I imagine that John Wick is what Europeans picture when they think of visiting America.

It’s weird to me that a franchise is so universally loved when it puts so much focus on guns. Yeah, it’s fun, it’s fantasy. But maybe a slideshow celebrating headshots doesn’t help when we’re trying to shrink the gun culture.

We still have no idea what this organization actually does when they’re not trying to kill each other. I’ve been assuming crypto.

the coke was so good back then

I got that beat. I used to leave The Critic on loop when I went to sleep (something like white noise, ya know?), and I probably caught their Alien 3 parody at least once a week.

Here’s a an idea, perhaps Hollywood should come up with something new and novel instead of pursuing the old and tired?

Xenomorphs were scary because they were weird and unexplained. Totally “alien” in every sense of the word. The more movies you make about them, the less weird and unexplained they become, so they become less alien. Maybe this property was never meant for a full-blown franchise.

Terminator is arguably in a similar spot, with every entry since T2 a decidedly mixed bag. Hell, even WITH James Cameron and Linda Hamilton back on board, Dark Fate didn’t live up to expectations.

Goddamn, what I’d give to see a new Alien movie that was as good as Prey was.

I had been looking forward to Resurrection. A Whedon script and Jeunet direction (Snappy dialog and off-center, unique artistic sense)...then I saw it.

I don’t know if there’s any franchise that I WANT to see work as much as I do Alien. It’s a shame that the more recent films just haven’t delivered.

Have you seen the Assembly Cut?  Even more watchable (despite the bits of missing audio/film left out in the sun)

#3 is in keeping with #1, and hated by those who love #2. Since I view #2 as being a less scary dumbed down action movie take (as Cameron’s Rambo script was vs First Blood), I don’t mind Fincher killing off Cameron’s characters (just as Scott killed off all but one of his characters).

And whatever they called the extended cut of Alien3 is...okay, not -good-, but it was getting there. Marked improvement.

...it just may finally be time, in the words of Dwayne Hicks, to call game over, man.

Personally, I liked Alien 3, despite it’s obvious flaws. I also thought that it was a perfect end to the Alien saga with the Xenomorph’s (hopefully) last offspring being destroyed along with Ripley and Weyland-Yutani being foiled from getting their potential weapon.

Three is very watchable because of Fincher.

Phillip Kennedy Johnson’s Alien comic by Marvel has been good.

I still contend that Prometheus makes far more sense as a typical slasher movie. Shaw is the “last girl” and everyone else is dumb as rocks because they’re supposed to die dramatically.

Just give me more Amy Heckerling movies, please.