I liked the first episode well enough, but the second one is beginning to lose me and it’s entirely down to the writing quality and too many dazed dark hallway filler scenes where nothing happens.
I like this show, became an Alien fan after screening/binging the movies! The Prey movie was top and tipping point to lure me back.
Prey is a Predator film, not an Alien film.
Same difference.
Amelie 2 be CRAZY!
Pretty interesting show so far. The overall tone is actually closer to Resurrection and/or the schlocky AvP films, where it’s sort of taking the piss with the horror and action tropes. It’s not scary at all and is often quite funny (I think intentionally). At the same time, it obviously has some more serious themes that will be developed over time so I really have no idea what to expect from it. I’m surprised it’s as popular as it is, though, I thought there would be more pushback from people who think the IP is super serious.
Watched E01 and E02, this was the first Alien production where I didn’t care what was going on.
Way too much quirkyness, faux-edgyness and Peter Pan “appeal to YA demographic” BS.
Lots of annoying, lazyily written characters (trillionaire kid, flea market Roy Batty, prince Hermit in the magical plot armour).
I don’t mind a completely novel take on Alien (big fan of Aliens: Phalanx even though its very YA and Alien: Isolation), but the execution of Alien: Earth reeks of the feces of Disney executives.
This show…
The kid cyborgs are…ok. I am beyond baffled that anyone would send all five of them into a disaster zone that is a massive space ship that has crashed into a massive building with no equipment, gear or any training. They don’t even have radios or flashlights. The Amelie one has a ninja sword so I guess they are good.
Ok I get that it was a whimsical decision by the genius DOGE/CEO kid, but really, Not even a flashlight? They didn’t even put a radio on Kirsh (Timothy Olliphant).
Since I am on he subject of Kirsch… dude do you have anything of value to say? All the character does is ask cryptic dicknose style questions. If anyone needs a soup can to the nuts it is this pompous asswipe.
The production values mostly consist of just hiding everything with bad lighting…
The horror elements just aren’t working. The scene where to two random guys where zip tied to a pole and the alien insect things attached themselves to their jugglers was pretty unnerving, other than that… meh. WTF was the scene with the alien slaughter everyone at the costume party?
Why does the search and rescue team have guns?
I suspect that my primary issue with the show is the same issue I have with Predator, Terminator, Peter Pan and Robin Hood, I have seen enough Alien.
As I said in my other comment, I’m not sure this show is actually supposed to be horror. If anything, it seems to be deliberately mocking some of the tropes of the genre (particularly those from the Alien franchise) by committing sins like showing the Alien running around in clearly lit areas right from the start. It feels much more like slasher - it’s not supposed to be scary, but rather entertainingly violent.
I am not really following you. Slasher movies and TV shows are a type of horror movie and TV show.
Alien 79 is a slasher flick, with a sci-fi skin. FYI Jaws is a slasher flick as well.
it’s not supposed to be scary, but rather entertainingly violent.
Well yeah, that is what all Slasher Flicks attempt to do.
I am not convinced that the show is attempting to be entertainingly violent, but for the sake of argument I will accept your position and counter that the show just isn’t pulling it off. It is really just falling flat. It sure is violent.
The show hasn’t done anything to convince me it is attempting to subvert the tropes, in any sort of creative way, I just don’t think it is that good.
So far all this show has demonstrated to me is that they are throwing a lot of shit against the wall and are waiting to see what sticks.
I suppose I just don’t consider the slasher genre scary at all, so there is a clear distinction between it and all other forms of horror. I certainly wouldn’t consider the original Alien film a slasher.
Firstly, “bad lighting” is the term for high-key overall lighting such as in studio sitcoms and talk shows.
Secondly, the lighting in this show is very good.
They have guns because they’re going into a ship owned by a hostile company.
Boy Kavalier is aptly named. He’s sending the prototypes in to see what will happen.
Also, the protagonist looks a lot like Amelie.
Yeah, I keep thinking this too, and she is really good at playing a child in an adult-ish body. She’s cute in the same way a small child is and also kinda scary because of her power which it’s clear she doesn’t fully know herself, it’s a very cool mix.
Yeah, I keep thinking this too, and she is really good at playing a child in an adult-ish body.
All of them are, particularly the two boys in the group who appear to be best friends (not sure what their names are). The guys playing them have clearly spent a lot of time watching how kids move, all their mannerisms really give off the vibe of two boys with endless energy who just can’t sit still for 5 seconds. Just subtle things, like instead of leaning on a wall they’ll repeatedly bounce themselves off it.
I’m about to watch episode 3 as of this comment. I’ll circle back for the discussion thread tomorrow.
the first episode is great! i binged all the alien stuff before romulus having never seen anything. there are some hits and mehs. but this is looking really good so far. multiple factions at war for power and aliens throwing a spanner in the works. could be game of thrones-like shenanigans
It also has some interesting art direction and cinematography that makes it feel like a mixture of 70s Sci-Fi with newer stuff like District-9.
That said, there are some odd script choices that I guess were added to speed up Alien and guys with guns encounters. I think though some viewers felt swindled by how much the first half of the episode looked like Alien, and how much the rest looks like Aliens.
Still IMO so far it’s been the best thing in this universe for a long time.
yeah the cinematography is really good. they nail the vintage 70s vibe when they want to.
I’m very fond of the cassette futurism style it has.
That’s not saying I disliked the weird tech in shows like “Raised by Wolves”, I’m just tired of everything being transparent tablets.
The vs. Predator shit wasn’t great. But I’m a huge fan of both the series so I rate them a 5-6 out of ten just for the fan service. I think Romulus maybe one of the stronger entries though imo. Why are you skipping it?
think there was a misunderstanding. the marketing of romulus got me interested. i watched all the other stuff and then also saw romulus.
my favorite scenes of all the series was the white humanoid alien saying im sorry. so visceral. and also the one where the predators are in a little american town. very graphic. wonderful stuff.
I liked the dog predator in that one. Way better than the “predator falls in love” plot from the one in the pyramid. And that non Romulus white alien humanoid still haunted my dreams. That last second when the skin rips off the skull then it gets crushed. Very visceral.
so goood!
The only Alien film worse than Romulus is Covenant.
I liked em both for what they were. But I will rank covenant as the lowest of the entries.
Alien Resurrection still exists right?
Other than that goofy ass basketball scene,I didn’t think it was that bad. Judge me how you will.
Only bad thing about Aliens (2) was the perky annoying as fuck marines with mental maturity of a 8th grader. Otherwise really solid movie made you totally forget that.
Resurrection didn’t. It only had really corny characters. Perky hard as a rock space pirates with the same maturity level really stank, because the movie didn’t rescue anything. Brad Dourif is a legend, but in this his weird shit made everything worse.
That was the point of Resurrection, it was basically a parody of the genre and the franchise. If you don’t take it seriously its reasonably entertaining.
I found it by accident. My kids were blocking Netflix so I browsed around Disnep+. Thought it was a new movie I hadn’t heard of. Found out it was a show with episode 2. And when I couldn’t continue watching I found out it follows the stupid weekly release schedule and that it’s a new show.
Yet another slop rehash. These things might not be written by AI, but they sure feel like that.
