Is there more without the shitty helmet?
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Prometheus (Alien 'prequel' movie) starts shooting March 2011
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Not that I'm aware of, I always thought it would be a subtle way of tying the two together. But who knows anymore.
What helmet? Don't be a dick, that's Sarah Jessica Parker.
Expendable.
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This'll be in front of Dragon Tattoo starting tomorrow at 7PM.
Escape Goat
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helmet?
you're dead to me
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Vilix
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Read Alien: Original Sin. While it is set in the AvP universe it does explore why the Alien Craft was on the planet and how Nostromo's passing the planet wasn't just a coincidence.
I am not under the assumption that the Nostromo ends up on the planet coincidentally.
Expendable.
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Never seen 3 & 4. I guess I should get around to them sometime before Prometheus. Will likely buy the quadrilogy.
TheKaeptain
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You're slow dude. We know this already.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Boy is this stupid.
Escape Goat
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Thanks for your response though.
TheKaeptain
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Nah, it's kind of on point.
SCULLIBUNDO
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You guys need to try harder with your trolling.
But yay to Facehuggers and chestbusters?
Escape Goat
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I'm sorry you feel threatened. Spielberg, is that you?
SCULLIBUNDO
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Why would the best filmmaker of this decade feel threatened by Scott's first legitimately good looking film in the last decade?
I really want to watch 3 again and, at the same time, I have no desire to watch 4 again.
I don't even know how to describe what I don't like about 4 but I'll try.
It seems like a "movie" to me. What I mean by that is that I feel that I am watching produced entertainment - that they were not properly able to hide the fact that this all took place on sound stages with actors reading off of pages.
There are a lot of scenes of characters turning and then staring directly into the camera.
There are forced "comedy" bits that fall flat and felt like they were specifically written to add 'levity' to the earth-shatteringly heavy drama.
There are secrets that people hide that don't make any logical sense other than for dramatic purposes.
There are whole sequences that are so oddly directed that they feel like they were made with an entirely disparate creative vision than the rest of the movie.
Below all of that, creeping just outside of recognition, is the feeling that the entire production is cheap - as if the movie were written for a television series and given a huge budget that the makers had little time to accommodate, outside of set design and camera rentals.
3 is an equally odd movie, but I sort of have a soft spot for it. To my untrained eyes the cinematography felt foreign in the way that Delicatessen felt foreign, though not with nearly as much conviction.
Expendable.
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Didn't know it was confirmed yet, just rumored.
TheKaeptain
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Come the fuck on Sculli, really?
What do you think cats are?
The music swells to a huge crescendo and BOOM a locker flies open and a xenomorph jumps out and everyone goes "oh thank god, it's not a cat."
And that's when Jonesy gets mad.
The sequence in 4 where an alien crawls into an escape pod before the fleeing station crew members can manage to get it launched is pretty damn brilliant, and it's shot very well.
That's about the only good thing I can say about the film. Well, I guess the underwater scene was pretty intense, and the way the aliens escape was a pretty innovative idea.
That's about the only good thing I can say about the film. Well, I guess the underwater scene was pretty intense, and the way the aliens escape was a pretty innovative idea.
The underwater scene was only intense if you make the assumption that none of those characters can breathe underwater, which is a silly assumption since they're down there for about ten minutes.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Minority report, A.I, Catch Me If You Can, Munich, Tintin.
Are you telling me Scott has a better filmography this past decade?
The Librarian
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Kingdom of Heaven?
TheKaeptain
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No, I am saying SS isn't the best director of the last ten years. AI, Munich, and Catch Me If You Can are slightly above average films.
Poimandres
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He wasn't saying anything about Scott's output, it's more that calling Spielberg the best director of the decade is a bold call indeed.
On topic, this film looks outstanding. I believe the original Alien towers above all of the subsequent films.
Expendable.
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Psh. Those two are MUCH better than that.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Prove me wrong, children. Prove me wrong!
Escape Goat
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I think my problem with it goes deeper. The fact Ripley didn't die. Her story should have ended but it didn't. The quest for more money was too seductive. They ruined a perfectly satisfying conclusion to Ripley's story - she dies taking the queen with her. I'd have been happy with her simply returning to Earth in Aliens with Newt but this was the next best alternative.
The quest for money is a difficult one to say no to.
TheKaeptain
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Coens have made better films than Steven Spielberg in the last decade, if you want to be proven wrong. And here are a few more: Wes Anderson, Terrence Malick, Darren Aronofsky, Pedro Almodovar, Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird, Chan-wook Park and David Fincher.
TheKaeptain
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I agree with everyone but CWP.
He's the guy that did Thirst? I have to agree.
TheKaeptain
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And oldboy. After Oldboy his output has been rather weak.
Discotheque
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Malick only made one film last decade lol. He shouldn't count.
Expendable.
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The New World and/or The Tree of Life say hello. Two of the best films ever made.
This looks..amazing. I need to watch this in the theaters when it's out, god damn.
Not "last decade" (2000-2010), "in the last decade" (in the past 10 years, so 2001-2011)
TheKaeptain
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He mentioned Tintin so he is counting 2011 as well. Tree Of Life counts.
Discotheque
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Tree of Life is 2011. And yeah like I said one movie doesn't count.
I'm confident if he made a bunch that decade he'd be the best though. So I'm not arguing quality.
And yeah I'd put Spielberg up there, above the Coens (which are hit or miss for me) and Scorcese last decade.
I don't count animated directors either.
Expendable.
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It counts, he counted Tintin.
Brad Bird also made the best action movie in YEARS so that at least counts for something. #Ghotocol. And that is super silly you don't count animated directors, those two have produced better films than 99% of live-action stuff.
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I just hope this doesn't turn out like Super 8. I was so hyped for that movie and was very disappointed.
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