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I think the two directions they could've gone with this is, do we follow the Prometheus/ Covenant path or lean more towards Alien/ Aliens? I think they chose the right one as it more closely follows the themes and ideas of the latter. There are of course references to all the movies, but it seems to fit better with Alien/ Aliens. Don't get me wrong, I loved Prometheus, which is my third fave behind Alien/ Aliens. But Covenant was a letdown and I'm glad it didn't continue from there.

This movie FAR surpassed my expectations. I didn't even feel like watching it based on the trailers, movie stills, posters etc. I thought it was just a small crew trying to survive against a few facehuggers and maybe an alien or two. Like the Isolation videogame. But I have to admit they did a masterful job of marketing this movie. None of the spoilers were present in the trailers or revealed. Their grass roots marketing of people infected in NY started trending on social media. Did you see the popcorn buckets they released through Regal? That in itself made me hyped up for the movie. And it didn't disappoint. You don't have to be well versed in the Alien universe to know what's going on, but there are tons of easter eggs and call backs to the other movies. Rating 9/10.

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Episode 3 was a great one. Right next to the last episode of Season 1, they're my favorites. Any one want to guess who the villain is?

I had the same problem but I watched it at a regular screening. Went to talk to the staff twice about it and nothing was improved. It was very noticeable in the first Spider Gwen act before the credits. Everything was muddled and barely noticeable. Can't help but think they would do even better numbers if this wasn't a thing.

I watched episode 1 and barely got through it. not sure what the hype is about. nothing was really funny. is it cause I know nothing about soccer?

I would argue Clone Wars is pretty great. Without the foundation it laid, I doubt Mandalorian would have that impact.

I have a 4.5 that is nowhere near this nice. I'm thinking 5.5 or better, even with the chipping.

Agreed. I loved both movies. Sometimes I think we should step back as comic fans and instead of nitpicking things to death, just be glad we get to see these properties on film. A perfectly cast Rock as Black Adam, MODOK and Kang. What more do you want.

You have a good point. If I was to bring a casual movie viewer to this movie, they would have no clue what the end credits mean. Why does Jonathan Majors wear multiple outfits? Why is there a whole arena of them? They have to be careful not to assume the casual public is that well invested in the MCU or you lose them entirely.

I might in the minority here. I loved it and I think MODOK was handled well. I was hoping the post credits might have a legitimate surprise but I can see how it was important to build Phase 5 in the future. I might actually go see it again maybe in 3D.