Alien Covenant & Franchise Discussion (Spoilers) (ASMR)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- I share my thoughts and ask what you think about Alien Covenant, the other films in the franchise, the questions & answers the prequels raise and address, and even touch briefly on other related topics such as the lack of sci-fi horror films like this and the future of the film industry.
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James Franco was my favorite. Hope he gets an Oscar for this performance.
+SloppyPooBag You mean when he played Tommy Wiseau
Agreed! I loved how he died instantly. That should be the extent of his acting in every movie.
Dominus Satanas For real tho, weird seeing an actor such as him be in such a small role
SloppyPooBag lol literally
He was on fire.
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UndercoverCracker 100% Agree!!!!
Why does Ridley Scott have a bunch of trained scientist not act like trained scientist and completely ignore all protocols and procedures down to the simple act of wearing a space suit on an alien world where foreign bacteria are a very real and possible threat
TheFireheart44 tasty, tasty plot holes!
TheFireheart44 plot progression
literally
Because that's how you write horror movies. Are you new to the genre?
I didn't actually like Alien: Covenant. Felt the characters were largely forgettable and gormless Alien fodder (aside from Tennesse, and that's down to the awesomeness of Danny McBride), and the biggest problem lies with the subtier whole horror film cliche of 'smart characters doing stupid things'. The magic of the original Alien was that they didn't do anything stupid or out of what normal people would do, and that's why The Thing is the benchmark of horror films. Like, the Captain following a clearly bad David into a crypt filled with horrors and then putting his face into it puts Charlize Theron's run in Prometheus to shame!
Michael Fassbender really carried the film, which is a problem because he outclasses everyone else, even the female lead (who's fine by the way, but clearly outclassed by Fassbender); it's anecdotal, but I don't even remember anyone else's name (apart from the above). Aside from the gorgeous cinematography and special effects, I felt really disappointed by it. The first like half an hour alone was largely pointless; there was barely any character development, and it just felt extremely slow and awkward.
It had some good parts, such as when it shows Shaw's body all vivisected etc - which is what we want to see, we've seen facehuggers, and people getting torn up, chestbusted and stuff, so something new and novel is refreshing and needed.
I agree with Empire's review in which they said "It’s just a shame that one of cinema’s greatest image-makers couldn’t deliver his ideas visually" - and that's why I'm so gutted by the film; I think the story and lore behind the Xenomorph and Alien as a whole is incredible. But the recent two films just can't convey it well. I felt all Ridley Scott took from the criticism of Prometheus was "we needed more Xenomorph action." The main problems as I said was childish, stupid and ridiculous decisions made by supposedly smart scientists and military personnel.
Anyway, sorry for my rant, but I barely know anyone who's into the Alien films - I genuinely meant it last video when I said I preferred your video to the film!
Edit: I thought I'd add that I'm not a nitpicky person. I hate doing that with films, but there's a certain threshold for my suspension of disbelief which is unique to every film, and Alien: Covenant was just plain ridiculous at parts.
Agreed on the visuals. I really wish they'd used a combination of props and CGI on the aliens instead of just a big CGI fest
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Tyler S. What? People sharing opinions?
Someone's been on an Alien binge!
This is why we love this guy, I mean you could say that for any video but you know...
Rift!
Sci-Fi Horror films you should watch:
Pandorum
Event Horizon
Slither
Apollo 18
Splice
Cube
Pitch Black
Moon
Europa Report
The Last Days on Mars
Life
I really enjoyed Covenant, more than I enjoyed Prometheus. I've been an Alien fan since the first time I saw it at 11 years old and Covenant to me really gave me chills much like the old Alien films. I would even go as far as saying that it is my favourite series of movies. As for ranking I wouldn't be able to however if I had to choose Alien 3 would probably be the one I could live without :)
I feel as if i could hold any conversation about any topic with you, whether it be controversial or not, but i must ask, who would win Alien or Predator? (The spin-off movies don't count)
British Twat It would be the predators as they were confirmed in the comics to use xenos in the rites of passage in which young predators would hunt and kill a xenomorph
To be accepted into the tribe as a "hunter" if may
That_one_TH-camr Who_does_things Ah i've heard about that and i thought it was just a made up fan theory, cheers for the info
British Twat Depends on setting in the end. The xenomorphs are much more predatory (ironically) than the Predators, they operate under a hive-mind which is extremely uniform and concise unlike Predators. In a decrepit spacecraft, I'd imagine the xenomorph would absolutely come out on top.
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Such creative content, the only asmr channel I know where you get such unique content.
Biggest problem with the recent Alien movies are trained professionals not acting like trained professionals. However I did like Covenant as a whole.
He's got a freaking face hugger!
Exploring With ASMR he did a video unboxing it. I'm not sure what it's called though
Alien 3 - Assembly Cut - is a masterpiece.
Giger's name is pronounced "Geeger"/ "Geager" as in "meager".
Covenant was good, and visually incredibly stunning.
Dan O'Bannon who wrote the original Alien (along with the "B-52" segment of Heavy Metal and Return of the Living Dead - which he also directed) also passed a few years back. He was the one who brought Giger and Moebius onto Alien back when they were all working on Jodorowsky's Dune. Him and Moebius did a story called "The Long Tomorrow" for Metal Hurlant/Heavy Metal that was used for reference during the productions of Bladerunner, The Empire Strikes Back, and The Fifth Element.
I bloody loved the new Alien movie. For me it goes. Alien, Alien Covenant (WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HATING ON IT) aliens, prometheus, Alien 3, alien resurrection (i dont hate on them as much as most do). AVP and AVP2
wish they would of showed more of the engineers
it was amazing. also i love your asmr videos. so soothing plus lots of variety
Artistic is definitely a good word for Alien: Covenant, and for the Alien franchise in general! It's creepy art, but it is definitely artful! I haven't seen Alien 2, 3, or Resurrection, but I'd rank the others the same way you did. I like the slow unraveling of the mystery behind the Alien organism. I also really like the fact that something as obviously beautiful as this film series is using the creation of the xenomorphs as a self-aware, meta-commentary on the creation of art. Very thought provoking.
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Really loving the Alien focused vids Uncle E! And Hudson is my favorite character! My favorite line of his: "Yeah man, but it's a dry heat!"
Annihilation with Natalie Portman is some pretty freaky sci fi horror. It really caught me off guard how good it was.
I liked covenant, however I definitely agree with your order when it comes to quality. Covenant lacked the suspense that was seen in both Alien and even in Aliens. SPOILER ALERT................ That being said, the characters being killed so quickly throughout covenant kind of reduced that feeling of building suspense. The xenomorph being somewhat cunning and almost enjoying killing it's prey was what made it so scary, not it's brute and relentless attacks. Just my two cents, Alien will always be number one even though I found some enjoyment in Covenant. I'd still see Covenant multiple times though as a fan of Ridley Scott's creation and imagination.
I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve been watching Covenant again recently, and I didn’t really care for the cgi. I thought it was a little sloppy
loved alien covenant and my favorite part was the backburster scene where the one girl locked the other in with the guy while he was all seizure-like. it was so gruesome but the coolest scene imho. i felt like the cating in that part really made it scary because most people would lock that girl in their if they thought it would contain the infection (obviously it didnt). i loved how they were yelling through the glass and you could see blood spurting out of his back in the background.
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I just realized your shirt was Mona Lisa and the alien head lmao. Great. I thought Prometheus might have been the superior film but this one was pretty dam fun to watch.
P.S. That albino alien that stood upright was one of the scariest things I've seen on screen in a while.
I named my dog Hudson after Bill Paxton died
Aliens is probably my favourite film of all time.
I also really liked covenant.
Great video! 👌🏼
As a not so hardcore Alien fan I enjoyed the movie for what it was. It got me interested in the story and I will now go back and watch all of the old movies.
38:30 - the captain has nothing to be suspicious about David? He just saw him talking with a killer alien and after shooting it, showing clear sign of distress. Oh, well. Still, very good and relaxing video, Eph!
Love all these Alien-videos Rift!:D
I prefer Predator
I agree ! we need more Sci Fi Horror genre film's. The Thing , Alien ....... that's all there is & they are 2 of my top 5 favorite film's of all time
Haven't even seen the movies but I love ER's discussion videos so I'm going to spoil EVERYTHING for myself :D. WORTH IT.
Same
Literally just got home from seeing it. Perfect timing!
Have the same opinion of critics as ER, also try to avoid spoilers, except in the case of this video. Guess that's why I wasn't aware some people dislike Fassbinder. Very nice talk, was just thinking the other day wasn't it time for a "Let's Talk" or a Podcast? Easy to get lost in The Rift, but always nice to hear from Paul as himself, anytime. Great t-shirt, good co-host - didn't interrupt once.
I live in Springfield, PA! so cool to meet someone like you that lives around here
Loved Alien Covenent, the best movie iv'e seen in a long long time. I'm a film major and was impressed with many aspects of this film.
I liked Alien Covenant a lot more than Prometheus myself. Yes, there were a couple of questionable moments, like them not wearing suits when they went down to the planet but at least they took the time to explain that they had scanned the atmosphere and had already determined there was breathable air. But for the most part, the internal logic of the movie was sound.
Prometheus on the other hand had people doing inexplicable and just plain dumb things the entire time. I guess you can say I'm "nitpicking", but it's hard for me to enjoy a movie when characters who are supposed to be scientists and other highly educated people are acting so stupid. Prometheus was one of those movies where the characters just do things to forward the plot, but don't behave rationally or believably. And there were so many unanswered questions, what is the black goo? Why did the engineer kill Weyland, etc. Just too much random stuff that was not explained.
One thing I've heard people complain about was the callbacks in Covenant. Personally, I thought they were pretty minimal and overall I thought they were cool little references for the fans, like the ship's computer being called mother, the title sequence and the crew being kind of "space truckers". I also really liked that the score was reminiscent of the classic music from Alien and Aliens.
People also have criticized the ending sequence as being derivative, but I thought of the last half hour as kind of a "bonus" sequence. After the middle of the movie with the dueling Fassbender roles, which was really the "meat" of the film and evoked thoughts about the creation of life and the human impulse to create our own works of technology/art, we got a classic bug loose on a ship scenario just to really scratch the Alien "itch". The shower scene I felt was a winking homage to the great horror movies and it worked in that context. I almost felt like people who didn't like this part of the movie were disappointed that Alien Covenant was in fact, an Alien movie. But hey, it's right there in the title people, that's what you signed up for! I will say though that the time frame of face hugger to chest burster to full grown alien being sped up greatly in this movie bugged me. This directly contradicted Alien where the facehugger was on Cain's face for hours and then him being fine for at least a couple more hours before the chest burst scene. If they were going to accelerate the development of the alien, it should have been addressed. Other than that though, I was satisfied with it and felt it was the best entry into the franchise since Aliens.
Anyway, thanks for the video ER, love all of your stuff, keep cranking them out!
Saw the movie in the cinema this very evening. Amazing.
Love your vidoes man next time you should do a discussion on transformers the last knight give us your thoughts and opinions expressed how you felt about it but over all keep doing what your doing man your work is wonderful
Paul that arena is just where the people had gathered to see the ships, there was a city surrounding the arena. I literally just finished it an hour ago.
I love this guy he is cool funny and has a great sense of humor he is just a fun guy anyone to have this guy as a dad is lucky
just watched it tonight, i thought it was a really fun mashup of alien and aliens
I loved it! Makes me want to rewatch all of the old original Alien movies
Just saw alien covenant tonight and I thought it was fantastic. Finally a new movie in the alien series that returns to form! (even if only slightly)
I usually use this type of video as background noise, it helps me focus, but this time it actually captivated me :D I enjoyed alien but I'm late :p I've only seen 3 of them
I saw Alien Covenant, it was slow in the beginning but it picked up and I really enjoyed it. So no spoilers for me, and we were introduced to new aliens where they come out of you mouth and back which really scared me but in a good way. 👽👌👍👏
I thought this movie was one of the best Alien movies
I could not agree more, as someone who simply enjoys the acting and awesomeness of alien movies.
CDubVidya never seen any of them, I need to
CDubVidya lol no
I hope that's a joke.
Agreed, far superior to the third and fourth movies for sure and at least on par with Prometheus which was also quite entertaining. So good to see Sir Ridley Scott still out and kicking even when he's almost 80. Here's hoping he is able to maintain his health and enjoy his work for many more years to come.
The Netflix documentary on HR Giger is pretty illuminating. Shows his last days and how vast his creative abilities truly were. Also shows how hard they had to work to even get credited for the creation of the Alien character, let alone other aspects of the Alien franchise. The Temple that appears in Prometheus is Giger's unused creation from a production of Dune that never got made into film. When you see this guy's work, you just know it. Truly incredible.
Ephemeral rift is definitely the best Asmrtist.
I love your asmr movie review videos! So relaxing and entertaining since we have similar movie tastes.
I haven't seen any of the films. I need to see Alien at some point.
Bless the day that you woke up and said: "Hey, I think I'm gonna do ASMR videos".
Regarding the matter in lacking of Sci-fi Horror, I was happy to see Arrival and Life, both that I recommend you see if you haven't already, personally I found them entertaining and refreshing.
there was a lot of problems with the movie honestly.
-not wearing a helmet on a alien planet, you never know whats on it
-the religion dude did call David the devil, not trusting him and the followed him into a chamber full of eggs
-all of the characters didn't have much personality
You don't have to make a movie to see its faults honestly, but it was alright
Alien: Covenant was good, but I am disappointed that the Engineer storyline seems to be being swept under the rug.
Hopefully Alien Covenant: Origins, a book set set between Prometheus and A:C that comes out later this year, will give me my engineer fix.
Also Alien3 is pretty good IMO. Resurrection was a mis-fire though (but the swimming Alien scene was badass).
I enjoyed the movie quite a lot. Ranking Alien, Aliens, Covenant, Prometheus, Alien 3, Ressurection
I really loved covenant, probably my 2nd favorite in the franchise after the first alien.
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The man was true to his word, thumbs up
If you liked Alien, then you definetly should see that newer movie Life
Your voice is butter lol love this discussion too!
Covenant was great. I never saw Prometheus so I was lost on some of the plot but visually it was excellent.
I have a guitar painted by HR Giger ;)
Filip Persson :o wow!
I believe Alien Covenant was pretty good but it lacked a bit of more horror than all the other movies. It had its share of gore and blood, but this one was probably more focused on finding out what happened to the Prometheus and maybe there was a bit to much talking and it was missing a bit of full on gore setting and it wasn't as suspenseful as all the other movies. I really enjoyed the insider idea of studying these aliens/creations, and learning more about their anatomy, their thinking, and other things. It had its psycho side to it too! It was really good!
Loved this video! Next we need to talk about the predator series.
the explosion was random, its was the dr shaws broadcast from the alien ship that she and david escaped in that drew the colonist ship crew to investgate the planet as a possible substitute for the one they were heading to.
1. Aliens
2. Alien
3. Prometheus
4. Alien: Covanent
5. Alien 3
I don't count that pile of shit resurrection
6. dick head
not a fan of the topic BUT it doesn't matter at all. I could listen to you all day. I appreciate your interest in this. more vids like this please. :)
Gunna go ask my crush out wish me luck....
Edgy アニメーション hope it went well
neutrino blast was caused by the creation of a new star and its ignition
under 5 mins club
when the ship comes down to the engineers home planet that is filmed in New Zealand
The spoilers made me feel so many tingles 😍 I am so triggered 😍😍
I saw covenant I was really excited about it! I liked it a lot but I think it would really help viewers to see Prometheus beforehand.
I liked Covenant (need to see it again), and I liked Prometheus. I'm all about the escape factor, too, and try not to get too picky about my escapist entertainment. I think Covenant makes a decent follow-on to Prometheus, but I'm not letting Ridley Scott off the hook wrt more answers about the Engineers, what their purpose for genetically "seeding" other planets is, and why they intended to destroy humans ~2000 years before Prometheus. Essentially, all the stuff that Shaw wanted to know at the end of Prometheus, I want to know, too.
After seeing "The Crossing", I thought they were going a different direction with David (and Shaw, by extension), but I was way wrong. David's god complex is clearly now off-the-rails, and is now the prime mover of the story. Interesting to see the story migrate to the point where the motivations and actions of the company synthetic is now at the center (vs. a supporting concept, a la Ash or Bishop).
I'm also interested in knowing more about what David's motivation was for what he did when first arriving at the Engineer's home world. Good stuff all around, but I want to see more backstory filled in as they continue forward. Visually stunning of course, as was Prometheus.
I love xenomorphs so much.....
So so so much.
Probably too much.
I believe that the fact that the history is a mystery as the aliens are scarier that way.
I was hoping they would gives more insight into the "engineers" world, culture, their motives. We weren't given much and it only adds to the many mysteries. This film was Davids story and how his fascination with creation has changed him into quite the character. Something really interesting though is that the black chemical that was unleashed on Paradise only attacks non metallic organisms as said by David.
In the case that you see this rift, I was wondering, have you ever read the book death troopers. If you haven't, I really recommend it. It's a tad bit juvenile, but it's one of the only examples of Star Wars based horror. It's a really cool story
Alien Covenant was a nice, solid movie. It was a safe movie, definitely a setup for the next installment.
As far as the sex scene goes, doesn't that fit thematically with the themes of Alien though? Since the first movie, sex has been a huge part of the themes and motifs of Alien. You can thank H. R. Giger for that. In my opinion, I think the shower scene is well-suited for the movie.
This guy is too precious for TH-cam's horrors..
Hard to believe Bill Paxton is gone. Makes me sad :(
You should do more discussions like this!
I know you don’t like the torture films but I would definitely recommend Saw if you haven’t seen it. I personally think the story is really interesting.
I haven't seen a single Alien movie but I haven't seen a single scene of Covenant that made me want to see it. Especially Danny McBride.
i honestly hate what these prequels have done to the alien's origin, that's my number 1 problem with them.
I was curious about the origin of the spores too- I suppose they'd have to be a natural after-effect of David's bombardment on the environment. And perhaps then David began experimenting with both the spores and their Neomorphs. There's a series of miniature versions of the facehugger eggs in his labs, I suppose these started as the spores.
David as the creator of the alien bothers me. The alien was meant to be the embodied of "alien", in form and origin, and shrouded in mystery.
I'd like the concept better if David was only experimenting with pre-existing alien material (keeping the original Alien mystery intact).
It's also a shame that Shaw and her plot line with the engineers was cut short.
An incredibly creative mind behind a fine handsome man. You are really a stand out Rift, keep it up.
Man that alien egg is so awesome!
Jealous more than a little.
+Ephemeral Rift I recomend you to watch event horizon and pandorum. Both are sifi and horror movies that take place in space.
There is a very interesting theory that the planet in Covenant is not the Engineers home-world but another one of their creations, that is more linked to them than Earth is.
I know you said you like film, i don't know how you feel about films in other languages but I do highly recommend Train To Busan, it's am amazing movie on Netflix, but you do have to read the captions.
I personally loved the movie, and I would say that it is one of my favorite films in the series. What I loved the most about the movie is the story arch of how the alien was created, and the dynamic between Walter and David.
Why I think people don't like it is because the focus of the movie is not the Alien, which a lot of people thought it would have been. The focus is more on David and the idea of creation. Also, people can't get past how dumb the trained scientists were. However, trained professionals are just people like you and me. Everyone makes mistakes. The scientists aboard the Covenant were book smart and not street smart. There is a big difference.
I loved it too. I love the first two films, I like the second two, the prequels are fun, I know they don't make complete sense, plot holes and all, but I don't care. Alien is fantastic.
Some good sci-fi horror movies are the void and event horizon
The movie pitch black and Riddick were pretty comparable in the sci fi department, it kinda met in the middle for predator and alien by having vin diesel be a dominant male figure and dwindling crew vs monstrous mindless aliens. though the movies seemed to have less than stellar followings