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The Hunter Or the Hunted? Pt 6 (Alien Covenant, 2017)
After the beating Prometheus took from critics and fans, the rumor is that Ridley Scott proclaimed, “They want Aliens? I will give them f___ing Aliens.” And so the Prometheus sequel morphed into an Alien Prequel. Set ten years after Prometheus, we are introduced to…
The Hunter or the Hunted? Pt 5 (Prometheus, 2012)
Resurrection seemed to kill the franchise. But after two Alien vs Predator films, Ridley Scott became very annoyed and wanted to right the ship. Kind of. The vaguely titled Prometheus would be set before Alien, but it was not a direct prequel. Rather, it…
The Hunter or the Hunted? Pt 4 (Alien Resurrection, 1997)
In spite of a lukewarm reception to the third film, the studio wanted to take another try at the Alien Franchise. Although they managed to pump this one out in just three years, it is a bigger mess than the last one. This film…
The Hunter or the Hunted, Pt 3 (Alien 3, 1992)
The success of Aliens had the studio rushing to try and get an Alien 3 going. There were a lot of false starts and bad ideas that led to what we got. Good scripts got tossed aside for weird ideas. There were questions on…
The Hunter or the Hunted? Pt 2 (Aliens, 1986)
About seven years after Alien, hotshot director James Cameron brought the franchise roaring back to life. Rather than make a generic sequel, Cameron made a bold choice. The first film was a haunted house movie, Cameron opted to make a war movie. Ripley is…
Cold Fear (Harbinger Down, 2015)
This film, in part, was a response to the 2011 Thing prequel.In early interviews, (Harbinger Down Director) Alec Gillis had emphasized that it was going to be a mostly practical film. Even the special features show an awful lot of practical work in the behind…
Prometheus Lost
So, Ridley Scott announced the title to the sequel to Prometheus. And I was a bit surprised they caved this early. I was one of the few who at least generally liked Prometheus. It had some problems, such as the whole “what I choose to…
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