TangledThorns Posted September 9 Posted September 9 I'm still trying to wipe my mind of the 💩 that is ALIEN: Romulus and purchased Aliens: Dark Descent since its on sale on STEAM. I've always played FPS style ALIEN (Isolation, AVP, etc) games and wasn't sure I'd be interested in a isometric ALIEN game but so far its fun and addictive. Quote
sh9000 Posted October 3 Posted October 3 (edited) Concept art from Blomkamp's cancelled Alien movie. I'm seeing some of these pics for the first time. Edited October 3 by sh9000 Quote
Mommar Posted October 3 Posted October 3 The concept art tells a more interesting story than Romulus did. Quote
electric indigo Posted October 3 Posted October 3 ...but it seems to lean as heavy on Aliens as Romulus did on Alien. Quote
Axelay Posted October 4 Posted October 4 12 hours ago, electric indigo said: ...but it seems to lean as heavy on Aliens as Romulus did on Alien. Which I greatly prefer, to be blunt. I never cared for the "black goo" in the first place, and now it seems like Ridley Scott has turned his dislike for Aliens into an anchor plot device point of the whole franchise going forward. Quote
CoryHolmes Posted October 4 Posted October 4 14 hours ago, electric indigo said: ...but it seems to lean as heavy on Aliens as Romulus did on Alien. Agreed. It looks like it's little more than capitalizing on audience love for the beloved original property. There needs to be a compelling reason for the characters to get back together like that, and it seems like the Alien franchise is all out of compelling reasons. ps: I liked Romulus! Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted October 4 Posted October 4 14 hours ago, electric indigo said: ...but it seems to lean as heavy on Aliens as Romulus did on Alien. It's always been one or the other... they're the only two good movies in the franchise. 2 hours ago, Axelay said: Which I greatly prefer, to be blunt. I never cared for the "black goo" in the first place, and now it seems like Ridley Scott has turned his dislike for Aliens into an anchor plot device point of the whole franchise going forward. Nah, that was writer/director Fede Alvarez's doing. He's a self-confessed huge Alien fanboy who, armed with the substantial creative control that comes from being a writer-director, partly used the film as a "fix fic" to correct things that bothered him about the franchise's setting. One of those things he, as a fan, went out of his way to fix that a more sensible writer would probably have left alone was the lack of direct connections between the main series and Ridley Scott's semi-orphaned not-actually-a-prequel Prometheus and its disastrous "The studio said I had to put xenomorphs in this one or they'll fire me" followup Alien: Covenant. He even went out of his way to retcon out Ridley Scott's Covenant stance that David 8 created the xenomorphs, a plot hole the fans had been annoyed with for years. A smarter writer would probably have left that out completely, since Prometheus never fit with the franchise thanks to Scott, Spaihts, and Lindelof trying to use it to soft-launch a completely unrelated storyline about rogue AI instead of actually writing an Alien prequel and only grudgingly connecting it to Alien in the sequel while still trying to make Evil AI into the greater scope villain. Quote
TangledThorns Posted October 4 Posted October 4 I'm still trying to wipe my mind of Romulus so I'm playing ALIENS: Dark Descent for the third time in a row! Quote
tekering Posted October 4 Posted October 4 10 hours ago, CoryHolmes said: I liked Romulus! Reaction to the film has been surprisingly polarized, much as it was with Prometheus; some embrace the positives, while others highlight the negatives. Tim Brayton's stellar review is one of the most thorough I've read, and one of the most critical as well: https://www.alternateending.com/2024/08/alien-romulus-2024.html Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted October 4 Posted October 4 Oof... no punches pulled there. I agree with a lot of what Brayton's saying there. Alien: Romulus is, in a lot of ways, exactly what fans like me have been hoping for. An Alien film that returns to its roots with Alien's iconic claustrophobic horror. Its main stumbling block is that its writer-director's profound affection for the source material drives every aspect of the story. That devotion to all of the little details made it visually stunning, but its devotion to formula made it too predictable to be scary. Especially when the tension is frequently punctured in order to highlight a blatant fan-friendly reference to past films or games. Quote
Hikuro Posted October 7 Posted October 7 wouldn't hope for to much of it being related to Amanda though. Considering that Zulu's story I think is about to end with the new VR Game coming out this holiday. And according to the novel's she's in cryosleep to prolong her life due to her cancer. Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted October 7 Posted October 7 1 hour ago, electric indigo said: Isolation gets a sequel! I'm not going to get my hopes up. Isolation was a masterclass in horror game design. The dev team had a rock solid story concept and a finely honed understanding of how to create and manage tension. It was polished so close to perfection that I honestly don't think there's anything the dev team could add to the formula they created that wouldn't simply detract from the horror. I'll be thrilled if I'm wrong, but I doubt lightning is going to strike twice. Quote
TangledThorns Posted October 8 Posted October 8 1 hour ago, Seto Kaiba said: I'm not going to get my hopes up. Isolation was a masterclass in horror game design. The dev team had a rock solid story concept and a finely honed understanding of how to create and manage tension. It was polished so close to perfection that I honestly don't think there's anything the dev team could add to the formula they created that wouldn't simply detract from the horror. I'll be thrilled if I'm wrong, but I doubt lightning is going to strike twice. Typically game sequels do better and there are so many examples supporting this too. That being said, expectations will be high as the first game is on such a high pedestal. To be honest I would have been cool with a Dead Space like remake too. Quote
Duke Togo Posted October 17 Posted October 17 (edited) Watched Alien Romulus tonight. Wasn't terrible, but I doubt I'll ever watch it again. Edit: it's certainly no Prey Edited October 17 by Duke Togo Quote
Thom Posted November 9 Posted November 9 On 10/2/2024 at 10:36 PM, sh9000 said: Concept art from Blomkamp's cancelled Alien movie. I'm seeing some of these pics for the first time. This looks like the sequel to Aliens that we should have had. Quote
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