The shame of it is that Alvarez begins the new Alien with his own sort of class-struggle horror, which is mostly new to the Alien movies. That stuff is great. Then he starts trying to add all the others back in and it gets super-gratuitous.
I will note my "rotten" tomato is the softest possible rotten, but I'm starting to think more about the ticket price regular folks will pay to see not enough that's new.
The foundation for class-struggle horror is in the lore, but has largely been unexamined. Sounds like this would have been a good film to explore that more deeply.
The shame of it is that Alvarez begins the new Alien with his own sort of class-struggle horror, which is mostly new to the Alien movies. That stuff is great. Then he starts trying to add all the others back in and it gets super-gratuitous.
I will note my "rotten" tomato is the softest possible rotten, but I'm starting to think more about the ticket price regular folks will pay to see not enough that's new.
The foundation for class-struggle horror is in the lore, but has largely been unexamined. Sounds like this would have been a good film to explore that more deeply.
Toy Bin 2 forever!