Movies! The movie thread

[UncleWede]

I enjoyed Alien:Romulus Didn't hurt that I pre-gamed with 2 Jack/Diet, then bought a xenomorph egg cup filled with a double Maker's/diet at the theatre.

That egg made quite the rounds this weekend.

Alien was NOT anywhere near the original, but I don't think anything could be. Laser IMAX and 3-D surround sound system ups the experience, for sure!

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

I enjoyed Alien:Romulus Didn't hurt that I pre-gamed with 2 Jack/Diet, then bought a xenomorph egg cup filled with a double Maker's/diet at the theatre.

That egg made quite the rounds this weekend.

Alien was NOT anywhere near the original, but I don't think anything could be. Laser IMAX and 3-D surround sound system ups the experience, for sure!

Watched it last night. Let me preface by saying this: ALIENS is my "TOP 20 GREATEST FILMS"!
This movie by Fede Álvarez (If you don't know him, you're missing out) is a 5/5 from me. It is f****** outstanding!

[M5Rick]

Not Eastwood's best spaghetti western and it shows in the cruel wild west as Marshall Jed Cooper catches up with the gang that lynched him.

[Fishee]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

Watched it last night. Let me preface by saying this: ALIENS is my "TOP 20 GREATEST FILMS"!
This movie by Fede Álvarez (If you don't know him, you're missing out) is a 5/5 from me. It is f****** outstanding!

Watched it on IMAX this weekend.
Agree to disagree - I thought it was another Alien franchise flaming bag of poop.
It started of SO strong, including adhering to the canonical technology and look and feel of the original Alien film.
The story was a huge fart, and frankly the entire 3rd act was a rehash of one of the worst films in the series - Resurrection.
And spoiler alert - the "Ash" android SFX were awful.

I can't figure out why this hasn't been done yet...

ALIEN: LV246

Timeline: Between the start of Aliens (e.g. director's cut when Newt's family stumbles on the engineer ship and her dad gets egged) and when the space marines arrive (e.g. the period in which the colony is wiped out).

Story: The terraforming colony's last stand. Contact is lost with WY HQ. One survivor, Newt.

First act: Newt's family stumbles on the engineer ship and her dad gets egged. Dad "recovers" from facehugger fun, birth of new xenomorph, get to know the main cast. We get more on Newt and her family, and what happens to her dad pre and post birth. Her mom and brother get it next lol. Xeno this time though, surprise, is a queen (you know, like how queens are born into bee colonies).

Second act: Queen xenomorph grows up, makes eggies, starts to make the environmental reactor its home, kills and captures colonists for more eggy time. Colonists get impregnated and pasted to the walls of the reactor. We actually get to see how this works in this movie. e.g. people being captured for incubation, rather than killed. More non queen xenos are "born". Some fighting happens, colonists learn about what they're dealing with. Colonists figure out how their equipment can be used to kill and track xenos. They learn all about the fun acid blood. Newt figures out how to hide, where, and when.

Third act: War. The colonists are divided, separated, and taken out group by group. The xenos learn how to navigate the reactor, in the walls, pipeways, etc. The colony is decimated, Newt survives.

Epilogue: We see WY HQ, top brass talking to Burke about contact loss with LV246, why the colony is important to WY, and him reaching out to Ripley.



My ranking for Alien films:
1. (Tie) Alien and Aliens
2. Alien 3
3+. Feh

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by Fishee

Watched it on IMAX this weekend.
Agree to disagree - I thought it was another Alien franchise flaming bag of poop.
It started of SO strong, including adhering to the canonical technology and look and feel of the original Alien film.
The story was a huge fart, and frankly the entire 3rd act was a rehash of one of the worst films in the series - Resurrection.
And spoiler alert - the "Ash" android SFX were awful.

I can't figure out why this hasn't been done yet...

ALIEN: LV246

Timeline: Between the start of Aliens (e.g. director's cut when Newt's family stumbles on the engineer ship and her dad gets egged) and when the space marines arrive (e.g. the period in which the colony is wiped out).

Story: The terraforming colony's last stand. Contact is lost with WY HQ. One survivor, Newt.

First act: Newt's family stumbles on the engineer ship and her dad gets egged. Dad "recovers" from facehugger fun, birth of new xenomorph, get to know the main cast. We get more on Newt and her family, and what happens to her dad pre and post birth. Her mom and brother get it next lol. Xeno this time though, surprise, is a queen (you know, like how queens are born into bee colonies).

Second act: Queen xenomorph grows up, makes eggies, starts to make the environmental reactor its home, kills and captures colonists for more eggy time. Colonists get impregnated and pasted to the walls of the reactor. We actually get to see how this works in this movie. e.g. people being captured for incubation, rather than killed. More non queen xenos are "born". Some fighting happens, colonists learn about what they're dealing with. Colonists figure out how their equipment can be used to kill and track xenos. They learn all about the fun acid blood. Newt figures out how to hide, where, and when.

Third act: War. The colonists are divided, separated, and taken out group by group. The xenos learn how to navigate the reactor, in the walls, pipeways, etc. The colony is decimated, Newt survives.

Epilogue: We see WY HQ, top brass talking to Burke about contact loss with LV246, why the colony is important to WY, and him reaching out to Ripley.



My ranking for Alien films:
1. (Tie) Alien and Aliens
2. Alien 3
3+. Feh

I hear ya. I like the Timeline points you made. I stick with my rating. It's # 3 in the franchise. But here's some really good news: Hulu is bringing a Series that is supposed to be very good and connecting more dots.

[Reborn_]

I haven't seen it yet, but Alien, Predator, and AVP are like pizza. Even when it's bad, it's good.

[M5Rick]

Another one who saw Alien:Romulus, it's like a turbocharged Alien 1 and 2 and enjoyed it prufusely.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Another one who saw Alien:Romulus, it's like a turbocharged Alien 1 and 2 and enjoyed it prufusely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0XDEhP4MQs

Looking forward to seeing this, Rick.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Reborn_

I haven't seen it yet, but Alien, Predator, and AVP are like pizza. Even when it's bad, it's good.

Unless you get a pizza in Red Deer, AB, Canada! That pizza was soooooooooo bad that we left the leftovers!

[tranquility]

Went in blind watching Long Legs, quite good and a bit different even though the trailers supposedly compared it to a famous film.

Trap was alright. I felt that the writing could've been done better but Josh definitely tried to carry the film. I don't care about the nepo outrage (who wouldn't wanna give their kids the best advantage in life?) but it was inappropriately done here and distracted a bit from the movie.

[Esteban]

George Clooney and Brad Pitt in Wolfs.

[TXSTYLE]

Watched BODERLANDS. No wonder it was a huge flop. It sucked big time! The video game is actually quite good. 2/5 and that's just for the nice special effects. visuals.

[M5Rick]

Watching this simple oldie as it's on now on this rainy overcast day, easy watching entertainment with sales rep Mann in his penny wheeled Plymouth dodging a strange truck driver with a grudge in the days of low tech and no mobile phones.

''He's got some kind of souped up diesel''

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Watching this simple oldie as it's on now on this rainy overcast day, easy watching entertainment with sales rep Mann in his penny wheeled Plymouth dodging a strange truck driver with a grudge in the days of low tech and no mobile phones.

''He's got some kind of souped up diesel''

I enjoyed this one, Rick. Steven Spielberg's first, I believe.

[TXSTYLE]

Watching this Tonight with the Mrs. This guy is up and coming...

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

Watching this Tonight with the Mrs. This guy is up and coming...

https://youtu.be/gF3gZicntIw?si=LCQhjrFnzKjk14CF

This looks good. I’m going to watch this tonight while working Watch.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

This looks good. I’m going to watch this tonight while working Watch.

I remember my first mid working departures off LAX. After years and years of arrivals where the traffic died down around 1a, I kind of expected the the same thing and brought my iPod with a movie I was going to watch between aircraft. Man, oh man was I in for a surprise! Every one that landed between 2200 & 0030ish decided they wanted to leave starting around 0030! I was busier than a one-armed paper hanger until my half (we split the mid between the two of us) was over! I never got to see any of that movie! Sure was fun working all that traffic by myself!

[M5Rick]

Jeremy Renner was just as good as Matt Damon in the Bourne series of films, he's top notch in the Bourne Legacy.

[M5Rick]

Jason Bourne 6 here next year.

C IA just won't let it go.

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Jason Bourne 6 here next year.

C IA just won't let it go.

And neither will Hollywood!

[tranquility]

Subservience was surprisingly good.