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Author:  Grim... [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:41 ]
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One of these has got to be good, right?

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a2681 ... y-trailer/

Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:13 ]
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Grim... wrote:
One of these has got to be good, right?

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a2681 ... y-trailer/

The screenshots make it look like middle-series Red Dwarf, or maybe Dr Who.

Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:47 ]
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Let it die.

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:55 ]
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Silence, heathen!

Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 13:00 ]
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Ok.

These will be as good as if not better than the first two cult classic films.

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 13:02 ]
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You think Alien and Aliens are cult classics?

Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 13:09 ]
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Yeah. Don't you?

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 13:33 ]
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Grim... wrote:
One of these has got to be good, right?

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a2681 ... y-trailer/

How many variations on "isolated group of humans encounter Xenomorphs; most die; some escape; the existence of Xenomorphs continue to be unknown to humanity at large" can be repeated within the Alienverse?

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 13:49 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Yeah. Don't you?

I don't think they're liked by a particular group of people, which is my understanding of what a cult classic is.

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 13:50 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Grim... wrote:
One of these has got to be good, right?

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a2681 ... y-trailer/

How many variations on "isolated group of humans encounter Xenomorphs; most die; some escape; the existence of Xenomorphs continue to be unknown to humanity at large" can be repeated within the Alienverse?

It's all right, Scott is explaining all that with the prequels!

:'(

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 14:06 ]
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Grim... wrote:
It's all right, Scott is explaining all that with the prequels!

:'(
Is the answer "the engineers put a DNA weakness in us that makes us forget about the xenomorphs minutes after we last saw one"?

I mean, to paraphrase Wilde: to narrowly escape from a hellish murderous alien species once and then somehow fail to warn humanity is misfortune; but to do it repeatedly starts to become foolish.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 14:06 ]
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"Alien me once, shame on aliens; Alien me ten times, shame on us."

Author:  MaliA [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 14:30 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Grim... wrote:
One of these has got to be good, right?

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a2681 ... y-trailer/

How many variations on "isolated group of humans encounter Xenomorphs; most die; some escape; the existence of Xenomorphs continue to be unknown to humanity at large" can be repeated within the Alienverse?


Until May gets her deal through

Author:  MaliA [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 14:30 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Grim... wrote:
It's all right, Scott is explaining all that with the prequels!

:'(
Is the answer "the engineers put a DNA weakness in us that makes us forget about the xenomorphs minutes after we last saw one"?

I mean, to paraphrase Wilde: to narrowly escape from a hellish murderous alien species once and then somehow fail to warn humanity is misfortune; but to do it repeatedly starts to become foolish.


Snitches get stitches

Author:  Sir Taxalot [ Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:54 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Grim... wrote:
One of these has got to be good, right?

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a2681 ... y-trailer/

How many variations on "isolated group of humans encounter Xenomorphs; most die; some escape; the existence of Xenomorphs continue to be unknown to humanity at large" can be repeated within the Alienverse?


Probably a few more.... but yes it can seem a bit formulaic when repeated too often.

I'm not fully up to speed with all the Alien 'Universe' films, I've seen many of them but not all.

At risk of sounding like I'm trying to defend something....

Wasn't there a bit about sinister companies / governments wanting to use the xenos as weapons or for their own benefit (in Aliens, and Prometheus, and possibly some others), so they'd be actively controlling and severely limiting the information spread so they could carry on sending out poor saps to get themselves all in a pickle.

Also, just like in real life, a lot of warnings go unheeded I guess. After all "It'll never happen to me"

Author:  Satsuma [ Sun Apr 07, 2019 15:53 ]
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One of the shorts: Specimen

Sats verdict: ok ... I guess.


Author:  Satsuma [ Sun Apr 07, 2019 16:06 ]
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Another one: Containment

Sat’s verdict: Worse. Also, pointless. Also “actors”.



Also, it ends with “Written by...” written what? There’s fuck all here.

Author:  Satsuma [ Sun Apr 07, 2019 16:11 ]
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Quote:
Alien: Containment – Four survivors find themselves stranded aboard a small escape pod in deep space. Trying to piece together the details around the outbreak that led to their ship's destruction, they find themselves unsure to trust whether or not one of them might be infected. Written and directed by Chris Reading.


If this was the aim of the short, it failed entirely.

Author:  Firefox [ Mon Apr 15, 2019 21:23 ]
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Satsuma wrote:
One of the shorts: Specimen

Sats verdict: ok ... I guess.

Critical super-tense moment interrupted by a "your video will continue after the advert" advert for the iPhone set in a brightly-lit cafe. :roll:

Oh well, I quite enjoyed it anyway. :)

Author:  Firefox [ Mon Apr 15, 2019 21:47 ]
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Author:  NervousPete [ Mon Apr 15, 2019 23:27 ]
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Alien: Night Shift ???

Please oh please tell me this stars Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton as disgruntled Weyland-Yutani morgue workers startled to discover that an infestation of face-huggers are ruining their plans to find hot dates for the evening.

Author:  Satsuma [ Tue Apr 16, 2019 21:06 ]
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Right, I’ve watched Alien: Night Shift and it’s shit. Seriously, what’s the point of these fucking things if all they’re going to do is antagonise the fans.

Author:  Curiosity [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:55 ]
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Satsuma wrote:
Right, I’ve watched Alien: Night Shift and it’s shit. Seriously, what’s the point of these fucking things if all they’re going to do is antagonise the fans.


I mean, that already seems like a pretty cool reason.

Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:00 ]
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NervousPete wrote:
Alien: Night Shift ???

Please oh please tell me this stars Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton as disgruntled Weyland-Yutani morgue workers startled to discover that an infestation of face-huggers are ruining their plans to find hot dates for the evening.

"There's nobody here but us chick-aaaaarrrgh...ns..."

Author:  MaliA [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:01 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
NervousPete wrote:
Alien: Night Shift ???

Please oh please tell me this stars Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton as disgruntled Weyland-Yutani morgue workers startled to discover that an infestation of face-huggers are ruining their plans to find hot dates for the evening.

"There's nobody here but us chick-aaaaarrrgh...ns..."


Nightingales, that was.

Author:  Firefox [ Sun Apr 21, 2019 20:08 ]
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A different kind of Easter egg! :D


Author:  zaphod79 [ Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:26 ]
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https://twitter.com/voxrob/status/1119748579042713600




The link does not resolve for me but there are more details here :

https://news.avclub.com/michael-biehn-t ... 1834257121

Author:  Grim... [ Wed Apr 24, 2019 11:32 ]
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If you haven't listened to them, the existing Alien audio plays on Audible are very good. The lady that does Ripley's voice is uncanny.

Author:  Satsuma [ Fri Apr 26, 2019 17:04 ]
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Happy Alien Day!

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Apr 26, 2019 17:10 ]
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You got these, Grim...?

https://www.cnet.com/news/alien-stomper ... ion-kicks/

Author:  GazChap [ Fri Apr 26, 2019 17:22 ]
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Bah, they don't make 'em in my size.

Author:  Grim... [ Fri Apr 26, 2019 18:18 ]
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They barely make them in adult sizes :(

Author:  Satsuma [ Sat Apr 27, 2019 19:22 ]
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https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comment ... ance_this/

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Apr 29, 2019 14:55 ]
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Author:  Dimrill [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 21:31 ]
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40th anniversary of the best Ayleon this year and Neca have some new action figures for later in the year:

Image

Available from Forbidden Planet, natch.

Parker
Brett
It's only a bloody Ayleon!

There's even an expensive coin, if you are so inclined

https://forbiddenplanet.com/288386-alie ... sary-coin/

Author:  GazChap [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:25 ]
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Dimrill wrote:
40th anniversary of the best Ayleon this year

41st, surely?

Author:  Grim... [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:40 ]
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33rd, surely?

Author:  Dimrill [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:44 ]
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By the time those come out it would be the 41st. At the moment it's still the 40th.

Author:  myp [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:32 ]
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Grim... wrote:
33rd, surely?

:rong:

Author:  Warhead [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:55 ]
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I never knew they wore winkle pickers.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Tue Jul 07, 2020 14:54 ]
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the best cut of Aliens*?

https://www.filmstories.co.uk/features/james-camerons-aliens-finding-the-best-cut-of-the-film/

*the rump, arf

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Jul 07, 2020 19:29 ]
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That sounds spot on. I'll always watch the theatrical version as there's too much padding in the extended version, but I like the scenes they've picked to retain.

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Jul 07, 2020 22:38 ]
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https://www.demilked.com/terrifying-mat ... d-cameron/

Author:  GazChap [ Tue Jul 21, 2020 14:53 ]
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Image

Well, that's my next week's nerdistry sorted.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 19:15 ]
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https://twitter.com/NickdeSemlyen/statu ... 6857763842



Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:48 ]
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Important question

Author:  Dimrill [ Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:49 ]
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9.

Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:10 ]
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I'm partial to 8

Author:  Kern [ Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:11 ]
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Stovepipes change everything.

Author:  Sir Taxalot [ Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:24 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
I'm partial to 8


It has a marge simpson playing golf kinda vibe to it.

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