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[Last_colossi]

Making similar mistakes to Prometheus already. This is supposed to be a crew of scientists (or should be) on a mission millions of miles away for the first time yet they are acting like it's a frat party before they go into cryo sleep. I'm already struggling to suspend my disbelief.

Yeah, this looks like Prometheus 2.0 unfortunately, I'll be giving this one a pass.

 

[Discotheque]

Making similar mistakes to Prometheus already. This is supposed to be a crew of scientists (or should be) on a mission millions of miles away for the first time yet they are acting like it's a frat party before they go into cryo sleep. I'm already struggling to suspend my disbelief.

there's a few reasons why this just may end up being even worse than Prometheus but nah I think what you're saying is unfair.

scenes like this build comraderie among the crew. happens in plenty of films of this ilk. scientists drink and celebrate things too, its only natural.

 

[OriginalThinking]

well, do we know they're the actual engineers / scientists / colonists?
I would guess they're the flight crew of the actual colony ship - which would make them space pilots or space mechanics.
... pilots are super frat-y, the uniform just makes them look way more classy.

Of course, if they turn out to be the crew of "scientists" this would indeed seem a tad ... off

I'm sure they mention it's a first time experience ... I could believe the first film as a bunch of miners out of their depth. And the second film as a squad of experienced Marines who didn't have a clue what they were walking into. I think this crew should be a lot more tense and nervous about what they might face. A standard NASA mission requires years of training, psychological testing, you have to be top of your game. I just struggle to buy this for such an important mission. Anyway this poster nails my thoughts.

Have to say that "everyday working man joe schmoe in space" thing that Scott wants to evoke here seems tonally wrong?
It seems like a desperate try to go back to the 80s "space trucker" feeling the crew had in ALIEN, but in ALIEN the ship WAS essentially a space truck.

In PROMETHEUS the mission is a multi-trillion dollar top secret ship and now in COVENANT it is mankind's first "large scale colony ship", and all they got is a bunch of alcoholic street punks and failed characters loaded with lots of psychological baggage and crew infighting.

Not looking forward to the biologist grabbing the new alien by the pussy without gloves and the geologist/mapping dude getting lost in the cave system he just mapped out.

 

[TTG]

On the wrong side of hokey, but it's not the actual movie so whatever.

 

[caliph95]

Eh this looks cool.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

THERE ARE SPACE GAYS?

film still looks meh but SPACE GAYS

 

[Trunx28]

just hit me that the last two alien movies are now named after the ship they're flying. Waiting for them to rename the first two movies into Alien - Nostromo and Alien - Sulaco

But nice video, watched the trailer after that and suddenly you feel really sorry for the crew ..

 

[Garrett Hawke]

lmao rewatching it the editing is really bad, especially at the end

the long haired gay guy pushes his hair back sitting down and then literally in the next shot he's standing up

 

[Robot Pants]

Pointless.
This looks like another flop in the series, but honestly nothing can possibly be worse than Prometheus.

 

[komplanen]

Trailer made me question whether I'm watching Prometheus (which I liked) or Alien (which I loved), but this prologue was like a painful reminder not to get my hopes up. I doubt I will pay to see this so I'll just use free tickets if I have them.

I mean c'mon with the cowboy hat and stupid banter behind the "cool" (knows what's going on) captains back, the Alien scare etc.

 

[Chichikov]

I thought that was totally pointless and quite clunky at parts.

 

[Delio]

THERE ARE SPACE GAYS?

film still looks meh but SPACE GAYS

I somehow didnt see the gay guys my first go through. Had to back it up and catch them. Thats cool tho. As for the scene itself meh it didnt do much for me.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

I somehow didnt see the gay guys my first go through. Had to back it up and catch them. Thats cool tho. As for the scene itself meh it didnt do much for me.

yeah, it's cool, just a shame about the rest of the clip

 

[boredandlazy]

Rolled my eyes at the comment about the food when she started choking. Cast seem cool but the film has none of the visual charm the original film had with its production design.

As clichéd as it is, someone would probably say it in real life.

 

[Boem]

Not feeling anything about this movie. Feels like it's trying to recapture the magic of Alien by skirting too close to imitation for me.

It's just a short internet intro of course, but the acting was way too forced for me in this one. Along with the writing, eh...

Hokey is definitely the right word.

Danny McBride in an Alien movie is really weird. Doesn't help the movie I'm afraid, as much as I like the guy outside of this. Same with James Franco, although he has shown a bit of a wider range over the years.


Won't be seeing this in theaters I guess.

 

[Srey Plaughtered]

It was alright, I guess.

The Fake TED Talk thing for Prometheus was kinda better.

 

[Stormy]

I thought what I saw was good. I like the crew more now than I ever did the crew in Prometheus.

Cannot wait for this movie either.

 

[caliph95]

THERE ARE SPACE GAYS?

film still looks meh but SPACE GAYS

Yes SPACE GAYS they come from a planet SPACE HOMOS in the ELGEBETE SYSTEM.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

Let's party! *armwrestle*
Looking forward to more aliens.

Lmao I didn't even realize that.

That makes it even funnier.

 

[Ushojax]

The Jesus references are still flowing, Ridley just can't resist. They should have just called it Prometheus 2 instead of pretending it's an Alien movie.

 

[hypotc]

Yeah, this looks like Prometheus 2.0 unfortunately, I'll be giving this one a pass.

This promotional prologue clip directed by Luke Scott is enough to make you pass up the entire movie? Atleast wait for reviews before you make that decision. For all we know, this may be a solid Alien movie.

 

[NealMcCauley]

I liked it. It's nice that everyone seems to enjoy each other's company unlike Prometheus.

Kinda laughed at Crudup being Franco and McBride's third bro wheel.

 

[Blader]

Making similar mistakes to Prometheus already. This is supposed to be a crew of scientists (or should be) on a mission millions of miles away for the first time yet they are acting like it's a frat party before they go into cryo sleep. I'm already struggling to suspend my disbelief.

Is this parody?

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Franco's the captain? Weird.

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

It was alright, I guess.

The Fake TED Talk thing for Prometheus was kinda better.

It was really cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQpGwnN3dfc

 

[andythinkpad]

James Franco and Danny Mcbride playing themselves in an alien movie. This looks so dumb.

They even do the frat house thing without the weed!

 

[TheJollyCorner]

I really hope they update https://www.weylandindustries.com/ for this movie.
They did a fucking awesome job on this leading up to Prometheus. Love the timeline of the company, etc.


Very excited for this one.

 

[andythinkpad]

I just want to remind people Ridley Scott elected to do two dumb alien movies instead of doing a Forever War movie. What a waste.

 

[WeirdoStalkerJr]

That was awesome!

 

[jett]

do we know for sure that it will explicitly tie into exodus?

The cynicism in this thread is palpable.

We are what Ridley Scott and Fox's treatment of this ip for the last 25 years have made us.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

I just want to remind people Ridley Scott elected to do two dumb alien movies instead of doing a Forever War movie. What a waste.

...Is it?

Maybe someone good will do Forever War.

 

[OriginalThinking]

Is this parody?

Nope it's how I feel. Prometheus was probably the most excited I've ever been for a film. And the most disappointed. The visuals were gorgeous, I loved the trailers and the mock ted talk. The script was terrible though. I thought Ridley with his experience would not only recognise great visuals but be able to spot problems in the screenplay. I was wrong.

 

[Inceptional]

I hope Franco's napping in his cryotube through the entire film just to wake up at the end and get killed immediately.

 

[GameAddict411]

Two hot gay guys making out too. It's a definitely a good prologue, lets see how the movie ends up.

 

[jelly]

I hope Franco's napping through the entire film just to wake up at the end and get killed immediately.

That would be be quite fun, well not instantly killed but the whole crew gets slaughtered then he wakes up at the end. "Fuck sake Danny, what did I tell you!" "This is David, shit happened bro"

 

[Ninjimbo]

Man, some of you guys are harsh. I thought it was pretty good. It set up the crew rather nicely and the visuals look on point. Very grimy but also modern and polished.

Some of the actors in this caught me by surprise as well. There are some proven people here. Oh, and Waterson looks different again. How many transformations can that woman do lol. I like it.

 

[Father_Brain]

Nice that there's a gay couple here. It's still pretty rare to see LGBTQ representation of any kind in a big-budget franchise film.

 

[JeTmAn81]

The cynicism in this thread is palpable.

It's totally warranted. There have been two great Alien films followed by thirty years' worth of mediocre to terrible sequels and spinoffs.

 

[Vilix]

Eh. Nothing special or outstanding. It looks like another space horror film.

 

[Wollan]

Expecting this to be a fun cinema experience.

 

[Haines]

Man you guys are cut throat lol

Prometheus burned you guys hard lol

 

[Toa TAK]

Man you guys are cut throat lol

Prometheus burned you guys hard lol

Alien 3 through Prometheus, bro

 

[Fancy Clown]

Eh. Nothing special or outstanding. It looks like another space horror film.

I mean...it's an Alien movie, what did you expect? Pretty much single "space horror" film of the last 30 years ripped off Alien in some way.

Man you guys are cut throat lol

Prometheus burned you guys hard lol

It was probably the biggest disparity between quality of marketing and talent, and the actual movie itself that I've ever experienced. I was burned real hard.

 

[JB1981]

Not gonna lie I kinda like Exodus.

 

[CaviarMeths]

McBride can't even appear in a 5 minute promo without squeezing a jizz joke in there. I hope he doesn't ruin this movie for me.

Crew seems genuine and real enough. Not really feeling the main girl though.

I remain lukewarm on this project. Carrying on the worst part of Prometheus (space Jesus) with constant winks and callbacks to an almost certainly better movie (Alien) is not the most interesting thing an 80 year old Ridley Scott could be doing.

 

[Blader]

Nope it's how I feel. Prometheus was probably the most excited I've ever been for a film. And the most disappointed. The visuals were gorgeous, I loved the trailers and the mock ted talk. The script was terrible though. I thought Ridley with his experience would not only recognise great visuals but be able to spot problems in the screenplay. I was wrong.

I mean, I thought Prometheus was bad too. I was more referring to your equating people drinking, eating, and enjoying each's other company to a frat party, or finding it hard to believe scientists would socialize or have any kind of fun. :lol

 

[Google]

I thought that was a fun, little, sideway teaser for a movie I'm looking forward to seeing.

But what do I know? I like:
Alien,
Alien 3
and
Prometheus

(I do not like Aliens.)

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

This time the alien trouble starts when the gang tries to make a bong out of an egg.

"I thought alien mating season was over!"

 

[Toa TAK]

The Jesus references are still flowing, Ridley just can't resist. They should have just called it Prometheus 2 instead of pretending it's an Alien movie.

>>>>

do we know for sure that it will explicitly tie into exodus?

Don't you see? Ridley is rewriting biblical events.

 

[dskillzhtown]

It did what a prologue is supposed to do. Set the tone for the movie, somewhat introduce the characters, etc. I thought it was fine.

I thought Prometheus was okay. It had a few scenes of sheer stupidity, but I don't absolutely hate the movie because of it. I just really wish the problems had been cleaned up.