Trailer for Ridley Scott's Alien prequel leaked

[007]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

I could swear I saw The Phantom Menace at the Zoo. Guess they've changed that policy (there weren't many people there, so maybe it wasn't worth it to them).

I saw Matrix Reloaded there.

[Huffmeister]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

I could swear I saw The Phantom Menace at the Zoo. Guess they've changed that policy (there weren't many people there, so maybe it wasn't worth it to them).

I saw the imax re-release of Episode II there. It was a special event, limited engagement type thing. I can understand why they wouldn't want to run new release movies there on a full time basis.

[Deberg_1990]

Yea, a lot of the old original IMAX screens like the Zoo are the real size IMAX screen. Before IMAX sold out to Hollywood and went LieMax.
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[Huffmeister]

I wish Dane were around to tell us what the movie was really about.

[JD10367]

Finally saw all of it. Agree with everyone's take (visually stunning, thought provoking, plot holes, great experience but not a great film). I'll add that I would happily burst my alien in Noomi Rapace and Charlize Theron.

[frankotank]

Originally Posted by KevB

I enjoyed it, but can't argue much with your criticisms. That's what held me back from really loving it, despite my desire to do just that. Another one : the biologist reaction when that snake-like creature reared up in front of him. He reacts as if it's friendly, but it looked like a cobra. Would you really get that close and try to interact when just moments earlier you were frightened with every noise and shadow?

How about Vickers bringing a surgical machine that is only programmed for males. That one made me laugh out loud. (however there have been some interesting explanations for that…)
How about Vickers agreeing to hook up with the captain…….and not one single shot of the hook up? WTF! I wanted to see some Charlize nudity.

I think this movie will be much much much better as a directors cut. The prison planet alien movie theatrical version was a total piece of crap ….the directors cut filled in many holes. I think this may be in the same mold.

Another thought….am I the only one who thinks Scott made a multi-million dollar mistake by not shouting from the hilltops…..THIS MOVIE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ALIEN SERIES! He didn’t. I have no doubt that many casual fans of Alien would have went to see this had they known. I mean I knew from the very first trailer….cause I’m an Alien FREAK. But if you are just casual, you haven‘t seen the original movies in a while, you wouldn’t know. I was prepared to battle the masses on opening day. Went to a 6:00 show. The theater was half empty.

I do want to see this again. I was somewhat disappointed.....but it still was pretty damn cool!

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by frankotank

How about Vickers bringing a surgical machine that is only programmed for males. That one made me laugh out loud.

Are you ****ing stupid?

The machine was for Weyland.

[frankotank]

Originally Posted by Toad King

Are you ****ing stupid?

The machine was for Weyland.

there were females on the ship DUMBASS!
they left in 2089 and they travel so ****ing far that they arrive in 2093....and they brought a medic machine programmed only for males.

since I, unlike you, happen to have an IQ bigger than my waist size, I find that laughable. ****ing dipshit.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by frankotank

Another thought….am I the only one who thinks Scott made a multi-million dollar mistake by not shouting from the hilltops…..THIS MOVIE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ALIEN SERIES!

because it doesn't really have that much to do with the alien series?

[JD10367]

So now that I've seen it, I'm a bit confused about the whole "the Engineers were planning to eradicate earthlings". There had been some references to the Engineer they woke up being angry, with some contention that it had to do with David and humans creating life as the Engineers had, etc.,. But the plot clearly indicates that the Engineers had planned 2000 years ago to go back and eradicate humanity, and that--in a strange way--earthlings actually have that particular alien free-for-all to thank (because if the resident aliens hadn't gotten loose and laid waste to the Engineers, they would've taken off for Earth as the lone awoken Engineer tried). So why would the Engineers have planned, at the birth of Christ, to go back and wipe us all out? It would've made more sense if, as the trailer erroneously hinted, that the Engineer they woke up did indeed find David an aberration and plan by his lonesome to go wipe out Earth.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by JD10367

So now that I've seen it, I'm a bit confused about the whole "the Engineers were planning to eradicate earthlings". There had been some references to the Engineer they woke up being angry, with some contention that it had to do with David and humans creating life as the Engineers had, etc.,. But the plot clearly indicates that the Engineers had planned 2000 years ago to go back and eradicate humanity, and that--in a strange way--earthlings actually have that particular alien free-for-all to thank (because if the resident aliens hadn't gotten loose and laid waste to the Engineers, they would've taken off for Earth as the lone awoken Engineer tried). So why would the Engineers have planned, at the birth of Christ, to go back and wipe us all out? It would've made more sense if, as the trailer erroneously hinted, that the Engineer they woke up did indeed find David an aberration and plan by his lonesome to go wipe out Earth.

Who cares. Why do we need to understand the motivations of an alien race. They are not human.

FYI, part of the original plot was they were mad that we crucified jesus, who was an engineer.

Anyway, the point is they decided their creation was shit. Or maybe they wanted to go use all the humans as incubators for a giant xenomorph army. There are lots of explanations you can come up with.

[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by frankotank

How about Vickers bringing a surgical machine that is only programmed for males. That one made me laugh out loud. (however there have been some interesting explanations for that…)
How about Vickers agreeing to hook up with the captain…….and not one single shot of the hook up? WTF! I wanted to see some Charlize nudity.

I think this movie will be much much much better as a directors cut. The prison planet alien movie theatrical version was a total piece of crap ….the directors cut filled in many holes. I think this may be in the same mold.

Another thought….am I the only one who thinks Scott made a multi-million dollar mistake by not shouting from the hilltops…..THIS MOVIE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ALIEN SERIES! He didn’t. I have no doubt that many casual fans of Alien would have went to see this had they known. I mean I knew from the very first trailer….cause I’m an Alien FREAK. But if you are just casual, you haven‘t seen the original movies in a while, you wouldn’t know. I was prepared to battle the masses on opening day. Went to a 6:00 show. The theater was half empty.

I do want to see this again. I was somewhat disappointed.....but it still was pretty damn cool!

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[Saulbadguy]

I haven't read any of the replies in this thread yet, so i'm posting this without seeing others opinions.

THIS MOVIE WAS ****ING TERRIBLE.

I don't understand how it got a 74% on RT. The acting was terrible. The plot really didn't attempt to make sense. The one-liners were just bad. I don't get it.

[Saulbadguy]

Ok, just got done browsing the thread.

The movie is still a plate of shit hot garbage. I seriously wanted to leave in the middle of it, it was so boring.

[GordonGekko]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Ok, just got done browsing the thread.

The movie is still a plate of shit hot garbage. I seriously wanted to leave in the middle of it, it was so boring.

I definitely expected more from Ridley Scott, feels like he mailed this one in.

I thought the movie shined when the Engineer got involved, too bad he turned into a mindless slasher monster towards the end.

Getting tired of these movies where 'everybody dies' so to speak. Bleh.