Rate the last film with your terrible opinions

Ditto! Both on Prime. Shit, gonna get adverts.

I just watched Alien Romulus. I think you’ve already done this to death but yeah, it’s good.

The Alien and Bladerunner worlds are the same.

In 2049 you see a ship like the Sulaco at one point and I’m sure they mention Weyland somewhere too.

The landing/manoeuvring screen in the spinner is also in Alien on the Nostromo.

The Time Machine from Back to the Future was also in the movie Beverley Hills Cop

I don’t know, there’s far more evidence that Hooper saved the film from being the overly generic Spielberg product it could’ve been. He asked for numerous rewrites (something he is notorious for in all his productions), he was literally stripping Spielberg’s script’s comedic relief to a stark minimum, and there’s a story of Beatrice Straight literally telling off Spielberg that if Hooper deemed his dialogue unworkable, then it was Hooper’s right to have Spielberg approve removing that dialogue, as Hooper was the director. I think this unusual working method of Hooper’s - to constantly change things, reinterpret things - is actually what sparked the rumors. All cast members support Hooper. I think some technical department heads were resentful that Hooper was getting his way when they were so determined to have a “Spielberg film” on their resume. Didn’t work out that way, so they made up stories.

The guy who claimed that somewhat walked back his statement later. It was nonsense to begin with anyway, Hooper conceived the entire project, it would be a real jerk move for Spielberg to kick him off the project after developing the film and putting months into pre-production - all to be a front for Spielberg? Doesn’t make any sense.

Not a film, but the Firefly ship appears in the first episode of Battlestar Galactica. If I remember rightly, the same visual effects studio worked on both so stuck it in the background. Think you can see it amongst some other ships out of a window in Roslin's office.

The thing I like about Art (aside from him not talking) is that he's genuinely invested in being a clown. It's not just a costume, he does all the clown bits before he eats your face.

If it helps, Art is actually an android and the Terrifier movies take place in the same universe as Blade Runner and Alien.

Alien Romulus

(because what this thread needs is more opinions about this film, obvs)

First 30 minutes were good. Really good. Then it all went to absolute shit as the script devolved into a series of box ticking exercises of what Hollywood executives think the fans "really want" and basically became a mixtape of all the previous films with numerous jarring callbacks. When Andy said that line at the bottom of the lift shaft I cringed so hard I think I passed out for about a second.

This is typically the problem with modern sequels to established franchises and they really need to just stop.

Anyway, the film looked absolutely amazing, visually. The practical effects were great, although the aliens were somehow the least interesting thing about the film.

What a tragedy that the script turned out to be such a massive disappointment.

8/10 for the first half an hour, 4/10 for the rest.

This mirrors entirely my feelings I'm quite surprised that many people overlooked it but then maybe this is what people want.

I loved the short scenes on the planet in the drudgery and Rain being rebuffed by the deskworker (10/10). The bantz before boarding the ship was terrible (4/10). It greatly picked up when they boarded the space station, but that's always the easy bit in a horror film right, before the horrors are actually uncovered (9/10). I also liked the science lab sections (7/10). Then the action ramped up and got a bit silly imo - agree that the xenos themselves were the least interesting part of it (5/10). THAT line happened and we hit rock bottom (0/10), then I thought the 'epilogue' was awesome (9/10).

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Does Empire magazine still do those 'quality over time' graph things for movies?

Or was that Total Film? 

Which is now in the magazine graveyard now I believe.

Having just watched that epicly long video in the star trek thread about everything wrong with Picard, it sounds similar. Hey, remember this character you liked? Hey, remember this line? Hey, remember this name? Nostalgia!