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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 08/03/2009 : 1:33:16 PM
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jul/31/ridley-scott-alien-prequel
I don't know, in a pefect world we might get a movie about the Giger ship and the Chair Alien and how it picked up the killer alien but that would just be too weird for most audiences so we will probably get something about how the Evil Company discovered the killer alien or something like that. Frankly I don't think it makes sense to make a prequel to the 1979 film. I'd think a better idea would be to make a film about the establishment and destruction of the colony that was built between Alien and Aliens. Then again that might be a bit too depressing.
"I used to be With IT. But then they changed what IT was. Now what I'm with isn't IT, and what's IT seems scary and wierd. It'll happen to YOU!" - Grandpa Simpson
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Edited by - Ericb on 08/03/2009 5:15:57 PM
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
1590 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 3:54:08 PM
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| I don't think they can came up with anything too original for the plot, but at least with Ridley Scott directing chances are we won't end up with yet another embarrasing sequel. Scott is no longer the same man who made the first Alien, agreed, but even his latest stuff is way above the stuff we've been presented as legitimate Alien sequels. |
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Nlneff
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 08/03/2009 : 9:21:53 PM
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| Alien was one of the very few monster movies (The Thing is also a example) where I was fascinated by the back story. However, It worked best as a mystery open to interpretation. NOt sure a prequel would work. |
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 08/04/2009 : 5:24:09 PM
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Bah! "Alien vs Preditor" claimed that the Aliens were created by the Preditors as a hunting test or some such crap. That alone wrecked the Alien series for me. I thought it was worse that the "evil corporation" wanting it as the "perfect weapon" thing. How can it be the "perfect weapon" if a reasonably-alert draftee can kill it with a burst from an assault rifle? I could never get that. How is a giant, uncontrolable monitor lizard (for instance) better than five men in a main battle tank?
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 08/04/2009 : 7:09:04 PM
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Greenhornet, I always understood it as Bioweapons wanted it to study its properties, not necessarily as a weapon in and of itself. At least that makes more sense than what you rightly point out makes no sense. Otherwise it would only be a usable weapon against civilian targets. Of course you would then have to nuke the target anyways to get rid of the infestation. "Aliens" smartly evened the odds with the first disastrous meeting in the atmosphere converter. Like you point out, in a stand up fight, the marines would have wiped the aliens out.
A prequel sounds like a horrible idea. Somethings are better left to the imagination.
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hentai_wolf
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
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Posted - 08/04/2009 : 8:58:50 PM
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A prequel sounds like a horrible idea. Somethings are better left to the imagination.
Yeah, the original was vague enough to make it believable. You have this ship that seemed to be some kind of carrier ship for the eggs that fell to its own payload. But we never really learn what the purpose of the ship was. Was it a scientific ship studying the eggs or a warship delivering them? I agree that an actual explanation and backstory will probably turn out to be stupid.
My believe was always that the chair alien was some kind of galactic police who had retrieved the eggs from illegal weapons dealers but was infected during the retrieval and unable to return or destroy it's payload. Oh wait that's the plot of Figure 17. |
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 07:50:56 AM
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Originally posted by Terrahawk
Greenhornet, I always understood it as Bioweapons wanted it to study its properties, not necessarily as a weapon in and of itself. At least that makes more sense than what you rightly point out makes no sense. Otherwise it would only be a usable weapon against civilian targets. Of course you would then have to nuke the target anyways to get rid of the infestation. "Aliens" smartly evened the odds with the first disastrous meeting in the atmosphere converter. Like you point out, in a stand up fight, the marines would have wiped the aliens out.
I've never liked Bio-weapons.
They always develoup their own agenda. Course, that also happens with self-aware computers...think H.A.L. 9000 with drool...but a suit of power armor with a limeted A.I. gives you powers and abilitys above mortal men (For mortal men), and you can trust it not to backstab you.
Well, not deliberatly. But if you're power armor is from the same guys made the trabant...have your will made out now.
"Vulcans : The designated drivers of the universe."
"Hoody Hoo, i waste 'em with my cross bow!" Bob Herzog- KODT
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nshumate
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 08/07/2009 : 06:07:19 AM
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Boy. The aliens are never shown to be mammals, but the producers are sure intent on milking them.
Nathan Shumate
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 08/07/2009 : 07:56:00 AM
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Originally posted by nshumate
Boy. The aliens are never shown to be mammals, but the producers are sure intent on milking them.
Nathan Shumate
http://www.coldfusionvideo.com
Well, it is a Moooo-vie...sorry...
"Vulcans : The designated drivers of the universe."
"Hoody Hoo, i waste 'em with my cross bow!" Bob Herzog- KODT
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