Alien Resurrection Review - Off The Shelf Reviews
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- (Re-uploaded after copyright take down) Join Gary and Iain for a review and discussion of, Alien Resurrection (1997) by Director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Starring, Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman and Brad Dourif.
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The best part of this movie was Sigourney Weaver’s epic basketball ball shot...which was real!!!
At around minute three you can see just how pissed Gary is getting at Iain trying to defend this movie, he physically can’t contain his disgust 😂😂
I hate this freaking movie whedon fucked up I remember I was pissed sitting in that theater think this movie Is shit who thought comedy Was a good idea
This movie will always have a fond place in my heart. Not because of the movie, but because of the memory.
I first watched this movie up in my bedroom. It was a winters night, i was huddled in my blanket, had my little selection box and on my little box tv beside my orange glow of my lava lamp was Aliens Resurrection.
Film always takes me back to that menory. So i will always hold a fond place for Alien Resurrection in my heart 😍😍
Scott
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The problem is, the Aliens DON'T SPIT ACID! This is something Alien Resurrection introduced that had never been done before. In Alien 3, the dogburster spit SOMETHING at one of the prisoners that caused him to fall into the that huge fan, but it wasn't clear it was acid. It makes no sense for the Aliens to spit acid.
Thank you. Never was it even suggested that xenomorphs can spit blood in the trilogy. Acid is their blood, not their saliva!!
Yeah the xenomorph in Alien 3 just spit its slime/saliva at the guy. Nothing more to it.
The movie should have been how Ripley is struggling with her humanity being a clone and having the xenomorphs DNA in her.
Not a stupid slasher in space.
At the time I hated it but as time moves on I like it more and more.
Yes, these are by far the best moments they explore in the actual film
This movie failed where New Nightmare was able to succeed. This was a Wes Craven parody of the Alien series.
The newborn freaked me out
I couldn't take my eyes off it .
It was the set pieces that saved this film . the story was a joke
but it was relentless.
This film gets so much hate - but face it, it's a guilty pleasure.
Adam Poll that's Alien 3 for me. This movie was utter shit. Alien 3 got a lot of hate but I can't help but like it.
both 3 and resurrection are flawed yet still enjoyable movies. I still prefer 3 over this one, but mostly because I liked the sets and atmosphere more.
Lon Tanner alien 3 is actually good though once you get over the fact that they kill off newt and hicks. the directors cut helps as well
Requiem was a guilty pleasure.
This is a pease of rotton shit.
Not a guilty pleasure for me. I love the movie, not just as much as Alien and Aliens.
I always assumed that the reason the alien Queen is already pregnant is because Ripley was at the earliest stages of pregnancy from Charles Dance's character in Alien 3? But I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere?
Also the newborn is the most disturbing thing and I love the horror of its design, it really did save the movie. Its death is so memorable.
Thanks for saying that
Fertilization and implantation takes a lot longer than Ripley was on Fury 161 for, so pretty sure Ripley wasn’t pregnant at the time and day of her death.
@@AnekoFoxx It takes a mere 30 hours for cells to start dividing.
@@AnekoFoxx it doesn't matter if she were pregnant or not anyway because cloning does NOT work like this 😂. If you clone a person with a gaping wound, the clone doesn't inherit a gaping wound. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
"Oh my god, that poor deformed clone of myself, i must end their pain."
>Burns Clone 7 Ripley alive, one of the single most painful ways to kill someone...
I always wondered why Call didn't give Ripley a normal gun. They had plenty. Little bitch.
I remember being unsettled by that when I saw this movie in the cinema.
Well i too was pretty unsettled by that scene and many other such scenes in other movies ...and after thinking about it ..i came up with one sort of excuse ... being that due to the heat and fuel ..you would burn your lungs immediately...and would choke right away ..and the stress of extreme heat no air would give you a boost of dopamine endorfines cortisol etc and that combined with shock... it wouldnt be a long lasting concious experiance ... extreme can feel as if you freezing because the data is too much for your overloaded nerves....i think ...im speculating
She mercy killed Dallas by burning him too
It's a surprisingly recurring thing throughout the Alien films, people getting burned alive. If you include the Dallas deleted scene it's happened in every film (excluding AvP)
For me the death of the baby hybrid was honestly a heart retching moment. I dunno exactly why but it really impacted me. If you notice cloned Ripley looks at it and actually tears up and I think a tear comes down. I dunno, just... that scene really left a lasting image on me.
It was a traumatizing movie moment for me as a child- seeing this creature cry out, thrashing violently as it’s horrifically torn apart piecemeal, while Ripley 8 watches on teary eyed...I got more of a emotional response from this creature’s death than Hicks and Newt’s sudden deaths in 3.
I had the same reaction. It was the eyes for me. The eyes and the noise.
At least this can't be the worst alien film anymore lol
thats not a good thing!
Still has more heart than Prometheus and covenant.
You got that right
Alien resurrection is not a terrible movie
NO! This IS the worst Alien movie ever. Alien Covenant should be giving a Oscar compared to this pile of shit.
Requiem was better than this.
The hybrid looks like Frank Langellas Skeletor
This is a comic book with comic book characters. Watched with that in mind, I enjoy this film.
I read that alien 5 was going to suggest that Ripley dreams alien 3 and 4. And she goes to the alien home planet for the final fight
@WinnieTheGrizzly that alien planet part of what you said can be a nice defense on why it's better that david made the aliens
I watched Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection for the first time in 2019 as a 31 year old. I have never really been into Sci-Fi to be honest, but I have the blu-ray box-set and figured I should at least watch Alien. I became an instant fan of the Alien films right from the get go. I was simply blown away by the first one, and I haven't had that reaction to a movie since early teens, not that strong at least. I usually have a problem with sequels, in that I don't like them in general and that probably hurt the second one for me. I did love Newt though, and constantly thought throughout the film "Newt is cute". But I didn't have the same feeling I usually have after watching a sequel, I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. It was for certain above average, but in the end it was too action packed for my taste, it simply felt like an action film. I had some apprehensions towards Alien 3 because I knew some about the problems in production and that. But after watching half of the Off The Shelf Reviews' video on it, I had to pause it and watch the 3rd one and I wasn't disappointed, I really liked that film and it had a perfect ending (theatrical). It was with this ending, the perfect ending to the trilogy I was more than hesitant of watching the 4th film in the series and although I don't really regret seeing it, I kinda wished I hadn't. For me it is a trilogy and that's the way I am going to re-watch them as. I was adamant that if OTSR praised the "special edition" to high heaven I might re-watch Resurrection, but after this review it won't be seen again by me at least.
Sci Fi to checkout if you haven't already.
Innerspace, the fly, short circuit, 9, oblivion, arrival, and certainly not last the Congress with Robin Wright.
P.S. the idea of using the chest burster to kill the guy is also stupid for another reason. How did the guy know that would happen? He's never seen it before and had no reason to believe that the baby Xeno would have enough birthing power to punch through a dudes skull bone... twice.
Aliens roar in this like a Tyrannosaurus?
For me this movie belongs with jason x and deep blue sea, a guilty pleasure.
This was an entry into the series that I happily ignored after the first time I'd seen it. I've probably seen it again since, but it's not one that I ever feel compelled to watch. Admittedly, it does have it's moments and the core idea the cloning is quite an interesting topic to explore. Unfortunately, the final product leaves something to be desired. It's a film I would recommend that _Alien_ fans see at least once, but to everyone else the recommendation stops at _Aliens._ There's films that you "should see" and unfortunately, this isn't one of them.
That newborn alien looks like Greasy Strangler.
This film is very dark and disturbing, even more so than Alien 3, and the score doesn't help much, it actually keeps you in a state of despair, it's almost nauseating?
The art direction is good, but that's about all that this movie has going for it. And Michael Wincott, he's always good.
The one good idea of the movie was to advance the timeline hundreds of years away from Ripley - the bad idea was to get Ripley back...
If they make a proper Alien-Reboot/whatever - go further into the future. Don't use Ripley, don't use Weyland Yutani, get instead the military etc. And set it all on an Alien Planet with wird, intimidating, unexplainable architecture and geometry. Go wild here with the sets, and have the Alien's be scary again...somehow...
3:37 SHE CAN SWIM LONGER; SHE DOESN'T NEED TO BREATHE! She could've gone out the ship, done a little space walk, noone else could've done it so who cares how she got around? And why didn't she go to open yet another door so they don't have to swim through water? BECAUSE SHE CAN'T REVEAL HERSELF AS AN ANDROID! She only reveals herself TO RIPLEY in "let's keep it between us freaks" confession.
seeing clone 7 reawakened number 8's humanity
Ive never been able to make sense of the Ripley clone having a Queen inside her. How the frick does that work??? Okay, cloning Ripley i can believe, but how does her clone have a Queen chestburster growing in her? If someone shoots me in the face and i die and then someone clones me, does that mean my clone will have a bullet lodged in his skull? If i eat a cheesburger and then get cloned, will the clone have a cheesburger in his stomach? It just doesnt make sense to me. Nothing in this movie really makes sense to me, it honestly just feels like a parody. At least its better than Prometheus and Alien Covenant, tho
Did you make sense of the egg on the sulaco in Alien 3?
I'm sorry but I LOVE this movie, it's different from all the other Alien movies, but it's a great movie in it's own right. ALL THE CAST WERE BRILLIANT! Character development was BRILLIANT! And notice how it's better then Covenant, and Prometheus , and it has nothing to do with the budget(actually much smaller), or Sigourney, they had Noomi and couldn't make a proper film. No story telling, no character development, just a bunch of mumbo jubo and a lot of expensive visuals that lead nowhere.
The Human / Alien hybrid is the worst idea since Olaf the Hairy ordered 200 battle helmets with the horns on the inside ( Blackadder ) .
Regarding Pervis's chestburster scene, they got one thing right in my opinion, the fact he began to bleed from the mouth, if your insides are being shredded, especially from the chest cavity that should happen. I hate this film but elements of it are great.
Alien (1979) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Aliens (1986) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Alien vs. Predator (2004) ⭐⭐⭐
Alien3 (1992) ⭐⭐⭐
Alien Resurrection (1997) ⭐⭐⭐
Prometheus (2012) ⭐⭐
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) ⭐⭐
Alien: Covenant (2017) 0/5 stars [I haven't even bothered to see it.]
This was so f*cking terrible and I loved it, a total guilty pleasure- it also gave us one of the best alien game tie-ins on the PlayStation.
I freaking adore this movie so much! This was honestly the first Aliens movie I saw while I was in my early teens and I still hold this one close to my heart as being a super awesome fun popcorn movie.
No mention of the Captain playing follow the gun? The guy is carrying three or four guns already and he's just like yeah, more guns, let's keep walking. Good thing he didn't make it to the underwater scene, else he would have drowned from the weight of all the guns
Better than Alien 3 for me.
no
@@xsm5525what ? Your saying it’s not better for him
HOLD ON!!! I always interpreted the scene with Ripley and the Alien as a sex scene.
Alexander Nixon that's what they say. I didn't know either I thought it was so weird and out of place.
It's cuz they view Ripley as part of the hive and because she views them as family. It was taking her home. It was more like a mother/child thing.
The first 3/4 of Alien resurrection was awesome but when the alien human hybrid showed up the movie went down
I agree..it got kinda silly near the end
That totally ruined the movie for me the stupid new born...At least what they did in Romulus was light yrs better with the huge suprise near the end of the film..
Ripley's story arc ended in Alien 3. Bringing back Ripley as a clone was just one of many terrible ideas in this movie.
for me it ended in Aliens ...
Canonically? Aliens.
I don't think anyone agreed with what they did to all those characters at the intro of Alien 3
brad dorf in deadwood is outstanding
The Pilot: I'll give you my authorisation codes, it's "EA TM E" (EAT ME) 😅😅😅😅😅
the hybrids death at the end would be unlikely. Apparently the vacuum of space is similar to the pull of the average vacuum cleaner
Watching this review is the closest I've gotten to watching this movie a second time since I saw it in the theater 20 years ago. I've owned it twice as part of two different box sets (dvd and blu-ray) and both copies probably still have the plastic on them. What epic garbage.
That being said, the under water scene was great.
It still blows my mind that ANYONE thought that Jean Pierre Jeunet,
(a fantastically creative director - with the great post-apoc black comedy *Delicatessen* (1991) and the completely to-this-day unique *City of Lost Children* (1995)
was IN ANY WAY a suitable directorial fit _for a fuckin Alien sequel!?_
WHO?? WHO'S FRIGGIN IDEA WAS THAT??
Fox wanted a director they could minuplate which seemed to be there best way to control this film...which they couldn't do with Cameron, or Fincher...Ridley Scott is the wild card with what he did with the prequles...
The release year says (1992), just wanted to let you guys know.
I have to disagree with Gary, I love this film. I like all the characters, they all have their own quirks and you understand who they are within 5 minutes of them getting into the ship
I just found out about your channel yesterday and I enjoyed watching your reviews. Thank you very much for sharing
This movie is way better than Prometheus and alien covenant
Great review! I was old enough at that point to watch an Alien movie on the big screen, so Resurrection has always had soft spot in my heart despite all it had going against it.
If you hate that film don´t watch the directors cut where Ripley lays eggs.
he may have abandoned the scripts but he did write all the jokes.
*Turn Up*
Just commenting to support........................................................................don´t forget watching and reviewing Utopia. (Sorry have to keep taunting.)
still better then alien prequels, and both avp movies
Hey man I like AVP 1
40:59 Insights like that are why I like Gary. That's the sort of thing I think about in films.
Cool review, as always but... one thing guys - in extended cut, Christi tells Vincent (soldier-boy) about granades he uses - that is what explains multiple explosion in a trap scene ;)
The Director's Cut is actually the Theatrical one.
The thing about Alein Resurrection is just don't. I stop at Alein 3 myself. This shit don't even exist as far as I'm concerned.
Guys, I know I am very late to the party but... The grenade scene. This is one mistake many critics and movie watchers make. Just because you see _multiple_ explosions, that does _not_ mean these are _different_ explosions. In this scene we are shown two explosions, but from different perspectives, so even the last John Doe in the cinema is given the chance to understand/see why two grenades are enough to wipe all these pesty eggs out. It's a bit like the tiring argument that when you see a guy firing a handgun multiple times and then see the bullets flying around his target, he must have used more bullets than available in the magazine. This happens so often just because the critic counts the bullets fired on screen by the shooter AND the bullets flying around the targets (just because you hear the firing sound again in the other perspective, that doesn't mean that these are two different bullets/firing sounds). Of course there is a difference between a gun fired 20 times on-screen with said gun only being able to hold six bullets and an automatic pistol with a twelve bullet magazine seemingly fired fifteen times with three times having another angle than the shooting perspective.
As for the underwater escape of Ms. Android, she obviously took a route not suitable for the humans. You know Iain, for a guy who waives off plotholes or missing links in Alien 3 by bringing up novels and fan-fiction, you really show some lack of fantasy here. ;o) Also, one thing a critic should never do in my eyes: if a movie's plot inconsistencies or contradictions or simply missing information are not or cannot be explained by the movie in question itself, then that's simply bad or at least lazy writing of the script (or bad excecution by the director) and thus should not be excused by bringing material from outside of the movie to the table. I get it, you guys love the franchise, as do I (even the two AvP ones), but that doesn't mean that explanations missing in the movie should be substituted with material alien to the movie, as the regular movie viewer simply doesn't do that. It's nice to mention it as a fan service or to bring up a new perspective for the viewer, but again, to excuse a movie's failings by it is a big no-no in my book.
Just my irrelevant two cents. :oD
God, Sigourney Weaver is so beautiful in this movie. In the others as well but I watch them way more often than this one, so this wasn't so present in my head...
not sure why people dont treat this as a light hearted comedic aliens. because it is
They had some ideas to cary on with the clone in something called the Ellen Ripley chronicles. I would have loved to have seen that.
While I agree with most of this video's criticism, I do disagree with the music so much. At moments I thought that Dr. Evil would show up with his pinky finger on the corners of his mouth and starting with his evil laughter, because the music sounds almost identical to AUSTIN POWERS and its Dr. Evil theme.
The script/novelization and even the comic book based on the script were way better and Joss Whedon's complains about what they did on the film is clear when one reads the novelization. He hated the design choices, the musical score, the lighting, the casting and the line delivery, where he clearly stated that though all of the actors said the actual lines on the film, they said them with the wrong emotions. I would had loved to have seen ALIEN RESURRECTION done like ALIEN COVENANT, and though I utterly HATE that film, it does look beautiful and had it AR been done as AC, it would had been so good.
It's interesting that the USM Auriga looks very similar in design to the ships in Starship Troopers which came out in the same year.
This is my favorite 👽 movie for some reason, don't know maybe because the characters and the action.🤷
35:00 Mark onward! You guys make so much sense, YES THIS MOVIE WOULD SUCK if it weren't for the previous 3! And I agree that baby is unsettling and that we are kind of familiar with the alien. I really did shit my pants when I saw that thing for the first time. And, I agree that it's really not "alien enough", but it's really scary.
The best thing that I could say about Resurrection is that it never took itself too seriously. It almost has a comic book quality to it. The Betty's crew were great. The Newborn was horrible, though. At least they removed the giant vagina in post production.
+King Bugs
The problem is that the Alien franchise SHOULD take themselves seriously. I'm not sure how Resurrection's idea to add humour is considered a good thing
Well, not a 3 Stooges slapstick type humour, certainly, but more of a whistling-past-the-graveyard, dark style. Aliens had a measure of this, and many consider it to be the best. I can agree with the sentiment that there should be some serious entries into the franchise, but I must submit Covenant as an example of how terribly wrong taking itself too seriously can be.
+King Bugs
I wish they'd scrap the prequels. I don't consider them canon personally. Part of what makes the franchise so good is the mystery and fear of the unknown.
The derelict ship in Alien could have come from a billion different galaxy's, it's eventual demise could be for a million different reasons.
But no, now we know the Alien was created by an android named David, who engineered the alien in his Dr.Jeckyll lab and ikes to play the flute and quote scripture. And the black goo is a...Bio weapon? But it might also not be? And the aliens also spawn from plants? For.Fucks.Sake.
I went to see Alien Resurrection during it's theatrical run and hated it but it's a damn site more watchable than these pretensious prequels.
100% agree. The black goo is nothing but a flawless plot device, like they introduced Superman to the Alien universe, shattering all restraint and grounding whatsoever. I also saw Resurrection during it's theatrical release, and I did not like it at the time, but I've come to change my mind about it in recent years, after seeing the direction Alien has taken.
+King Bugs
I think if Resurrection was a random stand alone sci fi film it would be perfectly acceptable. It's only when you hold it against the first 3 that you know how shit it is in comparison.
Did you ever play the Alien Isolation game? They should have adapted THAT into a film. It's atmosphere and tone would have been enough to please the fans, and at the same time have a new setting and characters.
The Alien franchise could continue and be simple, yet effective, rather than over complicate things with this "Maybe the aliens were created by a race that also created life on earth" shit we're being dealt.
Forgive my lack of knowledge, but where was it established that xenomorphs can spit acid?
Alien 3 :) - Iain
Huh, I guess I have to re-watch that one. Thanks!
they don't spit acid
Yeah they do but only in this film
Because they spit acid on Christie's face
Would you please consider Saw series?
I always thought the newborn Alien was another Ripley variant. It makes sense considering how it reacts to the Alien queen and then to Ripley.
Well it was the dog/ox alien who could spit the acid not the human aliens so it still makes sense? Oh yeah I forgot the alien at the ladders spitting .... my bad ... sigh I dont hate this film per se but inconsistencies makes it hard not to.
There is also alien resurrection video game on play station
Somehow i like how wierd the scientists and the military are in this movie, they are moraly so degenerated, it almost makes this film a grotesque. Another thing i liked is that the android is the most empathic being. The crew around Ripley comes a long like in an adventure movie which makes it less authentic but i let that slip after Alien 3 Depression. The human-alien synthesis is literaly too slimy.
Actually - think of the Betty crew as GOTG "ravagers" and the whole film looks a bit different...?
Been a while since I watched this review, Listened to the Alien Resurrection audiobook and damn does it make it better, Rippley's struggle with her shared DNA with the alien, her birth and growth, the extensions were so much better, instead we got this movie, I never hated this one but my god the book is a million times better, if they had just extended this movie a little and gave the story time to breathe we could have had a fantastic addition to the franchise.
I can't sit through this film. Its The Force Awakens of the Alien franchise. Unjustifiably tacked on. But I enjoy hearing you guys discuss it. :-)
Omg well said
Do Aliens spit acid in 1 or 2? I thought it was just part 3 and that could be cuz it was a different alien. I thought it was cool that they ganged up on one of their own to escape.
As someone, who saw this movie first, out of all the other Alien movies, I have a bit of a bias towards it.
I don’t mind this film, since it’s a clone of Ripley I see it as sort of a side story. Somewhat of a bittersweet ending when Ripley sort of made it back home to earth.
I thought it would have been interesting if Ripley was the one who let the Aliens out of there cages after discovering the other clones, and maybe her vauge memories of Newt and everything she has gone through because of people who want to capture and study the Alien.
To me this was better than the thrid one.
I agree with you john ashley alien resurrection is better than alien 3
How do the Aliens know they have acid for blood? If you weren't told, would you know what you had inside you unless you cut yourself? And even then you wouldn't know what it was. The spitting thing makes more sense. It would be an instinctual attack. Now, if there was a scene where they tried that, and then worked it out, turning to each other saying "Hey Yogi, that acid spit almost worked, you reckon Dave has some hardcore shit inside him?". "Why Boo-Boo, you know what, he probably does... hey Dave, wanna come over here for a second, nothing important". Then as they escape down the hole it's like a WB cartoon, as there's a pause, look at the camera as a fourth wall break with subtitles saying "I'm smarter than the average Xenomorph". Then the Alien drops down the hole. Edit in the du du du du dudud du music if needed.
I am pretty sure any animal knows the properties of it's bodily fluids.
In Aliens, they attack, but are confronted by the automatic guns. Then they decide to find another way in and remain hidden by moving through the ceiling.
Aliens are intelligent, like cats.
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Compared to prometheus and covenant is a masterpiece. At least the characters weren't a bunch of meatheads and it was entertaining.
The sequel which deletes the abomination of Alien 3, Ripley finally has the happy ending she deserves, she destroys the bugs, has her little girl, crew and ship back and goes on to become the female Malcom Reynolds.
alien 3 is NOT an abomination. resurrection and covenant are.
@@xsm5525 Covenant and Prometheus absolutely appalling! Resurrection isn't bad, it's not great but it gives Ripley her happy ending.
JE Freeman seemed like a nice man and he played a right bastard in this so that is good acting.
Alien: Haunted House in Space
Aliens: Vietnam in Space
Alien3: Religious Allegory in Space
Alien Resurrection: Freakshow in Space
As goofy as Resurrection is, it's lightyears better than the AvP movies, which are straight trash. I'm a pretty huge Alien fan, love some of the Dark Horse comics. I'm really glad they didn't go through with Alien 5, bc I hate it when films 'disregard' past films (except in the case of Highlander 2 - that piece of shit deserved to be disregarded).
This film always made me think of that saying, 'When you fight monsters, beware you don't become one.' I think that was almost the theme of the film, in a way, and the clone-room scene is the lynchpin upon which it turns.
Not the best film of the franchise, but I enjoy it for what it is - it came out when I was 16, still an Alien film superfan. I would've loved to have seen what it would've looked like if Whedon had directed it himself, but alas, we got the freakshow version instead.
Still better than covenant
raz well naaah.
like a solid poo is better than a liquid one, i agree.
Covenant should be giving a Oscar compared to this pile of shit
Nope covenant was better than this film..
If you like David fingering it then I guess so.
Ripley swims with the same grace as the xenomorph. If I didn’t know any better I’d say they were natural underwater beings
Captain was NOT a villain in The Doors.
In the underwater sequence answer actually really really funny the alien just got hit by a rocket launcher
I'd like you two to do a review of COPYCAT from 1995. If you like Sigourney Weaver and serial killer thrillers - you will probably enjoy it.
It stars Holly Hunter and has got J.E. Freeman in it too.
I have to be honest. I didn't hate Resurection. It definitely was the worst of Alien franchise at the time. Despite some of the action scenes not being the best, I like it better than Prometheus. Reserection's plot and actors are generally better than Prometheus. The story and plot make more sense than Prometheus. The 'newborn' creeped me out incredibly. It was truly horrific and I am glad there was only one and it got killed lol.
I absolutely loved Alien Resurrection.
I always thought Christie committed suicide on the ladder, as he was a "vain man" who had seen his face get destroyed by acid, and decided that he could not go forward with such a disfigurement.
What!..... 200 years has gone from Alien 3 and only clone number 8 ?
PLEASE DO " FIRE IN THE SKY " & " COMMUNION '
When I watched the alien movies for the first time it was all 4 After each other over some days. And that decline in quality was to much for me to not hate it. But Ive gotten more lukewarm about Ressurection on its own over time.
My problem with Resurrection is genre confusion. It somehow took one of the greatest horror/action movies of the last century and turned it into a mediocre self-referential, dark comedy, something that say, Scream caught the zeitgeist of but this feels like a horrible, confused mess. (Less of a confused mess than Alien 3 arguably - but that movie for all its faults knew which genre it belonged in!)
For example when the general pulls out a piece of his own brain and looks at it cross-eyed. What was going on there?
Ripley destroying her aborted clones (a call back to her destroying the queen's eggs in Aliens) wasting essentially valuable ammo - only for Ron Pearlman to lean into frame "must be a chick thing!" - that's when I realised what was bugging me about the film who was that joke aimed at?
The swimming Aliens were cool tho'.
Resurrection is where the franchise jumped the shark for me. Nothing since has captured what made the first two films so special.
I always enjoy your reviews
They had water instead of a furnace in a kinda tribute to Alien 3