@jimmythang: "Physical power button on the front". I see three buttons. "Not even Sony's PS4 Pro has a Blu Ray drive". Of course it has Blu Ray. Just not 4k (though Xbox One S also has 4k). "Vapor chamber cooler" would be nice if they actually showed the heatsink at this part of the video. And, just in general, nothing new here we haven't seen before.
Well, this should at least provide some baseline, as its highly unlike Scorpio will perform any worse than this rig. Doesn't really give us any meaningful insight into its performance ceiling, though.
In the second installment of the Star Wars trilogy, the protagonist, a young, promising, but inexperienced Jedi will travel to a remote planet to meet with a legendary, but reclusive, Jedi Master who has not been seen in a long time. The Master will have deep reservations about training a new Jedi, especially one so old, but will be convinced that they are the best hope to stop the evil of The Dark Side from conquering the galaxy. The protagonist will grow in both power and understanding as they learn to master The Force and confront their own personal demons, fighting the alluring pull of The Dark Side.
Meanwhile, our protagonist's friends and their ragtag group of fighters will suffer a setback in their fight against the seemingly unstoppable galactic power led by a deformed master of the Dark Side and his black-masked apprentice. This power, obsessed with locating and acquiring the protagonist, will seek out the compatriots instead, and the threat they pose will force our protagonist to return from training, perhaps too soon, to save them and any hope for a brighter future for the galaxy.
And maybe somebody loses a hand; just sayin', that's usually fun. In the end, the heroes will gain a Pyrrhic victory tainted by loss, but mostly survive to fight on against The Dark Side, preserving hope despite the overwhelming strength of their adversary.
One of the great things about the Alien series was that each installment gave us a new director with a distinct style and vision. Scott, Cameron, and Fincher each did their own variation on the same theme, and they all worked in different ways. Then that French guy screwed the pooch with Resurrection, and Paul W.S. Anderson rubbed salt in the wounds with the horrible AvP. But bringing Ridley Scott back was not the solution. Prometheus was just a far less exciting, far more confusing version of Alien. Now he wants to do it again, and I'm sure Covenant will just rehash Alien and Prometheus to give us a move with a few momentary thrills, but ultimately a disappointing or forgettable experience.
Blomkamp might have signaled a return to the original trilogy approach, a new Alien movie told with a new voice that expands the universe by delivering something new. Let's see more of that, Fox. Give Joss Whedon creative control to make the movie Resurrection should have been. Bring in Antoine Fuqua for a sequel. Let Peter Jackson get back to his horror roots. Get Gore Verbinski to do his take. Have Tim Burton take a stab at it. Maybe Christopher Nolan. Or Sam Raimi. Or James Mangold. One of these guys must be willing to say yes, especially for a single episode instead of a series. Just please no Bay, Abrams, or Snyder. Anything but that.
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