six to eight minutes long so it slots pretty easily into your viewing schedule.

Could just put this on loop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTOcA_y1R_U

it's a pretty dope movie that way tbh, plus it's only six to eight minutes long

^^^

you guys are such suckers

haha wait the aliens have their own cryopod thingies? that humans (and/or human-created robots) can operate? and they work on human bodies too?? OKAY

― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, April 26, 2017 5:34 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Of course they work on human bodies, our DNA is 100% identical according to Prometheus! Even though it results in entirely different morphologies!

lol i think i forgot the whole plot? time to rewatch :D

they must have cut the scene where they inflate noomi to space jockey size so she can comfortably fit in their pods.

They have little pods for little Engineers.

I hope we finally find out how the aliens became aliens and/or Spider-Man.

parents killed on crime alley by clarence boddiker under the direction of sauron iirc

Gotta start somewhere.

shakey is right, i am a sucker.

OF FACES

christ I was waiting for someone to step up and deliver the punchline

I can't wait for Ridley to announce one day that he started ILX as a long build-up to an alien movie premise and shakey has devoted countless hours

I just got back from the "Alien Day" screening of the original Alien. Not bad! That Weaver broad, I think she's going places. (Seriously though there's something magic about seeing a classic on the biggest screen possible.)

Afterwards they showed the Prometheus bridging bit (which was pretty cool! I'd watch a movie of just that) plus a couple of scenes from Covenant which were surprisingly great. I was kinda taken aback at how intense the scenes were. I think someone upthread mentioned that this looks like Ridley Scott doing his version of Aliens and that's more or less the vibe I got. It looks to be a good ol' gory gooey time.

New movie getting brutal advance reviews.

Rotten Tomatoes looks like 'tepidly positive' for the most part.

yeah the five top critics essentially gave it B+-level ratings.

a shame that "We Live Entertainment" shat all over it, oh noes

Reviews for Prometheus were almost universally positive iirc

they were positive with massive caveats like "it looked cool BUT..."

fwiw all I need this thing to be is fun Alien people-eating eye candy. if it's Promethean in scope, I will piss in my seat and leave the theater

The io9 review in particular didn't hold back. And Lussier always feels like a bit of an uncritical fanboy so for him to completely go off on this is probably a sign.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/alien-covenant-may-be-the-biggest-disappointment-of-th-1794898330

The other standout is Tennessee, a pilot played by Danny McBride, who thrives on the actor’s charisma.

I am already starting to drift away from this review...

You even start to think you’re going to get answers to the big “Why are we here?” questions from Prometheus too, which were by far the best part of that film.

I am now starting to run away from this review.

Farrell beat me to it by a fraction of a sentence

even in the tracer hand sense of "best part of this film" these elements were not the best part of this film

"The film includes such a brutal, clean dismissal of Prometheus’ potential it almost feels like Scott is apologizing to fans for that film."

oh good i feel like i deserved an apology

he could have just sent a card though

I will be inquiring on Mr. Chung's board for his analysis after this gets released

Reviews are all over the place. Feels like people are seeing wildly different things in it, which is interesting.

imo we need to find someone who has never seen any related movies to show this to

The other standout is Tennessee, a pilot played by Danny McBride, who thrives on the actor’s charisma.

Danny McBride has all the charisma of an overflowing toilet.

U must have sum toilet

http://i.imgur.com/gFKsunQ.gif

scarier than anything since the OG facehugger imo

We need to post as much as possible until the gif goes away.

it will never really go away

I'm not sure what to make of that review. As described it makes the movie sound like another bait and switch like Prometheus, less a new "Alien"/space horror film and more some weird naval-gazing that also has an alien in it. But how that would "betray" (or whatever) the shitty ideas in Prometheus is anyone's guess. I'd think a pretentious, incoherent movie about What It All Means sounds very much like its predecessor.

Scott should make a movie that features only aliens and no other lifeforms. Like, what are they up to when there is nothing to kill, eat or impregnate? Do they just nap a lot? Do they have friends, play games? Are they bored?