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  • 13 Worst Horror Movies Set in Space, Ranked by Terribleness

    13 Worst Horror Movies Set in Space, Ranked by Terribleness

  • 10 Things We Learned on the Set of ‘Alien: Covenant’

    The crew of the Covenant in ALIEN: COVENANTOh, “Alien” franchise, what a wild trip the last four decades have been. You’ve taken us from mining ships to penal colonies to research vessels, never missing an opportunity to jump-scare us with a Xenomorph or two … or three. And now it looks like we’re in for a long overdue blast from the franchise’s bloody, horrific past.

    Yes, the “Alien” franchise has spanned nearly 40 years and five movies (hey, “Prometheus” counts), so when Moviefone was invited to the Australian set of “Alien: Covenant,” the sixth entry in the canon, we jumped at the chance to spend a day geeking out with a small group of like-minded reporters chomping at the bit to catch a glimpse of director Ridley Scott‘s return to the world that put him on the sci-fi map. We got to chat with the man himself (he couldn’t have been kinder or calmer), a few of the special effects masters behind the camera, and the some of the movie’s stars, including Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, and Demián Bichir, to name a few.

    Before we get started, it’s important that you know what “Alien: Covenant” is about, since we’ll be referencing some plot and story points throughout. So here’s the synopsis of the movie, directly from studio 20th Century Fox:

    Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world, whose sole inhabitant is the synthetic David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

    All set? On with the show. Here are 10 things we learned while geeking out on the set of “Alien: Covenant.”

    1. Paradise gets lost real quick.the planet in ALIEN COVENANTOne big thing, time-wise, that producer Mark Huffam revealed to us (that the synopsis fails to mention) is that the action in “Alien: Covenant” takes place 10 years after the events of “Prometheus.” (Kind of a major point, actually.) Huffam also dropped the detail that the crew of the Covenant discovers a “rogue signal” of “human form,” and that distress call is what leads them to a paradise-like planet, one that looks better than where they were originally headed. The crew then lands, as Huffam put it, “on what appears to be a very beautiful, unspoiled paradise of a planet, but from there on, it just all goes downhill for them.” Well said.

    2. There will be blood. So much blood.a bloody med bay in ALIEN COVENANTIf you were unimpressed with the body count and splatter of “Prometheus,” we have news for you: “Alien: Covenant” features a ton of blood, and not just any blood. Special blood. As special visual effects supervisor Neil Corbould explained, the production went to great lengths to get the blood just right, shipping in “a few thousands of dollars”-worth of prop blood, but ultimately using the gooey stuff they invented instead.

    What’s more? Not all the blood they manufactured was human. “… We’ve made some alien blood as well. We’ve made some black blood, and then we’ve got the android white fluid, or whatever that is. Uh yeah, so we’ve made quite a few different types, different consistencies, different colors. The red blood, we’ve probably made like a thousand liters of red blood, so… You can imagine what the film’s going to be like.” Yeah, we can imagine.

    3. Michael Fassbender is twinning.Michael Fassbender as David in ALIEN COVENANTBeing in a room with Michael Fassbender is like visiting pandas at a zoo. It’s an exciting experience, but you want to stay perfectly still as to not disturb the majesty of the moment. In this case, we interacted with him, which, if he were on the endangered species list, would have landed us all in jail. (There is only one Michael Fassbender, so he should really be on the list.) Fassbender’s synthetic character, David (easily the best part of “Prometheus”), is back for Round 2 in “Alien: Covenant,” along with a new iteration, Walter. Both are played by Fassbender, who, as it turns out, doesn’t really find playing two characters in the same movie all that challenging.

    “It’s pretty straightforward in the fact that Walter is very much a synthetic minus any of the human traits,” he told us. You see, Walter is the result of David’s more human qualities taking root in the David 8 model, which really freaked out the robot-buying public. Walter is all business, all the time — no hair dye or Peter O’Toole movies for him.

    “It’s been 10 years since we last saw [David], without any maintenance,” Fassbender continued. “So those human qualities have sort of gathered momentum a little bit, I suppose. They’re as much a part of him now as his synthetic qualities. But Walter’s just really there to serve the ship and its crew.”

    So, will the next movie have Fassbender playing three parts? We can only dream.

    4. The Covenant is full of couples.The Covenant, as you read in the synopsis above, is a colony ship, one seeking out a habitable planet. It is also a terraforming ship, meaning that it’s full of plants and such. It’s also full of people, and those people, much like the animals on Noah’s ark, come in pairs — presumably, to repopulate whatever planet they settle. And from what we gathered on the set (and in the prologue above), things can get very high school. Things also get very college, as we were told that some of the crew members don’t stay loyal to their significant others. Drama!

    5. A same-sex couple is front and center and it’s no big deal.Nathaniel Dean and Damian Bichir in ALIEN COVENANTDemián Bichir and Nathaniel Dean play a married couple, because, in the future, gay couples are still a thing. Shocker! The movie won’t focus on their relationship and the characters as distinctly gay — in other words, they won’t be walking around the movie wearing flashing neon signs that read “We’re the gay ones.” What makes their relationship distinct, however, is that Bichir’s Sgt. Lope, the head of the ship’s security team, is Dean’s superior officer. When we asked Bichir about the inclusive nature of the characters, he was proud of what the movie is bringing to the table.

    “We are all couples on this ship, all kinds of couples, even men and men,” Bichir explained. “For me, that’s a beautiful side of the story, when you can have these two almost iconic macho types being together and loving each other and being a part of keeping everyone alive.” Awww.

    6. Daniels is not the new Ripley (sort of).Katherine Waterston as Daniels in ALIEN COVENANTAs yet another sign that the “Alien” franchise is going back to its roots, we have the return of a central heroine, this time played by Katherine Waterston, who, by the look of this photo, is channeling Ellen Ripley’s big-gun-and-a-tank-top look. (And pulling it off quite nicely.) Waterston plays Daniels, the ship’s chief terraformist on the Covenant’s colonization mission — not exactly the blue collar gig Ripley had on the Nostromo, but, as Waterston points out, not too far removed. “I think, because she doesn’t think of herself with the captain [played by James Franco], she’s one of [the crew]. Like Ripley in the first ‘Alien,’ she’s technically third in ranking and that changes as the film progresses.” Yeah, we’re pretty sure that “change” comes by way of dying crew members.

    When asked directly about her character’s similarities to Ripley, Waterston acknowledged the comparison, but asserted that Daniels is very different from both the Sigourney Weaver character and Noomi Rapace’s Elizabeth Shaw in “Prometheus.” “I’ve probably been taking cues from [Sigourney Weaver’s] performance on and off screen my whole life,” she said. “It’s just, to me, a very relatable, excellent depiction of a woman. But, at the same time, I loved what Noomi did. It was very different to what Sigourney did. I don’t think she felt any responsibility to be like Sigourney, and I don’t feel any responsibility to be like that.”

    There was one concession to the Ripley comparison, however, that Waterston was happy to make: “I’ll say that, in this, she has really good instincts, like Ripley did.”

    7. “Alien: Covenant” will truly be an R-rated horror movie.Everyone we spoke to about the movie’s R rating emphasized the fact that “Alien: Covenant” will be a hard R. In fact, rating it anything other than R was never an option. From the amount of blood used to the franchise’s return to gory horror, it’s clear that this movie won’t be for the PG-13 crowd. Just watch the red band trailer above and decide for yourself.

    When we spoke to Ridley Scott, he explained returning to the franchise’s horror roots as somewhat inaccurate, because, to him, “Alien” was never really a horror movie. “‘Alien’ was kind of a posh horror film,” he explained. “I never think of it as a horror film, it just scared the sh*t out of people. I think it had too much class to be classified as a horror film. Nothing wrong with horror, but I think horror is: What is real tension? What is real fear? It’s very hard to scare people. In the bloody films you see, which, ironically, are not even frightening, they’re just like, ‘yikes!’ So I thought I’d try to come back and do one.”

    It wasn’t just the “return to horror” aspect of it that got Scott’s blood pumping. He had some questions about the origin of the Xenomorph. “… We’ve come back with a very simple idea, which is Who made them? No one ever asked that question,” he said. “[‘Alien’] was just about there it is, it exists, and this is what it is. So it became seven guys and gals in a steel hull, frankly the very old idea of ‘The Old Dark House.’ Who’s gonna die next? The fundamental basis of ‘Alien’ was a pretty, you know, B-movie, but because of the cast and talent involved it came out an A+ movie. So we’ve reinvented the idea of ‘Alien,’ I think, which is that ‘Covenant’ gets us a step closer to Why was this thing designed, and who did it?”

    8. You wanted more aliens? You got ’em … and then some.A xenomorph going in for the kill in ALIEN COVENANTOne question shouted from the rooftops by “Alien” fans after the release of “Prometheus” was an incendiary, all-caps “WHERE ARE ALL THE ALIENS?!!!” Well, Ridley Scott heard you and he’s ready to make amends.

    When asked about fan reaction to “Prometheus,” effects supervisor Corbould served up the most succinct response: “When the gloves are off and it’s 18 or R-rated, then you can make the movie exactly what you want, with more aliens. [Scott] listened to the audience, that they want more aliens — they’re gonna get a lot more aliens. More than they probably anticipated.”

    The movie’s high volume of aliens was confirmed by creature and make-up effects designer supervisor Conor O’Sullivan and creature effects supervisor Adam Johansen, who told us there would be an “enormous amount of creatures” on display in the movie. (Also, we got to play with a facehugger rig, so you’re definitely in for some old-school Xenomorph action.)

    9. “Alien: Covenant” is a little less “Prometheus,” a little more H.R. Giger.Tunnel in the Juggernaut from ALIEN COVENANT“Alien” fans longing for the franchise’s return to the surrealist, organic aesthetic that artist H.R. Giger brought to the first (and subsequent) movies — but disappeared in “Prometheus — are in for a treat. Production designer Chris Segers told us that “Alien: Covenant” is “edging in” to the Giger look and feel. Ooh, cryptic.

    Check out the newest iteration of the Xenomorph in the trailer released just last night.

    10. The sets are make-the-hair-on-the-back-of-your-neck-stand-up fantastic.Daniels explores in ALIEN COVENANTNow, admittedly, this photo has nothing to do with the sets. Just imagine the expression on an “Alien” fan’s face looking somewhat similar to that of Daniels’s when he or she walks onto a soundstage housing one of the most iconic visuals in the franchise’s history. Yes, we stood aboard a Juggernaut, and it was fantastically detailed, dirty, and just as cold as it looks onscreen. We also walked through what can best be described as an Engineer temple, with giant, sculpted Engineer heads lining the rocky temple walls. It was damned impressive.

    So why spend time talking about something we can’t actually show you? To point out that these were NOT digital sets — they were practical sets built with the purpose of better informing the actors’ performances and creating an onscreen experience that feels (and looks) grounded and tangible. It speaks to Ridley Scott’s determination to make “Alien: Covenant” a terrifying, visceral addition to the franchise, one that will (hopefully!) serve as a satisfying first entry in a new “Alien” trilogy.

    “Alien: Covenant” opens everywhere May 19th.

  • ‘Alien: Covenant’ Star Katherine Waterston Reveals Sequel’s Place in ‘Alien’ Universe

    Katherine Waterston as Daniels in ALIEN: COVENANTMany are already calling Katherine Waterston “the new Ellen Ripley,” if only because she’s a leading lady battling monsters (while wearing a tank top) in a Ridley Scott “Alien” movie.

    “Obviously, you can see the parallels because she’s a woman at the center of this story and in peril fighting aliens,” the actress agreed during a recent interview at the NYC Fox press event previewing “Alien: Covenant.” “But that’s kind of where it ended for me.”

    Waterston plays Daniels, a member of the Covenant colony ship on its way to a remote part of the galaxy, when the crew discovers a planet they believe to be an uncharted paradise. Spoiler alert: It’s anything but.

    The actress told press during a special first-look footage presentation that the crew are scientists, not soldiers. “It’s a colonist ship, right? So they’re going to a new planet to live there — not to ever return home,” she explained to Moviefone. “So she’s head of terraforming. So it’s like, you know, growing things there and setting up the housing and everything there, so things happen in the film that really alter her.”“Alien: Covenant” is a sequel to “Prometheus,” and Waterston teased that they are both “connected in some ways.” One of them, obviously, is the larger “Alien” cinematic universe, as the action in both films ultimately predates the events of Ellen Ripley in the 1979 original.

    “It really feels like Ridley returning to the feel and intensity of the original ‘Alien’ film,” Waterston said of “Covenant.” “Maybe it’s sort of their love child. There’s elements of both [‘Prometheus’ and the original ‘Alien’].”Another is an emphasis on practical monster effects. “There were doubles of some of the actors that looked so real that I thought they were the actors,” Waterston recalled of her time on set. “So there was one day, there was a guy who was actually just like a scarecrow — his body was made of, like, floppy straw, and I thought it was the actor.”

    She added, “They did such incredible work, the effects department, and the art department, and hair and makeup. Everything was extraordinary. So there was a lot we got to see on set that was really powerful and disturbing to see.”“Alien: Covenant” also stars Michael Fassbender (in a dual role), Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Billy Crudup, Amy Seimetz, and Carmen Ejogo. The movie hits theaters May 19, 2017.

  • What’s Next for ‘Arrow,’ ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ and That Superhero Crossover

    arrow, legends of tomorrow crossoverEver since the DC Universe exploded onto The CW with the introduction of “Arrow” in 2012, writer/producer Marc Guggenheim has been one of the prime architects translating both long-standing and fresh comic book mythology into TV stories.

    Now, whenever Guggenheim, a frequent comic book writer himself, offers up a preview of what’s ahead for the two series he’s currently guiding, “Arrow” and “Legends of Tomorrow” — plus a tidbit or two on that upcoming crossover that includes “The Flash” and “Supergirl” — one thing becomes clear: every time one of the series turns over a big new reveal, there’s even more big things to come with each revelation.

    “Arrow”

    On Ragman Rory Reagan’s reaction to knowledge Felicity was responsible for the destruction in Havenrock:

    I feel like he’s got a very human reaction. He reacts to it the way I think you might expect him to, but not in an overblown way. I think it’s very grounded and very human.

    We talked a lot about that storyline, and Rory’s point of view and Felicity’s point of view. I will say that a lot of times, you write something and you do a storyline and it has a very different reaction than the one you expected. I think we were all taken aback, not in a bad way but just surprised, that there was so much outrage over Felicity’s actions in Episode 421. People were upset at Felicity, somehow, for saving Monument Point, at the expense of Havenrock.

    It was fun to actually get a chance to articulate the anti-Felicity point of view, and the pro-Felicity point of view. It made for a very interesting moral dilemma, and we had a chance to play with that.

    On whether Diggle and Lyla will become aware of the changes to their family as a result of “Flashpoint”:

    I always say that, on “Arrow,” there is no secret that doesn’t eventually get discovered.

    On how the story of newly introduced D.A. Adrian Chase, who becomes the superhero Vigilante in the comic books, will move forward:

    Episode 507 is where we show our cards the most, in terms of Adrian. What’s fun about the way we’re writing and portraying Adrian is that we’re writing with a certain amount of comic book knowledge. And if you’re not a comic book fan, it will just fly over your head and that’s totally fine. It’s like an adult joke in a Pixar movie.

    But if you are familiar with the comic, you’ll probably interpret certain scenes in a very specific way, and that’s fun for us. I don’t think we’ve ever really used their comic book trajectory and destiny, in this fashion, before, as part of the storytelling.

    On Quentin Lance’s path as he attempts to recover from alcoholism while serving as Oliver’s Deputy Mayor:

    It’s definitely not an easy one. Thea’s decision to make him Deputy Mayor is very noble on Thea’s part, but it’s also very naive, given the amount of demons that Quentin is wrestling with. It’s not going to be as simple as just having a new job title. It’s going to get a lot harder before it gets easier. It’s Arrow, so that probably stands to reason.

    On when the briefly glimpsed Prometheus will return as a more direct threat to Team Arrow:

    Episode 506 is when things really start to kick into a higher gear. It’s a 23 episode season. This is true for all the shows, especially when you have a big bad that’s introduced in the first episode, but you have to strike a balance between it becoming the Prometheus show and becoming very repetitive, and teasing it out. Episode 506 felt right to us because 505 felt like the end of a chapter, and then 506 kicks things into another gear.

    On when Felicity’s still-secret romance will come to light:

    It’s the classic thing of “no secrets stay a secret forever” on Arrow. Oliver is going to find out about Felicity’s boyfriend in Episode 505. Because, I’m spoiling that, I’m not going to spoil when Felicity’s boyfriend finds out that Felicity is working with Arrow.

    On how Curtis Holt still has some training to do before claiming the title of Mr. Terrific:

    I think he’s still got a ways to go on his journey. For one thing, that’s not the final costume. We decided to give some of the recruits what we call “proto costumes.” They have to earn the final one.

    In terms of all of these characters becoming or being vigilantes, Curtis has the furthest to go. The evolution of Curtis, from comic relief and sidekick to butt-kicking superhero, is a big throw, in my opinion. The only way to do it properly is to watch him try, and then watch him fail, and watch him fail, and watch him fail. So, it’s going to be a real struggle for him, as we go through the fifth season.

    One the challenge of having “Arrow’s” landmark 100th episode fall within the four-series fall crossover while still retaining its own distinction:

    The challenge was that we’ve only got 42 minutes, and it’s the middle part of a three-part story. At the same time, it’s the 100th episode. When the news broke that the 100th episode was also going to be the cross-over episode, people were up and down my Twitter and Greg [Berlanti]’s Twitter. In a very positive way, people didn’t want to feel like the cross-over was hijacking what should be a really seminal episode and moment for Arrow, which is wonderful.

    I don’t want to spoil it, but Greg came up with an idea that really does allow us to have our cake and eat it too. I haven’t seen the episode all cut together yet, but it has some incredibly iconic moments. It is a love letter to the show. It draws on all previous 99 episodes. Everyone who we could have in the episode, from a scheduling point of view, is in the episode. Even the people who we couldn’t have because of having conflicting schedules are represented. At the same time, you’ve got The Flash and Supergirl, and that’s an enormous amount of fun. The recruits also play a very large and important role in the episode.

    I’m really excited about it. There’s one moment in it that I think is probably Stephen Amell‘s finest performance to date. This one scene, that really has two moments within the one scene, will just break your heart. It will take your heart, pull it out, and stomp it on the floor. It’s very, very affecting, and it’s all on Stephen’s back. It’s incredible. Willa [Holland] is amazing in the episode.

    Everyone obviously brought their A-game to it. I’m really, really excited about it. It’s the 100th episode!

    “Legends of Tomorrow”

    On how the JSA stays involved, without the Legends having to return again and again to 1942:

    I don’t want to spoil too much. I will say that we do go back to 1987 and we’ll meet a much older version of Obsidian, who is going to be played by Lance Henriksen. That’s one way.

    And then we have another device up our sleeves that I don’t want to spoil because it deals with stuff that is mythology-based in the back half of the year.

    On how Vixen will stay very much in the picture going forward:

    We’ll deal with it very directly in Episode 203. We pick up 203, facing that issue head-on. You have a clue to it in Rex’s final words to her. If you’re Vixen and you’ve got Rex Tyler dying in your arms and you hear the words “time traveler,” who would you think is responsible?

    On the search for the time-lost Rip Hunter:

    That’s going to be something that’s always going on in the background — and in some cases the foreground — of various episodes, to a certain extent. We don’t want to change the mission statement from fixing aberrations to going and saving Rip, but the bat has been taken out of their hands, in the sense that there’s no way to find Rip, so what can they do?

    Even if they said that priority number one was finding Rip, I don’t know how they would go about it, given the nature of Rip’s disappearance.

    [The audience] will find out before the Legends do.

    On the nature of Nate Heywood’s forthcoming superpowers:

    One of the reasons why we wanted to bring the character of Nate into the show was that we wanted to play with something that “The Flash” got the chance to really play with in Season 1, which is the fun of telling an origin story for a hero.

    In the evolution of a hero, there are all these fun seminal moments that we wanted to put our own Legends spin on. Part of that is discovering you have powers, part of it is learning how to control those powers, and part of it is the first time you go out in costume, part of it is the first time you fail, and part of it is the first time you realize you have a weakness.

    We want to be able to tell all those different kinds of stories. You can safely assume the reason we brought in Nate was so that we could tell those kinds of stories, including the unpredictable nature of his powers. The next episode, 203, really shows how difficult it is for Nate to get his powers under control.

    On when the members of the Legion of Doom start reappearing:

    You’ll see John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn in “Legends” Episode 208. You’ll also see John in “Arrow” Episode 508, which is the 100th episode. You’ll see Neal McDonough back as Damien Darhk in the 100th episode. You’ll see Wentworth Miller back as Captain Cold in the “Legends” mid-season finale, which is Episode 208.

    On the White Canary’s new leadership role:

    It’s funny: you come up with character journeys for the season and sometimes they work out better than you ever expected, like with Sara — and there are other times that are worse than you ever expected, like with Kendra and Ray.

    I will say that I’ve gotta give a lot of props to Caity Lotz. As you start to see her become more and more comfortable with being the leader of this rag-tag group, it’s so much fun to watch her. The character is embodying the role of leader, and Caity’s performance really embraces it. It turns out to be one of the most successful things that we’ve done in Season 2. I’m super excited about it.

    The Crossover

    On telling the crossover story in a prelude and three parts across all four DC Universe series:

    There’s going to be an episode of “Supergirl” that ends with Supergirl going over to the crossover. Some people call it a four-way crossover because it involves four shows. My ulcer requires me to call it a three-part crossover. The story that’s being told has a beginning, middle, and end. It’s a beginning in “The Flash,” a middle in “Arrow,” and an end in “Legends,” but “Supergirl” is very much a part of the whole thing.

    “Arrow” airs Wednesdays and “Legends of Tomorrow” airs Thursdays on The CW.

  • ‘Prometheus’ Sequel Gets Another New Title, Release Date

    alien, alien: covenant, covenant, alien covenant, prometheus, prometheus 2, prometheus sequelMore than five years after the flick first hit theaters, the “Prometheus” sequel is officially a go, and has a new name (yes, another one), a release date, a logo (seen above), and an official synopsis.

    Fox revealed the big news this week, announcing that the flick would now be called “Alien: Covenant,” and would have a direct link to director Ridley Scott‘s 1979 “Alien” film. While that second part is nothing new — Scott said as much earlier this year — the new name is a bit odd, since Scott had also previously said that the film would be called “Alien: Paradise Lost,” in an homage to the poem by John Milton.

    Whatever the cause for the change, it’s good news for fans either way. Here’s the synopsis that Fox unveiled:

    Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in Alien with Alien: Covenant, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with Prometheus — and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world — whose sole inhabitant is the “synthetic” David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

    “Alien: Covenant” is due in theaters on October 6, 2017.

    [via: ComicBook.com]

    Photo credit: Fox

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  • 13 Really Crappy Horror Movies Set in Space, Ranked From Bad to Worst

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    Got a long-lasting horror series running low on ideas and money? No problem — set it in space!

    That is a popular cure-all Hollywood applies to slasher film franchises — it’s easier to make bad sci-fi horror than the other thing. Worse? Some movies set in galaxies far, far away start out as bargain bin worthy from jump street — original efforts that seem to over-commit to being full of wrong.

    With Halloween creeping around the corner (see what we did thar?), here are 13 space-set horror films you want to shove out an airlock.

  • 11 Awesome Trailers That Are Better Than the Movie

    Movie trailers are what get us to fork over our box office dollars, but sometimes we don’t always get our money’s worth.

    In fact, the movie we’re sold on is often underwhelming or disappointing — failing to live up to the quality of the ad that hooked us in. (We’re looking at you, “Phantom Menace.”) As theaters fill with previews for this Fall’s coming attractions, here are 11 previews that proved to be better than the movie.

    ‘Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace‘ (1999)
    Back when trailers hit the internet in thumbnail vid sizes, if you wanted to really the prequel’s first teaser, you had to buy a ticket to see (cringe) “Meet Joe Black.” Today, we’d take a blank-faced Brad Pitt eating peanut butter over Jar-Jar any day.

    ‘X3‘ (2006)
    Wolverine’s “gotta rally the troops” speech at trailer’s end, in concert with the action-packed trailer music and visuals, convinced us that Brett Ratner taking over for Bryan Singer may not have been such a bad thing. We were so, so wrong.

    ‘Spider-Man 3‘ (2007)
    Another threequel, another trailer that tricked us into seeing a movie with emo Peter Parker and Harry’s pervy line delivery about pie. The trailer’s final line — “This could be the end of Spider-Man” — proved unfortunately prophetic.

    ‘Die Another Day‘ (2002)
    Oh c’mon! Ice guns, frozen tundras revealed to be curvy ladies — what’s not to love?! This teaser is way cooler than anything in Pierce Brosnan‘s final Bond film.

    ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron‘ (2015)
    We’re confident you watched this trailer more than the movie itself. “Ultron” isn’t terrible, it’s just, well, okay. And that’s worse. But that creepy cover of “I Got No Strings” is the best.

    ‘Quantum of Solace‘ (2008)
    After “Casino Royale,” we should have received — as this trailer indicates — “The Dark Knight” of Bond movies. Unfortunately, we had to wait another movie for that.

    ‘Prometheus‘ (2012)
    The first ad for the “Alien” prequel, borrowing from the 1979 film’s trailer in chilling ways, is more of a true “Alien” prequel than the final film. They should have called it “Noble Misfire.”

    ‘Alien 3‘ (1992)
    This first teaser for yet another threequel (seeing a pattern?) is very misleading — especially with its promise of Earth’s first xenomorph encounter.

    ‘Where the Wild Things Are‘ (2009)
    That Arcade Fire song, plus Spike Jonze’s faithful (visual) adaptation of the much-beloved children’s book, equals all the feels. The movie? Not so much.

    ‘Sucker Punch‘ (2011)
    Contrary to what the trailer makes you think, NO ONE wants to see flying girls punch giant, mini-gun wielding samurai.

    ‘The Dark Knight Rises‘ (2012)
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  • Ridley Scott Reveals ‘Prometheus 2’ Title: ‘Alien: Paradise Lost’

    Ridley Scott has been dropping lots of details about his follow-up to “Alien” prequel “Prometheus” in recent months, and now, the director has shared the flick’s new name.

    In an interview with Hey U Guys, Scott said that rather than go with the traditional “Prometheus 2,” the flick’s title would instead draw inspiration from a famous epic poem, and be called “Alien: Paradise Lost.” In addition to providing more of a direct link to the “Alien” franchise — which Scott has said in the past that the “Prometheus” flicks will eventually do — that title also gives filmgoers a bit of a taste of Scott’s inspiration for the film’s plot.

    In case you’re a bit rusty on high school English, here’s Hey U Guys explaining John Milton’s poem:

    Building on the literary heritage of the previous film the allusion to John Milton is certain to have implications for the film’s plot. Dealing with the Fall of Man, Milton’s epic poem deals with the fall of Satan and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden – the loss of innocence and a terrifying, irreversible act is surely going to be a factor in the journey towards the events of Alien.

    Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit
    Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste
    Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
    With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
    Restore us…
    — The opening of John Milton’s Paradise Lost.

    Later, Hey U Guys caught up with Scott again to have the director explain more about the choice for the flick’s title.

    “Because we’re heading back to why and how and when the beast was invented,” Scott told the site of his thought process with the name. “We’ll go back in to the back door of the very first Alien [movie] I did 30 years ago.”

    Sounds pretty cool to us. No word yet on when “Alien: Paradise Lost” is set to hit theaters, though we expect we’ll hear more from Scott himself soon. Stay tuned.

    [via: Hey U Guys]

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