I Have Just Seen... V

[Mr. Bungle]

Huh. I was pretty excited for Prometheus. I'll probably still end up going, I've got this $10 off card that came with Alien, might as well use it.

[Dynamithix]

Don't take my posts (or Sekto's for that matter) as a sign that you shouldn't see it, I recommend it really.

[Nepsotic]

My brother watched it tonight and he thinks it was brilliant.

[MeechMunchie]

Is your brother by any chance an idiot?

[Nepsotic]

Trust me, he knows a good film when he sees one.

[JennyGenesis]

Big Daddy.

I used to really love this film, but now it's loosing it's appeal on me, but there are still lots of funny parts in it.

[T-nex]

Ok since more have seen the Prometheus movie now....


What really bugs me is that in Alien 1 they find the alien eggs in a very orderly fashion, and in a spot that looks like it was meant for them.

And as far as I know, the Alien queen does not care about how she lays the eggs, they just get laid and then they are dormant until something approaches.


Now.. In the Prometheus movie, not only does the Space Jockey not die on its canon-seat thingy in the ship(he dies outside, in the human emergency ship), but also.. the alien-baby coming out of him doesn't explain the alien race at all. I feel like Ridley scott did not bother respecting his own original creation, which I thought he would. of all people, he'd be the one respecting his own story to a tee, wouldn't he? But apparently not.

I mean I do think it would have been better as just a standalone movie. It wasnt bad, and I certainly enjoyed it. But The ending sort of disappointed me.

I do like that that whatever sequels the prequel will have, will most likely have nothing to do with the original aliens.


I really had hope though, that the aliens were perhaps a species of their own. A parasite of sort that spreads from ship to ship whenever it can.


Edit: Oh yea, that said, unless the ship in question isn't even the same one as in Alien 1.... in which case... i just find the effort silly.


Anyway I do like the fact that Ridley kept things reasonable retro. Reasonably... The style didn't deviate too much from the original one. Also I didn't mind the main character. I also like the Android guy.. He's amusing.


Sigh.. Ridley Scott is also working on a sequel to Bladerunner now... Given what I saw in Prometheus, I'm a be nervous and skeptic x_x

[Sekto Springs]

So he's making a sequel to a story that wasn't even his?
The guy is starting to piss me off.

[Dynamithix]

Also, what I found a bit irritating was that it felt like they introduced a whole lot of things in the movie yet only gave everything the tiniest bit of time on the screen. I would have liked to see more of Fifield, that weirdo geologist, or more of the alien that Dr. Shaw cut out of her womb to prevent it from being born/bursting through her stomach. Like everyone else and I have already said, it just creates way too many questions and doesn't give many answers.

[T-nex]

Dyna, the alien in the womb is the alien at the end which impregnates the Engineer. It is implied that it just grows in the ship as things progress along.

[Dynamithix]

Yes, but what I meant was that they didn't really explain it well and it was a bit unclear for me what it even... was.

[AlexFili]

Couldn't it just be a reboot of some kind? That would explain why it doesn't feel like a prequel.

[T-nex]

But why would he reboot his own story? I find it odd that a Director would show such little respect to his own creation.

[Dynamithix]

Oh by the way T-nex, did you watch the whole movie, as in, the credits too? Some say that there was an after credits scene but sadly, I only read it after I saw it so I can not confirm that. If someone caught it (if there even was a scene), please tell what happened in it!

[Nepsotic]

Couldn't it just be a reboot of some kind? That would explain why it doesn't feel like a prequel.

Its not meant to be a direct prequel, its just set in the same universe. I wouldn't even count it in the series as an Alien film.

[T-nex]

Oh by the way T-nex, did you watch the whole movie, as in, the credits too? Some say that there was an after credits scene but sadly, I only read it after I saw it so I can not confirm that. If someone caught it (if there even was a scene), please tell what happened in it!

No... The credits really seemed like the kind where there would be no end scene... sigh x_x Knew I should have stayed just to check. *tear*

[Phylum]

I watched The Neverending Story the other day with a friend over Facebook. We enjoyed it, but mocked it and had a great time doing so. Today we watched the sequel and the dreaded third movie, which are both notoriously awful.

The second entry in the series is alright. The plot is weak, the characters are dumb and the ending was some of the most unsatisfying shit ever to grace my eyes, but at least some of the charm of the original carried over to make it bearable. It felt like they'd tried to follow up the first movie but were a tad misguided. I don't understand quite where the wishing for a heart came from, or quite why that made all of the giants explode. Parts of it felt rushed and under-explained, too. Bastian didn't actually meet Atreyu in the first movie, but they still act like old friends. We were also poking fun at the entire cast being played by different people. It ruined the consistency a little, but that works in the favor of the first movie.

We really lost it at the scene with his mother, with the line "Don't be afraid, Bastian. We are all a part of a never ending story."

The third movie is beyond a joke. It was the worst piece of shit I have ever seen. It was a steaming turd of a film. I hope that the entire production crew have realised what they did and have since committed violent suicide. Everything wrong with this movie is shown in the way Falcor is portrayed. No longer is he an old dragon. He's now a derpy flying dog. He is clumsy and his voice has a goofy tone. Any depth he had as a character was eradicated for a few cheap, silly moments that might have mildly entertained an immature six year old. Most of the characters were like this. The best character was the one Jack Black played, simply because it was a typical Jack Black character - a leather clad school bully. He was 25 when he took on this role and the mature, stubble look was just hilariously perfect.

I haven't laughed at a movie so much in a long time, but I would not recommend these. The second is fun to mock if you've seen the first, but the third was almost too bad to be funny. I recommend a friend if you're going to brave them. Even with one they were hardly bearable.

[Nepsotic]

I'm currently watching Audition' with my cousin. Its a Korean film that I expect none of you have heard of. I recommend it, but it takes patience as it takes a while to start properly, and you have to be watching carefully to understand what is going on.

[MeechMunchie]

film that I expect none of you have heard of.

I stopped reading here, since I'm obviously never going to be cool enough to watch it.

[Nepsotic]

I just said that because I know its not well known.

I recommend it.

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[Wings of Fire]

Where's Hipster Rarity when you need her to tell you how much more cultured her taste is than yours

[Nepsotic]

Shes with Manco. Whats wrong with my tastes?

[Manco]

Please, dahling. Audition is Japanese, not Korean.

[Nepsotic]

Can you please explain it? I've seen it loads of times and I have no idea what the fuck is going on.

[Manco]

I didn’t say that I’d seen it.

[Nepsotic]

But you know it? You should watch it. Its fucking mental.

[Dynamithix]

It's good.

[MeechMunchie]

I watched The Secret Garden. Mocked it mercilessly with my siblings, but it was fairly heart-warming. Plus they think I look like the sickly "Spores, spores!" kid; Colin.

[Nepsotic]

I watched that years ago. Doesn't she find an oversized key?

[MeechMunchie]

It's not oversized. It's a big door.