Jesterhead wrote:Burn wrote:Is it considered a prequel if there's no xenomorphs?
Yes.
But, luckily there's a xenomorph skull on a medical table to examination at around 0:35 in the trailer.
Eh...I'm not so sure about that. Looks more like a Chozo skull to me
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But in all seriousness, I'm not really expecting the Xenomorphs to appear in the film. Yes it is a prequal, of that I have no doubt because I can clearly see some of the same archetecture that was present in the original Alien film. Therefore, it takes place in the same Universe, but not necessarily in the same storyline. I highly doubt it will shed too many new insights into the Weyland corperation or where Xenomorphs came from, but I could be wrong.
Anyway, truth be told I'm really, really interested in seeing it because it does loosely tie into the Alien mythos. If it didn't I'd probably pass.
Rodimus Prime wrote:I haven't seen Alien 3 or Alien: Resurrection, and I wasn't impressed by the first 2, but this looks pretty cool, prequel or not. Will be seeing it.
The original I could kind of understand not liking too much. It's good, but a little slow, and not overly bloody(barring one scene), effects heavy or funny, but Aliens? That film is great on so many levels, but I guess it's great in an "action movie" kind of way, and that may not be your style.
As for Alien 3 and Resurection, if you didn't like the first two, you probably wouldn't like them.
Alien 3 goes back to the horror movie/slasher roots, but the story is just weird and not overly exciting throughout, plus it's dirty and kinda ugly to look at. It's not bad per say, but an almost total 180 from Aliens, and a couple storyline choices could tick off fans.
Alien: Resurection is....a forgettable sequal? It's not horrible(I like it a little more than 3), but it is so not up to par with the first two. It has some new ideas and tries to run with them, but they really don't succeed. It at least tries to continue the mythos though.
Finally, a quick word on the Alien vs. Predator movies: First one has a decent story but was cursed with a PG-13 rating and some lackluster action. Second one has better action, but half the time you can't see it and the story/characters play out like a cheap slaher flick...I guess(I'm not a slasher fan at all).