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

tbf if I saw that it was for rent on amazon or w/e I'd do it in a second, knowing I just barely missed it at the local theater

This is rather fine and made with far more craft than this series deserves at this point, and Fassbender gets his best showcase for his bitch-priss-elegance than he's had in years, but the last 50 minutes or so are a surrender into nonsense.

alfred's review essentially works as an endorsement for me

substitute "Taylor York" for "Fassbender"

colossal definitely didn't play where i live. this is playing where i live:

When her boyfriend dumps Emily, a spontaneous woman in her 30s, she persuades her ultra-cautious mom to accompany her on a vacation to Ecuador. At Emily's insistence, the pair seek out adventure, but suddenly find themselves kidnapped. When these two very different women are trapped on this wild journey, their bond as mother and daughter is tested and strengthened while they attempt to navigate the jungle and escape.

i can't get used to new goldie face...

http://dailycandidnews.com/wp-content/uploads/Snatched-Movie-Review.jpg

So the mom was right to be ultra-cautious? Is that the point of the movie?

yup. they never should have taken that trip. the daughter learns...that she has a lot to learn.

man I don't even want to watch that on streaming and I recently watched "how to be single"

I didn't get a lot of new info but it was mildly life affirming for young people

"This is rather fine"

Alfred, when did you suffer brain trauma?

Watching Fassbender get fingered.

I'm late to this but Colossal suuuuuucked so much, this basically has to be better

Saw this on a plane, it was unexpectedly worse than Prometheus. Maybe suffered from the small screen but yeah, not recommended if you thought Prometheus was subpar.

Fassbender and Scott made a queer movie because the monster one was just bleh.

An enjoyable read! Thank you.

How did you know you were the only English major?

The three other people in the audience were playing hooky from high school.

tbf a lot of schools have graduation this week, they could have been seniors who had the day off

I overheard them cracking jokes about the class they skipped.

whereupon I called the cops

as one does

David's Byron line almost made me lose faith in the film.

What the hell you guys. I loved this movie! Critiquing the character's choices and questioning "how dumb they are" makes me wonder why any of you bought tickets for this. You're all expecting way too much from a summer horror film.

I'm late to this but Colossal suuuuuucked so much, this basically has to be better

I saw Colossal, my theory that past 4 'u's, this turns into a recommendation holds up.

The "expecting too much from a summer movie" argument is so weak, I'm sorry. I mean, I'm glad you enjoyed it, but generally speaking, characters you connect with and understand are an *asset* to a summer movie, to a horror movie, to pretty much most kinds of movies that seek to operate as entertainment. Again, see the original Alien for reference. Or Jaws, for that matter.

It's really hard to feel the thrills and chills when every line of dialogue pushes you out of the screen, reminds you that these are off-brand action figures Ridley is smashing against each other in his Creepy Basement Action Playset, who do things just because.

I didn't feel pushed out of the scenes, and I barely registered who the director was. The only characters I really cared about were Tennessee, Daniels, and, weirdly, the alien. The movie seemed to be smart enough to have engineered (!) those feelings because those are the characters left alive at the end. Well and David, who I didn't really care about but who was fascinating nonetheless. Yes he delivered a lot of self-important hokum about "creation" but it felt right to me, like a teenager who's just like, REALLY gotten into Pink Floyd man. I mean, I agree it's not as good as Alien but very few films are!

Why did I connect to Tennessee? He had a vaguely Southern accent, was funny, loyal and brave. Why did I connect to Daniels? She was down to earth, not afraid to push back hard when the Capt. was being an idiot, and was good at thinking on her feet. And er, why did I connect to the alien? Cause it's just trying to get along man! Like The Doctor says, hungry can look a lot like evil from the wrong end of the cutlery

Doctor Casino - yes, some additional better drawn characters would have been great, but it's not really something I was looking for or expecting. Then again, I'm probably part of the problem, as I would totally go see a movie called "Ridley's Creepy Basement Action Playset".

casting Danny McBride and Amy Seimetz as a couple is still kind of messing with me

fyi Aliens Dark Horse #0 available on Amazon for free comic book day, alas Kindle only

but tbf, I've just noticed that the whole stories are only about £1.84 each on Kindle anyway

Okay wtf, Aliens Labyrinth is available on paperback for £1,169 ?!

worth every penny iirc

here's a wiffle ball bat for over a hundred euros.

https://www.amazon.fr/WIFFLE-32-Plastic-Long-Bat/dp/B01NBZCUJG/

Feel like if yr expectations are so low that you think this film is good and fun, you could just as easily save yr $, stay home and watch yr toilet flush every now and then

you can do both and i expect i shall *stocks up on bathroom popcorn*

"you know how we've been sitting here watching this toilet flush"

"yeah"

"who's been flushing it?"

*alien goo drips from ceiling*

*facehugger erupts from toilet bowl*

actually maybe this is the fresh direction the series needs - more of a ghoulies vibe

Feel like if yr expectations are so low that you think this film is good and fun, you could just as easily save yr $, stay home and watch yr toilet flush every now and then

We went camping this past weekend, and the first morning it started just pouring rain. So the other early risers were all, hey, let's see a movie (with our early riser kids). And there were, amazingly, showtimes before 9am! Unfortunately, the options were pretty much the Smurfs and Boss Baby. Alien was playing maybe an hour or so later, with a 10am screening, so I pleaded, come on, just wait another hour so that I can at least see Alien, because I am not fucking seeing Boss Baby. But then I thought, man, how desperate, that I was begging them to hold off the trip to see Boss Baby just so that I could see Alien because there was literally nothing better to do first thing Sunday morning in Wisconsin when it's pouring raining. And then I thought, man, has it really come to this? If the camping situation is so bad that people are seeing Boss Baby and you are begging them to hold off so so you can see Alien ... that's just a sign that it's time to go home. Which we all did, right after Boss Baby (I went out for coffee instead of trying to see Alien). And then right after that the rain stopped, the sky cleared, and it was beautiful. I'd like to think it took the rest of the crew sacrificing their standards and dignity to see Boss Baby that did it.

By the way, apparently they saw a dude at the theatre at 9am with a full platter of hot dog, soda and Snickers bar. What's up with that? Maybe he was depressed that it was too early to see Alien and he was killing time by having an early lunch (breakfast) while he waited? Or maybe he had seen the Alien movie the day before and had lingered at the theatre overnight in shame.

What's up with that?

america iirc

Wisconsin, which is even more America than most of America.

the local alamo-like theater is a fine place to get a breakfast burrito and beer at your 10am showing

or a mimosa if you lean that way

love a venue that caters to the terminally alcoholic cineaste

setting out for a camping trip that quickly detours into having to go see 'the boss baby' is a more horrifying and unsettling plotline than anything to be found in 'alien: covenant.'

haha, otm

Lol

"I want to be devoured by mosquitoes and then see a film reducing my will to live."

David the Android: "...so my little creations would be...a release?"

i hated prometheus with all my heart but i liked this

You and Alfred, fighting the tide.