payn
Glory to Marik
Prometheus was a reboot and not a sequel. So, you can number them if you are looking to just count them, but they wont name them this way.
Trailer Alien: Romulus | Official Trailer
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Ruin Explorer
Legend
It looks like literally just a pastiche of scenes from previous Alien franchise movies, to the point where it's almost a joke - like spot the reference - oh that's Alien, oh that's Aliens, oh that's Alien 3, oh that's Aliens again, and so on, but it also looks vastly better than Prometheus or Covenant. I just don't really see the need for it to exist because it seems to be the same exact story as Alien and Covenant. Maybe the script/dialogue and/or acting will elevate it? Doesn't come across in the trailers though, and Spaeny is no Weaver (so far in her career anyway).
Ridley Scott thinks it's a straight-up prequel, not a reboot. Personally I'd characterize it as a "very bad remake" but yeah it's not a sequel.
Swanosaurus
Adventurer
I'm looking forward to this one, but Alien3 will always be the best.
(Yes, I said it and I stand by it. A few years ago, I introduced my wife to the trilogy. The first one was great; then I noticed how I was getting vaguely embarassed halfway through Aliens, and after that I barely could convince her to watch Alien3 with me. She did, though, and we were happy to cap the movie experience with something that matched the perfection of the first movie in its own way.)
(Yes, I said it and I stand by it. A few years ago, I introduced my wife to the trilogy. The first one was great; then I noticed how I was getting vaguely embarassed halfway through Aliens, and after that I barely could convince her to watch Alien3 with me. She did, though, and we were happy to cap the movie experience with something that matched the perfection of the first movie in its own way.)
wicked cool
Hero
I really hope this is good but honestly even with the great directors I might pass
Hollywood seems to be casting just cookie cutter casts now. I’m going with the assumption that they stole the ship as there isn’t anyone who looks like they are 30? I feel like I’m watching 1 of my work training videos where nobody is really ugly or stands out from a crowd and it’s just vanilla
I can’t believe how much the trailer gives away. We instantly know who’s dying early.
Agree with others ur feels like a fake trailer where someone mashed up several movies to get a new movie
Hollywood seems to be casting just cookie cutter casts now. I’m going with the assumption that they stole the ship as there isn’t anyone who looks like they are 30? I feel like I’m watching 1 of my work training videos where nobody is really ugly or stands out from a crowd and it’s just vanilla
I can’t believe how much the trailer gives away. We instantly know who’s dying early.
Agree with others ur feels like a fake trailer where someone mashed up several movies to get a new movie
payn
Glory to Marik
It exists because Fede needs to make another movie.
Prometheus had a lot of potential, and it looked beautiful, but yeah the writing was god awful.
payn
Glory to Marik
I'd never agree that 3 is the best, but its certainly an interesting movie. I do marvel at how it was greenlit and made. Needs a pitch meeting for sure.
Swanosaurus
Adventurer
I mean, even the director didn't like Alien3, and to be honest, for me it's on par with Alien (Alien is certainly the better horror movie, but the bleak atmosphere of Alien3 is just so impressive that it makes up for any missteps made).
Don't get me wrong, I think Aliens is a brillant movie: It manages to take the formula of Alien and then makes it interesting again by transposing it to a totally different genre. At it works perfectly. It's certainly a way more suspenseful movie than Alien3, and definitely a crowd-pleaser. But it also has so many cringeworthy, clichéd moments: I just can't stand the whole marine blustering (yeah, I know that it turns out to be pretty hollow when confronted with the xenos, but it's just so annoying; having to watch it for the first hour is pure torture). It's so on the nose with its messages (sleazy corporate guy, "At least they don't screw each other over for a bonus"); and then, it has to give Ripley a surrogate daugther because duh, if a woman is an action hero, she certainly is because she has to protect a child ... it also started the whole "we need a BIGGER alien for the final fight!" silliness. And god, do I hate the moment when Newt salutes. There's absolutely nothing cute about it, it's nothing but depressing (and not deliberately so, like a lot of the good stuff in Alien3).
Then there's the great stuff, the great characters - Bishop, Hudson ("Game over man, game over!"), even and especially Gorman. Hicks I'm ambivalent about, because on the one hand, he's so forgettable - seriously, thinking about Aliens, it always feels like: "Who survived that one? Ripley, Newt, half a Bishop and a random Marine" - but on the other hand, he's at least not annoying like most of the other marines, and they make it a point that he's just competent and doesn't need the bluster, so that's kind of cool.
I kind of like Alien Ressurection for what it is, but it feels a lot more like a crazy parody of an Alien movie. It's fun, but I really don't want to see any of its elements revisited ever again. It is its own thing that doesn't really work that well as part of the larger canon.
About the rest? The less said, the better. Covenant was at least a semi-effective horror movie in parts.
Then there's the great stuff, the great characters - Bishop, Hudson ("Game over man, game over!"), even and especially Gorman. Hicks I'm ambivalent about, because on the one hand, he's so forgettable - seriously, thinking about Aliens, it always feels like: "Who survived that one? Ripley, Newt, half a Bishop and a random Marine" - but on the other hand, he's at least not annoying like most of the other marines, and they make it a point that he's just competent and doesn't need the bluster, so that's kind of cool.
I kind of like Alien Ressurection for what it is, but it feels a lot more like a crazy parody of an Alien movie. It's fun, but I really don't want to see any of its elements revisited ever again. It is its own thing that doesn't really work that well as part of the larger canon.
About the rest? The less said, the better. Covenant was at least a semi-effective horror movie in parts.
Swanosaurus
Adventurer
I remember how excited I was about that first Prometheus trailer .... that one looked so good.
On the other hand, I can't remember being excited about the trailer for Alien vs. Predator: Requiem ... that one probably really was just as stupid as the movie.
I'm in.
I'm a big fan of the Alien franchise. Folks can complain about the one's they don't like. It's cool to hate. But even the lowest in the series are still pretty darn good compared to a lot of the other horror/sci-fi stuff out. There. And most of them are even better when you stop measuring them against the masterpieces of the first two installments. I'll stand and support 3, AvP, and Covenant. And I'll even sing praise for Resurrection and Prometheus. I'm not gonna talk about AvP: Requiem, though.
I'm a big fan of the Alien franchise. Folks can complain about the one's they don't like. It's cool to hate. But even the lowest in the series are still pretty darn good compared to a lot of the other horror/sci-fi stuff out. There. And most of them are even better when you stop measuring them against the masterpieces of the first two installments. I'll stand and support 3, AvP, and Covenant. And I'll even sing praise for Resurrection and Prometheus. I'm not gonna talk about AvP: Requiem, though.
