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Movies The ALIEN Movies Thread, Prometheus 2: PARADISE LOST (2017)

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post Sep 8 2010, 08:46 AM

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QUOTE(kobe8byrant @ Sep 8 2010, 12:51 AM)
The only reason I don't want the Aliens boxset is because I'm OCD with my film arrangements. I wouldn't be able to stand the fact I paid such and such an amount on a limited edition egg set which is labelled as the complete anthology when few years down the line, I will get another COMPLETER version of the franchise. This time with Gemma Arterton's pubic hair as a memorabilia.  mad.gif
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If its Gemma Arterton's Pubic Hair as Memorabilia - I think it will be an instant hit worldwide laugh.gif with the Japanese men buying them first! tongue.gif
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post Sep 8 2010, 09:04 AM

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Ah kobe, always the crudest person in the forum

Anyway, she's not bad looking, but I'm unable to see any acting pedigree from Gemma, and I'm bored stiff of all her roles. Hopefully she just gets a minor part and dies.
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alien movie make me think ALICE in ' the fouth kind ' ~~
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QUOTE(QuickFire @ Sep 8 2010, 09:04 AM)
Ah kobe, always the crudest person in the forum

Anyway, she's not bad looking, but I'm unable to see any acting pedigree from Gemma, and I'm bored stiff of all her roles. Hopefully she just gets a minor part, gets naked and dies.
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QUOTE(+Newbie+ @ Sep 8 2010, 10:16 AM)
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But to be serious, I wouldn't want unnecessary nudity in an Alien movie. God I really want something that comes close to the first film. Nothing like it exists today. It's simply bygone filmmaking especially for horror movies.
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QUOTE(QuickFire @ Sep 8 2010, 05:15 PM)
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But to be serious, I wouldn't want unnecessary nudity in an Alien movie. God I really want something that comes close to the first film. Nothing like it exists today. It's simply bygone filmmaking especially for horror movies.
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post Sep 20 2010, 01:10 PM

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Aliens> Alien 4> Alien > Alien 3

yes, i prefer Alien:R than Alien or ALien 3
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post Sep 20 2010, 02:49 PM

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QUOTE(Mov_freak @ Sep 8 2010, 05:40 PM)
Ah, what is Quickfire without a mention of knockers!! laugh.gif

I'm kidding, not need to get you "whatevers" in a bunch!! nod.gif
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QUOTE(aiyish @ Sep 20 2010, 01:10 PM)
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Aliens> Alien 4> Alien > Alien 3

yes, i prefer Alien:R than Alien or ALien 3
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I dont think Alien Resurrection is as bad as they say it is, but it clearly is the worst Alien movie... until AvP came out.
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Well, everyone have their own taste on the Alien Quadrilogy of which they like first...

I always feel:-

1). Ridley Scott's Alien is a masterpiece that started it all.

2). James Cameron Aliens turns the masterpiece into a Gung-Ho action flick that works that extends more about the Alien universe.

3). David Fincher's Alien 3 sadly would have been good if not for an incomplete script (which was written and re-written by 6 different people) and he was brought into the movie with little to be prepared for. This was even his debut directorial for films.

4). Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Alien Resurrection feels like another Dark Horse Comic mini-series with a different tale on the Alien universe which I felt should have been put down and not explored. 200 years later and a Ripley's clone plus a hybrid Alien is a big no no.

But to each of their own, I feel It should be from Alien > Aliens > Alien 3 > Alien Resurrection because my reaction towards this franchise (which Alien was one of my favorite sci-fi films) is what it seems. Even the producers said the same thing... unless someone manage to do a better sequel, with something to surprise about...
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QUOTE(hairyLGS @ Sep 20 2010, 03:25 PM)


2). James Cameron Aliens turns the masterpiece into a Gung-Ho action flick that works that extends more about the Alien universe.

This actually sets JC up for Avatar laugh.gif
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QUOTE(aiyish @ Sep 20 2010, 03:27 PM)
This actually sets JC up for Avatar  laugh.gif
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Totally. Watching Avatar of the military sets, vehicles and air carriers reminds me so much from Aliens. laugh.gif
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QUOTE(QuickFire @ Sep 20 2010, 02:49 PM)
He started it!
Hey, if you guys don't quit it back there, I turning this car around.... oh! I'm not driving!! laugh.gif

The only Alien movie apart from AVP 1 & 2, I didn't like, was Alien3...

The reason I didn't like it was the really REALLY bad script and the fact the Sigourney Weaver went on TV during the promos and STATED for the record that that would be the LAST Alien movie she would be involved in...

So why did she do 4???? tongue.gif

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QUOTE(hairyLGS @ Sep 20 2010, 03:25 PM)
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Well, everyone have their own taste on the Alien Quadrilogy of which they like first...

I always feel:-

1). Ridley Scott's Alien is a masterpiece that started it all.

2). James Cameron Aliens turns the masterpiece into a Gung-Ho action flick that works that extends more about the Alien universe.

3). David Fincher's Alien 3 sadly would have been good if not for an incomplete script (which was written and re-written by 6 different people) and he was brought into the movie with little to be prepared for. This was even his debut directorial for films.

4). Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Alien Resurrection feels like another Dark Horse Comic mini-series with a different tale on the Alien universe which I felt should have been put down and not explored. 200 years later and a Ripley's clone plus a hybrid Alien is a big no no.

But to each of their own, I feel It should be from Alien > Aliens > Alien 3 > Alien Resurrection because my reaction towards this franchise (which Alien was one of my favorite sci-fi films) is what it seems. Even the producers said the same thing... unless someone manage to do a better sequel, with something to surprise about...
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This post speaks the truth.

And as for Avatar...
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post Sep 20 2010, 04:12 PM

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QUOTE(QuickFire @ Sep 20 2010, 04:05 PM)
This post speaks the truth.

And as for Avatar...
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Shows James Cameron running out of ideas? laugh.gif

His next sci-fi movie he use up the same design/concept? laugh.gif

Hope his next flick later go and add this in the bunch:-

Aliens, Avatar and James Cameron latest Sci-Fi title (soon-to-be added) is the same Goddamn Thing. laugh.gif
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James Cameron's Aliens & Mechwarriors
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QUOTE(Mov_freak @ Sep 20 2010, 04:03 PM)
Hey, if you guys don't quit it back there, I turning this car around.... oh! I'm not driving!! laugh.gif

The only Alien movie apart from AVP 1 & 2, was Alien3...

The reason I didn't like it was the really REALLY bad script and the fact the Sigourney Weaver went on TV during the promos and STATED for the record that that would be the LAST Alien movie she would be involved in...

So why did she do  4???? tongue.gif
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You can't blame Alien 3 for its bad script when there is no complete script at all (all the fault of 5 re-writes).

To say the least, I guess Sigourney Weaver was lured into the franchise because -

A). This one is a clone, not the real Ripley

B). Money, money, money

C). The blardy producers and executive producers can't find a reason not to put Ripley character in and start off with a new one

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James Cameron's Aliens & Mechwarriors
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I just finished watching all 4 original Alien Movies, the 1st one's the classic but if i rate it i'll go with:

Aliens -> Alien -> Alien 3 -> Alien Resurrection

Aliens just have so much action i have rate it better than Alien, but Alien is pretty good itself, lots of innovation, but Aliens just action from early start till the end non stop.

Alien 3 is abit slow with Ripley the shaved queen the only female in the show
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Alien Resurrection just too predictable, if only they didn't kill off the
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The Alien vs Predator & whatever spin off just a waste of time.
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I watched Resurrection last week, and followed up with Alien and Aliens over the weekend.

Resurrection was worse than I remembered. Maybe they had some balls trying to make a revisionist Alien movie or whatever, but it was poor movie with poor ideas with a few good scenes. And the cast of characters we are stuck with is by far the worst of any Alien movie. I hated all of them, including the new Ripley.

Alien. Well not much can be said anymore. It's just a classic. If only they had shown even less of the alien itself, I would have called it perfect. Most of the scenes with the Alien stand up very well today (better than all the sequels in fact), but the last scene with the alien dangling off the escape shuttle always bugged me because of how fake it looked. I also wished the little chestburster alien didn't just scamper off on a skateboard. But heck, everything else is perfect. A marvel of slowburning, slowbulding terror. The alien might not appear often, but it is omnipresent. Visuals look superb, interior shots of the ship are mesmerizing. First 5 minutes of total silence (except for Goldsmith's great score) is almost unseen of today, culminating with the scene of the crew waking up from hypersleep. You have some of the most naturalistic performances ever seen in a movie. You have the best development and presentation of a facehugger in any of the movies. You have some great sci-fi elements in there. And really, only in the first film is the Alien actually a truly mysterious being. All the sequels degraded this aspect of the alien. Here we know absolutely very little about it, and the movie plays right along to that. We don't know how it grows to be so large in a few hours. We don't know its lifespan. We don't know why it is resting in the end. Is it sleeping? Is it dying? We don't know. Hence, truly an ALIEN. It is also only here that the alien has a kind of sexual trait to it. The facehugger rape has never been more disturbing, and the way the alien approached Lambert is well... up to interpretation. Suffice to say there are sexual overtones to it. All of these are some of the reasons why I consider the alien in the first movie to be the best ever portrayed, and the sequels in one aspect or more diminish it.

Aliens. I loved this as a kid, but the more I watch it the less impressive it is. The first movie has natural performances for normal, very realistic characters. Those have been replaced by action figures spouting (admittedly entertaining) action hero lines. A lot of the build up consists of banter between characters. For sure it's entertaining, but it's a far cry from the delicate and subtle presentation of the first film. It's all gungho now, and all of a sudden we see the aliens aren't that scary anymore we can kill them with guns! Not to mention Giger's original alien design is superior. I prefer the phallic smooth head rather than Cameron's ridged head. The Bluray picture quality looks absolutely stunning, but it doesn't do any favours to how dated the aliens look, especially when they are moving during action scenes. Of course, despite the datedness, the action, always Cameron's forte, delivers. From the 90th-ish minute mark onwards it's all awesome action. And then there's also the majestic Queen, which is just plain monstrosity. All in all I still think this is a great movie, and I don't really regret such a departure in tone from the first, but it is unquestionably inferior to the first.

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Source:- http://www.beyondhollywood.com/noomi-rapac...andidates-list/

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It looks like Natalie Portman might be heading back into outer space after all. After being rumored for Alfonso Cuaron’s lost-in-space movie  “Gravity”, Portman’s name has now surfaced as the top dog in Fox’s “Alien” Pequel. Apparently doing a supernatural ballet movie with Darren Aronofsky was the best thing that ever happened to her. God knows wooden acting in George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequels sure didn’t do much.

The latest word on the Scott “Alien” prequels (there will be two) now has Natalie Portman at the top of the list to front the sci-fi/action movie.

Yes, Natalie Portman. Potentially fighting aliens in outer space. Sheesh. Didn’t they already try this with Winona Ryder in “Alien: Resurrection”? That worked out really well, Fox.

In any case, Portman isn’t the only one on the short list to play a “Colonel Marine General” (???), but Noomi Rapace is right behind her. The “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” actress is quite the hot commodity nowadays, and honestly, I’d take her over Portman at the drop of a hat. She would definitely be more convincing slaying aliens with a pulse rifle. Could Natalie Portman even hold a pulse rifle? What is she, five feet tall?

Anyways, the other news is that “Lost” guy Damon Lindelof has turned in his script for the movie, which Fox apparently “flipped” for. Why the enthusiasm? Because it can be shot on the cheap (or as “cheap” as big studio movies can be nowadays, anyway), and doesn’t have any big action set pieces. It’ll also be set 35 years before the events of Scott’s original “Alien” movie, and there aren’t enough out-and-out visceral action that the film couldn’t achieve the desired PG-13 rating.

So, a pair of Ridley Scott-directed “Alien” prequel movies starring either Natalie Portman or Noomi Rapace, coming to you in PG-13 goodness. You ready for it?

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