Films I watched this week
Discussion
Green Room
From the bloke who brought us 'Blue Ruin' (colour themed titles?) which was also excellent.
This has a bigger budget and some 'stars' in it, namely Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots (gorgeous, but a very dodgy haircut in this) and Jean Luc Picard.
In this young, broke punk band are trying to gig and raise some cash...and they end up at a skin-head Nazi-ish outpost....and things go rather wrong.
It's dark, atmospheric, a bit gory and I liked it a lot. Old Patrick Stewart was a surprise addition playing a right nasty b'strd, how he came to be in this I'd like to know.
Anyway, a handy little thriller
8.1/9.6
From the bloke who brought us 'Blue Ruin' (colour themed titles?) which was also excellent.
This has a bigger budget and some 'stars' in it, namely Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots (gorgeous, but a very dodgy haircut in this) and Jean Luc Picard.
In this young, broke punk band are trying to gig and raise some cash...and they end up at a skin-head Nazi-ish outpost....and things go rather wrong.
It's dark, atmospheric, a bit gory and I liked it a lot. Old Patrick Stewart was a surprise addition playing a right nasty b'strd, how he came to be in this I'd like to know.
Anyway, a handy little thriller
8.1/9.6
robemcdonald said:
Also why was there two drop ships on the sulaco?
Was it there as back up in case of emergency? In that case who wasn't it made ready at the same time as the one they used? Not much point having an emergency drop ship that isn't ready.
If Bishop is the only on e qualified to remote pilot the drop ship why did he even go to the planet?
Why send the sulaco with so few soliders in the first place?
What about the. Sulacos flight crew? You can automate a whole spaceship but you need a human to operate the fork lift?
How did the alien that presumably came from newts dad reproduce? Did it go back and get more eggs? If so how did it know where to go? Did it walk? How many could it carry in one go?
Why didn't the colony send for help when newts family arrived back? They had time to make all the baracades, but not make a phone call?
When the marines searched the atmosphere generator, why were some colonists still alive (although impregnated) how long is the gestation period?
Dam, I hadn't considered many of these - the Sulaco is a massive old thing, or at least it looks it. It seems a bit understaffed really and the level of automation does seem variable to say the least - but even if space travel had become routine, I'd still want a 'Michael Collins'. I'm prepared to suspend my disbelief by saying that as 'the Company Man' plans included sneaking an Alien back to earth he ensured the minimum amount of personnel possible, hence why Hicks called is a "chickensWas it there as back up in case of emergency? In that case who wasn't it made ready at the same time as the one they used? Not much point having an emergency drop ship that isn't ready.
If Bishop is the only on e qualified to remote pilot the drop ship why did he even go to the planet?
Why send the sulaco with so few soliders in the first place?
What about the. Sulacos flight crew? You can automate a whole spaceship but you need a human to operate the fork lift?
How did the alien that presumably came from newts dad reproduce? Did it go back and get more eggs? If so how did it know where to go? Did it walk? How many could it carry in one go?
Why didn't the colony send for help when newts family arrived back? They had time to make all the baracades, but not make a phone call?
When the marines searched the atmosphere generator, why were some colonists still alive (although impregnated) how long is the gestation period?
t outfit". The Flight Crew might have just been Bishop - you get the impression the flight time is in months if not years, so it might be only suitable for an Android. I'm sure in one of the extended versions which shows more of the colonists - they sent a crew back to investigate the Space Jockey site, which would have no doubt caused more Aliens. As I understand it from reading something online, the way Alien nests work is a single queen lays lots of eggs - face huggers - drones, once all the host species are depleted the Aliens will die of old age / starvation and the nest goes into a hibernation state waiting for new hosts to find - it, the first out of the traps gets to be queen. A lot of the they work is borrowed from the insect world.
I believe the colonists did send a distress call, it prompted the mission in the first place? It takes a long time for the message to arrive and longer for the Marines to get there.
In regards to the almost dead colonists in the nest, I have to assume that once the barriers fell a few managed to scatter - like Newt, being hunted by the Aliens - they may have only been captured a day or so before the Marines landed.
P-Jay said:
Dam, I hadn't considered many of these - the Sulaco is a massive old thing, or at least it looks it. It seems a bit understaffed really and the level of automation does seem variable to say the least - but even if space travel had become routine, I'd still want a 'Michael Collins'. I'm prepared to suspend my disbelief by saying that as 'the Company Man' plans included sneaking an Alien back to earth he ensured the minimum amount of personnel possible, hence why Hicks called is a "chickenst outfit". The Flight Crew might have just been Bishop - you get the impression the flight time is in months if not years, so it might be only suitable for an Android.
I'm sure in one of the extended versions which shows more of the colonists - they sent a crew back to investigate the Space Jockey site, which would have no doubt caused more Aliens. As I understand it from reading something online, the way Alien nests work is a single queen lays lots of eggs - face huggers - drones, once all the host species are depleted the Aliens will die of old age / starvation and the nest goes into a hibernation state waiting for new hosts to find - it, the first out of the traps gets to be queen. A lot of the they work is borrowed from the insect world.
I believe the colonists did send a distress call, it prompted the mission in the first place? It takes a long time for the message to arrive and longer for the Marines to get there.
In regards to the almost dead colonists in the nest, I have to assume that once the barriers fell a few managed to scatter - like Newt, being hunted by the Aliens - they may have only been captured a day or so before the Marines landed.
They plan the mission because they "lost contact" with the colony. Why didn't they alert the company as soon as they found the first face hugger? Someone would have worked out what it was worth. It would be like winning the lottery and not bothering to phone Camelot.t outfit". The Flight Crew might have just been Bishop - you get the impression the flight time is in months if not years, so it might be only suitable for an Android. I'm sure in one of the extended versions which shows more of the colonists - they sent a crew back to investigate the Space Jockey site, which would have no doubt caused more Aliens. As I understand it from reading something online, the way Alien nests work is a single queen lays lots of eggs - face huggers - drones, once all the host species are depleted the Aliens will die of old age / starvation and the nest goes into a hibernation state waiting for new hosts to find - it, the first out of the traps gets to be queen. A lot of the they work is borrowed from the insect world.
I believe the colonists did send a distress call, it prompted the mission in the first place? It takes a long time for the message to arrive and longer for the Marines to get there.
In regards to the almost dead colonists in the nest, I have to assume that once the barriers fell a few managed to scatter - like Newt, being hunted by the Aliens - they may have only been captured a day or so before the Marines landed.
During the course of the movie Hicks says that a rescue party would be sent 2 weeks after losing contact. At which point Hudson gets a bit upset and Ripley points out Newt lasted longer without any weapons or training. Does that mean that the rescue mission is only sent after 2 weeks? If so ithey have to survive 2 weeks plus travel time. Or is the rescue mission 2 weeks away? If so why didn't they just send the rescue ship at the same time and leave it in orbit.
Also they state the mission is run by the military, so how could Burke have pulled all the strings as previously speculated?
robemcdonald said:
They plan the mission because they "lost contact" with the colony. Why didn't they alert the company as soon as they found the first face hugger? Someone would have worked out what it was worth. It would be like winning the lottery and not bothering to phone Camelot.
During the course of the movie Hicks says that a rescue party would be sent 2 weeks after losing contact. At which point Hudson gets a bit upset and Ripley points out Newt lasted longer without any weapons or training. Does that mean that the rescue mission is only sent after 2 weeks? If so ithey have to survive 2 weeks plus travel time. Or is the rescue mission 2 weeks away? If so why didn't they just send the rescue ship at the same time and leave it in orbit.
Also they state the mission is run by the military, so how could Burke have pulled all the strings as previously speculated?
Ah who knows, there's enough there for me to suspend my disbelief and enjoy it.During the course of the movie Hicks says that a rescue party would be sent 2 weeks after losing contact. At which point Hudson gets a bit upset and Ripley points out Newt lasted longer without any weapons or training. Does that mean that the rescue mission is only sent after 2 weeks? If so ithey have to survive 2 weeks plus travel time. Or is the rescue mission 2 weeks away? If so why didn't they just send the rescue ship at the same time and leave it in orbit.
Also they state the mission is run by the military, so how could Burke have pulled all the strings as previously speculated?
In fact, I might do some more 'research' this weekend.
P-Jay said:
Dam, I hadn't considered many of these - the Sulaco is a massive old thing, or at least it looks it. It seems a bit understaffed really and the level of automation does seem variable to say the least - but even if space travel had become routine, I'd still want a 'Michael Collins'. I'm prepared to suspend my disbelief by saying that as 'the Company Man' plans included sneaking an Alien back to earth he ensured the minimum amount of personnel possible, hence why Hicks called is a "chickenst outfit". The Flight Crew might have just been Bishop - you get the impression the flight time is in months if not years, so it might be only suitable for an Android.
I'm sure in one of the extended versions which shows more of the colonists - they sent a crew back to investigate the Space Jockey site, which would have no doubt caused more Aliens. As I understand it from reading something online, the way Alien nests work is a single queen lays lots of eggs - face huggers - drones, once all the host species are depleted the Aliens will die of old age / starvation and the nest goes into a hibernation state waiting for new hosts to find - it, the first out of the traps gets to be queen. A lot of the they work is borrowed from the insect world.
I believe the colonists did send a distress call, it prompted the mission in the first place? It takes a long time for the message to arrive and longer for the Marines to get there.
In regards to the almost dead colonists in the nest, I have to assume that once the barriers fell a few managed to scatter - like Newt, being hunted by the Aliens - they may have only been captured a day or so before the Marines landed.
Pretty much. THere's nothing I've seen yet which goes against the internal logic of the story. Berk and influence seems accurate...big money involved. t outfit". The Flight Crew might have just been Bishop - you get the impression the flight time is in months if not years, so it might be only suitable for an Android. I'm sure in one of the extended versions which shows more of the colonists - they sent a crew back to investigate the Space Jockey site, which would have no doubt caused more Aliens. As I understand it from reading something online, the way Alien nests work is a single queen lays lots of eggs - face huggers - drones, once all the host species are depleted the Aliens will die of old age / starvation and the nest goes into a hibernation state waiting for new hosts to find - it, the first out of the traps gets to be queen. A lot of the they work is borrowed from the insect world.
I believe the colonists did send a distress call, it prompted the mission in the first place? It takes a long time for the message to arrive and longer for the Marines to get there.
In regards to the almost dead colonists in the nest, I have to assume that once the barriers fell a few managed to scatter - like Newt, being hunted by the Aliens - they may have only been captured a day or so before the Marines landed.
I've just watched Passengers. But not the Jennifer Lawrence/Chris Pratt one. This was a 2008 film with Ann Hathaway and Patrick Wilson. Wasn't expecting much, but it was an ok film. Pretty obvious plot twist easy to spot from early on, but that didn't detract from enjoying it for what it was.
4 cabbages out of 10. Which I guess is equal to 1 courgette using the new system.
4 cabbages out of 10. Which I guess is equal to 1 courgette using the new system.
james_tigerwoods said:
ashleyman said:
Power Rangers
Absolute rubbish.
My 5 year old loves the Power Rangers, but I don't think it's suitable for him anyway, but is it really that bad?Absolute rubbish.
I was really looking forward to seeing what they done with it but walked out disappointed. It was pretty great up until the point they started their final battle. The characters, story and build up was excellent. But it went rapidly downhill at the end, there wasn't a lot of explanation surrounding a few things too. I don't want to say too much without ruining it if you do go to see it but hope you get the idea I'm trying to put across.
A far cry from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie I remember as a kid.
Finally got around to watching Rogue One last night. My family didn't fancy going to see this at the cinema and I think I would have enjoyed the experience more on the big screen.
It was a nice departure from the prequel movies although I wasn't convinced we needed a blind martial arts character. It just seemed at odds with the Star Wars world we all know and felt as if they were trying to shoehorn in another genre. It didn't feel quite so "Star Wars" despite the robots, familiar space ships, characters and of course, another outing for the Death Star which I can forgive given it's all about that! Still, it was much better than the "A New Hope" rehash from last year. It tied the story nicely into the start of the original Episode 4. In summary, probably the best of the movies made since the originals although it didn't grab me as much as i had wanted it too.
A solid 28 out of 37 from me.
It was a nice departure from the prequel movies although I wasn't convinced we needed a blind martial arts character. It just seemed at odds with the Star Wars world we all know and felt as if they were trying to shoehorn in another genre. It didn't feel quite so "Star Wars" despite the robots, familiar space ships, characters and of course, another outing for the Death Star which I can forgive given it's all about that! Still, it was much better than the "A New Hope" rehash from last year. It tied the story nicely into the start of the original Episode 4. In summary, probably the best of the movies made since the originals although it didn't grab me as much as i had wanted it too.
A solid 28 out of 37 from me.
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