#110

Oh dear. Maybe you need a smartphone gramps?

Hi creaks :grinning:

#111

BUT YOU’RE HERE, BAZZA. What do you mean you can’t get on?

#112

I saw this yesterday – wow, how did this get made? Utter, utter dogshit. Genuinely amazed. I mean, I know it was re-written lots, but…what the hell was it originally like?

A lot of you have said things I agree with, but some thoughts:

Good bits:
Kenny Powers was okay.

Bad bits:
Not a standout performance from anyone. Not one. Even Fassbender was boring and was in it far too much. It lacked emotion, decent dialogue, no presence at all – I was waiting for them all to be picked off.

Crudup looking in the egg. He fucking deserved to die. Dad and I started laughing at that bit.

Kenny Powers’ missus slipping over/shooting the gun at the “EXTREMELY EXPLOSIVE” section of the ship. What.

The flute bit. Fuck off.

How did the fella who got his face burnt with acid get killed by an alien? How was he impregnated? That made no sense. There’s probably a youtube video explaining this, but I really don’t care.

Agree with @infinite_jest it was proper lord of the rings when David turned up in the cloak and the hair! He’s an android! WHY THE HAIR?

Also, where were the FUCKING aliens? There were no fucking aliens! Okay, a bit of some aliens, but come on…

The special effects were shithouse - abysmal. Looked very Sharktopus/Piranhaconda, especially the little alien-spore-hybrid things.

Why would Shaw repair David when she knew he was obviously a massive evil dickhead who infected/killed her husband?

Not scary, no tension, boring action sequences – it was nothing. 2 hours of bullshit and the final nail in the chin for this franchise. Let’s stop making them now, please, for the love of god. I would have walked out, but I was with my dad and he was driving.

I’m so annoyed with this, I love the alien franchise, but this was horrible on all levels. He thought it was “alright”.

Additional: Prometheus was so much better than this.

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#113

Woah. Fucking hell, shucks! :grinning:

#115

So I really shouldn’t go and see this? Grand, saves me a few quid.

#116

Exactly. I don’t think it told us anything new, just created more pointless crap plotholes and was painfully stupid. Just…AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!

#117

i wanted to walk at the ‘looking into the egg’ bit but there was three friends sitting between me and freedom so i stayed.

really annoyed i didn’t now, would have looked cool as fuck.

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#120

shite

#121

:smiley: My dad shouted “No! Don’t look at it!” in the middle of cinema at that point.

Trying to work out if it’s worse than those AVP films now. I think it might be in the same floating shitpot.

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#122

i’d stop at the end of Aliens, i mean i quite like Alien 3 and it’s got an atmosphere about it, but the egg on the Sulaco was absolutely stupid and was a clear ‘we need a sequel, how do we set it up’ betrayal of the timeline.

#123

keep that money out of Ridley’s pocket!

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#124

probably the best alien film

#127

Just succumbed to this because I am bored on a Bank Holiday Sunday.

It’s not good at all and makes no sense even in the cinema.

The worst crime is that it has absolutely no suspense. Spent most of the movie yawning.

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#128

Gonna go see it tomorrow, finally. So we’re watching Prometheus again… NOW. #prayfor29

#129

Don’t, please don’t.

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#130

“I think they want us to come and find them”

The precise moment this all goes to fucking shit. About 8 minutes gone. FFS. Already getting angry.

#131

why would you do this

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#132

No, I liked it. Mostly because it’s so much better than Prometheus but also because for at least the first half it’s really entertaining. Tails off dramatically in the final third but still manages not to be entirely awful.

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#133

Yup: Alien, Aliens and Alien: Resurrection (I know you mean this one because that’s the French one)

#134

Oh Theo.