Prometheus had me totally fooled on my first viewing (its beautiful imagery is quite seductive; the only stupid thing I noticed was the "that system has a sun" line), but subsequent viewings and the DiF commentary have revealed many problems.

Alien: Covenant can still salvage this franchise, but the script must be really solid. Ridley Scott can take care of the visuals (he was always great in that department), just don't let him screw up the story.

Yup. Pitch Black is the only installment that works. The whole attempt to make a franchise was a huge misfire.

I imagine that David Twohy was thinking of the Alien and Aliens dynamic when writing Chronicles. But instead of opening the universe up (like Jim Cameron did), he went overboard and changed it completely.

I went to see again.

The first half felt a little flawed (sort of disjointed) - it could use a rewrite. I was worried that R1 is gonna turn out to be another Godzilla 2014 (a totally dry, humorless movie with uninteresting characters that didn't work for me at all), but Krennic, K-2SO and the final battle redeemed it for me.

Star Wars isn't special anymore; it's become just another franchise owned by a big corporation and we have to live with that. Just like the MCU, the SW movies are gonna be a mixed bag; it would be extremely hard to avoid it. The spin-off movie series was created to try different tones and sensibilities and that's what we've got with R1. I'm moderately satisfied with the movie, though it's definitely not flawless. Anyone who hates it can wait a year for the next one - there's always gonna be a next one

A final note: The most ridiculous piece of criticism I've heard somewhere is "R1 sucks because it canonizes the prequels by using Jimmy Smits". Dude, the prequels were always canon. I agree that they're awful, but they're canon and there's nothing we can do about it

The only 2016 installment finally aired.

Any thoughts?

It's awesome to have you back, man.

All I can say is that Poe's law is strong with this one 

The Extended Edition commentary for The Force Awakens featured some of the DIF/WAYDM regulars (it served as a quasi-reunion).

Despite that, I'd also love to hear a new commentary (for any movie) from the guys.

Jim Cameron has been bitching about the graininess of Aliens for years (he even mentions it on his DVD commentary). This article (written in 2010 before the Blu-ray release) has an excerpt from a 1996 publication describing how the film was transferred to laserdisc. It surely puts the issue in a new light.

Yay! It's the 50th anniversary!

A 1958 submarine thriller that still holds up. Although Robert Wise focused mostly on character drama (some of which must've inspired parts of Star Trek: The Motion Picture), he also delivered some great practical effects (including impressive model work and some shots of a real submarine) that don't look very dated even today. Overall, a very solid entry into the underwater warfare genre.

Every work of fiction involving an obsessed ship captain owes something to Moby Dick. The Asylum must've had a circular inspiration involving Run Silent, Run Deep when they put Ahab on a submarine.

It's real.