* Alien: Covenant *

Efour · 25 Dec 2016 at 11:08

It looks the same as Prometheus tbh.... Who knows if it will be good or the same ???

I think it's one of those franchises that should have been laid to rest 3 or more films ago.

ianh · 25 Dec 2016 at 11:36

After being badly burned by Prometheus I say this looks like a "generic" space based horror from the trailer, not convinced!

MooMoo444 · 25 Dec 2016 at 11:58

Looks awesome.

point decay · 25 Dec 2016 at 12:10

trailer looks great

Merry Xmas.

Raymond Lin · 25 Dec 2016 at 12:12

If it weren't for the brand, i would write it off as another average horror but i'll give this a shot.

doodah · 25 Dec 2016 at 13:55

It's out

Uncle Petey · 25 Dec 2016 at 14:00

You're only six and a half hours late, but Merry Christmas anyway

doodah · 25 Dec 2016 at 14:11

Hahahaha, my bad. I checked this thread yesterday and thought we were still on the same page as the crappy 144p trailer

EDIT - only watched without sound so far but it sure does look like Prometheus.

marc2003 · 25 Dec 2016 at 14:14

If it's any good, I'll steal it. Those *******s still have my Prometheus cinema money. :mad:

Malevolence · 25 Dec 2016 at 15:47

There's an awful lot of screaming in that trailer, and I thought that in space no one can hear you scream.

Mark A · 25 Dec 2016 at 16:27

Watched half of it but it was giving away most of the film. Looks like it has potential from the first half but I'm not holding out much hope after Alien 3 (all versions), 4 and Prometheus.

MookJong · 25 Dec 2016 at 22:50

Not impressed

Hive · 25 Dec 2016 at 22:58

I want to be scared by that creature again. This looks like its maybe focusing on horror so I have hope.

Participant · 26 Dec 2016 at 07:04

Looks promising to me.

I watch almost every sci-fi horror available as I'm a fan of the genre, so even if it is average, I'll probably enjoy it anyway.

I always find it interesting when people who are fans of a given genre are more picky than those that aren't particularly fans. To me it's logical for it to be the other way round; the more you're a fan of sci-fi horror, the less hard the movie would need to try for you to enjoy the experience. That's certainly the case with me.

Maybe 'true' fans will say Prometheus was an abomination for example, but I really enjoyed it just by virtue of the fact that it had aliens and horror and sci-fi!

Anyway, let's hope it's a decent movie.

Scrutinize · 26 Dec 2016 at 07:58

The biggest problem is, society has been completely desensitised to the Alien & horror franchise. Back in the 70s and 80s this sort of film would have been high impact, now they could probably make it a 12A with gore, scares and bad language thrown in.

That, and where the character of films being on real sets with a man in a suit has been lost to the green screen and cgi/vfx.

It's like watching the original Friday 13th, terminator, predator etc which after years of modern TV are less scary than some kids cartoons or computer games.

For that reason, they can't replicate the original premise in a way which delivers on much more than a bog standard scfi film.

Droolinggimp · 26 Dec 2016 at 09:56

Scrutinize said:
The biggest problem is....

I quite agree with this post.

Back in the 80s and 90s where CGI was very rare it was all sets and costumes just because thats all they had and make do with. Now it's all CGI because it's what they have to use. Granted some films use costumes and sets still but it's very rare. We are all accustomed to CGI now. Having a new film using no CGI that requires some degree of special effects like SciFi movies wont have the same affect on the viewer if they used sets etc.

It is a shame.

Efour · 26 Dec 2016 at 11:24

I think it's more to do with recycling the same thing to the umpteenth degree.

It's the call of duty of films

Scrutinize · 26 Dec 2016 at 11:42

Efour said:
I think it's more to do with recycling the same thing to the umpteenth degree.

It's the call of duty of films

There is that, but all the factors which made the first two successes are now absent from cinema.

Literally everything, from production techniques right through to viewer expectations and what even scares people these days.

There has been a sizemic shift in society and technology over the last 30+ years. We are as far away from the cultural backdrop of the 1979 Alien film as the film was from the WW2 era.

Fans expect to see replication of the original's greatness. It's the same with every reboot or late coming sequel. The recepie for the original success was as much down to the society of the time as the film's plot and script. Examples include later predator/alien films, reboot ghostbusters, reboot TMNT, reboot the amazing spider man, independence day 2, terminator sequels/reboots etc.

AshenEdge · 26 Dec 2016 at 20:21

r3d zombie said:
trailer looks great

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Merry Xmas.

What a thoughtful gift

The gift that keeps on giving!!!

Remember though people a facehuggers for approximately 24 hrs not the whole Christmas!!!!

I agree the info coming out is venturing into major spoilers but I'm glad I checked out the trailer,

looking great with the back buster both exciting and vomit enducing to the required level

further images of the steamy shower scene have also come out :eek:

Also the viral website featuring MUTHER is up:

http://www.alien-covenant.com/news/whats-story-muthur-new-alien-viral-website-launched

Direct link:

http://www.alienmovies.com/

Doesn't seem to work with all browsers, if you input incomplete queries you get info about Jonsey?

varkanoid · 26 Dec 2016 at 22:41

Efour said:
I think it's more to do with recycling the same thing to the umpteenth degree.

It's the call of duty of films

No I think thats the Resident Evil films.

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