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Prometheus
Aliens
Alien Resurrection
Alien³
Still can't decide where in Covenant falls to.
Covenant
Alien 3
Prometheus
Resurrection
Still very hard to decide between the first two. Depends on the day of the week.
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Prefer Alien 3 to Covenant - at least number 3 strived for something different, I feel Covenant lacks imagination and, crucially, it's not scary at all!
I would disagree there. If there's one thing both Prometheus and Covenant had, it was imagination. Not always in the good way, mind you. But that's a matter of perspective.
Alien3 could have been fantastic but it was butchered and as a result is a film with some fantastic elements (score, set design etc) but is just decent overall. There is some good gore but there are some shoddy effects and editing choices in there too.
Covenant, to me, was better made and while not scary in the general sense, definitely had moments of good tension and it made me very unsettled at points.
Neither 3 or Covenant are a patch on the original two but they're decent. I would find myself leaning towards Covenant out of the two, even with its faults, just for how visually stunning parts of it were.
http://www.slashfilm.com/neill-blomkamp-kills-finally-alien-5-revives-district-9-spin-off-idea/
What a shame. I'm more than a little skeptical of Blomkamp as a director and often think his true calling is that of production designer or effects coordinator, but I really loved the concept of an alternate timeline sequel to Aliens.
I'm in the same boat: he hasn't blown me away with his directing yet, but the ideas he had for 'Alien 5' were so intriguing, I would've easily lined up for that if he directed it. Shame it won't see the light of day, and instead, we're stuck with this convoluted series of prequels that Scott is undertaking.
Definitely. Anything else I've read that says otherwise, I don't buy it, particularly the initial explanation of "how confusing having two separate 'Alien' films would be," and yet 'Covenant' wasn't as successful as it probably could've been because the general moviegoing audience has NO clue what the movie is supposed to be.
Aliens
Alien Isolation (a video game but so good in its own right)
Prometheus (although Covenant has sort of tainted it now)
That's it for me. Don't have any interest in watching any of the others ever again, they all disappointed or annoyed me in one way or another.
I read a rumour recently that Blompkamp's film wasn't ever going to happen, the studio just teased him with the possibility because they knew Scott wouldn't be happy and would then get things moving on Covenant.
I think Scott probably always regretted leaving and letting Cameron get involved (because so many think Aliens is even better than the original) and now he's back in the drivers seat isn't keen on letting anyone else have a go. But at the same time he seems desperate to get that love from fans himself and isn't above sacrificing his own vision in the process. If the route they go down is more Scott directed prequels I think I'm done with the Alien films.
Yeah I'd go in with low expectations. It isn't a bad film, it's well made and everything, it just fell completely flat for me. Wasn't Alien 5, wasn't a Prometheus sequel, it just seemed like a bland, unoriginal attempt at pleasing both camps because Scott didn't want Blompkamp or anyone else having all the glory.
I typically don't base my interest in a film off of critic/fan reviews, but consistently hearing that the characters are just as idiotic as they are in 'Prometheus,' combined with a majority of the Xenomorphs being CGI, and I can't think of what else is left for me to enjoy. Those are two major offenders for me when it comes to horror films.
"he [Blomkamp] wanted to be “respectful and not go stamping around in this world that he [Scott] created" What a sour joke, considering how Scott himself stomps around in that world.
That's a bummer. I know he and Sigorney really wanted to do it.
FU Scott and Fox
I have tremendous respect for so much of what Scott has done but....Please NO!
Sincerely doubtful. I think Scott secretly resents Aliens for becoming so massively popular.
http://film-book.com/volume-1-2017-short-films-trailer-2-neill-blomkamps-three-short-films-oats-studios/
I highly doubt it, considering his sole focus for the last few years (regarding the franchise) was to bridge a prequel series between 'Prometheus' and 'Alien.' Or, that's what it started out as, anyway. From what I've gathered in recent reviews, it's definitely not the same route they're taking now, so who knows what we'll end up with for the next couple of movies.
Yes I quite enjoyed Prometheus and covenant
I think so to (which would explain why he decided to go with Prometheus instead of his original idea, which iirc was a sequel that'd shed more light on the origins). Apparently he wasn't asked back to do the sequel and was fairly hurt, so I'd imagine Aliens doing so well being regarded as pretty much one of the only sequels that's on par/better than the original probably rubbed him the wrong way. I don't think we'll ever get an Alien 5 as long as Scott has his way.