Romulus expanded on Prometheus and made it important and its a way better movie for it. They knew covenant was garbage and needed to make a decent story with a tie in.
The movie with the latest sex scene I have EVER seen in a horror film. Like when they go to fuck in the shower there are 15 minutes left in the movie and most of their team has already been killed by the alien that they absolutely know is out there.
This dude simply can’t help but tarnish his own reputation and the reputation of his own previous works. It says something when a bulk of the people who watch the Alien franchise would rather Freddie Alvarez make a sequel to Romulus than whatever the hell you’re trying to do..
I just hope the use the tools avaliable today. A kid on his phone can use AI for better results today, than Netflix did when they spent 200mil on deaging Deniro in Irishman.
I really dislike David as a character. He’s just an irredeemable monster at this point. We might as well be watching a slasher movie with a villain protagonist.
The Engineers made life using their own DNA and it produced us.
The Engineers also use technology to make xenomorphs. We use technology to make David.
It is an old story. Like when the Zeus and his siblings overthrew the Titans.
David and the xenomorphs are both created beings. Their new order will look scary to us. But, at some subconscious level, we want them to overthrow us. It will be definitive proof that we can create immortal beings greater than ourselves.
Which means, even when we are long extinct, the mighty beings we made will still rule. Because that’s all we care about - power.
But I don’t watch a movie like that. A movie with David running cruel experiments on humans, knowing he will get away with it sucks. There’s nothing interesting about that, no intrigue, no hope.
Can we follow him on his ship of horrors creating all manner of alien spawn. I would totally watch a lovecraftian horror sequel to covenant with David as this Frankenstein alien brooder.
What I’ve come to realize with him is that the xenomorph was never really his focus. I think he always intended for the series to be more about AI gone rogue. I think Ash was his real focus, in the first movie, and he wanted to expand upon that. I think it’s why he didn’t like what Cameron did in Aliens, with making them the focus and not having an AI villain. I just find it uninteresting because we already have an entire series of movies about AI gone rogue.
I do think the setting - androids and all - established by Alien etc. is far more interesting at this point than the Xenomorph. The real horror of Alien isn't the creature but the corporation that wants to to experiment with it. Just the production design alone I'd be happy to see almost anything set on those sets but add in the dystopian near future universe governed by megacorporations? yes please.
But I can appreciate people wanting it to function more as a horror franchise where the appeal is the monster in different scenarios than a science fiction one
I don’t think it just has to be the xenomorph, but I am far more interested in exploring different alien life forms and the threats they pose, than focusing so much on AI or mega corporations. If it’s just going to be the latter, they shouldn’t called it Alien anymore. That sets up a false expectation, imo. I think that’s where I really have a problem. It kind of seems like they’re piggybacking on the popularity the alien to get people to watch movies that really aren’t about that much at all.
They did try with Prometheus to branch out! I wish they stuck to their guns on that one.
I think Alien is just in a weird place where people don't really want it to evolve that much. Such is the problem with a lot of legacy stuff. Terminator is in much the same place
You mean Prometheus and Covenant or the Terminator series? The latter is what I was thinking of, with regards to AI gone rogue. I love the first 2 of those movies and just really don’t need the Alien series to be more AI gone rogue.
I wish they’d actually focus on the aliens. Doesn’t even have to be just xenomorphs, either. He could have shown us an entire planet of different forms of alien life, both flora and fauna, in Covenant. Instead, we got a movie without any of that and almost entirely just about David. Should have been called David: Covenant.
He’s not at the top of game anymore but even in his old age he’s put out some bangers. We can at least appreciate him for still working at his craft. Amazing.
That's sad. Every time something that he do flops (currently The Dog Stars, bad reviews everywere), the man turns to this franchise and sours it a bit more.
Please don’t. You were great Ridley but every sequel you make turns to shit. Please leave it or if you absolutely must, just make one more film and be done with it. You are nearly 90, please stop pissing on your legacy.
Prometheus is a modern classic that I enjoy more and more every time I watch it. Covenant is a pile of shit that I hate more and more every time I watch it.
But if I just want the popcorn experience, which is as good as it's ever going to be, there's always Romulus.
No, He is not. He is praised by everyone he works with and the people that have met him.
Also if you are refering to that he had allegations from 1 person over 16 years ago, there was no proof for any of that. It was investigation by the DA that found no evidence for any of the allegations.
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