Alien 'Quadrilogy'

Interview with Alvarez. I did like this:

Q. The synopsis involves a group of young space colonizers and scavengers who encounter “the most terrifying life form in the universe” inside a run-down space station. Did you choose to focus on a younger cast just because that’s a relatively new dynamic for the franchise?

A. I wish there was some sort of deep-thinking strategy about it. It was really more based on Aliens. I remember watching an extended cut of Aliens, and there’s a moment where you see a bunch of kids running [and riding a big wheel] around the corridors of this colony. And I thought, “Wow, what would it be like for those kids to grow up in a colony that still needs another 50 years to terraform? There’s no sunlight and there’s no real life, except to just take the place of a parent and do the same job they did.” In my movies, I’m always interested in those characters. Maybe it’s because I grew up in the small country of Uruguay. I think it connects to a lot of people who grew up in small towns and think that all the important things are happening somewhere else.

Both Scott and Cameron allegedly love it to bits. (I guess Fincher and Jeunet don't count.)

Plus looks like all the blood in the first tracking shot is the aftermath of...something:

I’ll tell you more without spoiling too much. It takes place in [the teaser’s] first shot. There’s a tiny hint in there, and it has to do with that scene that Isabela talked about, which is great. When you manage to have an idea or concept that has not been seen before in any Alien movie — and it’s also something that has never happened before in the history of movies and science fiction — my first test usually when I shoot it is to just look at the boom mic guy. He has no idea what’s about to happen, and then I see his face completely in shock over what he’s witnessing. So that is, for me, the biggest reward, and when you know that there’s something special, then you just can’t wait for opening night. I’ll sit in the front and turn around to see people’s reactions to those moments.

To be fair, Scott's opinion on what makes these films good or bad has taken some punishment.

Cameron yassifying Aliens and True Lies in his latest remasters indicates that the man may not be totally trustworthy now.

lol at him finding inspiration in the 10 minutes or whatever cut from theatrical version of Aliens.

The final trailer for #AlienRomulus has arrived.

Get tickets now and experience it in IMAX. In theaters everywhere August 16. https://t.co/N35mxAEvS8 pic.twitter.com/IsBESsLPbg

— Alien: Romulus (@AlienAnthology) July 18, 2024

very spoilery but looks good

Oh no! I sure hope there's no aliens on that derelict spaceship

Huge, if True.

all this characters better be making smart decisions or ILX is going to come down on this movie like a mountain

Oh when will they make something interesting again from this franchise, they could go in all sorts of directions but instead we get 'this could be our ticket out of here...' and 'da fuck was that?'

it has been forty fucking five years since ALIEN (1979), if we must continue to make these movies can we find another story to tell other than 'space chumps learn a hard lesson about exobiology'

or what maresnest said

or what i said

sorry tracer i have u on mute

it looks even less interesting than that fake AI generated trailer upthread. I thought the franchise had gone full in on the engineers and all that shit.

nooo nothing new must ever happen

while it is true that there’s something comforting about the elements of every alien movie - a woman turning her face away from a drooling alien, everyone just trying to escape, face hugging, implantation, an android with white fluids, the danger of an alien hitching a ride, etc - much like the familiar comforts of a sade song or a baseball game, you do sort of wonder if at some point an ai could if not make the film then at least have a good go at the script

need one from the alien's pov

surely all these future astronauts must have seen the movie by now

i genuinely don’t understand why they haven’t let the alien loose on earth yet, it would be so sick

the lizard people who rule us wouldn't allow that

this movie is going to be dope, you nerds

they did! it was called ALIEN VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM (2007) and it was sick alright xxp

but not in a good way

the engineers: origin story

before becoming a genocidal god cult they made some magnificent bridges

lol i think i did used to know there was an alien v pred on earth and until now i had successfully blocked it from my mind

i agree with ivy i think there is a very good chance this is going to be an excellent kinda back to basics reboot with a like, rizzed up cast (am i using this word right)

i think alvarez is probably going to play with the alien toy set in a fun way, but i do hope it's got something, anything to offer beyond a remix of some very creaky ideas

maybe the trailer is designed to make it look bog-standard - so when it turns to be slightly above average for this type of thing - then your mind is blown!

the engineers: origin story

before becoming a genocidal god cult they made some magnificent bridges

― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), 19. juli 2024 17:18 (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Infrastructure week!

"Alien : Cringe"

Prometheus also had a dope trailer, and well...

I haven't seen one of these movies since that one. Won't get fooled again!

you need to rethink your inner modality

The Prometheus trailer flew too close to the S(dammit, that was Icarus, wasn't it)

time to give this guy a go

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2f/11/6d/2f116d78389da705a9460250575fa501.jpg

sadly laurent de brunhoff died in march

this one might be good, Alvarez does atmosphere and suspense well, he doesn't just give things the right look.

it does seem plotwise like Don't Breathe, but the blind guy is aliens.

Can definitely see the Evil Dead remake lineage - make it sort of like the original but wall to wall hi-def CGI and dumber

mind boggling that Zack Snyder is the only director to successfully pull off a modern remake of a VHS classic horror

uh what about alexandre aja's the hills have eyes

i know i'm more forgiving of '00s remake horror than most, like i love platinum dunes and marcus nispel soooo much, but i thought the evil dead remake offered a lot in its portrait of addiction and intervention and also in the massive amounts of blood rain

Alien: Romulus panel…everyone in Hall H, all 6500 of them, just received facehugger masks. pic.twitter.com/GjJ3UdltXQ

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) July 27, 2024

Poor Ian Holm, holy shit

he got over it and played Bilbo Baggins later on

guess I'll catch Romulus later

colour me intrigued?

dead actor resurrection should be banned

oh ew i didn't know that's what the revive was about, thought maybe Mares was just seeing og Alien for first time!

There's an article in the NY Times about the lead actress from Romulus (who I did not know also played Priscilla in that movie) and in one of the photo captions (and later in the text) they describe her as the "final girl" — hello! Spoiler alert, maybe?

Thanks for sharing