Salut, solid gold.Kniferide wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 12:16 pm All the monsters in Prometheus look like Pokemon, and the Architects all look like they really need to take a crap.
This franchise jumped the proverbial shark something like 30 years ago. You are expecting miracles for this not to be just another trendy TV show with the endless needle drops.Iancee wrote: Mon Aug 25, 2025 8:36 pm Now I’m feeling like I should at least have a stab at ep 2.
Another thing - what’s with the Sabbath at the end of ep1?! This is not a fucking rock n roll party people - it’s total looming annihilation. The thing I love about Alien is that atmosphere of grim dread. Now it’s all dressed up as “entertainment” with deliberate levity - dilutes the crap out of it…
janeway wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:52 am i do want to apologize if i offended anybody with my posts lately .. i was in denial of my impulses going wild
It’s a cover recorded by the musical director
clocker bob may 30, 2006 wrote:I think the possibility of interbreeding between an earthly species and an extraterrestrial species is as believable as any other explanation for the existence of George W. Bush.
That is specifically damning. Worse for this genre than accidental comedy.matttkkkk wrote: Mon Aug 25, 2025 9:46 pm The first two episodes had a bizarre, complete absence of tension, even in scenes where terrible stuff was happening. It's almost impressive to be able to make that setting and creature completely humdrum.
I can only assume that the first science officer and the captain of the Maginot were brilliant leaders, because everyone else on that ship except Morrow was a fucking moron.rsmurphy wrote: Fri Sep 05, 2025 5:28 pm The last episode was capital. They should all be like that.
You mean a little something like this?Iancee wrote: Mon Aug 25, 2025 8:36 pm Now I’m feeling like I should at least have a stab at ep 2.
Another thing - what’s with the Sabbath at the end of ep1?! This is not a fucking rock n roll party people - it’s total looming annihilation. The thing I love about Alien is that atmosphere of grim dread. Now it’s all dressed up as “entertainment” with deliberate levity - dilutes the crap out of it…