Alien: Covenant

[Gusington]

Hahaha!

[BanzaiCat]

Regardless of reason for the waning interest, the series needs a rest and a fresh direction.

Like you, I'd hoped that Alien 5 would have been that fresh direction.

[mirth]

Maybe the under performance of Covenant will nudge Fox back in that direction.

[ghostryder]

I don't think people are tired of the series but the last two movies failed to do what the first two succeeded in doing. Alien was just plain scary. And Alien 2 was just plain "Wow that's really cool." Alien 2 didn't scare you but it did help fans connect with Ripley as well as offer some nice wow special effects to pair with the action.

Here=Scott tried to get deep with the Engineers. But the layout-paired with the dumb backstory---and the dumb characters- failed to pull it off. Covenant tried to get back to the alien but in the end fans weren't scared and moreso they were disappointed in the shallow aim of bad robot plot that has been done to death. I myself would have liked the cliff-hanger answered about the Engineers- and in so doing they could have taken the place of the alien for something not only different as a threat but also interesting.

As it is the alien now is so un-interesting-being manufactured by a bad Robot- which himself is un-interesting--and Scott has not produced a replacement for Ripley either- then the whole premise of why we even needed an Alien Covenant at all is the final conclusion.

[mirth]

I finally watched this (through a perfectly legitimate and legal source of course) and it was boring. Fassbender was good and his scenes were by far the best in the film. The rest of it was pretty bland and predictable. Even Kenny Powers was wasted.

It was better than Prometheus, but it still relied too heavily on supposedly smart people doing very stupid things.

A big 'meh'.

[BanzaiCat]

(through a perfectly legitimate and legal source of course)

::)

You IT guys and your pirate sites...

A big 'meh'.

I only lasted halfway through the movie...the only thing interesting was the first...let's say death in the movie, otherwise it was pretty bland to that point.

[mirth]

I only lasted halfway through the movie...the only thing interesting was the first...let's say death in the movie, otherwise it was pretty bland to that point.

After 40 min to an hour, I jumped around to a few scenes and that was about it. It wasn't worth slogging through the whole thing.

[Windigo]

They had a clear money making path by just sending the marines in and wiping alien infestations off planet after planet in each remake

Alien 12 - Lt. Mirth, wet behind the ears, fresh from Bumblephuk Training School, leads his hardass squad of trained, killer space marines down to planet Gopheranus. With cool high-res scenes and high-tech military weaponry - it should be a total cake walk, but never underestimate a Groghead for derailing a thread, or a mission when bewbs are bountiful and within easy reach.
Special guest stars include, a midget, two English blokes and Leroy the goat.

[mirth]

^Box office gold

[Gusington]

'Little person' goddammit...how many times do I have to tell you people?

[Sir Slash]

I hear Leroy the goat is starring in the next 'Mummy' film. He was supposed to be in the current one but Cruise was afraid he would steal all his scenes. And head-butt him in the balls. Can't argue with that one.

[BanzaiCat]

The goat is taller than Cruise, so at least it has that going for it.

[JudgeDredd]

I only lasted halfway through the movie...the only thing interesting was the first...let's say death in the movie, otherwise it was pretty bland to that point.

After 40 min to an hour, I jumped around to a few scenes and that was about it. It wasn't worth slogging through the whole thing.

lol - I know it takes all sorts - but I cannot believe how different my experience was with this movie to most of you guys. I thought it was very good and enjoyed the continuation of Prometheus.

Maybe it's expectations. Maybe it's knowing some back story of the Universe or books?

I've taken each film as they come from a story and cinematic experience

[Gusington]

I still haven't seen it 😞

[mirth]

I still haven't seen it 😞

Oh you'll absolutely love it :P