Sequels and Prequels and Remakes, Oh My! (Upcoming Films)

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I went to see the avengers for a second time tonight with a friend, and i must ask.
WHY do people bring their newborns to the cinema? It was a 7:40 session. How can they think they can get away with putting the child to sleep and expecting it to stay asleep through the movie?!
There seemed to be 2 in the crowd tonight, and they liked to cry very loudly right at the quiet parts. To the point where we were all looking at each other saying "Um.. seriously?" and someone yelled at them to take it outside.

I have a niece, and i understand that having a kid is hard, but it's YOUR CHOICE, not mine. I chose to pay to come and watch a film, not listen to your child crying. Get a babysitter, if you can't afford it, stay home and wait for it to come out on blu ray. [/rant over]

I loved the film. Thor and Captain America. two mountains that just need to be climbed. what beautiful men. hot damn.

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Can we stop talking about Avengers in the upcoming films thread now? It has arrived, it is no longer upcoming...

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Does anyone think this is going to be a 3-for-3 year with the superhero movies? The Avengers is fucking awesome, I'm much more excited for Spider-Man than I was when the first trailer came out, and we get The Dark Knight Rises. I think Spider-Man has potential to be not as good, but I don't think I'll go out hating it.

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Heeeey... I just saw The Avengers, and there was no trailer for Prometheus. Was there supposed to be?

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In exactly one month Ridley's Scott's Prometheus will release in theatres on June 8 and many will be then buzzing about it. Prometheus is somewhat a prequel to ALIEN.

If you have never watched the original ALIEN film, if you have 30 days to fix that. Along with Ridley's Scott's ALIEN, catch the sequel ALIENS by James Cameron as well.

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I’ve got high hopes for Prometheus, it’s just that the word ‘prequel’ makes me slightly nervous. The trailer looks good, so hopefully it’ll be an instant classic.

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Exactly one month my hairy butt, more like 24 days here suckaaaa.

I read James Cameron is only going to do Avatar movies from now on, boooo!
Career laziness.

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Pumped for Prometheus, I may have to watch all 4 Alien films again to get me in the mood EVEN MORE.

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Exactly one month my hairy butt, more like 24 days here suckaaaa.

Ah..you guys in UK get it early on June 1. Nice .

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If you have never watched the original ALIEN film, if you have 30 days to fix that. Along with Ridley's Scott's ALIEN, catch the sequel ALIENS by James Cameron as well.

Ah, of course we are in the 21st century now so we have to accommodate people with the internet who also have lived in CAVES FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS!

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Ha.. well it's not quite surprising to find people online (more so the younger crowd) who are all well aware of Prometheus due to its extensive promotions, but they haven't necessarily seen any of the original Alien films. Just want more people who are not aware of the connection to the classics, to atleast experience the first Alien film.

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I think Alien is better than Aliens.

Yeah, I just want a fight. Bring it on!

I'm keeping my hopes well and truly low for this next/previous one. Films were better before I was born/was very young - maybe I should just regenerate or die. That might solve the problem.

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If you haven't seen the alien films, just watch the first two. Three is so disappointing. And Aliens is one of my favorite movies, (bring it on SoS), it's a great action-horror and a really good sequel. I can't wait for Prometheus although I don't think you really need to watch the other films to see this. From what I understand it's of the same universe but has nothing to do with the Alien franchise.

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SoS: Get away from this thread you BITCH!
 

I discovered The Raid is playing here sooner than expected, might try and catch it on Sunday.

[Reply #254 on:]

Put your hand up if you're young old enough to have joked about what you thought the next Alien films might be called.

3 More Aliens
4 Extra Aliens
5 Too Many Aliens
6 We're Kinda Coping With This Level Of Aliens Now
7 Were You Expecting THIS Many Aliens?
8 Just Fuck OFF, Aliens

Who'da thought they'd cube it and only have 2 in the whole film. Lying bastards. And disappointing.

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the timeless epic that is Alien vs. Predator.

Actually, that's one of my favorite bad movies of all time. It's just so glorious stupid. I love the part at the beginning where the team is being shown this 3D model of what is clearly an ancient pyramid, and the rich guy in charge of the expedition says, "My experts tell me it's a pyramid."

I'm guessing he paid his experts too much.

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I think Alien is better than Aliens.

I prefer Alien over Aliens as well. Aliens is definitely a good sequel with more sci-fi action and surpasses the original film in terms of Alien interactions. But one of the things I like more about Alien is how atmospheric it is. I love how it kinda gets under your skin coming off a great sci-fi horror film; in spite of less Alien with more fear of the unknown in the first half of the film.

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the timeless epic that is Alien vs. Predator.

Actually, that's one of my favorite bad movies of all time. It's just so glorious stupid. I love the part at the beginning where the team is being shown this 3D model of what is clearly an ancient pyramid, and the rich guy in charge of the expedition says, "My experts tell me it's a pyramid."

I'm guessing he paid his experts too much.

How dare you! AvP was superbly written, the Predator clearly needed a sassy black woman sidekick, I don't know how they missed writing this into the original movies!

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Prometheus is a 15 in the UK, woop! I can go see it at the cinema now.

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This is a gallery comparing images from the episode pilot of SpaceBattleShip Yamato (StarBlazers for you censuring americans (*) ) from 1974 with the same scenes from the remake that was released this month.

http://imgur.com/a/US9N6#18

WHY they dont make remakes like this? This is total respect for the original going to remake ships and even shots exactly like they were 38 years ago ... it could also be lazyness But after seeing that many remakes wich "reimagine" totally reinventing all visuals .. this seems quite rare (im talking about things like Wing Commander (ok it was the movie from the game, not remake, but it was like 139% reimagined ) .. BattleStar Galactica.. Star Trek..
Even the live action movie of Yamato itself had this.. while the respected the Yamato itself and part of uniforms.. most other designs and visuals were totally changed ... to the point of being totally unrecognizable..

And im convinced that if Lucas ever makes a remake of StarWars all visuals would ve like Ep-1 or even worst

(*) Oh could be worst .. the spanish version of Yamato was the translation and adaptation of the american version.. so you get a weird japanes show.. censured and adulterated to impossible limits by americans and then adapted and translated by spaniards..... thats why i went directly to the original version)

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I think Alien is better than Aliens.

Yeah, I just want a fight. Bring it on!

I'm keeping my hopes well and truly low for this next/previous one. Films were better before I was born/was very young - maybe I should just regenerate or die. That might solve the problem.

Alien is a better film than Aliens; hands down.  Plus Sigourney Weaver is younger in that one.  Alien³ is probably the low of the quadrilogy, and Alien Resurrection isn't even a horror movie, but I still rather enjoy watching it (despite the fact that it takes place like 1000 years after the first movie); Sigourney Weaver is still pretty hot in Resurrection, but she's like 52!

AVP was a horrible movie; I could stand watching it, and it was humorous, but it shat all over any chance of a coherent story in the alien timeline.  The only thing I can do with that movie is pretend that it's more make believe than the other make believe movies I watch.

I wasn't ever real a big fan of the Predator series either.... that was.... until I saw Predators.  That movie... that's a movie I can get behind; it's psychological, and it mirrors its original counterpart well.  I really enjoyed that one.

All in all; Prometheus will be awesome.  It will be most like the movie Alien though, out of all the other movies listed in this post, it will be most like the movie Alien.

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I just went to go see "The Hunger Games" a few days ago, and it was alright. It felt like they just rushed to make the movie just because the book was getting popular. The story line was a little weird, alot of things were not really needed, but still interesting. The acting was quite good, for the weird kinda film it is. I thought the girl was exceptional. 

Overall, 7/10. It was weird, and not the type of movie I watch, but I think I'll go see the sequel when it comes out.

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That's great but reviews go in this thread. This is for talking about movies that haven't come out yet.

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When does Hunger Games come out?

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The Hunger Games has been out in the US since March. I think it's been out everywhere since March.

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Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg/Nick Frosts third Blood and Ice-cream Trilogy plot details revealed, starts shooting in September for a 2013 release, yeaaaahh.

Show spoiler

20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries.

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Wasn't that called Paul?  I think that already came out Faz0r.

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No.

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Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg/Nick Frosts third Blood and Ice-cream Trilogy plot details revealed, starts shooting in September for a 2013 release, yeaaaahh.

Finally!

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I'll have to agree with Danny on this one, I'm very excited that they're finally making The World's End.

[Reply #270 on:]

Turns out my local cinema isn't playing Iron Sky so I have to drive for about 40mins and see it in Adelaide, rather annoying.

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Probably already been posted, but apparently they're gonna start filming Kick-Ass 2 in Summer.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGn3nydV6sU

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I want to watch that very much.

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Is anyone excited for Moonrise Kingdom? It comes out next week in the US and I certainly am excited to see it.

"Jimminy Cricket! He flew the coup!" -Edward Norton being adorably nerdy.

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Skyfall teaser

Looks awesome. I hope it will be more like Casino Royale and less like Quantum of Solace. 

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The Master, a film about a man who comes back from war and starts his own religion.
Yes it's about Scientology, probably, Joaquin Phoenix looks good in the trailer.

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I am so freaking excited for Frankenweenie.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cqI6hPra7c  I'm not sure if I love the obvious references to Edward Scissorhands though or find it a bit annoying (it's like having the house be perched on that spiral hill)   And no Johnny Depp in sight!  I love Johnny Depp, but I am pretty sick of seeing him in everything Tim Burton does.  Same with his missus.  You can have too much of a good thing.

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Though it's "only" a Fan Movie ("only" used in a very ironic way by me;) ), I am REALLY looking forward to that one:

THE LORD INQUISITOR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7glPda2Lcc&feature=relmfu

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Duncan Jones to direct a Ian Fleming biopic

"The essential question for me is: Where did Ian Fleming end and Bond begin?"

Given his track record, I'm looking forward to this far more than to Skyfall.