Venom01
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Space jockey (Google it) and yes, you see him in the movie Alien
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Promethius?
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Space jockey (Google it) and yes, you see him in the movie Alien
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kickstartt
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wth... so was space jockey related to aliens as well??
Red_Liner740
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i am the same way and i felt dissapointed. yes you learn who the space jockey is and who the "engineers" are but it feels anti-climatic and rushed. It felt like the whole movie is leading up to something that never happens.
Venom01
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When the landed in on the planet in alien they found him there. There was no explanation for it, it was a mystery to the crew members as well as the audience. There has been a lot of fan fiction and what not about the why and hows of what he is doing there but they left it at that.
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Venom01
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Does it touch on anything with the xenomorphs? NO SPOILERS PLEASE!. A simple yes or no will do.
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Exactly. In the first movie they find him in the flight chair with his chest burst open. Now, think about the ending in promethius. Where did he die?
I just thought that was odd.
Sorry, thought you saw it already.....
And yes, slightly on the Xenos but they don't play much of a roll.
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Totally agree except I still loved the movie. Just gave me a good sense that I was there exploring it with them even though nothing was ultimately resolved. If anything it raised more questions
Haven't seen Prometheus yet, so can't comment...
But Alien = yes, Aliens = yes. The rest...well....not so good IMO.
SPOILER ALERT! DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN"T SEEN IT:
Yeah, this is what I meant that the movie lacks character development. Usually when a pivotal character in a movie dies you, as the viewer, give a crap. Maybe even feel sad. Why? Cause the movie builds relationships between characters, let's you experience their struggles, etc. So eventually when they die you feel some sort of emotions. In this movie when people started dropping dead you're just like "next!" cause who cares? I mean, that Shaw chick and the dude are clearly in love with each other but when he bites the dust I was just like "oh coool, he's on fire"..."oh, he's a zombie now, smash smash smash". Mehhhh.
I think the movie spent a lot of time building this awesome universe and wowing you with the visuals that they really didn't put much effort into actually developing, and telling the story. I mean the MAIN IDEAS in the story are actually pretty good but they just aren't told very well.
It definitely wasn't worth the fifteen dollars, and change, that I paid to watch it in a big theatre, in 3D. Maybe a rental. Maybe.
You're right about the lack of emotional depth in it. Co-workers, friends and lovers start dropping dead, but for the most part there are just blank-faced looks. Sure, many of them didn't know each other before getting on that ship, but you think that they might be a little.... I don't know.... SCARED? It's like the entire cast was juiced with Thorazine, before hitting the set. Shock can account for some of that reaction, in a situation like that, but not for 3/4 of a movie.
To be the bit that the captain could get into bed just by essentially saying, "I dare you."
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Red_Liner740
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SPOILER ALERT CONTINUES!!!
Yea, so the crew just found out that humans and the "engineers" share the DNA 100% and everyone is..."Cool....whats for dinner..." type of emotion. And they TOTALLY messed up the whole "alien queen" lays eggs with face sucker in it, then those face sucker implant the drone alien in you that burst out of your chest. So now the "alien" is a liquid substance? Gheeeeeey....
Yea, so the crew just found out that humans and the "engineers" share the DNA 100% and everyone is..."Cool....whats for dinner..." type of emotion. And they TOTALLY messed up the whole "alien queen" lays eggs with face sucker in it, then those face sucker implant the drone alien in you that burst out of your chest. So now the "alien" is a liquid substance? Gheeeeeey....
Adaptive bio-weapon. Incorporated the DNA of the species it infected. At the end, you could see where it was going. Through the whole movie, though, they never got down to 'Why?'
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wonderings
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I am not a fan of the Alien series, but this movie I really enjoyed. I was not planning on watching it in 3D, I really don't like 3D but this was only playing in 3D. Turns out it was a fantastic movie for 3D, one of the better ones I have ever seen. I would have been perfectly happy if it was completely separate from the Alien universe, I thought the story was interesting and visually really well done.
3D tends to be best when it's underplayed. I've seen some 3D movies that gave me motion sickness, because it was pushed far too much.
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Unless its an animated movie, I pretty much dont like 3D. Saw avengers in 3D, would have been completely happy with it in 2D. This is the first movie that I really enjoyed the 3D element that was not a Pixar film.
dr_sarcasm
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Spot on i.e. don't bother after Aliens...
daught
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Every time I re-watch one of the original Alien movies I am still amazed.
This movie failed to entertain me. So many plot holes. At the pace it moved it should have gone in a lot more depth.
BTW any one see a woman going around in an electric wheelchair asking for $15-20 to take a cab? Her story seemed really fishy. Can't believe people sink that low.
This movie failed to entertain me. So many plot holes. At the pace it moved it should have gone in a lot more depth.
BTW any one see a woman going around in an electric wheelchair asking for $15-20 to take a cab? Her story seemed really fishy. Can't believe people sink that low.
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Venom01
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I watched a completely unedited version of Alien 3 and it was much better then the original cut. However that early 90's c.g. blob that moves across the screen ruins that movie completely.
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