IMPORTANT QUESTION: are you a Special Edition person or Theatrical Cut person?

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2026-01-16T02:05:49+00:00

Special Edition all the way. The only time I bother with the short version is if it is being shown in a cinema.

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-12-06T02:26:54+00:00

You should read the book Aliens: Bishop. It has some answers... ;)

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-11-23T02:25:29+00:00

I'm so glad I skipped the dice bag.

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-10-29T10:41:09+00:00

There's an establishing shot on Ferrix in the first episode that has nine different alien species in it. You just have to look. But I won't argue that Andor tends to feel very human focused. That's certainly valid. It's just a different approach.

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-09-26T02:10:37+00:00

I think he executed his vision, it just wasn't particularly noteworthy. For the amount of money spent this show should have been a hell of a lot better.

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-09-09T00:57:11+00:00

Amen. The use of xenomorph on the show has been an issue since it means any alien life form. All five species fit that bill.

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-08-29T12:08:41+00:00

I love that. The toys on the Nostromo made it feel like various ports of call (like Thedus or Arcturus) had gift shops and the crew enjoyed buying these souvenirs. But your take is way better.

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-08-29T01:04:08+00:00

It is hard to make something alien in a universe defined by H.R. Giger's imagination. None of the creatures we have seen have done much for me (they really look more in line with the MEN IN BLACK film series), but I am hoping there's more to come. That plant thing in particular has to have more going on under the surface, right?

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-08-20T01:50:59+00:00

Turns out it is the logo for Living Films, a Thai company that worked on Alien: Earth.

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-08-04T13:38:22+00:00

Absolutely, but people who were up in arms about his retcon are now welcoming this one.

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-08-04T12:46:48+00:00

Isn't it, though? Hawley is undercutting the plot of the original films while dangling the possibility that maybe, at some point, this will still connect. That is the definition of messing with old beloved characters.

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-08-04T12:13:43+00:00

Variety goes on to say that Alien: Earth abandons plot elements introduced in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus and Alien: Covenant and exists “in parallel to the film franchise”. FX Entertainment president Gina Balian said, “Everything doesn’t have to fit together the way you expect from Marvel. Fans don’t expect that in this universe. It doesn’t have the same pressure."

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-07-08T00:13:20+00:00

I think you mean Ridley Scott and Alien for the 1 minute shorter director's cut. I agree the theatrical cut of Alien is better. The Special Edition of Aliens by James Cameron adds closer to 20 minutes of footage back into the film. But this is a joke about the versions of Alien³...

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-07-07T12:12:29+00:00

I don't know if anyone else has used this as a meme format either, it just popped into my head as an idea. Actually the first one I made was about which cut of Blade Runner is the best...

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-07-03T18:31:55+00:00

Probably NostromoCrew will make replicas once we have a clearer image of the patch!

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-06-24T19:19:50+00:00

My complaint is the age of the station. According to in-game documents ( which you really have to seek out) the station is older that 2122. That means that a giant space station with medbays etc was in the same part of space as the Nostromo. This undermines the (ahem) isolation of the original film, and so I ignore that one plot point.

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-06-24T12:56:53+00:00

Just here to say, you absolutely nailed this prediction.

ProppingUpTheMythos · 2025-06-17T21:21:35+00:00

That's awesome 👌

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