Wasted 'height' talent. Never really got a sense of scale of this guy. He's much taller in that video than he came across in the movie. Something that tall coming after you IS scary.
So it really was this guy? I thought that was a joke.
Yes, it was that guySo it really was this guy? I thought that was a joke.
Oh, there's a lot of fan service moments.There's really only 1 egregious reference/callback in this movie imo. I think it's blown out of proportion. Wasn't enough to ruin the movie for me.
I'm aware there is more than one, but there is only one I find egregious.Oh, there's a lot of fan service moments.
And it's this one. It was the "bitch" that took it too far. If they left it at "get away from her" then I wouldn't have cared at all.The worst of them is the "get away from her" bit. It betrays a complete lack of understanding of why that line is so good in the Aliens. And not only that, it just makes no sense within the movie itself. There is no reason for Andy to call the alien a *****, it's just utterly stupid.
My jaw hit the floor in disbelief when I heard it.
Meh, pretty standard line in media. Don't care to be honest.The there's the "you have my sympathies" line... Again, there is zero understanding of why that line is so good in Alien. While not as non-sensical as the "get away from her" line, it's still cringe worthy.
Considering it's the same model android it's quite fitting.Oh, there's a lot of fan service moments.
The worst of them is the "get away from her" bit. It betrays a complete lack of understanding of why that line is so good in the Aliens. And not only that, it just makes no sense within the movie itself. There is no reason for Andy to call the alien a *****, it's just utterly stupid.
My jaw hit the floor in disbelief when I heard it.
The there's the "you have my sympathies" line... Again, there is zero understanding of why that line is so good in Alien. While not as non-sensical as the "get away from her" line, it's still cringe worthy.
And those are just two of the most egregious examples. There are a lot (way too many) visual cues lifted directly from the other movies that add absolutely nothing to the experience, whereas the bits where Alvarez brings something new to the table are really good. The alien coming out of its cocoon is brilliant, and brings a cool new aspect the alien's life-cycle. It does of course bring out a lot of new questions, but it's new, interesting and appropriately weird. The fresh look at the facehugger attack and chest-burster scene are both great and make these well-known staples of Alien body horror refreshingly uncomfortable to watch.
This is one movie that I wish someone would make a fan edit to take out all the silly fan service, and we'd probably have a much better film in your hands.
Yeah, especially since the new Bishop in Alien 3 repeated the "magnificent specimen" line from Bishop in ALIENS. So there's precedent for that at least.Considering it's the same model android it's quite fitting.
Many years ago, I had a girlfriend who'd come over from Europe and didn't know what a snapping turtle was.The fan shout outs didn’t bother me one whit to be fair. Cheeky shout outs to the fans aren’t something that rustles me jimmy's.
The rampant stupidity of shoving your mush into an unknown life form, whilst said life form is in a clear aggressive stance and you’re a biologist no less, now that gets on my pip somewhat.
It's gimmick-y and lazy. 'Content' vs. an actual story ... I'm totally sick of it.I'm getting increasingly bored of fan service and "callbacks" in sequels.
Things like an earlier version of a weapon, for example the pulse rifle in this and other logical additions that make sense.
Recycled dialogue, cameos for the sake of it, the same story just slightly altered etc etc needs to go.
While I certainly agree with you the general consensus seems to be that what callbacks were there was diluted enough to not overshadow the new that was there.I'm getting increasingly bored of fan service and "callbacks" in sequels.
Things like an earlier version of a weapon, for example the pulse rifle in this and other logical additions that make sense.
Recycled dialogue, cameos for the sake of it, the same story just slightly altered etc etc needs to go.
This. Reports of three or four lines of familiar dialogue "ruining" the otherwise excellent film are greatly exaggerated.While I certainly agree with you the consensus seems to be that what callbacks were there was diluted enough not to overshadow the new that was there.
I actually like that that's part of the mystery. It certainly begs the question "why" but I like that! Was it some situation like The Thing or Alien 3 where a single idealistic and self-sacrificing crew member sent out an alert that everything was a total loss and that the station was just one massive biohazard? Did that cause the Company to delay their retrieval because they were in the process of loading up half a dozen Sulacos, just to be safe? Had a smaller cleanup crew arrived (it is a massive structure after all and could have docked on the opposite side for all we knew), gotten wiped out, and so W-Y was in the process of sending retrieval unit #2 (again assumedly with more firepower,) was there another "Burke" in charge whose ass was about to get absolutely REAMED for losing the entire multibillion dollar station so he was covering it up from his superiors, and so on.My problem remains though, why hadn’t the government corp gone there already to retrieve their assets.
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