Alien Covenant

**Moose-Knuckle** · 03-01-17, 05:19

Prologue . . .

**Moose-Knuckle** · 03-01-17, 05:20

Trailer . . .

**militarymoron** · 03-01-17, 07:55

This wasn't on my radar until a couple of days ago - I didn't know they were making it. Hope it's better than Prometheus (which wasn't bad - it just wasn't 'great' for me).

**Co-gnARR** · 03-01-17, 10:13

I hope this picks up after Aliens, treats Alien 3 like a bad dream (it happened, but it is gone now) and totally ignores Alien:Resurrection. I can hope....
ETA: cannot watch trailer at this time. Will do so when I get normal wifi abiltiies back.

**Firefly** · 03-01-17, 10:32

Weak. Jump scares. Shaky cam. Grossly naive people.

Aliens was tge best movie and Alien was a fair to middling prequel

**SteyrAUG** · 03-01-17, 15:41

Originally Posted by Firefly

Weak. Jump scares. Shaky cam. Grossly naive people.

Aliens was tge best movie and Alien was a fair to middling prequel

While I agree, Aliens was far superior (rare for a sequel), the original 1979 Alien was serious thinking sci fi and way ahead of it's time.

**FromMyColdDeadHand** · 03-01-17, 18:42

Looks like a Garden of Eden gone wrong. There is the over sized wheat. "Listen, you hear nothing, no animals at all." So we have this and then there is a sequel to Prometheus- and of course on the extreme flank "Bladerunner 2048"?

**Co-gnARR** · 03-01-17, 19:26

Originally Posted by SteyrAUG

While I agree, Aliens was far superior (rare for a sequel), the original 1979 Alien was serious thinking sci fi and way ahead of it's time.

Agreed. It really did reach out to some unexplored territory in terms of bringing cinematography to the sci-fi genre. It legitimized science fiction as a viable thriller/horror/deep thought fix for thinking people. That movie and Bladerunner were Scott's masterpieces IMO. They brought serious direction and artistic expression into the mainstream movie experience in a way that sci-fi movies like Star Wars could not at that time. I am not knocking George Lucas or Star Wars in any way, but the style of that franchise contrasted to Alien and Blade Runner shows the stark difference in direction and execution of some deep story lines. Character development, the casting, camera work, lighting, set development, tone, etc are worlds (galaxies?) apart.