The Alien and Predator Discussion Thread
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Pffft, suitmation is D E A D. Let's see a stop motion Predator...
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Stop motion is way to out dated,dude! Finger puppets are the way of the future!Lain Of The Wired wrote:Pffft, suitmation is D E A D. Let's see a stop motion Predator...
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Alien Covenant was pretty good, in my opinion. The CGI was good and there were some great practical effects
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I haven't seen it yet, but can someone tell me if
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Is that Predator wearing... military pants?
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No.MechaGoji Bro7503 wrote:I haven't seen it yet, but can someone tell me if
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All the things I've heard about Aline Covenant make it sound really bad.
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Like all the comments from people in this very thread saying that they saw it and liked it.godzilla5417 wrote:All the things I've heard about Aline Covenant make it sound really bad.
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No not really, from other places. And all the promotional materiel makes it look pretty bad.Like all the comments from people in this very thread saying that they saw it and liked it.
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I'm still seeing it regardless of the reviews.
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Aw, thats disappointing.Cybermat47 wrote:No.MechaGoji Bro7503 wrote:I haven't seen it yet, but can someone tell me if
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Same, I'll see it on a cheap Tuesday.Godzilla21 wrote:I'm still seeing it regardless of the reviews.
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Saw Alien: Covenant. Ridley Scott is so detached from the franchise that he sparked life into that I felt like it should have been titled "Prometheus 2.0."
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I liked it for what it was...
But..
But..
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Saw Covenant, and I just feel kinda "meh" about it. I liked it more than Prometheus at least, but that isn't saying much since there wasn't a thing I liked about that movie.
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I saw Covenant today. I enjoyed it. Can't wait for the BR combo pack.
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Just got back from Covenant so, you know, spoilers and stuff ahead!
I didn't love it but I didn't hate it. The movie is extremely so-so. It's not bad, just not overly good either. I'll take it over Resurrection, sure. But over either of the AvP movies or prior Alien flicks...? Ehhh. I have a weakness for the AvP films (especially the second), but I did find Covenant better than Prometheus. There's a few gripes I do have with this film, however. The first is, without a doubt, David. Now don't get me wrong, I know this is supposed to be exploring the origins of the Xenos, but this movie seemed more along the lines of "Robot Goes Psycho featuring the Aliens" as soon as he shows up. The Aliens are such a classic and ruthless movie monster that I just find it dumb to water down their origins by having them just be mooks of David, which is what the ending seems to be setting up.
I liked the Neomorphs for what they were. But the return of the classic Alien really stole the show. Even though they completely skipped over the Chestburster cycle of their lives.
The final act actually on board the Covenent seemed rather forced. I was ready to up and leave when suddenly "Oh, there's more!" It really just played out too much like a rehash of the original film, right down to the Alien being forced into space. Only this time it was done with big Hollywood spectacle and trucks instead of a generic airlock sequence. Walter being David was too obvious.
But that's it. Not a bad film. Just not that good either. Really, my biggest complaint is the movie seemed to much like "David the Movie featuring Aliens" than an actual Alien movie. Just take the Xenos out and it wouldn't have made that much of a difference.
Favorite character was probably Tennessee. More screen time of him instead of David doing cliche, sneaky things could have gone a long way.
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I didn't love it but I didn't hate it. The movie is extremely so-so. It's not bad, just not overly good either. I'll take it over Resurrection, sure. But over either of the AvP movies or prior Alien flicks...? Ehhh. I have a weakness for the AvP films (especially the second), but I did find Covenant better than Prometheus. There's a few gripes I do have with this film, however. The first is, without a doubt, David. Now don't get me wrong, I know this is supposed to be exploring the origins of the Xenos, but this movie seemed more along the lines of "Robot Goes Psycho featuring the Aliens" as soon as he shows up. The Aliens are such a classic and ruthless movie monster that I just find it dumb to water down their origins by having them just be mooks of David, which is what the ending seems to be setting up.
I liked the Neomorphs for what they were. But the return of the classic Alien really stole the show. Even though they completely skipped over the Chestburster cycle of their lives.
The final act actually on board the Covenent seemed rather forced. I was ready to up and leave when suddenly "Oh, there's more!" It really just played out too much like a rehash of the original film, right down to the Alien being forced into space. Only this time it was done with big Hollywood spectacle and trucks instead of a generic airlock sequence. Walter being David was too obvious.
But that's it. Not a bad film. Just not that good either. Really, my biggest complaint is the movie seemed to much like "David the Movie featuring Aliens" than an actual Alien movie. Just take the Xenos out and it wouldn't have made that much of a difference.
Favorite character was probably Tennessee. More screen time of him instead of David doing cliche, sneaky things could have gone a long way.
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Finally got to see it. Definitely better then Prometheus and one of the best Alien movies I seen so far, almost up there with the original but not quite.
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I just got back from the movie and I really enjoyed it. My best advice to you is see it for yourself to make a judgement on it. Don't let douchebag critics or OCD fans make that decision for you.
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My biggest complaint was the editing, actually. The action scenes were all so terribly cut together that you could barely tell what was going on.
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But other than that... decent movie. 7/10 for me.
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