Alien: Earth
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ajprice

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30,881 posts

212 months

Thursday 5th June
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Trailer.



There's been some chatter in the Alien: Romulus thread but now it's got its own full trailer it can have a thread to itself. This looks interesting, it's not just Xenomorphs, and it looks a lot to do with Synthetics. Looking good so far, is it August yet? hehe

Dave Hedgehog

15,169 posts

220 months

Thursday 5th June
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as long as they have binned everything from prometheus and covenant (the 2 worst films ever made) it has a lot of potential, something i have wanted since i read alien hive

nice close up from the trailer


croyde

24,897 posts

246 months

Thursday 5th June
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Interesting. What time is this set within the Alien series?

Only as I thought all the films were always about not letting the thing loose on Earth.

ajprice

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212 months

Thursday 5th June
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croyde said:
Interesting. What time is this set within the Alien series?

Only as I thought all the films were always about not letting the thing loose on Earth.

croyde

24,897 posts

246 months

Thursday 5th June
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Haha, missed that.

Is that after the Nostromo?

ETA

OK! 2 years before Alien.

But doesn't make sense of the desperation never to let the creature get to Earth, because it would spread uncontrolled.

So now we have a series where I am going to guess that the creature can be controlled somewhat.

Picking holes in a yet to be shown programme that I'm sure that I'll enjoy biggrin

Edited by croyde on Thursday 5th June 16:19

Nezquick

1,643 posts

142 months

Thursday 5th June
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This looks excellent - I hope it lives up to the hype.

budgie smuggler

5,748 posts

175 months

Thursday 5th June
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Nezquick said:
This looks excellent - I hope it lives up to the hype.
I'm refusing to let myself get hyped after the Prometheus disappointment! The trailer is intriguing though.

Bright Halo

3,552 posts

251 months

Friday 6th June
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Yes, that does look encouragingly good!
Such a shame about Prometheus as that should have been a great film.

budgie smuggler

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175 months

Friday 6th June
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Bright Halo said:
Yes, that does look encouragingly good!
Such a shame about Prometheus as that should have been a great film.
Yeah i still think it could be cut into a reasonable film as well with a careful re-jig and removal of the most stupid bits.

Like the Matrix Decoded fan edit improved the sequels a lot, there's also the Alien 3 Legacy fan edit which is supposed to be excellent too.

Edited by budgie smuggler on Friday 6th June 09:52

Lucas Ayde

3,932 posts

184 months

Friday 6th June
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Looks surprisingly good but that is of course the purpose of trailers ... wink

Let's hope it's more of a 'Sarah Connor Chronicles' than a 'Caprica'.

Yeah, Prometheus had a lot of promise that was ruined by some absolutely braindead writing.

C5_Steve

6,043 posts

119 months

Friday 6th June
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I think it looks stunning, they've captured the look of the world perfectly and being from Noah Hawley I've got great faith in the storyline.


UTH

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194 months

Monday 9th June
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Definitely in!

The Hypno-Toad

12,917 posts

221 months

Monday 9th June
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I am slightly hopeful on this.

From what I can see from the trailers it will possibly be the most blood soaked series in TV history and the addition of 4 extra evil alien species sounds interesting especially the one which sucks your eyeball out and then replaces it with itself so it can then control you like a robot sounds like a riot!

Fingers crossed.

Speed Badger

3,234 posts

133 months

Monday 9th June
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This looks excellent, I really hope it doesn't have nods and winks to the other films. I've wished for so so long a new 'Alien' adventure that has nothing to do with the Ripley story, nothing to do will all the Prometheus stuff or shoehorning in this that and the other. Just an entirely new and fresh take featuring one of cinema's nastiest and most intriguing gribblies!

ajprice

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212 months

Friday 8th August
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UTH

10,774 posts

194 months

Tuesday
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All the reviews are looking very positive....

bloomen

8,557 posts

175 months

Wednesday
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I'll let this grow. So far I'm not electrified. Maybe it'll all come together nicely. Some spectacular shots.

Logic seems a bit out to lunch here and there.

Why would a search and rescue team have one actual medic and a ton of gunpeople with rifles at the ready? Who would let a bunch of unique prototypes with the minds of children run around a disaster area? Presumably it'll delve deeper into the corporate manouevrings but so far it seems very simplistic.

P-Jay

11,064 posts

207 months

Wednesday
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UTH said:
All the reviews are looking very positive....
I watched about 1 min of it lunchtime, just because I'm pretty excited to see it. They've nailed the look, the tech looks like Alien / Aliens tech, weirdly futuristic and retro at the same time.

towser

1,144 posts

227 months

Wednesday
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P-Jay said:
I watched about 1 min of it lunchtime, just because I'm pretty excited to see it. They've nailed the look, the tech looks like Alien / Aliens tech, weirdly futuristic and retro at the same time.
Hi....I too am very excited about this, the original Alien made such an impact on me and no Alien film since has really come close. Have all episodes dropped or is it just the first?

Edited by towser on Wednesday 13th August 14:34

Deep Thought

37,886 posts

213 months

Wednesday
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towser said:
P-Jay said:
I watched about 1 min of it lunchtime, just because I'm pretty excited to see it. They've nailed the look, the tech looks like Alien / Aliens tech, weirdly futuristic and retro at the same time.
Hi....I too am very excited about this, then original Alien made such an impact on me and no Alien film since has really come close. Have all episodes dropped or is it just the first?
The first two have dropped.

Hoping to watch at least the first one later. Really looking forward to it.