tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086941578419555377.post1464020964266351487..comments2024-03-04T12:09:13.941-08:00Comments on <center>Alien Explorations</center>: Prometheus: The New WeylandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086941578419555377.post-33231760344204394232013-01-07T06:19:43.916-08:002013-01-07T06:19:43.916-08:00I can't speak for Doug Cole, but personally I ...I can't speak for Doug Cole, but personally I enjoyed AVP as a movie (which I can't say about AVP:R), the way it seemed to borrow a big concept from Vincenzo Natali's Cube and I liked Henriksen's performance as Weyland, but didn't appreciate what it was trying to do to play around with the confusions and mysteries of the first three movies, (it certainly messed up the whole thing about who Bishop 2 was even more than the mess it already was) or Predator 2 and there were a number of shots in it that I found too cheesy for me and it was all starting to turn into a computer game. I actually preferred the original idea that Weyland was a British company inspired by British Leyland rather than seeing it become an American Company. But well it seems that the Weyland Industries from the Prometheus publicity website has nothing to do with the one from AVP apart from the name and well this whole thing about canon doesn't really interest me anymore other than whether people involved in the production were actually involved in thinking about what is "canon", because they lost the value of that after Alien 3.<br /><br />I like something about all the Alien movies apart from AVP:R, but I like the idea of Predalien but not what they had in AVP:R, I liked the idea of the trophy room in AVP:R but not their space jockey head trophy, I liked the chainsaw tooth like jagged top of their alien heads, I liked the idea that they wanted to pay homage to Texas Chainsaw Massacre as well, but if the movie had never been made APR:R would not be missed by me. I could actually call AVP:R terrible and not be bothered if the Brothers Strause never made another film. However I do respect Paul Anderson as quite a visionary talent.wmmvrrvrrmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052091646279943607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086941578419555377.post-42313152192176031882013-01-06T21:17:34.884-08:002013-01-06T21:17:34.884-08:00Derp, I meant 8 years old, obviously. :/Derp, I meant 8 years old, obviously. :/Princess Malyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00029684678435620684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086941578419555377.post-25340586860366177002013-01-06T21:15:19.969-08:002013-01-06T21:15:19.969-08:00The thing is, though, nothing from AvP contradicte...The thing is, though, nothing from AvP contradicted anything. As a matter of fact, it fleshed out the mythology of the series in ways no one previously attempted. That is to say, at all. It gave the first four context and built a history around them.<br /><br />Peter Weyland was only 14 when Charles died, and on top of that he was a child prodigy, so there is absolutely nothing contradictory about those two people both being head of the company at some point. In fact, all signs point to Peter being Charles' son, if you know what you're looking for.<br /><br />If Prometheus didn't add up to the rest of the alien movies, it's not the fault of a movie that's 12 years old. It's the fault of the people in the present with their heads up their asses. You can't make a movie that breaks canon and then say it's the fault of a movie made 12 years ago. That's not how causality works. Time moves forward, not backwards.<br /><br />And also, what is up with calling AvP "terrible?" I've seen this kind of nonsense a couple of times now and it's really weirding me out. Is this just part of the whole "we hate everything for no reason" culture that's so popular now? Or is there actually some sort of incredibly nit-picky complaint that's been exaggerated by people who were never going to like the movie in the first place? If you don't like alien movies, what are you doing here, you know?Princess Malyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00029684678435620684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086941578419555377.post-88878306416116355392012-03-29T04:02:35.236-07:002012-03-29T04:02:35.236-07:00If they had just got rid of the Weyland Industries...If they had just got rid of the Weyland Industries name that came over from AVP, it would certainly be a lot easier to let it gowmmvrrvrrmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052091646279943607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086941578419555377.post-16308133626486165312012-03-28T07:21:37.179-07:002012-03-28T07:21:37.179-07:00I'm just going to pretend those terrible AvP e...I'm just going to pretend those terrible AvP entries into the series don't count and not let that confuse the timelineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com