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  • Oh, ya.

    I agree with you in that regard -- I'm not pleading for Japanese actress -- and there are many actresses out there that could have done what was necessary, just as you said.

    I'm also just not a huge ScarJo fan. So, probably some bias there (Her whole catalog -- Prestige, Lost in Translation, and Her are the only multiple viewings).

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    • What are the chances this is good?

      [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svnAD0TApb8"]Alien: Covenant | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX - YouTube[/ame]
      2015 AAL - Ezekiel "Double Digit Sacks" Ansah.

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      • It looks pretty watchable to me.
        F#*K OHIO!!!

        You're not only an amazingly beautiful man, but you're the greatest football mind to ever exist. <-- Jeffy Shittypants actually posted this. I knew he was in love with me.

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        • You know, I've still never watched Prometheus. I need to sit down and check that out.
          2015 AAL - Ezekiel "Double Digit Sacks" Ansah.

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          • I thought it was pretty good.
            F#*K OHIO!!!

            You're not only an amazingly beautiful man, but you're the greatest football mind to ever exist. <-- Jeffy Shittypants actually posted this. I knew he was in love with me.

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            • Originally posted by LionsFanInJapan View Post
              What are the chances this is good?
              If the ranking of the Alien movies were to be:
              1. "Aliens"
              2. "Alien" - Both of these movies are amazing.
              ...
              3. "Alien: Resurrection"
              4. "Prometheus"
              5. "Alien 3" - I thought Resurrection was actually popcorn fun.
              ...
              6. "Aliens vs Predator"
              7. "Aliens vs Predator: Requiem" - Poorly made.

              I'd guess this new Alien movie will be somewhere in that 2nd tier. Although Ridley Scott did a good job with "The Martian", a lot of his recent movies have been not good.
              AAL 2023 - Alim McNeill

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              • Originally posted by Cody_Russell View Post
                If the ranking of the Alien movies were to be:
                1. "Aliens"
                2. "Alien" - Both of these movies are amazing.
                ...
                3. "Alien: Resurrection"
                4. "Prometheus"
                5. "Alien 3" - I thought Resurrection was actually popcorn fun.
                ...
                6. "Aliens vs Predator"
                7. "Aliens vs Predator: Requiem" - Poorly made.

                I'd guess this new Alien movie will be somewhere in that 2nd tier. Although Ridley Scott did a good job with "The Martian", a lot of his recent movies have been not good.
                Would mostly agree here. Alien is #1 for me. It is frightening w/o seeing a single alien. It also benefits from largest nostalgic factor/being the original. Aliens is still amazing; Ripley in a fucking mech-bot fighting the Queen -- definitely iconic sequence. Not overdone, not pretentious, not even victim of significant gore-porn scenes.

                I thought Resurrection was dumbbbbbbb. But, I watched the whole thing.. So. Aliens 3 is good. All the other spinoffs are feckin' gawbidge.

                Prometheus had a lot wrong with it. It wasn't totally idiot plot (hello, LIFE), and for pieces that were -- we at least had a covertly insidious entity (David) to push those stupid decisions (for most part). In terms of watchability, it is totally watchable and achieves a lot of suspense/fair amount of terror in some crucial scenes. It taps into the ALIEN mythos, but seems pretty lazy. They essentially spew out a Deacon and Tribolite towards end of the film w/ little to no explanation as to significance or acknowledgment.

                I am pretty optimistic about covenant. Not super stoked about Alien banging his head on the cockpit window like a Bostonian rioter, but I think the movie should get a good amount of atmospheric/physical horror -- while also tapping deeper into the ALIEN mythos, which has always been simultaneously interesting and neglected (Further entries focused on Ripley, and trashed the mythology).

                Also: Big fan of Waterston from Inherent Vice.

                TL;DR: I like Alien franchise a lot. I possess numerous reasons to like Covenant chances at being good. Prometheus is worth watching; emphasize suspension of disbelief.

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                • Saw Gaurdians of the Galaxy 2 today.

                  It was a little long of a movie and lagged in a few spots but all in all it was good.
                  F#*K OHIO!!!

                  You're not only an amazingly beautiful man, but you're the greatest football mind to ever exist. <-- Jeffy Shittypants actually posted this. I knew he was in love with me.

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                  • Chris Pratt has got to be one of my favorite actors right now. He just seems like such a likable guy.
                    2015 AAL - Ezekiel "Double Digit Sacks" Ansah.

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                    • Yeah i agree. He seems like he'd be a really down to earth kind of person. I thought he was excellent in Passengers as well
                      F#*K OHIO!!!

                      You're not only an amazingly beautiful man, but you're the greatest football mind to ever exist. <-- Jeffy Shittypants actually posted this. I knew he was in love with me.

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                      • Manchester by the Sea - Good movie, dark. You have to like Casey Affleck to watch since he in every scene in the movie.

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                        • Used to like Nic Cage but now find him weird.
                          Memorial Day 2018!

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                          • Loving the look of "Blade Runner 2049." The team behind this movie should form a worthy sequel.

                            [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCcx85zbxz4"]BLADE RUNNER 2049 - Official Trailer - YouTube[/ame]
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                            • OH OK FUCK ALIENS I GUESS.

                              Ya, new blade runner has my money. Just hoping it is good.

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                              • Whoa there, Captain Kirk. All caps is going to get those aliens excited.
                                2015 AAL - Ezekiel "Double Digit Sacks" Ansah.

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