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At the risk of sounding like an "academic elitist"...

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In Reply to: RE: I think there are a lot of Prometheus fans who were/are not for the Aliens series. posted by free.ranger on May 26, 2017 at 07:02:36

...Prometheus was too cerebral for most of today's movie going audience delving as it did into subjects like faith and origin. I think RS and financial backers wanted to avoid that and maximize teen/young adult audience potential this time around. So Covenant leaves all the heavy stuff behind and tries to get back to the original's tension and gore........but we've all been there and done that how many times now?.............

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Guardians of the Galaxy covers all the heavy stuff. - geoffkait 09:30:22 05/26/17 (7)
Covenant leaves all the heavy stuff behind? Oh, you mean things like A.I., immortality, God complex, revenge, who created Man, and what happens when replicants get Cabin Fever. At least we know who created the Alien now.
- I'm not surprised you say that...GOTG v2.0 was AWESOME by comparison (nt) - Steve O 11:28:34 05/26/17 (6)
  - Alien Covenant kicked Guardians of the Galaxy out of first place in box office. Hel-loo! Nt - geoffkait 12:48:30 05/26/17 (5)
    Nt
    - After 2 weeks...(nt) - mkuller 11:02:19 05/29/17 (1)
      (nt)
      - Just opening weekend hype; GOTG2 is again ahead of Covenant... - Steve O 12:45:46 05/29/17 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: After 2 weeks...(nt) posted by mkuller on May 29, 2017 at 11:02:19
        
        ...this long holiday weekend. Of course POTC v28.0 is #1 if box office stats float your boat.
    - Barely. Weekend box office placement is a measure of quality? Helu!... - Steve O 14:12:05 05/26/17 (2)
      ...they're way different productions. I had much higher expectations for Covenant given its pedigree and predecessor.
      - I won't go to any movies with a raccoon as the main character in them, period. nt - geoffkait 05:33:02 05/27/17 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Barely. Weekend box office placement is a measure of quality? Helu!... posted by Steve O on May 26, 2017 at 14:12:05
        
        nt
        
        Damn straight. - free.ranger 09:46:11 05/27/17 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I won't go to any movies with a raccoon as the main character in them, period. nt posted by geoffkait on May 27, 2017 at 05:33:02
        
        It will be on cable soon enough. I can make my own popcorn.
Dont worry. - free.ranger 08:19:25 05/26/17 (1)
I also rolled my eyeballs every time they recruited astronauts from biker gangs. Message implied is that you can conduct your life at lower settings and still get included in the big endeavors. Then again, we are living in Trump times.
- Yeah, that pretty much sums it all up (nt) - Steve O 09:13:50 05/26/17 (0)
RE: At the risk of sounding like an "academic elitist"... - BillH 08:15:18 05/26/17 (0)
"Alien" is a tired concept, as well as an ugly-ass critter. Much better is "Predator," which opened a big can of whup on the aliens in the "Aliens v. Predator" movie.
I'll bet I don't sound like an academic elitist.

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