Last Supper

I like all things Alien and this movie has me stoked. The more I see the more i get excited.

@Drake

You actually asked a good question as it makes towards the plot of the movie. If they are not there for part of the colonization, what is their true purpose...?

...to adopt the children of the parents who will die due to unavoidable accidents.

@Ati

Totally Plausible solution...

On with the movie!

@Drake It's all good dude

I think it's great there's a gay couple on board. It dosn't matter WHY they're there. They may be biologists, chemists, anything at all, and nothing to do with the "cargo" they're carrying - Birchir and Dean make a fine couple. Although it would be highly ironic if they're the only ones left after all the carnage.

Didn't we have a thread talking about other potential 'bursters' lol  Maybe Ridley wants to make everyone uncomfortable, including LGBT viewers.

Im pretty sure on of the homosexuals will get impregnanted and they will view it as a miracle. Virgin Birchir kind of way.  

Then bursted! Or something along those lines

The last supper.....before the shit gets real. Lol I thought it was good. I got the scence that they where trying to feed of each other to tell themselves "it's going to be ok" and when daniels was going to give the speach and paused my first thought was she was going to say "wer'really all gonna die". I think the whole "couples" thing has nothing to do with sex, I think it has more to do with going into deep space to colonize a world ( obviously there job) and having companionship which the scene touched on imo.

Looks like this short intended to highlight Walter's character in a very specific way. I'm thinking him being the ending shot was  some foreshadowing. 

I have to say I think it's fantastic. It's clearly not part of the movie and already we can like or dislike some characters over others, feel the weight of our knowledge that their mission is doomed, and see what these people are losing when they find hell on paradise.

It was very creepy hearing Walters voice for the first time, opening shot examining Daniels is amazing and made me feel like first time I saw the original, something about his cold demeanor, like yeah and then there's gunna be aliens trying to kill you too...

I think we're in for a great movie, that will be very scary, and thought provoking, and create a richer backstory for the alien Universe. Some of the criticisms i'm reading are so petty, regarding the gay couple, I mean they're just another couple on a ship with a crew of couples.... as joked about when Danny McBride says " I'll colonize all over this..." They arent literally going there to have sex with each other until a colony is formed... I think there are many people first of all stowed away, and second of all the more diverse the crew I think the better, as they are prob the best of the best from whatever pool or program they came from to enlist for this mission.

And its great they were able to do the (yes kinda of silly) tribute to John Hurt OUTSIDE of the feature. I'm really excited for this movie, and this was a great watch 3 months out. 

@LV226  Agreed, well said

That was pretty good!

So Walter has a role with the backburster.

I liked it but then I'm desperate to see anything at this point so maybe my standards are low.

Certainly a fair question from Drake: gay couple on colonization trip.  No question they are a value (scientists, etc) and they need to have a partner for emotional reasons.  But the one thing they won't do is reproduce.  But again, no big deal but fair question.

Walter intrigued me.First,i/don't believe he had an accent like David.Him helping Callie Hernandez was unexpected,the crew just sat there,he's the one who actually helped.It reminded me of Ash and how he just stared at Kane initially,obviously waiting for it to happen.I'm also curious why Branson is sick.

I am bad with character names. The guy that said that it”is pure majesty” – he was interrupted twice when the toast speech idea came up- first by the CPT and then Daniels- he looked a little peeved. I wonder what that is about.

Don't know character name,but the actor is Billy Crudup.He's the guy that gets the facehugger in the trailer 

Maybe he was irritating and Walter led him to the egg to shut him down. May as well jump to conclusions now.

Side note. This scene was good for character development- I hope they build the characters like this so the impact is heavier when they get killed.

I agree with the thought that this is a bit more about understanding the dynamics between the characters and its an innovative way to do it.  By having these brief vignettes it frees us the rest of the movie to move quicker.  With such a large cast it would be difficult to developed all the characters enough perhaps....might drag a bit.  Now we are able to see a bit into the characters so we have an idea going into the movie

SteveRogers1973- Yep. We see one couple act stuck up towards Tennessee and his wife for drinking, the choking victim and her spouse both were grateful to Walter and said thank you, and Walter keeps us second guessing. I hope you are right about vignettes so they don't need to spend a lot of time in the movie proper.