Prometheus Sequel (ALIEN: Covenant)

[jye4ever]

Yup

I did like how they incorporated

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HRG girlfriend face artwork into David's experiment on Shaw

but that went nowhere either so whatever lol

 

[Jmek]

What's baffling me is that people, including Mark Kermode, are complaining that this film ruins the mysteriousness of the Alien. This after Jim Cameron turned them into ants!?

 

[Wor-Gar]

Plenty of good summer fare to come:

War For The Planet of The Apes (July 14)
Valerian (July 21)
Dunkirk (July 21)
Death Note (August 25)

That's pretty slim for a full summer. All the goodies came early this year. Goodies is a relative term.

What a piece of prequel turd this was.

Ugly stupid and boring.

Adds nothing to anything avoid at all costs.

The only think I found mildly interesting was how much they made Fass look and sound like Lance.

Oh and Fass is still a great actor.

That's it, good day sir.

There's that word again: ugly. Is this movie truly 'ugly'...? That's an interesting choice in wording.

Sorry it sucked. Guess I'm glad I didn't go with the missus. She would've held me to Shades of Gray 3 or something.

 

[abake]

Yup

I did like how they incorporated

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HRG girlfriend face artwork into David's experiment on Shaw

but that went nowhere either so whatever lol

I doubt it was meant to "go anywhere", it was just to show how truly psychopathic David had become,

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to use the only person who had ever shown him any compassion in such a horrible way.

 

[Wor-Gar]

This after Jim Cameron turned them into ants!?

 

[crows]

What a piece of prequel turd this was.

Ugly stupid and boring.

Adds nothing to anything avoid at all costs.

The only thing I found mildly interesting was how much they made Fass look and sound like Lance.

Oh and Fass is still a great actor.

That's it, good day sir.

Scott and Logan wasted

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Shaw.

That character could have made the film truly horrifying.

When David began greeting the

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6-Ft-Tall Neomorph

I was convinced that was a

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transformed Shaw.

Scott and Logan are just too old to write these types of films. It was a massive mistake not bringing back Lindelof.

Yup

I did like how they incorporated

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HRG girlfriend face artwork into David's experiment on Shaw

but that went nowhere either so whatever lol

Ok ill say this once more for everyone to understand...

noomi rapace DIDNT want to be part of this movie!!!
They had to write around her. She had some problems making prometheus. She didnt want to have a role in this
That was leaked very early on. How is it bad writing if the actress said no

 

[chewblacca]

I think I'll wait for this to come on cable.

 

[spindrift]

going to flop i think- i think i'll skip this at the theatre

 

[abake]

I think you guys will be missing out on an interesting, thought-provoking, sometimes intense and gory movie.

 

[cerealkeller]

I think you guys will be missing out on an interesting, thought-provoking, sometimes intense and gory movie.

Amen. It is not an ugly film, nor is it boring unless you don't find artificial intelligence themes interesting.

 

[adegregorio]

Awful movie. So predictable! So tired of the bad CGI. I think the ALIEN franchise should call it quits now. Same for the Predator franchise.

 

[GasparZizou]

I think the ALIEN franchise should call it quits now. Same for the Predator franchise.

I think we can all agree to this.

 

[Chakor]

Just got back from the theatre today. I don't really have much to say about the film that hasn't been said here already. It certainly wasn't bad enough for me to feel cheated when watching it, but not good enough for me to care about seeing it again or buying it on Blu-ray/DVD whenever it comes out. I thought it was entertaining (for the most part), but I was ultimately unsatisfied by how it didn't answer anything from Prometheus... and yeah, the CGI for the neomorphs in particular was surprisingly mediocre. I wasn't really bothered by how underdeveloped the main cast were since I never expect memorable human characters from a 2010's horror film.

Not horrible but not great, IMHO - 6.5/10.

But I didn't see the first Alien when it came out in 1979 since I'm only 21, so what do I know?

 

[crows]

How many gory parts does it have?

 

[Chakor]

How many gory parts does it have?

Not that many (at least it didn't seem that way to me). The neomorph bursting out of the guy's back is relatively bloody, but not really gory.

 

[crows]

Not that many (at least it didn't seem that way to me). The neomorph bursting out of the guy's back is relatively bloody, but not really gory.

Are the attacks gory or scary ? The neomorphs attacking the humans?

 

[Chakor]

Are the attacks gory or scary ? The neomorphs attacking the humans?

Most of the gore is kind of implied. The only time you really see any blood is when the neomorph first kills the victim. The shower scene with the xenomorph was relatively bloody though.

Could be I just expected more gore because, after all, modern horror usually relies solely on the gore. But it's not a downer for me since I'm anything but a "gore-aholic".

 

[Caped Baldy]

Did they ever explain what happened to the Deacon after Prometheus in any post-film material? Pretty sure the engineers had murals of it on the walls.

Poor thing is on its own on a distant planet that doesn't or probably never will connect with anything in the Alien canon ever again.

Are the attacks gory or scary ? The neomorphs attacking the humans?

Depends...

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Do you like female head decapitations?

 

[GasparZizou]

I did expect more gore after a couple comments of it being super gory.

Game of thrones is gorier than this.

Still, the gore was nice.

Depends...

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Do you like female head decapitations?

This one was great, not because it was explicit or actually very gory, but because

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the head floating and rotating on the water with her eyes open was pretty cool

 

[Chakor]

Did they ever explain what happened to the Deacon after Prometheus in any post-film material? Pretty sure the engineers had murals of it on the walls.

Poor thing is on its own on a distant planet that doesn't or probably never will connect with anything in the Alien canon ever again.

Yeah they never explained Deacon. That's probably my biggest gripe with the film.