Of course heā€™s going to say that, but somehow this is the first Iā€™ve heard that Fede Ɓlvarez is directing an Alien movie. Itā€™s hard to be optimistic about a new Alien announcement lately, but Iā€™m hoping this gets a treatment similar to Dan Trachtenbergā€™s Prey. Itā€™s also a Hulu release so weā€™ll see.

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    This was exactly my thinking as well. And Iā€™m cautiously optimistic that Fede may take Alien back to its horror roots.

    I donā€™t know if Fede is necessarily the prime choice, Dan at least had the excellent 10 Cloverfield Lane under their chops, but I think giving relatively new directors tired franchises is great.

    Not sure what you mean here. Fede has 3 feature films under his belt already, one being the Evil Dead reboot. Dan only had 1 film before making Prey. Fede will also have around twice as many years of experience as Dan did when he made Prey. Fedeā€™s first feature was a decade ago, not exactly new.

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      Thatā€™s fair, heā€™s certainly been making films for awhile. I didnā€™t really think too much of the Evil Dead remake, it was fine but Sam Reimi casts a wide shadow. I saw Donā€™t Breathe as well, and found the finale to be more yuck than spook. I donā€™t think either have been a breakout hit in the way 10 Cloverfield Lane was, but youā€™re certainly right about experience.

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        I donā€™t think either have been a breakout hit in the way 10 Cloverfield Lane was, but youā€™re certainly right about experience.

        I dunno if youā€™re just letting your preferred movies cloud what you consider success but while the Evil Dead remake didnā€™t do too well, Donā€™t Breathe made $157M worldwide, compared to 10 Cloverfield Laneā€™s $110M. Evil Dead did worse, but not by much ($97M). None of them have been these runaway successes.

        Look, I absolutely love Dan Trachtenberg and for more than even directing, and I think his movies blow Fedeā€™s out of the water, but this picture youā€™re painting of 10CL being this breakout hit, especially compared to Fedeā€™s movies are just not supported by facts. Not trying to bust your balls, but I believe itā€™s important to form opinions based on evidence and not just feeling.

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          Itā€™s an artistic opinion, it absolutely doesnā€™t need to be informed by evidence. Feeling is the whole point of art. I can feel like a director is lesser than another based upon my experiences with their previous work. My opinion is not fact, Iā€™m sure thereā€™s people out there who really like Fedeā€™s work and feel differently. Trying to use objective measures like profit margins to prove a piece of art as superior to another is missing the point entirely.

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            what? Youā€™re the one that said Fedeā€™s films werenā€™t as successful as 10 Cloverfield Lane.

            I donā€™t think either have been a breakout hit in the way 10 Cloverfield Lane was

            Iā€™m wholly agreed that you can have a subjective artistic opionion, but you described it as a breakout hit, which is what you say when a movie is financially successful. A ā€œbreakoutā€ also assumes acceptance by the masses, or at least more than not, which is not at all what a subjective or artistic opinion would entail. I could maybe go with it if you said cult hit, but breakout means something else entirely.