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Doesn't make the rest any less true.This is the only part of your comment I care about.
Doesn't make the rest any less true.This is the only part of your comment I care about.
Okay.Doesn't make the rest any less true.
I disagree. Unless all you want are mindless repeats and rehashes of the original couple movies, the only reason to continue the "franchise" at all is to world build and explore the mythology. If you want to argue that Alien never should have had any sequels in the first place, I could agree with that.Yes, the creatures work better on a conceptual level as a mere hostile invasive species. I appreciate Scott trying to take the franchise in some new directions but establishing that an android constructed by Weyland is the father of the monster, and that David did it to prove that constructs can outgrow their constructors was just too contrived. This IP didn't need all of that.
Fun fact: Aliens had a longlasting effect on Stinky
the only option left when your pulse rifles runs out of ammunition.I didn’t even know there was an Alien RPG.
I stopped expecting him to do anything worthwhile after True Lies.What's you guys opinions on Cameron remastering Aliens, The Abyss and True Lies in 4k with AI, claiming them the definitive versions and not making a normal remaster available?
He did the same thing with T2 and it looked so fucking bad I had to track down the old blu-ray.
If it's just a straight up remastering I'm fine with that and it can make a world of difference especially with old movies. It's the revisionist tinkering/technology obsession that gets me. It never looks natural. Using AI to eliminate film grain is ludicrous and frankly insulting to the medium.I stopped expecting him to do anything worthwhile after True Lies.
Remasters for stuff like movies and music just always feel wrong to me. I dunno if "soulless" is the right word for it or not but it just feels wrong listening/watching to older stuff with all the newer production applied.
Unfortunately The Abyss never got an HD release until the 4k AI one that just came out. The best you could get before that was DVD and Laserdisc.I'm fine with the Blu-rays, already bought them more than once. Looks at Terminator 2 HD DVD. Fuck that George Lucas shit.
And Lucas was one of the guys who petitioned studios not to colorize their black and white movies. That's what I don't get.I don't get why it's so hard for these guys to understand that yes it's their movie and they can do whatever they want to it but you still need to make the original version available. It always just comes off as spiteful to the fans.
And Lucas was one of the guys who petitioned studios not to colorize their black and white movies. That's what I don't get.
That's different though.FWIW AI has been used in pretty much every Hollywood movie for the past 10+ years to upscale from the 2K work print (based on 4K or 8K raw footage).
Oof that is bad. This fuckin guy.That's different though.
Cameron is trying to make old movies look like they were just released and shot in digital HD. Removing all the film grain and by extension existing detail then replacing it with AI generated details as well as extensive color tweaking and some other shenanigans. It all has that uncanny unnatural look to it.
I think you can still tell stories in this world without going in the directions that the franchise has gone in after the second film. Alien: Romulus' first two thirds are actually pretty inventive in that regard. And the creature is just a killer waiting to be loosed on the cast during that part of the film. It doesn't hurt the potency of the film at all. But when you see how wrong everything has gone by way of how the movie's final third incorporates a bit of everything, it's clear that in their attempts to expand the franchise, they've rendered the creature effectively impotent. I think Prometheus would have worked better as its own thing rather than being burdened by the films that preceded it.I disagree. Unless all you want are mindless repeats and rehashes of the original couple movies, the only reason to continue the "franchise" at all is to world build and explore the mythology. If you want to argue that Alien never should have had any sequels in the first place, I could agree with that.
Seems like you and I are of a like mind as it regards this film. Our opinions are almost identical in all respects.Oh right. The movie.
Alien Romulus - Decent. Not great. Really good first two acts with some solid world building, practical effects and subtle nods to the first two films and a turd of a final act stuffed to the brim with horror movie brain damage moments (people doing dumb shit because it moves the plot along and not because it makes sense for their characters or the moment they're in) as well as some way less subtle references that feel like cheap nostalgia bait. I actually liked CG Ian Holm (it's one of the few situations where that obnoxious trend actually makes sense) but the direct line pulls (including the egregious one from Andy toward the end) are completely unearned and pulled me right out of the movie.
Also... I like Aliens but, at some point, we have to admit that it forever ruined the mystique of the xenomorph. It just became another cannon fodder creature that can be mowed down indiscriminately by any dipshit with a pulse rifle.