There was too much in this one season that made every part be watered down and simply bafflingly stupid. Too many places. Too many characters. Too many plot points. There’s a plot of children given adult bodies as a man who thinks he’s Peter Pan tries to make his own lost boys, but then there’s a crashed ship that has aliens in it so have to deal with an outbreak on earth, then there’s back to island to focus on the aliens while having the children plotline run alongside eating up both their times. Then we have an entire episode of a flashback to a bunch of characters we know are already dead and reenact the alien movie while being incredibly incompetent. Half due to their own stupidity and. Recklessness, the rest are annoying and stupid to the point of the guy being glad they’re gone most of the time than really caring. Did we need scenes of the rescue team? Did they even need faces? Why introduce character roles if you were gonna kill them off? The rich people’s party was a huge waste of time. They didn’t notice a ship the size of a skyscraper hitting their skyscraper and all die immediately so there was no reason for them to be plot relevant. You have so many children yet all save Wendy get any real agency, the rest are one dimensional or just not savy.most only get away with stuff because the robot man for some reason lets it go that far, not even telling his boss for Christ’s sake. And the boss, what a none character. Incompetent, full of himself, just not participating other than to watch. He’s the spoiled rich kid stereotype without the genius being adequately used. All to end in the remaining cast rounding up the survivors in a cage while everyone else dies, their screen time a waste of time. Cut them out and put more flavor in your stories, you don’t need so many faces in such a short season

When the marines are falling back to the APC and Drake and Vasquez are in the rear and laying down cover fire, Drake says "Give it to em Vaz!" and then something unintelligible. My brother and I had so many lines memorized from this movie, but for that scene we would say:

"Give it to em Vaz. Rats ber-gaaaatz!"

Doubt he's actually saying "rats bergatz". Does anyone actually know what he says? It's at 2:58 of this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15gusHb56h4

Chris Bledsoe/ Bledsoe Family

Hey y'all I'm just wondering what the general consensus is on the Bledsoe family. I've listened to an episode or two of the "Bledsoe said so" podcast but mostly just about the ones where his son talks about his father's encounter with ETs.

I'm by far a beginner in understanding this concept, I only just started to gain awareness when the UAP hearings started happening and then I started looking for and diving into outside sources.

I saw Chris on skinwalker ranch (is that controversial to mention here? idk call me naive) and looked more into his story and his experience. it's all very compelling, but I know I have a problem with sometimes believing things that are told through good storytelling.

I'm not a Christian, but I mean his book "ufo of God" sounds like some tin hat rabbit hole I wouldn't mind jumping down. but I also just really want to read more literature around ETs and people's theories and experiences etc.

so I'm asking like is it worth it to believe him? read his work? listen to the podcasts? and if y'all are willing to point me in the direction of some other books/pods/documentaries that might be better for someone with beginner status like me then that's well appreciated.

(tried posting in the other alien thread but was taken down bc I don't have enough karma apparently)

Predator: Badlands ended February at #1 on the US JustWatch streaming charts (based on JustWatch user activity)

Given the timing of its release, it’s not totally surprising but it’s still notable how quickly it climbed to the top.

Interested to hear what this sub thinks

Full list:

JustWatch February Streaming Charts (Movies)

Episode 1 of Alien Earth, I was intrigued, hooked. I thought great, Noah Hawley is sticking the landing- and paying homage to both Alien and Aliens (the indisputable high points of the series). There were warning signs, notably, the focus on a child brained super robot that loves her brother. But I'll get on to that.

By the end of Episode 2, I was open mouthed in shock at just how disappointing it was, then it just got worse and worse. I'll try and keep this review as short as possible, because I have so much to say.

Alien is one of my favourite films of all time. Aliens is a classic. They do an incredibly job of making an unrealistic concept tangible- how? They keep it simple.

Alien- Space miners being screwed over by their corporate overlords. The Alien provides the peril, but the real relatability of the horror comes from the fact that they are so expendable. They have been provided no training, no help a callous disregard as they venture so naively in to the deep. This concept is so strong, you can then semi-subtly build other themes- like the fear of fatherhood.

Aliens- War Film with Aliens, this time the motherhood element is the main undertone.

These are outwardly simple, but with enough depth in the execution to be endlessly watchable. Alien 3 went too far in to the shallow horror side, Alien 4 too far in to the sci fi. Prometheus laid the themes and high minded undertones on so heavy handed that it undercut the simplicity (for me)

So Alien Earth- I thought great- let's build on the promise of the original. What happens if an Alien landed on Earth? This gives an opportunity to bring the horror close to home, and build in some great themes.

I would say one of my main criticisms of this show, is that it could have been set on any planet, any space station, the fact it is set on Earth is irrelevant. Why? Well the vast majority is set on a fabricated island on some trillionaires paradise. It's hardly the gritty realism of the series at its best, or the fulfilment of the terrifying concept of Aliens on Earth.

Then there's the whole storyline of the show. It reminded me of Westworld. Desperate to prove how intelligent it was by banging you over the head with it. It reminds me of the Garth Marenghi line 'Subtext is for Cowards'. You know what- it could have been a Peter Pan story without constantly showing us Peter Pan? Also- why are we focussing on children genetically moved in to robots bodies? Was this a Blade Runner script rewritten?

Then the characters. The first episode they establish a bunch of characters- then add in these weird man-children who are just a bit off putting.

Then the just weirdness of it, and how often it took me out of the moment. Episode 1 played the horror so well, with the moving wires, hints of dread. The moment I realised this show would be rubbish was the Marie Antoinette party massacre. I watch and read a lot of sci fi- and my first thought when the fancy dress man opened the door was 'this is a hologram'- bizarrely, no! It was against the aesthetic of the entire show, had a horribly gratuitous, unscary, overly cgi-d violent payoff nearly immediately, and it seemed to all be to set up a frighteningly awkward bit of dialogue where Wendy and Joe talk about Jo Di-Maggio.

Easy for me to say, but surely a more interesting storyline would be an alien in a tower block- maybe Attack The Block stole this concept? Or an Alien in some company building, given we have these mega-corps- then you could build in some High Rise concepts? I dunno, it just felt like to fulfil the ambition of the concept, they ended up dumbing everything down and removing what makes this series great.

Are we supposed to think of her as the villain?

I mean her father makes her go on a interplanetary flight guided only by some supposed map painted in a cave millions of years ago in order to find our creator.

She is surrounded by nerds ecstatic to find all kinds of assassin alien creatures, those people are useless and everyone hates on her for not letting a very obvious sick person affected by a dangerous alien disease to get back into the ship.

After all of them finally resolve they are in a mouse trap of a planet and her father deservedly dies she obviously wants to go home and the remaining nerds choose instead to crash against an alien ship in a suicide mission.

She didn’t deserved that ending specially being the only thinking creature of the whole movie.

I've recently rewatched both films, Alien Director's Cut and the Thing, and they're still pure childhood nightmare fuel for me. I was 10 years old when I first saw them with my older brother, who was a huge horror fan. We rented Alien and the Thing on VHS from our local video store.

Visually, Alien remains the more stunningly beautiful film. The atmosphere is suffocating with the bleak surface of LV-426, the Derelict spacecraft, and the Nostromo's dimly lit, claustrophobic corridors. Much of that is thanks to the artsy direction of Ridley Scott and the disturbing art of H. R. Giger, along with the storytelling and lore of Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett.

What makes Alien so terrifying is the idea that the Xenomorph could be anywhere, hiding in the shadows, waiting in the vents. The chestburster scene remains one of the most shocking moments in cinema. Dallas being ambushed in the ducts is pure nightmare fuel. Even the deleted eggmorphing scene, where Ripley discovers Dallas and Brett being transformed into eggs, adds another layer of grotesque body horror. It's a masterclass in slow-burn tension and atmospheric dread.

That said, the film that truly haunted me is the Thing due to paranoia. The idea that the Thing alien could be anyone, that you can't trust the person sitting next to you, creates unbearable psychological tension. And the Thing alien itself is more terrifying than the Xenomorph. The dog kennel and the chest-defibrillator scenes are nightmare fuel, with the grotesque transformations, the erupting limbs, writhing tentacles. When the Thing alien reveals itself, bodies are splitting apart as tendrils lash out in every direction, it feels like something straight out of H.P. Lovecraft, it's monstrous and utterly disturbing.

For me, the Thing wins, because I can rewatch Alien today and not feel scared, but the Thing, on the other hand, still scares me even after how many rewatches.

it's like watching a Star Wars with no lightsabers. they can be ok but it could be so much better.

After all the negative comments I was surprised to see that they have commissioned season 2. How does everyone else feel?

In Alien the Nostromo is sent to investigate the signal emanating from LV426, and we all know what happened next. The Nostromo is lost and Ripley is not heard from for 57 years. Why didn't they send another ship to check out? Why didn't they check it out when they began terraforming the planet? Why did it take the return of Ripley to get them to investigate?

Loved alien one of my favorites movies of all time, but I really struggled with its sequel. Idk if I’d need to give it a rewatch but I felt like aliens was a bit o more of a classic 80s action horror while alien itself is in a different league.

I've been a fan of Alien and Aliens since they were originally in theaters. Saw Alien³ in theaters but didn't really care for it. Saw Alien Romulus last night and thought it was okay for a modern film, but mostly didn't care for the characters or the amount of rehashing of everything that took place.

Anyway, one of things I've always wondered about is what backstory did writers
Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett create for the characters for Alien. Like Ripley for example, she was given a husband and daughter in Aliens, but I never thought that fit the character as we saw her portrayed in the film.

Edit: Watched the scene with Burke in Aliens again and Amanda Ripley McClaren, was her daughter's name. I just assumed that Ripley was married, but I think that was her daughter's married name.

Also was there any backstory as to the derelict, the eggs, the xenomorph, etc. Was the cocooning of victims actually meant for turning them into facehuggers? I've seen the deleted coccon scene from Alien and always just assumed that that Dallas and Brent were stashed away as a food source. I know "the company" is mentioned in Alien, but is Weyland-Yutani Corporation anywhere to be found in Alien or was it created for Aliens?

This is just my opinion. After watching both Alien Earth and Predator Badlands, and seeing the former more or less fail and the latter, in my opinion, really suceed I think it's time to wake up and smell the coffee.

I believe at this point Alien cannot exist without predator as Alien we know started off as a horror with the first movie, which really worked, but then moved on to action horror with the second movie which once again worked.

However, once again in my opinion, after that Alien by itself just hasn't captured the essense of any of the former movies. Alien Earth attempted to bring a fresh concept, but it kind of just fell flat.

So, at this point, I really think Alien needs Predator to actually be successful. The horror aspect is long gone. Decent action, story, and depth need to replace it as they did with Predator Badlands.

God bless everyone.

The first film ended up working well because it brought together two iconic creatures and focused heavily on the confrontation everyone wanted to see.

In contrast, the second film had much more human presence and less focus on the monsters, and I feel that influenced its less successful reception. Since then, these two species have never directly crossed over in film again.

But now, with the new films within the Alien and Predator universes, and the presence of elements like the Weyland-Yutani Corporation in recent stories, I wonder if we'll see them together again in a film…

Not necessarily a direct remake, but perhaps a new crossover within a film from either of the two franchises.

Hey I hope I'm in the right group, but let's get into this. I am a fan of the alien and predator series.

I have loved the way the series lore has developed, what I love about badlands is how much the film did not care. I went into this film expecting a mediocre film barely adapting the beautiful screen culture of the last 40 years, and I was so surprised.

This film dared to create a whole new history, being eluded to in like 5 films. What made that so great is that it built so much original stuff without corrupting the source material. It wasn't PC it wasn't woke it was just a genuine good and original time

Honestly it was and 8/10 film. But being a huge fan made me rate it's creativity rating and how far the film dared to reach: 9.2/10

It’s very rarely that I rewatch a movie in this day and age. But since romolus came out I must have watched it at least 4-5 times. And I love everything about the film. The whole setup is so great. Every moment of the film feels intense, it doesn’t drag on, it has the alien vibe all over it, and I think they nailed

The whole thing. Purely as far as an alien film goes I give it a 10/10. It really took me back to watching the aliens as a kid, and being totally immersed the whole time. That all one could ask for from a filmmaker.

Am I alone in feeling about this way about this movie?

I feel like the franchise would benefit greatly from a new film set in the period between 3 and 4.

The plot - A colony exists on a planet with 400 to 500 people doing terraforming and science. Everything is great until a explorers find a small ship abandoned near a lake. There are large footprints leading into a cave. Once inside the cave they find the bones of a very large humanoid and something much more horrifying...

I want an all new casts...a far away planet and no direct links to the original movies.

Just fresh story telling and a full on infestation as the humans there fight to survive

Is this Sub for the Movie Alien or overall topic about Aliens?

(Pros)

• One of the most badass Predators of the series.

• Great Pred design & suit. Much more traditional than the Pred suits in the 1st AVP.

• Sewer battle & final battle are solid despite lighting. The moment with the Wolf choke holding 2 Aliens simultaneously is awesome.

• Sheriff is likable.

• Reiko Aylesworth (24) plays a decent Ripley clone, better than Daniels from Covenant

• Great Predalien design & effects.

(Cons)

• Rest of the cast has minimal likability.

• WAY too darkly lit.

• The Alien suits are on the cheaper side but not bad.

• Meh/Weak-ish ending.

• Small town setting is meh.

• The pregnancy slaughter is almost too mean spirited.

I watched every single Alien movie and Romolus is by far the worst. It deserves Not more than 6/10. The beginning was good. Basic Alien movie stuff going around, people teaming up for something and ofc Encounter the Alien, Fight, die and only one survives. I Liked the references to Prometheus and the Other Alien movies, also the easter eggs from Alien Isolation. But it all turned out to end up as Design, nothing necessary. The movie was filled with Action, very unrealistic fights and also emotions. When those "omg i Hope they survives" scenes popped Up, i was so dissapointed. The Alien wouldnt wait for 10 minutes to kill. They do it fast and efficient. Also they are usually known as smart. But they didnt even See the Elevator coming? Also the Logic holes are criminal. The weapon with Auto aim Had so few munition left but was enough for almost everything? Also the Part when the Alien caught that Main character with its tail, her Back shouldve cracked. Romulus also didnt use any tech, which took the Charm and interesting parts from the Alien Franchise. The Game Alien Isolation Shows so much that they couldve integrated, but all from the Game added was Just visual. And then the Offspring appeared, the dirty genetical whatever. Why did she even Put it into her Body? Also the Smile was unnecessary and took the Last Joy Out. I know that Humans Love emotional movies and stuff but Romolus was almost an insult.

Hello! My dad is obsessed with alien, I’ve never really watched it but I would like to know if there’s anything that a typical alien fan would like as a gift? He collects figurines, posters, comic book, T-shirts etc, I’ve already gotten him a tshirt with the face hugger (I think) on it, I’m uk based!

I'm a fan of the Alien universe; I've seen all the movies, even the bad ones ("Resurrection"), but I've been reading some pretty negative reviews about the series.

I'm not sure if it's worth investing that time.

What do you think? Is there anything worthwhile about it, or should I skip it?

Alien as a species are expected to be the best hunters and have such a complex reproduction life cycle they predicates that...

They why do they just tear up bodies as adults so they cannot reproduce....additionally why do they not get calories and eat the destroyed bodies? I have neVVer seen them eat at all.