This is one of my favorite "so bad it's good" movies. It's goofy, it's schlocky, it's over the top and so late-90's it could be cut into a music video for some nu-metal band. UAKA-CHAKA LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!!! lol Edit: I just looked it up. OF COURSE SOMEBODY DID THAT ALREADY! :D
Flame is a symbolic weapon in the alien franchise. It was humanity's first defense against the dark and the unknown, which Giger's aliens were meant to represent. The use of flame to destroy the clone Ripleys is framing their creation as being as horrible as the egg and host process the aliens use, and Ripley is using the series most iconic weapon outside of the power loader to wipe the scourge from existence. I think you're nuts for finding that unintentionally hilarious, all I can say is that it always worked as it was meant to for me. This one is legitimately my favorite, and this review shows off a lot of what it has to offer. I see it as horror comedy, because I'm on the aliens' side in this one, these humans get what they deserve, alien Ripley is weird and cool as a character, and it's so fun to watch. Great job.
@@ps5056 You may as well have thrown a rock at a random house's window, for all the information and effort you put into that. Why do you just want attention? Examine those feelings of inadequacy.
I actually saw this video on the moment you posted. Just finished the video. 😅 Anyways there’s too much I wanna talk about for me to type it all, I should just hit the bullet points. I remember seeing bits of Resurrection on TNT, but never cared to watch. Was never interested in the Alien/Predator franchise. Except Predator 1. That’s a bonafide classic. Wasn’t a fan of Alien 3 either. I didn’t get the plot of the movie back then. Brad Dourif is hella underrated. Child’s play, Cuccoo’s Nest and his performance in this flick were top notch. He’s underutilized. To live long enough to grab a piece of your brain, look at it and drool in the process (likely due to a possible IQ drop), due to some powerful scary ass monster piercing a hole thru your skull… I rather be dead. That’s too disturbing for my psyche. Imagine being aware of your IQ dropping due to such trauma. Oof. The clone scene was one of the main reasons I didn’t like Resurrection. My god. I saw Alien and Aliens relatively recently and I liked them for different reasons. But I’m still not that big of a fan so I doubt I’ll ever watch 3 and 4 so it won’t sour my taste. Yeah, this vid was so damn long, but I enjoyed it, as usual. Till the next one.
I think a sequel to this movie could be possible as an animated movie or series, maybe in the style of the Castlevania series or something more retro but stylish, like Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. The movie left off with Ripley 8, Call, Vriess and Johner on earth. That's a pretty interesting group and I'm sure a good writer could do something with that setting. It's definitely not needed but I wouldn't complain if we ever got something like that.
I have a problem with just one scene in this movie, where the crew of the Betty are delivering and handing over their human cargo, even if they did not know exactly what they were going to be ilused for. Well may be Call did know. But that scene is in a way making then from the usually lovable pirates that we could care about when they started dying, to go fuck yourself and die, pirate scum. It is a horrible fate for an ordinary worker to wake up from cryosleep and see a facehugger staring at him. They should've done the human cargo thing differently and this crew would have certainly endeared themselves to tve audiences, and I'll try to justify that below. You see, the crew of the Betty may resemble a family unit. with Elgyn being the dad, Hillard is the passionate and caring mom, Christy is the cool uncle, Johner is the spoilt brat and bully, Vreiss is the child born with a defect but loved anyways but makes himself useful with other things. And lastly Call, the hot babysitter for Johner and Vreiss. Just a thought!
I think they wanted to make them likable enough so that like you’d care when they died but not too likable that you’d care that much. Since there’s a lack of fodder in this movie. I definitely see your perspective on this one tho. I think Johner surviving likely made him turn over a new leaf. And Vriess and Call are pretty hands off with operations anyway as they’re just mechanics
It's goofy, but I love it all the same. It feels like an adaptation of an old 90s Dark Horse Aliens comic, with crazy scientists on a remote facility trying to experiment on the alien and lots of weird and wacky characters. And I love those comics, so this fits perfectly with those. Small side note: the original opening sequence shows close ups of the failed Ripley clones 1-7.
Shit i should have noticed that. I thought it was a queen egg sack or something And yeah it seems really off the walls but I do genuinely enjoy it and accept it as canon
Might just be my own nostalgia but c’mon Prometheus worse than A3?? I understand Covenant being the worst in the franchise (though honestly it’s so goofy and campy in its own right it might get a reevaluation in a decade when our society has re-accepted that this franchise’s undeath has already lasted about 2x as long as its life) but Prometheus is so much fun! Anyway, I have no idea how your channel hit my algorithm but this was a fun retrospective into a movie and franchise I have nostalgia for (for similar reasons too, Resurrection really did play on cable so often), and I’m looking forward to a measured, fun dumping on A3!
My review of alien 3 will be based on the assembly cut which I genuinely like however I’ll take a giant shit on the theatrical after the fact just for shits. Prometheus I didn’t see in the theater. I waited for home video. And there is shit I like in it but I especially hate how they ruined the space jockeys The algorithm worked in my favor. Glad you enjoyed it. Feel free to check out my mass library Early videos are a bit rough lol be warned
@skillet9141 I’m gonna be doing the special edition when I get to 3 but I am gonna have a talk about why the theatrical cut didn’t work and how it was basically an incomplete movie
If you listened you’d know I liked the extended cut of 3 and was merely speaking about how moviegoers and critics were disappointed with it And which music?
@@generationwhyentertainment2455 that's just like your opinion, man. And the golic character is not interesting and really bogs the movie down. sometimes theatrical cut is the best and this is one of those.
the santa claus line is actually a wink / nod / reference jeunet’s previous films. also, jeunete insisted ron perlman and dominique pinon from city of lost children would be cast in alien resurrection or he would not do the film. do not sleep on his movies, seriously, they are otherworldly.
Well I read that the original line was “Who were you expecting the Easter bunny?” But Piñon couldn’t pronounce it properly so they switched it to Santa
Why!? LOL I’m sure back then it’s cringe but looking back “yeah America was obsessed with Walmart taking over everything in the late 90s” it’s a time capsule joke
Yeah, a "McGuffin" is the coveted object (excuse) that spurs the conflict/action of the plot. Cloning Ripley was merely a conceit to bring Sigourney Weaver back to the franchise again.
I really despise this moronic idea that an actor needs to have the life experience of any character they might play. Ideally an actor should be a tabula rasa and therefore be able to play most any character. Also, in modern Hollywood this is one of those “only applies in one direction” rules. You’ll never see Colin Farrell playing Malcolm X, but Denzel as Mick Jagger!? No problem!! Also, why does that rule always fail to apply to twins? Why is Hollywood constantly bypassing talented twins and choosing instead to just have an actor play dual roles? It’s imbecile logic. All of it.
Denzel Washington would never be cast as mick jagger wtf are you on about And obviously yeah sure anyone can play someone with autism if they don’t good doctor it. But weaver being autistic gives her more introspection that a non autistic person would be less likely to have.
@Steve-du2nz even still it’s the most consistent quadrilogy of movies. They’re all enjoyable even if they aren’t as good as the first 2 Especially the extended alien 3
@@generationwhyentertainment2455 I saw Alien 3 in theater. I’ll never forget being upset that they killed Newt and Hicks in the opening credits. The extended version is better. 4 does not feel like the other 3 at all, it’s campy but it has its moments.
@Steve-du2nz I think killing hicks and newt off was a gut punch but it goes with the theme of each of the trilogy representing the stages of grief And the fact that alien 3 is gonna end on a downer. The theatrical version is so disjointed and empty tho I hate the theatrical cut. The extended cut tho is like. I legit like it. 4 I just think is fun and has some cool sci fi set pieces. And the cast is just 5 star
This is one of my favorite "so bad it's good" movies. It's goofy, it's schlocky, it's over the top and so late-90's it could be cut into a music video for some nu-metal band. UAKA-CHAKA LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!!! lol
Edit: I just looked it up. OF COURSE SOMEBODY DID THAT ALREADY! :D
Why am I not surprised.
It’s like I said I used to hate it but once I accepted what it was I learned to love it
Flame is a symbolic weapon in the alien franchise. It was humanity's first defense against the dark and the unknown, which Giger's aliens were meant to represent. The use of flame to destroy the clone Ripleys is framing their creation as being as horrible as the egg and host process the aliens use, and Ripley is using the series most iconic weapon outside of the power loader to wipe the scourge from existence. I think you're nuts for finding that unintentionally hilarious, all I can say is that it always worked as it was meant to for me. This one is legitimately my favorite, and this review shows off a lot of what it has to offer. I see it as horror comedy, because I'm on the aliens' side in this one, these humans get what they deserve, alien Ripley is weird and cool as a character, and it's so fun to watch. Great job.
yeah, not
@@ps5056 You may as well have thrown a rock at a random house's window, for all the information and effort you put into that. Why do you just want attention? Examine those feelings of inadequacy.
I actually saw this video on the moment you posted. Just finished the video. 😅
Anyways there’s too much I wanna talk about for me to type it all, I should just hit the bullet points.
I remember seeing bits of Resurrection on TNT, but never cared to watch. Was never interested in the Alien/Predator franchise. Except Predator 1. That’s a bonafide classic. Wasn’t a fan of Alien 3 either. I didn’t get the plot of the movie back then.
Brad Dourif is hella underrated. Child’s play, Cuccoo’s Nest and his performance in this flick were top notch. He’s underutilized.
To live long enough to grab a piece of your brain, look at it and drool in the process (likely due to a possible IQ drop), due to some powerful scary ass monster piercing a hole thru your skull… I rather be dead. That’s too disturbing for my psyche. Imagine being aware of your IQ dropping due to such trauma. Oof.
The clone scene was one of the main reasons I didn’t like Resurrection. My god.
I saw Alien and Aliens relatively recently and I liked them for different reasons. But I’m still not that big of a fan so I doubt I’ll ever watch 3 and 4 so it won’t sour my taste.
Yeah, this vid was so damn long, but I enjoyed it, as usual.
Till the next one.
I think a sequel to this movie could be possible as an animated movie or series, maybe in the style of the Castlevania series or something more retro but stylish, like Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.
The movie left off with Ripley 8, Call, Vriess and Johner on earth. That's a pretty interesting group and I'm sure a good writer could do something with that setting. It's definitely not needed but I wouldn't complain if we ever got something like that.
They did a novel and a few different comic sequels if I remember correctly but yeah an animated sequel would be great
I have a problem with just one scene in this movie, where the crew of the Betty are delivering and handing over their human cargo, even if they did not know exactly what they were going to be ilused for. Well may be Call did know.
But that scene is in a way making then from the usually lovable pirates that we could care about when they started dying, to go fuck yourself and die, pirate scum.
It is a horrible fate for an ordinary worker to wake up from cryosleep and see a facehugger staring at him.
They should've done the human cargo thing differently and this crew would have certainly endeared themselves to tve audiences, and I'll try to justify that below.
You see, the crew of the Betty may resemble a family unit. with Elgyn being the dad, Hillard is the passionate and caring mom, Christy is the cool uncle, Johner is the spoilt brat and bully, Vreiss is the child born with a defect but loved anyways but makes himself useful with other things. And lastly Call, the hot babysitter for Johner and Vreiss.
Just a thought!
I think they wanted to make them likable enough so that like you’d care when they died but not too likable that you’d care that much. Since there’s a lack of fodder in this movie. I definitely see your perspective on this one tho. I think Johner surviving likely made him turn over a new leaf. And Vriess and Call are pretty hands off with operations anyway as they’re just mechanics
Would you do a review of the underrated Alien 3?
Yeah at some point this year I’m thinking about it. Probably gonna focus more on the extended version
@@generationwhyentertainment2455 The superior version fleshes out the characters they trap the dragon and Golic gets a onscreen death.
@leejones8582 precisely why I’m going for that version
Those little cutaways to the "actually" text you inserted into the video.... what game is that track from?
That’s the game over music from castlevania bloodlines on sega genesis haha
It's goofy, but I love it all the same. It feels like an adaptation of an old 90s Dark Horse Aliens comic, with crazy scientists on a remote facility trying to experiment on the alien and lots of weird and wacky characters. And I love those comics, so this fits perfectly with those. Small side note: the original opening sequence shows close ups of the failed Ripley clones 1-7.
Shit i should have noticed that. I thought it was a queen egg sack or something
And yeah it seems really off the walls but I do genuinely enjoy it and accept it as canon
The cast is more repulsive than stupidity of the premise of the aliens as a bioweapon subplot 😐
Well look at mr no fun
Alien Resurrection is soooo Metal Hurlant!!!
I love it!
Well done, sir.
Might just be my own nostalgia but c’mon Prometheus worse than A3??
I understand Covenant being the worst in the franchise (though honestly it’s so goofy and campy in its own right it might get a reevaluation in a decade when our society has re-accepted that this franchise’s undeath has already lasted about 2x as long as its life) but Prometheus is so much fun!
Anyway, I have no idea how your channel hit my algorithm but this was a fun retrospective into a movie and franchise I have nostalgia for (for similar reasons too, Resurrection really did play on cable so often), and I’m looking forward to a measured, fun dumping on A3!
My review of alien 3 will be based on the assembly cut which I genuinely like however I’ll take a giant shit on the theatrical after the fact just for shits.
Prometheus I didn’t see in the theater. I waited for home video. And there is shit I like in it but I especially hate how they ruined the space jockeys
The algorithm worked in my favor. Glad you enjoyed it. Feel free to check out my mass library Early videos are a bit rough lol be warned
Would you ever be interested in reviewing both versions of Alien 3? I love to see how you would construct that.
@skillet9141 I’m gonna be doing the special edition when I get to 3 but I am gonna have a talk about why the theatrical cut didn’t work and how it was basically an incomplete movie
fuck you with that music at the beginning and think for yourself. just because everyone says alien 3 is bad doesn/t mean it actually is.
If you listened you’d know I liked the extended cut of 3 and was merely speaking about how moviegoers and critics were disappointed with it
And which music?
@@generationwhyentertainment2455 no you were trashing it to fit in with the status quo and theatrical cut is better than assembly cut.
@nkjkjnkj that’s just like your opinion.
And nah golics whole arc makes the assembly cut 100% better than the theatrical
@@generationwhyentertainment2455 that's just like your opinion, man. And the golic character is not interesting and really bogs the movie down. sometimes theatrical cut is the best and this is one of those.
the santa claus line is actually a wink / nod / reference jeunet’s previous films. also, jeunete insisted ron perlman and dominique pinon from city of lost children would be cast in alien resurrection or he would not do the film. do not sleep on his movies, seriously, they are otherworldly.
Well I read that the original line was “Who were you expecting the Easter bunny?” But Piñon couldn’t pronounce it properly so they switched it to Santa
The Walmart reference really pissed me off
Why!? LOL I’m sure back then it’s cringe but looking back “yeah America was obsessed with Walmart taking over everything in the late 90s” it’s a time capsule joke
comment for the almighty algorithm.
3:17 that’s not how a Mcguffin works
Ya got me lol
Yeah, a "McGuffin" is the coveted object (excuse) that spurs the conflict/action of the plot.
Cloning Ripley was merely a conceit to bring Sigourney Weaver back to the franchise again.
Theoretically, wouldn’t the magical blood samples be McGuffin?
@@generationwhyentertainment2455
Not unless the rest of the plot was rival characters trying to obtain its secret or something.
@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat well I clearly mixed my TV troops up I probably should’ve said plot convenience, but oh well we’re here now
I really despise this moronic idea that an actor needs to have the life experience of any character they might play. Ideally an actor should be a tabula rasa and therefore be able to play most any character.
Also, in modern Hollywood this is one of those “only applies in one direction” rules. You’ll never see Colin Farrell playing Malcolm X, but Denzel as Mick Jagger!? No problem!! Also, why does that rule always fail to apply to twins? Why is Hollywood constantly bypassing talented twins and choosing instead to just have an actor play dual roles?
It’s imbecile logic. All of it.
Denzel Washington would never be cast as mick jagger wtf are you on about
And obviously yeah sure anyone can play someone with autism if they don’t good doctor it. But weaver being autistic gives her more introspection that a non autistic person would be less likely to have.
bro delete this crap
Only Alien is canon for me 🤔
Aliens is the best sequel ever made and valid canon. It went down hill from Alien 3 and on.
@Steve-du2nz even still it’s the most consistent quadrilogy of movies. They’re all enjoyable even if they aren’t as good as the first 2
Especially the extended alien 3
@@generationwhyentertainment2455 I saw Alien 3 in theater. I’ll never forget being upset that they killed Newt and Hicks in the opening credits. The extended version is better. 4 does not feel like the other 3 at all, it’s campy but it has its moments.
@Steve-du2nz I think killing hicks and newt off was a gut punch but it goes with the theme of each of the trilogy representing the stages of grief
And the fact that alien 3 is gonna end on a downer. The theatrical version is so disjointed and empty tho I hate the theatrical cut. The extended cut tho is like. I legit like it.
4 I just think is fun and has some cool sci fi set pieces. And the cast is just 5 star