Alien: Romulus

stickyfiddle

DefaultM said:

stickyfiddle said:

monquixote said:

I hope it's good.

The first two are amongst the greatest of all time, but all the others have been crap.

This 100%

FWIW Anyone with any interest in Alien stuff and gaming should play Alien Isolation at least once. It's a little long but in terms of feeling like you're in that universe and making you properly shit yourself when the alien finds you it's absolutely incredible

I got my son the Five Nights At Freddy’s game for Xmas and it’s the same style as Alien. It made me feel pathetic because he’s completed FNAF but when I played Alien Isolation I got so scared I never even got as far as meeting the Alien.

I haven't played FNAF but I remember one specific point where A:I had me properly shitting it - in the nest towards the end. Utterly horrifying and I'd got myself stuck in a difficult spot so took me a full evening to escape. 

I must play it again.. 

Boromedic

Alien - Classic
Aliens - Classic but different style of film entirely
Alien 3 - A promising mess
Alien 3 Directors Cut - Excellent
Alien Resurrection - Popcorn film but half decent, some attempt at a story but generally fluff, okay.
Prometheus - Massive disappointment
Covenant - Shite

Not seen AVP, I'll watch this when I can.

Snap

I've enjoyed all the Alien films, including Promoetheus and Covenant, both of which I thought were cracking.
This new one looks like a rehash of Alien tbh

Kurtis

I thought they were alright. Can't say I'm that excited. 

Offset

Encouraged by this thread, I re-watched Prometheus for the umpteenth time last night.  My view of it remains unchanged - it's very flawed in certain aspects (not least 'WTF was that all about' - I still don't know) but it's a great romp.  It looks fantastic, the effects are superb and it has (IE aside - woefully miscast) a great cast.  A 7.5/10 film for me.

TheMarlin

Offset said:

Encouraged by this thread, I re-watched Prometheus for the umpteenth time last night.  My view of it remains unchanged - it's very flawed in certain aspects (not least 'WTF was that all about' - I still don't know) but it's a great romp.  It looks fantastic, the effects are superb and it has (IE aside - woefully miscast) a great cast.  A 7.5/10 film for me.

Michael Fassbender was excellent, without his performance, the film would rank much lower for me. but otherwise casting is a bit miss matched. I still enjoyed it. 

Grumpyrocker

This looks jolly good fun to me. And I am one of the few that's found enjoyment in all movies in the series.

What struck me about this trailer is that it was pretty tense on its own, which bodes well for the movie. 

DesVegas

Nuke 'em all from orbit, it's the only way to be sure

Longtallronnie

I’ll watch it but not sure what it’s really offering that hasn’t been done before?
As flawed as Prometheus was, I still enjoyed it and was looking forward to Covenant continuing the story but unfortunately Ridley Scott bottled it and bowed to fans wanting more xenos. 

The original Engineers script certainly looked more cohesive than what Prometheus ended up as. 

Shame Blomkamp’s film isn’t happening. 

beed84

monquixote said:

I hope it's good.

The first two are amongst the greatest of all time, but all the others have been crap.

I know it goes against popular opinion, but Aliens is one of the worst sequels I've seen. Compared to Alien, an absolute masterpiece, I thought it was an immature action film that did away with the artistry and completely ruined the atmosphere that was originally set. It was a jarring follow-up, to say the least. I also thought Prometheus was alright.

Philly_Q

Wow, there are some diverse opinions in this thread!

racefaceec90

i actually enjoyed the trailer which i wasn't expecting to tbh.

as others have said love the first 2 alien films. 

i wish that alien 3 could have been set in a space monastery as one of the script writers wrote a great story about this huge space hulk type ship (think warhammer 40,000 cathedral in space type ship) that the story would be set on. 

i did enjoy 3 and 4 was watchable but as for Prometheus and alien covenant i think they should be separate from the alien  timeline tbh and not have anything to do with alien at all (just my view though).

if this film can do anything like the original film in regards to tension etc then i think it could actually be a good film.

other people's views will differ from mine though.  

Offset

Hmmm.  Just watched the trailer.  On that evidence I'm not sure we're going to see anything new, but I'll still watch it when it hits one of the streaming channels.

darthed1981

Philly_Q said:

darthed1981 said:

Alien vs Predator: Requiem is the worst film ever made, by some margin

It really isn't, but it is very very bad.

I've personally not seen worse, and yes I've seen Plan 9...

My other worst's would have to include...

Skyline
Immortals
10,000BC

Now those are all utter shite, but the sheer moral bankruptcy of "the aliens attack a maternity hospital", especially in a piss-poor schlock horror film that should be, well, like the first one not whatever it's trying to be. 

God I hate that film.

Zapple

When I initially saw the title I thought they'd crossed Alien over into the Star Trek universe!

I lost interest after Prometheus....tbh

CaseOfAce

So I guess Sigourney said no?

I enjoyed the first 4 Alien movies - and after that I kinda lost track - Prometheus and Covenant were dull - and the AVP crossovers are enjoyable but forgettable popcorn trash.

I'll wait for this new one on Disney+.

Should mention the superb Adrian Brody Predators movie (2010) which hardly anyone talks about. Just a balls to the wall action thriller. Recommended.

CHRISB50

darthed1981 said:

Philly_Q said:

darthed1981 said:

Alien vs Predator: Requiem is the worst film ever made, by some margin

It really isn't, but it is very very bad.

I've personally not seen worse, and yes I've seen Plan 9...

My other worst's would have to include...

Skyline
Immortals
10,000BC

Now those are all utter shite, but the sheer moral bankruptcy of "the aliens attack a maternity hospital", especially in a piss-poor schlock horror film that should be, well, like the first one not whatever it's trying to be. 

God I hate that film.

Watch Leprechaun. 

I apologise up front. 

Philly_Q

darthed1981 said:

Philly_Q said:

darthed1981 said:

Alien vs Predator: Requiem is the worst film ever made, by some margin

It really isn't, but it is very very bad.

I've personally not seen worse, and yes I've seen Plan 9...

Plan 9's not even close to being the worst film ever made, that all came from Michael Medved and his Golden Turkey Awards in the 1980s.  Plan 9 is actually a highly entertaining film.  To me the "worst" films are those which are not only incompetent but **boring**.  That's the worst crime in filmmaking.

I agree that AvP: Requiem is a truly awful film.  And I seem to remember that there are large chunks of it which take place in near-total darkness, which doesn't help.  But I've definitely seen many worse, although it's hard to think of good examples... Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark would definitely be in the bottom 50, it's not only dire but completely incomprehensible.  RIPD would be a fairly big-budget mainstream film which is complete and utter horseshit.  I agree Immortals was shit, but not that shit.  Skyline I quite like...  

But then I've seen loads of awful, interminably dull low-budget efforts which are almost unbearable to watch and I can't even remember the titles.  Shockwave, Darkside (2014) would be one of them...

WezV

looks like a good sci-fi horror, exactly what an Alien film should be!

Offset

At times I feel I should change my tFB signature to 

"Offset:  Watching shit movies so you don't have to."

I fear however that some on here would simply take that as a challenge and condemn themselves to long, miserable evenings watching the same drivel that I do.