Is Alien: Resurrection Bad or Just Weird? - Talking About Tapes

[@RichterPhallos]

I went to the theater to see Mortal Kombat Annihilation. It sucked so much ass I left and snuck into Alien Resurrection. I'm happy with that decision to this day

[@kdusel1991]

So happy to see Joe and Johanna back in the store!

[@gotflute123]

Love the vibe from your video! Has that "late night cable access show" feel to it. Keep it up :)

[@Shoup1155]

The worst thing about prison was the... was the Dementors. They were flying all over the place and they were scary and then they'd come down and they'd suck the soul out of your body and it hurt! -Prison Mike

[@kdusel1991]

I am here to scare you straight. I AM HERE TO SCARE YOU STRAIGHT!!!! - also prison mike

[@dylanpailing4314]

I love how confused the caller was and I absolutely love that he was playing along

[@wstine79]

I remember watching this in the cinema in high school. I love the green grimy look, the dark humor, Ron Perlman, and the alien chase under water.

[@kdusel1991]

I only know about this movie from the nostalgia critic's review of it from way back lol

[@ryanpowell2540]

I've never been the biggest fan of this movie, but I have to give it style points for being so dang weird. It was cool seeing Prison Mike again.

[@blurtednonsense5631]

Huh, again? Clearly, the clone of Prison Mike is his first appearance 🙄. You must know Prison Mike personally.

[@robk.6591]

Seeing the newborn alien getting sucked into space was so disturbing. It looks at Ripley like, "Mom, please help me!!!". Not to mention it's human-alien screaming.

[@philoebeddo8724]

Oh,was that how I was supposed to feel? I laughed.Most of the film I sighed.

[@robk.6591]

@@philoebeddo8724 awesome for you

[@philoebeddo8724]

@@robk.6591 👍🏻

[@Gurra88]

Edgy and original comment. I laughed more at 9/11 myself. 😮

[@ButteredToast32]

That scene stuck with me for weeks. It was an unnecessarily graphic and cruel death. They could’ve gone about that in so many less disturbing ways.

[@DissectThatFilm]

After a recent watch, I actually enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. You forgot to mention the really awesome foot massage scene though.🤣 Also, when the newborn is dying, the subtitles literally say that it's saying, "OH NOOO, HELP ME! NOOOOO!" It makes that scene so much darker than it already was. Another great episode!

[@StanWilks]

SO glad you're giving this movie its time in the sun. Very underrated!

[@jaybrooks1220]

The phone calls get me every time.

[@xenos_n.]

I remember when this came out thinking how particularly good the CGI looked compared to other movies, specifically with the aliens swimming.

[@mikerude5073]

Alien = haunted house, Aliens = Rollercoaster, Alien3 = funeral, Alien Resurrection = Fever dream.

[@GizmosHouse]

Alien 4 is my first & favorite in the franchise. It’s the perfect live-action anime

[@piercethru69]

To answer a couple of your questions with what has always been my head canon : Why is Ripley in a sheet? It's a thin protective film to help mute sensory factors until her body is more ready for them. Eg sound, light. And the basketball thing? Easy. The Xenomorphs are actually really into basketball, but lack a key evolutionary feature not available until Ripley; opposable thumbs. Her need to shoot baskets then overwhelmed all other reason

[@Mako2401]

Watched it in the cinema, even when I was a kid I knew this wasn't on the level of the other three movies, but still had lots of fun and came out pleased with the movie over all.

[@tylerwwernicke4423]

Tony, this is my absolute favorite alien movie. Objectively, it is definitely not the best. But it has such a weird sense of humor, and that g****** infant alien makes me so uncomfortable, and I love it. Oh, and Ron Perlman...

[@dillonwalshpvd]

I am trying to imagine what could possibly be censored here 🤔

[@bergfruehling]

32:40 Ripley took that hit because she never was in a fight before in her lab rat life (besides attacking the doctors from time to time). Then she immediately knew how to react because the alien instincts kicked in.

[@WhatsUpFella]

I honestly enjoy every mainline Alien film for different reasons. They’re all doing something interesting.

[@JoeyMartz]

new sub... I am loving your set/filming location. Lots of cool things throughout the space! J from NJ

[@lisbon1492]

24:07 To be fair, Tony is right. That guy did the right thing. You really shouldn't try to stop a gunman in a crowded public place unless it is a mass shooting. Yeah, the guy should have directed his girlfriend to follow him, but he made the smart move.

[@crippledbazooka]

it's bad and weird. it's also fine and fun.

[@georgehenderson7783]

The ending definitely wasn't fun

[@lolife74]

💯

[@cliveroberts8760]

Algorithm

[@Sash_tha_pash]

Like Johanna,fine and fun!...

[@videogamersoasisdotcom]

Aliens Meet Frankenstein in Space. What a freaky and stomach-turning but ultimately hilarious Alien film. You folks made a very entertaining review, and you all have a lot of delightful chemistry and charisma. Thanks for the laughs! More Prison Mike movie reviews, please.

[@wstine79]

It's awesome to see Tony, Johanna and Joe talking about my favorite ALIEN film. I'll bet Crystal is deep under the store fighting those slimy aliens under water.

[@ReanimatorsMutilations]

I'd love to what some of your other favourite movies are 😂

[@changotv5847]

Joe isnt there

[@headshot217]

Your fav alien movie? Wow

[@JazziG59]

I wonder what happened to Joe

[@kdusel1991]

@@JazziG59 Joe apparently died but Tony was able to clone prison Mike.

[@rei6nofrot]

Ohhhhh man! I'm very sad Joe isn't on this one. Literally watched the first 3 reviews over the weekend in preparation. Killing me here.

[@daviddodson8922]

I agree. But I do enjoy "Prison Mike"

[@rei6nofrot]

@@daviddodson8922 prison Mike is fine and fun! No complaints there.

[@Starfig]

I was still kind of with Prometheus for a while, while watching it in the theater. Then they get to the part where they go "it's a helmet!" and all the interesting coolness of the space jockey went out the window.

[@HackTheMovies]

That was the point of no return for me

[@alannevin2490]

I felt the same way, so disappointing.

[@judgedeath3]

An likely reason and answer to why ripley in the beginning was inside of that plastic sheet, I think its symbolism of being born. IF one study it further: Notice it makes it look like ripley is inside of that plastic sheet and breakign free, while you have that big round window above in the room. Later with the queen: The queen has a similair window above her nest where she is giving birth and the newborn is also breaking through something, this time the queens womb its pushing itself out of. Doing pretty much the same as ripley did in the start of the movie out of that plastic sheet, I think its some kind of symbolism, reflection of eachother.

[@MovieFanatic4500]

Speaking of small holes in spaceships, yall should check out Space Truckers. It has a scene that is just spectacular in regards to the vacuum of space. It is a classic Dennis Hopper film, and is always worth watching.

[@dylanpailing4314]

Always thought Ripley's psychic connection or whatever with the Aliens was like she wasn't on the same call but she was eavesdropping

[@shainewhite2781]

This film is 25 years old! Geez, how time flies!

[@JoeyMartz]

26 years old, right? Dropped in 97.

[@alejandromolinac]

Always liked this flick…. Had no idea it had a “bad rep” once I hopped the Internet and 1998….

[@JACSLuvsNachos]

Pervis was the guy in Se7en who killed the "lust" victim using knife "toy"

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

A friend of mine somehow got a copy of the script before it was shot. The finished product was identical to the script for about three quarters, and then it took a sharp turn toward shithouse. The script ending was very different, with the ship crashing on Earth and the alien escaping. From memory, I think they killed it by knocking it into some industrial farming equipment or something.

[@BM-wh5qk]

What I remember most about this movie was all the pre-release hype for it. The E! Channel was always showing Behind the Scenes stuff for it.

[@danielcollins9502]

Just watched this movie and I liked it better than I remember

[@HackTheMovies]

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[@JoyfulGoat]

Did he have the prison suit or did it clone with him? Yes.

[@shainewhite2781]

The Newborn Hybrid was going to be an albino colored Alien with no eyes, but has sickle shaped claws that it was going to use to kill both humans and aliens.

[@Smansteel]

I just thought that maybe since Call is an android she could break the knife no problem. Maybe the first clue that she isn’t human.

[@xxempirxx]

Always found it funny that the cloning of Ripley was a plot point of the film but no W.Y. Considering they watched her jump in Alien 3. If Anyone was going to clone her for the Queen embryo it would be them. Plus it would of been cool to see Bishop again. I’d always wanted Lance in this movie as Bishop to be actively after ripley almost like a nod to Terminator films when they wanted him as the killer. So on a ship you have Ripley and the Pirates trying to survive the Aliens and the Bishop. Could of been fun.

[@jordancrossgrove8827]

Also, in Aliens, Bishop says “the creatures blood oxidizes after it dies,” so once they’re dead the acid isn’t dangerous anymore.

[@jealou4088]

I never noticed thx

[@TheGary108]

The funny thing about Aqua Aliens toy, there is an actual comic where a group of Marines get stuck on a floating platform surrounded by Xenomorph Sharks. It’s a pretty wild design and I would love to see it done in a movie some day.

[@silvertipreviews2230]

Tony: "He crashed his car into a prison bus." Me getting all excited: "I know where this is goinnngggg!"

[@gingerarab7693]

Worst part about movies in prison, is on the tablet players you can buy, you have to rent each individual movie you want to watch, there are no R rated movies, and most of the movies are kids movies, chick flicks, or mission impossible.

[@bensneb360]

This movie is over the top, goofy, and insane… and I love ever second of it, it’s so much fun.

[@bgood8299]

I had a lot of fun watching this movie. I've never understood why so many people like to crap all over it. Also, hearing Tony say "You're an idiot, Sigourney Weaver!" was funny in a way I didn't expect.

[@NickJarno]

I have a soft sport for this movie, it's the first Alien movie I've ever seen!

[@georgehenderson7783]

Soft spot? 🙂 Watching Alien 4 before watching the first Alien movie really kinda spoils the tension of the first movie but by all means watch it anyway and THEN watch the greatest sequel ever made, Aliens/Alien 2. Alien 3 is optional, lol.

[@NickJarno]

​@@georgehenderson7783 Well, I was like 8 and it was 25 years ago. What was on tv was what you got.

[@Gh0stbumbles]

I think Ripley's skin has to be immuned in some way to acid because she has acid in her blood now her blood's also acidic so her skins probably like the alien's are in some way

[@WaveMurray]

The phone call was funny af

[@JohnnyBurnes]

28:54 God, that was great. Bravo Antonio.

[@StopMotionDryptosaurus]

Hey it’s prison mike. He’s back from the dead

[@sarmavlada]

I watched this in back in the day and was mad cause it dint feel like old alien movies but end of 90's/2000 wave of holywood schlock like Lost in Space. But after re watching it I started to appreciate weird stuff in it.

[@deetzyboywonder9312]

53:03 i think her using fire to kill 7 highlights her lack of humanity and shines a light on her xeno side

[@Bill_198]

It's weird... yet still fine and fun.

[@Cyraxior]

So when are we getting the Miami Connection review? I see the DVD and record album on the store counter.

[@negtivecreep6642]

More prison mike. Also can we get a cut of this movie with Tony in it.

[@jayonnaise6105]

The Talking About Tapes lore is deep!

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

I LOVE Resurrection! So many cool characters, and it looks incredible. Really fun movie. Ive been waiting for this episode!!!

[@GeeVanderplas]

Resurrection feels like an adaptation of one of the old Dark Horse Aliens comics. Crazy scientists, genetic experiments and a weird tone. Seeing it through that lense, it's actually a lot of fun. Definitely better than the AvP movies. I used to think A:R and AvP were kinda on par, but on recent rewatch, A:R is definitely a step above those films (well, 10 steps above AvP:R).

[@TheLethalDiva]

Yeah, to me it feels very much like a comic book. I quite enjoyed it, fun movie.

[@robertlogan5354]

holy crap, i never thought of that! which is kinda crazy, i was into the dark horse comics from right around the first aliens vs predator series.

[@dylanpailing4314]

The CGI aliens didn't age the best but I always liked that we actually got to see the aliens legs while they walked

[@robertlogan5354]

i guess some people don't care for the digigrade feet they have in resurrection, while they are plantigrade in most of the other movies. personally, i like it. makes them more... uhm... alien.

[@jordancrossgrove8827]

Looking at some pictures of the chestburster, it kind of looks like it’s contained in some sort of membrane sac, so when it opens it’s mouth and screeches it looks like just the front of its head came out of that sack, you can sort of make out the shape of the crown in some pictures with the right angle.

[@solomonstillthebest5737]

Joe's dead? Thank God. Time for more Johanna and Krystal episodes.

[@chrisandrews6185]

Yes. The answer is yes.

[@cthulhupthagn5771]

I agree with you that it was odd that there were so many toys that didn't have any correlation to the movie, however by this point in time Dark Horse Comics was pretty well-established and they were the keepers of the Lord for Terminator, RoboCop, creditor, colonial Marines. Considering that toy producers usually have to walk off of a initial script, and the chaos that was happening behind the scenes, I figured even then that the toys were really just being pulled off of Dark Horse. And in the context of their stuff, it was long established that the aliens took on the characteristics of whatever they burst out of, and had already introduced a massive variety of aliens. Dog, Beau, etcetera

[@frankoprada1]

Make that shirt tony! I would def buy it!

[@dernettemann9413]

Prison Mike is a national treasure

[@jeremyhague2119]

He is also the father of all my children.

[@stevenfray2853]

It might have Disney eyes. But it also has Michael Jackson’s nose.

[@alexandermatthews145]

Bad no great no weird yes Worth watching again maybe

[@livingdeadjake4228]

It's been awhile and no prison Mike I think he's due Tony lmfao. One of my favorites and so just calm and subtle makes me laugh my ass off 😂! Also for the longest time I liked Resurrection over Alien 3 then I grew up to an adult and realized the alien 3 assembly cut is possibly better then 1.

[@HackTheMovies]

He was in December's home alone episode

[@davidkelley3890]

TONY! He’s also in “Se7en”!

[@Aeonova]

57:09 I can't imagine Joss being involved in anything to do with "milk-pee-water".

[@1981Speedwagone]

I love this trope of space sucking things out with crazy force, but its flagrantly untrue. Air pressure is about 14 psi, which is just 14 lbs of pressure. You can literally plug a hole like that in a ship with your finger, and i might leave a little hicky when its done. This movie is what got me believing that myth. Space is a vacuum, but it doesnt suck the universe into it, air is just spilling out, and that doesnt carry that much force.

[@bobjohnson1633]

Also, xenomorphs aren't real. Just fyi

[@8strauss6]

Patreon exclusive Johanna saying" Don't worry about it" ringtone!

[@noggersoswreview601]

Tony: Now prison Mike... what do you think about anything?? PM: I dunno

[@WeAreStageZero]

Oh man, I saw Alien: Covenant in the theater and I fucking hated it! I ranted about it to a friend when I got home about how bad it was. Bring me in Tony! Let's do it!

[@spudlyson]

Was it the directors cut that starts with the fly? Can’t find the spot you were talking about it to answer my own question.

[@HackTheMovies]

Yeah the special edition has the fly

[@shanephillips4011]

I love it, I was 10 in '97 and this was my introduction to the Alien series.

[@StinkyNugs]

I can't believe with Prison Mike you missed the chance to review the greatest jail movie ever. Ernest goes to Jail

[@iammatthart]

Tony and friends, I’m a Patron but don’t know where to best post suggestions. You should consider reviewing Alien Covenant with all of its removed Facebook promo videos that show what happens with Shaw and David and the other ship’s crew.

[@liferealgood]

Now that you mention it the Aliens in Resurrection do look better than the others in my opinion.

[@8strauss6]

I totally thought Tony said Joe Dante at the beginning

[@robertlogan5354]

a separate comment... one thing this film touches on is how some people seem to become enthralled by the xenomorphs, as geddiman does. previous characters in the series do seem fascinated with them, but not to the extent geddiman goes. this is also echoed in the comics, where aliens have taken over earth at one point, and there are people, both on and off world, that form cults to worship the xenos, not to mention innumerable mad scientists, amd at least one crazy rogue general who wants to lead an army of trained aliens. there is a theory that the alien queen is psychic, with her presence inducing horrible nightmares in most people, among other things

[@TheUballe]

Even as a teen, I knew this was god damn garbage when I saw it in the theater. There's nothing really redeeming about this one, even in hindsight. Yep, it's just as shitty as you remember!

[@shainewhite2781]

Jean Pierre Junet the films director hated working with Joss Whedon.

[@frankoprada1]

I wanna know if someone checked prison mike for shanks...

[@Skywarp-kr4ft]

Three Musketeers and Halo 2 both have great Michael Wincott performances

[@flerbus]

alien dna and becoming a teen wolf make you good at basketball

[@Hurtts101]

Does this mean Tony will bring back everyone who's died coming to do reviews?!?

[@shawnbell3468]

55:00 It would have been cool that in lore the alien blood would explode so like a "Fluoroantimonic Acid" so when in water they are vulnerable getting cut when submersed, the effect would look cool too. Just hope I don't get flagged for looking up that type of acid, lol, ugg.

[@LukeKorolowiczArt]

the movie comes off like a french science fiction comic with an english translation by joss whedon

[@Tom_Van_Zandt]

If Prison Mike is really an escaped convict Tony can be convicted in a court of law for harboring a known escaped felon. Just FYI. I don't want to see Hack the Movies: the Prison Years. Tony might want to lawyer up asap (that is an acronym for "as soon as possible").

[@themadpancaker]

Prison Mike is the best. I laughed so hard I nearly peed. Luckily I was in the shower so it would have been fine. 🤣

[@RammyDaBaddest]

That’s awesome that he replied to you

[@MickDeaks]

As SOON as you mentioned Covenant I thought to myself "he's going to say fingering" haha. It's so bad.

[@FestArc]

I enjoy Resurrection a lot. It use to come on cable a lot which is where I would catch it. I don't think it's as good as the first two films but I think it's a fun ride and has some interesting ideas.

[@cd3965]

The German office version is called "Stromberg", and is taking place in the most German business ever: insurance 😀 Stromberg is named after the main characters last name, bascially the German Michael Scott.

[@liftingover50]

Man that hyrbid is still the most disturbing thing and also how it dies...its like a monster made of a thousand loads that have crystalized...is that a thing?😂

[@nathanielbacon2661]

I love this movie. The problem is obviously that the director didn't know what to do with Joss Whedon's witty, winking script. He tried to streamline it into something more conventional...when really, for a Joss script to work, it needs a particular bouncy tone that fluctuates between drama and comedy. The Avengers and Buffy are examples of it working perfectly.

[@kingkold]

From the what I read the script was suppose to convey the Aliens was perverted because of the inclusion of human DNA

[@BigGahmBoss]

Brad Dourif was the deputy in Mississippi Burning