LuckyGungan2001

Well, I got Aliens: Colonial Marines for Christmas in 2015, and played through a lot of the levels, but stopped playing it by early 2016 and never played it again. That is, until recently, when I kind of got into the Alien franchise again. So I finished the level I was stuck on, progressed quickly from there, and what do you know, I’ve finished the game now.

And what a mess it was.

First off, the graphics are awful. I know the game had been in development since 2006, but couldn’t Gearbox have held off releasing it until they had tweaked the graphics so I don’t think I’m playing a game from 2003? The voice acting, likewise, is terrible. The main characters all have obnoxious voices and say terrible lines (I really hated the delivery of the guy playing O’Neil), and Lance Henricksen and Michael Biehn just phone it in. The combat is easy, the Xeno’s go down like fish in a barrel, the PMC’s are only a tiny bit harder, and the boss battle is hilariously anticlimactic.

But my biggest complaint is with the story. Look, I know video game stories never are as good as movies, but this had so many plot holes in conjunction with the films, I can’t fathom why 20th Century Fox declared this abomination “canon.” Right off the bat, the colony, Hadley’s Hope, is all fine and well, as if a nuclear bomb hadn’t hit it 17 weeks prior. Also, all the architecture is out of whack in correspondence to the film. Bishop’s legs are still in the Sulaco hanger bay, despite the fact that they would have been sucked out at the end of Aliens. And then, the sheer number of Xeno’s makes you wonder why exactly Weyland Yutani were so obsessed with getting the Queen chestburster out of Ripley in Alien 3, or why General Perez mentions that Ripley wiped out the species in Alien Resurrection.

SPOILERS for a four year old game that you should never play!

But my biggest problem is that they retconned Hicks’ death from Alien 3. Now, I quite like his anticlimactic end in that film. I think it’s a good introduction of how all the characters die in it. Bringing him back makes no sense, and they don’t even explain it. The DLC released to explain this makes no sense either. It’s like that novel that explains that Ripley actually went on another adventure in between Alien and Aliens, but even that was better explained that this. To top it off he plays a pitifully insignificant role in the game. Just awful.

I’ve vented enough. I think this is my longest post yet. I strongly advise you not to play this and seek out the better Aliens games out there.

Tobar said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

…bland voice acting for Han and Obi-Wan and the downright terrible voice acting for Vader.

Hey man, I only said the bad voice acting limited my enjoyment, I didn’t say that it had to limit yours.

I really don’t like the title. We already had a title that ended in Jedi!

Not knocking you Duracell, but what Star Wars stories (movies, books, comic lines or video games) do you like/tolerate (as in, give a six out of ten or higher)?

Tack said:

I now realize how few of you have listened to the radio drama…

I am sad now.

I have, for the first film. I enjoyed it, other than the bland voice acting for Han and Obi-Wan and the downright terrible voice acting for Vader.

moviefreakedmind said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

My hair is now long enough to put into a small ponytail.

My hair is usually down below my shoulders.

That’s what I’m aiming for.

This picture fills me with envy.

My hair is now long enough to put into a small ponytail.

Tyrphanax said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

Tyrphanax said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tyrphanax said:

Thanks, Junior Jedi Knights, for your crap stories. <_<

You’re mean to the young’uns.

They deserve it. Those books were almost as bad as the 2D Clone Wars series.

They must be downright amazing then.

Bad means not good. Like the 2D Clone Wars series.

Um, yeah, no, that’s not correct.

Well, obviously the part about bad being not good is correct.

The Lorax (2012)

I mean, it’s nice and colourful, with decent voice acting (even if none of the actors except Danny DeVito fit their character), and insanely catchy songs (my god they got stuck in my head), but it utterly spits on the message and nuance of the original Seuss story. Also, the characters talk in this weird unnatural way that seems that way just to be hip with teh kidz.

4/10

Tyrphanax said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tyrphanax said:

Thanks, Junior Jedi Knights, for your crap stories. <_<

You’re mean to the young’uns.

They deserve it. Those books were almost as bad as the 2D Clone Wars series.

They must be downright amazing then.

Sougouk said:

I wonder what the people who grew up with the PT as their Trilogy, will think of the ST, once it’s complete.

To be honest, I’m really not sure where I fall in terms of what I grew up with. I wasn’t even four years old when Revenge of the Sith came out, but was 14 when The Force Awakens was released. I suppose I “grew up” with The Clone Wars TV show.

ray_afraid said:

I always fail these because I am in fact more human than human.

Damn.

captainsolo said:

Reservoir Dogs is an absolute waste of time as it is a pitiful ripoff of City on Fire. It is not merely unoriginal but actually plagiarism.
In my humble opinion only Jackie Brown is worth anyone’s time. I have grown so tired of Tarantino and how in the world he continues to get away with wasting everyone’s time by regurgitating the past is beyond me.

I disagree with this post. But hey, you like what you like.

I’m too thin in the arms. I hate showing them in public because they look unhealthy.

Tyrphanax said:

MalàStrana said:

ray_afraid said:

I’m sorry if you used to think the PT was good. That’s hard to understand too.

However I’m still a big fan of Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars. What are they waiting for to give him a SW animated series again ?

Because his first one wasn’t that great?

I don’t consider the 3D series to be in my personal canon because of how much it contradicts Revenge of the Sith, so I’m fine with just having the 2D series and the Republic comics from the early 2000s being what I think happened during the Clone War. Perhaps when I read them, the old Clone Wars books (from 2003-04) will become part of my personal canon as well.

Don’t mistake that I love the 3D show, but I don’t think it fits into canon or legends timelines.

Okay, I think I’ve finally finalised how I rank the films. Good lord, I’ve changed these so much, but after a year I can finally say that I’ve decided how to rank them. Ironically, it’s actually my original order, but with Rogue One slotted in between TFA and ROTJ.

Tyrphanax said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I’m pleased that at least some of the new people coming around for MySpleen invites are making an effort to stick around and become part of the community.

Me too!

My first post was a MySpleen invite request. That was my first step into a larger world.

I enjoyed quite a bit. Interesting story. Makes me want to check out more of the Aliens Expanded Universe.

DominicCobb said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

NeverarGreat said:

I see images like that and wonder how they are in the same universe as that quaint 70’s movie. You know, the one featuring a farmboy, a down-on-his-luck hot rod driver and his giant doglike sidekick, and a sassy Mexican Revolution styled princess.

It’s almost as if it’s a realistic depiction of a galaxy, where things are different depending on the location or time.

LOL. There’s nothing “different” about how Legacy portrayed anything.

To be honest, I haven’t read the Legacy comics, but I don’t get the idea that everything in a fictional universe has to resemble everything else.

It should at least be in the same spirit.

I still don’t really get that. I don’t hate Aliens because it’s a completely different spirit to Alien. Nor do I hate the Daniel Craig James Bond films because they don’t have the spirit of the classic Bond films.

DuracellEnergizer said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

NeverarGreat said:

I see images like that and wonder how they are in the same universe as that quaint 70’s movie. You know, the one featuring a farmboy, a down-on-his-luck hot rod driver and his giant doglike sidekick, and a sassy Mexican Revolution styled princess.

It’s almost as if it’s a realistic depiction of a galaxy, where things are different depending on the location or time.

LOL. There’s nothing “different” about how Legacy portrayed anything.

To be honest, I haven’t read the Legacy comics, but I don’t get the idea that everything in a fictional universe has to resemble everything else.

NeverarGreat said:

I see images like that and wonder how they are in the same universe as that quaint 70’s movie. You know, the one featuring a farmboy, a down-on-his-luck hot rod driver and his giant doglike sidekick, and a sassy Mexican Revolution styled princess.

It’s almost as if it’s a realistic depiction of a galaxy, where things are different depending on the location or time.

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)

I’m in the minority here, but I actually prefer this film to the first film. Yes, the story is just as bad, and the acting, characterisation and script might be even worse, but unlike the first film, I actually can watch this from beginning to end, and not get bored. The fast pacing is both a pro and con. On one hand, it means we never get attached to a character before they’re abruptly killed off in a gory, over the top fashion, but on the other hand, it means I never have the urge to turn it off in lieu of sheer boredom. I hate the film centering on teenagers, because it makes the movie feel more like a cheap slasher film than an Alien or Predator film, and all the other characters are bland and stale. My biggest issue with the film is the horrendous lighting, which makes it impossible to see anything. I get the feeling watching the action scenes that if they were filmed correctly, they’d be fun, but they are so awfully shot I can’t tell.

I do think that the Predalian (what a stupid name) does make for a unique and “cool” villain, and the main Predator (I think he’s called Wolf) is pretty awesome as well. I liked his assortment of weapons and the idea of him being a veteran. I also liked that the makers slimmed down his body to be more in line with the original Predators, rather than the bulked up Predators from the first AvP film. My biggest issue with Aliens was the Xenomorphs being weak and easily killed off, but that’s nothing compared to how they’re portrayed here. They get killed left, right and centre, like low level enemies in video games. To my utter dismay, even the untrained pizza delivery boy is able to shoot one down with ease.

So, yeah, this movie is utter garbage, but on the count of it being fun to watch, and having a few good things, I’ll give this a three out of ten.

Oh yes, in late 2015 my father bought a box set of all of Tarantino’s movies up until Django Unchained (which luckily was on Netflix), and I loved them all at the time. Most of them I haven’t seen since, despite owning them. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction were my favourite, though I think both Kill Bill movies are near perfection.