![]() ![]() ![]() Everyone shits on Newts character performance and then turns around and is all “how dare they kill Newt how disrespectful” That bleak beginning, losing everything in Alien, fighting so hard in Aliens just to lose the few things she saved, the utter nihilism that permeates the film… it’s perfect, how else was it going to end when fighting the fucking xenomorphes, the perfect organism, if you watch the assembly cut and blink through a few seconds of questionable CGI the film is gold, and it’s a hell of a lot more like Alien than Aliens was. And the moments of what I presume were meant to be comedy were really awkward and embarrassing to me. As for the ‘pit’ scene, what the hell even was that? If it was meant to be a sea of aliens, it clearly wasn’t. One moment it burns through a steel floor, the next it’s a minor burn to someone’s ear. I watched this with my GF just last week again, having avoided doing so for 15 years +, and I’d never realised how inconsistent the acid is. I didn’t much like the velociraptor-inspired posture for the creatures, or the giant frog-hands of the design, although I did dig them being fleshy and wet. ![]() And while it’s always a blast to see Weaver, and she clearly had a blast as alien-Ripley, I hate the cloning storyline it derailed the story so much and for me it ceased to be about the aliens anymore. If a franchise has an established ‘vibe’, you have to have a good reason for breaking it, I don’t personally hold with the ‘just to be different’ mentality. While it has some amazing casting and some great sets, I dislike the comic-book direction of the plot and action scenes (from tilting zooms and bouncing bullets), just felt counter to the more gritty feel of the first 3. It was interesting but I can’t personally enjoy it as you have. If someone requests a link, you may send it in DMs only. Protect your property by using watermarks or taking IRL pictures of your creations so they can not be replicated. Similarities are everywhere and it's a tired subject. And, no menacing staplers, crabs, cabbage fields, or anything else that looks like it's from the franchise or inspired by the franchise.
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