The Glow Inc.

Just saw it in IMAX.

To my great surprise, I have to admit that I absolutely loved it, almost as much as I hated Prometheus.

It even managed to redeem Prometheus a bit in my eyes. That being said, I predict that a lot of people will hate it.

It is a sort of hybrid movie between Prometheus and the first alien movie. It's not perfect : it has some pacing issues, some characters aren't really congruent nor likeable...but it's a beautiful movie and I think it managed to achieve what Prometheus wanted to do ( the philosophical-horror movie approach ) better than it did.  That being said, it is a rather cruel, brutal and mean-spirited movie and I think some people will be put off by the tone but I absolutely loved it.

Fassbender is a God in this movie ( litterally ).

He sounds ok and looks great nowadays.

I'd say he puts on a better show now ( Duff + Slash being by his side definitely help him be more charismatic ) but he doesn't sound anywhere near as good as 2006 / 2007 or 2010.

I find it a bit laughable when people outside these boards who never really paid any attention to NuGnR outside the various trainwrecks claim that he sounds better than he ever did during the last twenty years.

That being said, I'd cut him some slack. Yeah, he could sound better by training etc...but he sounded incredible and put on incredible shows for a good chunk of his career which is more than most rock singers can say.

What I can't understand is the discography but hey...

Ghost in the Shell.

I think it holds up rather well to the anime. It is faster paced and Johansson is not as cold as the original Major but it worked well for the movie.

I also liked whoever played Batou. He worked well with Johansson.

Pretty cool visuals even though the city isn't as believable as Blade Runner.

Would watch again.

Finck.

If Slash actually took the time and wrote a solo instead of improvizing, he could easily top him imo.

Props to Ashba for those two times when he played it in the wrong key. Lulz were had

40 minutes ago, StrangerInThisTown said:

You believe her intention with that was to disrespect Fortus?

...

What if she (shock) wanted to tell the band Izzy should be there up on stage with them? Unbelievable right?

And what's there to say she wouldn't be okay with Fortus being there aslong as Izzy was there aswell? Another two "great" assumptions made by people who don't know this person. *clap*

I don't think that was her primary intention, no. However, she'd have to be a bit dumb not to see how her sign could be seen as disrespectful, no matter how she feels about the situation.

It's in poor taste and she'd be the first to cry if Axl acknowledged the sign and humiliated her with a mean comment in front of the audience...

Yeah it's free speech. It's also band politics and stirring shit up...

21 hours ago, StrangerInThisTown said:

What if she likes everything else about the show enough to buy tickets, which she obviously did? The world is not black and white. Stupid assumption about her, if anything.

I think the stupid assumption is actually to believe it's absolutely ok to go to a show and blatantly disrespect whoever is on that stage in Izzy's spot...


 

4 hours ago, trev said:

 Axl knew everyone would shit on Bumble and DJ's GnR songs and they prolly weren't that good...that's why whatever they wrote went no where.

Not to be a downer but would you bet on us hearing a Slash / Duff penned GnR album anytime soon ?

I know I wouldn't...

7 hours ago, Tori72 said:

 

Well, last time I checked, men in general rape women and children.

 

Right.

I do that on Sundays after my yoga lesson. Makes me feel more grounded.

For some reason, I'd love to hear Dj Ashba's thoughts on the subject...

First system I've ever had was a Commodore 64.

After that, it was a SEGA Master System 2. Then an Atari ST, a Super NES, my first gaming PC, Xbox, Xbox 360 and then switched to PC games only.

 

There are plenty of similar testimonies coming from Sweden....

Maybe it would be worth listening to what these people are saying instead of simply shutting them off because "racism" ?

Signed : an immigrant / refugee

If there was to be a VR cover on the tour, I'd hope for it to be "Sucker Train Blues".

That hi-octane bass line reminds me of It's so Easy, same spirit...

I really, desperately, want to like this but so far it really looks uninspired as fuck.

At least Alien 3 had a strong visual identity. This simply looks like a remake of Prometheus with them trying to correct what people didn't like about it... 

 

Not to be mean or anything but anybody who has ever picked a guitar and played some random power chords played the Chinese Democracy riff at some point, before or after it was released without even realizing it.

It's pretty much the most basic chord progression there is...

Aliens, Predator and Terminator...Sad...

RIP badass.

Funny as I seem to recall most people on this forum praising how unpredictably graceful and unlike himself Dj's departure was

That was pretty cool.

Have nothing bad to say about him. As a matter of fact, he's probably the one member who surprised me most when I saw them back in 2010.

The Fragile is my favourite album by any band.

That being said, I can see why most of the new material on this instrumental version was not included.

I don't like the EP, mainly because of the vocals that I find are trying way too hard to sound #demented...

Ridley is a great director but I think what made the first movie so exceptionnal is the writing of Dan O' Bannon, Giger's creature, Moebius' designs, Goldsmith's score, Sigourney's acting AND Ridley's directing.

You can't recapture that without a natural chemistry behind the people working on the movie.

Great directing alone can't save shitty writing and design.

Looks ok.

Hated Prometheus but this should be ok ( if the Covenant crew is less retarded than the Prometheus one ).

That being said, I hope the majority of the movie takes place indoors. Can't really have the same tension outdoors with xenomorphs.

Also, you can already tell it probably has the same problem as Prometheus : the technology is way too advanced. It is supposed to be a prequel to Alien but the technology seems more advanced than in Resurrection...

Money and momentum is what held them together during those years.

As soon as the momentum and cash from the tour stopped, it became obvious that they couldn't work together anymore.