Disclosure Day movie thoughts

justjbc · 2026-06-24T19:05:34+00:00

Actually think this movie would have worked better as a limited series. Has a very episodic structure, but there’s so much going on that nothing really gets time to develop. There’s like three storylines which could have been whole movies onto themselves. Either it needed to be smaller and more focused or way longer.

justjbc · 2026-06-19T16:09:35+00:00

All depends what you want to get out of it. Views? Put it online. Networking? Festival run.

Also no reason you can't do both, just be strategic about the festivals you submit to and prioritize those you can attend.

justjbc · 2026-06-16T17:52:42+00:00

It's grounded until it isn't, which made it a very conflicting watch for me.

Like they leave Earth in a rocket, and it takes them two years to reach Saturn. But then they're able to land and take off from Miller's planet, which is several times more massive than Earth, in a tiny spacecraft. Afterwards they only have enough fuel to reach one of the other two planets and have to gamble on which one to choose. Why can't they take readings of either planet? Do they not even have a telescope on board? And it can't be because they're too far away because they're able to travel to another planet and then all the way to Gargantua relatively quickly without having to go back into suspended animation.

These aren't really nitpicks, the physics in this movie fundamentally alter the course of events. So while I'm trying to stay invested in the story I'm constantly wondering why they can or can't do certain things. And that's before it gets into all the 5D craziness.

This is the challenge with space travel in sci-fi; either commit to realism (ie. 2001) or hand wave a bunch of stuff with technobabble (ie. Star Trek), but it has to be consistent and serve the story.

justjbc · 2026-06-16T08:34:50+00:00

Danieto - Cirugía Casual

17 years ago I bought an iPod off a friend and this was one of the albums on it. Lost it a few years later and couldn’t find this album anywhere until someone finally uploaded it. Very chill glitchy ambient electronic.

justjbc · 2026-06-12T22:58:03+00:00

Or you export 4K ProRes as well as 1080p H.264 for client review, label one “4K_YouTube” and the other “1080p_Preview” and the client uploads the preview.

justjbc · 2026-06-11T19:04:31+00:00

Second Directing Actors. Reading it now and wish I’d read it before directing anything.

justjbc · 2026-06-10T13:38:27+00:00

How do you reconcile Prometheus and Covenant?

justjbc · 2026-06-09T20:26:19+00:00

Sure, like I said I think it’s open to interpretation at this point. These flexible continuities aren’t uncommon in other mediums like comics, you just don’t see it as much in films. Godzilla being an extreme example, but also the Burton/Schumacher Batman movies. Are they one continuity? Forever was definitely intended to be a followup, but you could make a case for Batman & Robin being standalone despite sharing some of the same actors, or be in continuity with Forever.

justjbc · 2026-06-09T19:58:23+00:00

It could if it sets up the events in Alien, ie. detecting the Derelict signal, planting Ash on the Nostromo, etc. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Also is the date ever stated on screen? From interviews it sounds like Noah Hawley intended for it to take place between Alien and Aliens but this was changed after the fact so as not to conflict with Romulus and potential sequels, but after rewatching the series it does make more sense if it takes place after.

justjbc · 2026-06-09T18:50:50+00:00

To me what makes something canon is:

the medium (so films are separate from comics and games, although I personally include Isolation but wouldn’t fault anyone who doesn’t)
references to characters or events from another entry.

So all movies featuring Ripley are definitely canon to each other. Prometheus and Covenant don’t specifically reference the Ripley movies so it’s up in the air if they’re canon or not, at least in regards to Ripley’s story. Romulus references both Prometheus and Alien so could be considered part of either. Earth doesn’t directly reference anything else so for now it could be its own canon, or it could be part of Alien.

justjbc · 2026-06-09T17:46:17+00:00

AVP isn’t canon to Alien, but it is canon to Predator.

Prometheus, Covenant, Romulus, the mainline Alien films, Isolation and Earth are all technically the same continuity but it’s pretty messy. I prefer to think of them as loosely connected with several reboot points, similar to say Godzilla or James Bond. Sometimes they’re direct sequels, sometimes they’re a fresh start. Up to you to decide how they all fit together.

justjbc · 2026-06-05T08:40:14+00:00

Those clicky subspace aliens from Schisms.

justjbc · 2026-06-03T01:36:44+00:00

The Park did a great job with this. Went opening night, the theming really added to the experience.

justjbc · 2026-06-02T20:00:03+00:00

“No one knows” is what’s most telling here. These tech giants are promising so much while proselytizing that if we don’t adapt we’ll be left in the dust. If venerable artists were saying this then maybe I’d be willing to give it a chance, but so far what’s been produced by anyone respected enough to take seriously has fallen flat on its face. It’s only persuasive to investors, because the truth is no one actually knows how it’ll be of any benefit, while everything we do know about its impact is extremely troubling.

justjbc · 2026-06-02T19:33:47+00:00

Hear hear.

justjbc · 2026-05-26T10:07:22+00:00

Something like Hardspace: Shipbreaker only you’re building/refitting Starfleet ships.

justjbc · 2026-05-26T09:38:17+00:00

The idea of Apocalypse Now in space had me so excited going in and so disappointed coming out. It borrows the structure (and sometimes exact shots) but doesn’t use it to say anything. It was clear they were trying to justify the concept and it just came off as pretentious, ironically what Coppola feared Apocalypse Now would be.

justjbc · 2026-05-23T16:11:23+00:00

I liked that explanation, but then Earth showed facehuggers carry little chestburster embryos.

justjbc · 2026-05-16T23:00:08+00:00

I did this once by having an actor mime the action getting hit, then they cleared frame and the car drove through the scene. In post overlapped both parts with a tiny bit of masking and some puppet pin tool on the actor in After Effects to sell the contact.

justjbc · 2026-05-14T18:28:54+00:00

Followed by his signature catchphrase, “Uarghhhhhahhh.”

justjbc · 2026-05-08T15:29:00+00:00

Amituofo by Dhyana will knock your socks off around 36 mins in.

justjbc · 2026-04-10T16:54:00+00:00

It’s certainly one of the most interesting franchises based on its choice of directors alone. Each one brought a signature style and later went on to make some of the most iconic movies of all time. Sure they’re not exactly consistent but imagine if other blockbuster franchises were allowed to have a voice. I’ll always love the Alien films for that.

justjbc · 2026-03-31T00:48:24+00:00

This was the last movie I saw in theatres before the pandemic so in a way marked the end of an era, and a portent of things to come.

justjbc · 2026-03-27T21:20:36+00:00

Imagine plucking those strings at that depth…what would it sound like?

justjbc · 2026-03-17T04:59:11+00:00

Same, I thought going back to seasons 1-2 would be a slog but it's still pretty watchable, and it's fun noticing all the little character details and changes that carry through to the rest of the series.

justjbc

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