Alien: Romulus

WYNIR0

I'm a huge fan of Alien , sad to say I'm not enthused by the new trailer. I'll go to see it of course but after Prometheus disappointed me so heavily I'll go expecting the worst and hoping to be pleasantly surprised. 

darthed1981

WYNIR0 said:

I'm a huge fan of Alien , sad to say I'm not enthused by the new trailer. I'll go to see it of course but after Prometheus disappointed me so heavily I'll do expecting the worst and hoping to be pleasantly surprised. 

I suspect that's how most people approach the franchise these days...

Could be worse, you could like the Terminator franchise...

freakboy1610

I'll definitely watch the new one but it looks a bit teen slasher from the trailer.  Perhaps I'm getting old! The beauty of Alien was the suspense rather than all out mayhem. 

Philly_Q

grappagreen said:

CaseOfAce said:

Haych said:

Alien was probably the best sci-fi horror film ever. 

what about John Carpenter's The Thing ?

Defo up there and another film I watch every year!

The Thing is my brother's absolute favourite film.  One of mine too, and the first "X" certificate I ever saw in a cinema, a couple of weeks after my 18th birthday.

guyinlyon

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

New film in the Alien franchise due out later this year!

How will they deal with the Tal Shiar?

darthed1981

guyinlyon said:

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

New film in the Alien franchise due out later this year!

How will they deal with the Tal Shiar?

Good Trek reference, wis awarded.

Philly_Q

darthed1981 said:

guyinlyon said:

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

New film in the Alien franchise due out later this year!

How will they deal with the Tal Shiar?

Good Trek reference, wis awarded.

darthed1981

Philly_Q said:

darthed1981 said:

guyinlyon said:

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

New film in the Alien franchise due out later this year!

How will they deal with the Tal Shiar?

Good Trek reference, wis awarded.

The Tal Shiar are the intelligence arm of the Romulan government in the Star Trek franchise.

Romulus is the homeworld of the Romulan Empire, destroyed by a supernova, rather unluckily, precipitating the events of both the 2009 "kelvin universe" film, and Picard Season 1.

stufisher

I still remember clearly watching Alien at the cinema upon its release in 1979. Since then it hasn't lost any appeal at all I watch it at least once a year.

Unlike a lot of sci-fi movies, 40+ years on, I don't notice how dated the tech is ... it doesn't actually matter to the plot. It's so well put together ... the concept of the alien, the facets of human nature, the backdrop and mood ... but the ultimate contribution to its success IMHO is Hans Giger's design/creation.

I remember reading a film review after Alien's release, commenting on how some of the cast/crew were permanently crapping themselves on set because of the presence of the alien ... some of them were having nightmares!

I can't think of a more powerful, scary alien in any sci-fi movie ... it scared the crap out of me in 1979 and to some extent it still does now.

Alien 2 got pasted by critics when it was first released ... it appears that time and popular culture have turned into a massive favourite these days. Personally, I think every sequel has failed to match the original ... it's only a matter of by how much.

I'll deffo watch the new one but it'll be more in hope than expectation. If it's utter tosh then I'll just watch Alien again to eradicate any annoyance and restore some normality.

Alien is a top 10 movie of all time, across any genre ... and IMHO best sci-fi movie.

JezWynd

Just a little bit of history repeating itself...

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

JezWynd said:

Just a little bit of history repeating itself...

That's exactly what I thought when I saw that image in the trailer! 

Sporky

stufisher said:

Alien 2 got pasted by critics when it was first released ... it appears that time and popular culture have turned into a massive favourite these days. Personally, I think every sequel has failed to match the original ... it's only a matter of by how much.

Alien is great, but Aliens is greater for me. They're both superb films in the same universe. 

WYNIR0

Sporky said:

stufisher said:

Alien 2 got pasted by critics when it was first released ... it appears that time and popular culture have turned into a massive favourite these days. Personally, I think every sequel has failed to match the original ... it's only a matter of by how much.

Alien is great, but Aliens is greater for me. They're both superb films in the same universe. 

My faves in order, as you asked. (you did!)

1) Alien
2) Alien 3 - Fincher Cut
3) Aliens
4) Alien Covenant
5) Promethius
6) Alien 4

Sporky

WYNIR0 said:

My faves in order, as you asked. (you did!)

I remember that as clearly as if it was fifty years ago! 

WYNIR0

Sporky said:

WYNIR0 said:

My faves in order, as you asked. (you did!)

I remember that as clearly as if it was fifty years ago! 

You asked me at the premier of Alien as I remember.

Kurtis

The bit where the wee beasty comes out the guys chest and runs across the table is one of the best scenes in cinematic history. 

Sporky

WYNIR0 said:

Sporky said:

WYNIR0 said:

My faves in order, as you asked. (you did!)

I remember that as clearly as if it was fifty years ago! 

You asked me at the premier of Alien as I remember.

Incredible that they let me in aged 4.

mgaw

TheMarlin said:

I liked Prometheus

My name is Mark and I too liked Prometheus

WYNIR0

Sporky said:

WYNIR0 said:

Sporky said:

WYNIR0 said:

My faves in order, as you asked. (you did!)

I remember that as clearly as if it was fifty years ago! 

You asked me at the premier of Alien as I remember.

Incredible that they let me in aged 4.

I was an old looking 7 so they let it slide.

earwighoney

Philly_Q said:

grappagreen said:

CaseOfAce said:

Haych said:

Alien was probably the best sci-fi horror film ever. 

what about John Carpenter's The Thing ?

Defo up there and another film I watch every year!

The Thing is my brother's absolute favourite film.  One of mine too, and the first "X" certificate I ever saw in a cinema, a couple of weeks after my 18th birthday.

Great choice. One of my all time favourites.

The first 18 certificate film I saw was 'Magnolia'.