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Post by jameso on Aug 2, 2009 20:57:37 GMT
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Post by KnightBeat on Aug 2, 2009 21:38:26 GMT
I can't access the URL, annoying. Does it mention a proposed prequel to the original movie?
I have a strong desire to watch an Alien Vs. reimagined Star Trek. Admittedly, the Aliens wouldn't look quite as good in the bright lights of the Enterprise's Apple store, but the potential to introduce Winona Ryder as Spock's mother and an android in the same film would amuse and confuse.
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Post by jameso on Aug 2, 2009 22:10:49 GMT
Yeah, it's a Ridley Scott directed prequel.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 3, 2009 12:28:42 GMT
My interest in the movie just jumped up.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2009 20:16:38 GMT
I've been disappointed with the Alien films ever since the mess that was Alien 3. Anyway, if this new one is called Alien 5 whatever happened to Alien 4? As far as I'm aware after Alien 3 we had a couple of Alien vs. Predator films but no Alien 4 or am I missing something here?
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Post by blueshift on Aug 3, 2009 20:18:44 GMT
Alien 4 was Alien: Resurrection. It was okay.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2009 20:19:47 GMT
Ah yes. I forgot about that one. As I recall that one was better than Alien 3 but still couldn't top the first two films.
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Post by Dave on Aug 4, 2009 11:03:47 GMT
I only own the first two Alien films - and two copies of the first one because there were some decent extras that didn't make it to the re-release. The others were very poor I thought, and the only remaining bit of interest I had in the Alien franchise was a few years back when there was talk of a Scott produced, Cameron directed Alien 5. That didn't happen of course but now we're getting a Sir Ridders directed prequel... wahaay! Count me in!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 4, 2009 11:37:30 GMT
The other films don't really hold up, but the original still captivates me. Must re-acquire the DVD at some point. Best viewed with the light off and sound through headphones.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Aug 4, 2009 11:50:49 GMT
Alien 3 is an underappreciated work of awsome. Alien: Resurrection was very very poor.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2009 17:09:42 GMT
I've got the Alien Quadrilogy boxset (which I brought for the amazing price of £19). The second film is the best in my opinion but the first is still a masterpiece. As for the third, well, I thought there was far too much swearing in it.
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 4, 2009 18:27:08 GMT
Alien 3 was very well filmed with a fantastic cast and feel to it. For me though, the story was utter pants. Made everything that happened in Aliens a waste of time. Alien and Aliens though are two of my fave films of all time. 4, crap. Just a remake. A prequel? And did someone say Ridley Scott? Ohhhhh Mama!!!!!
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Post by jameso on Aug 4, 2009 20:35:32 GMT
I am incredibly confused that Zudobug didn't know there was four Alien films despite having the Quadrilogy boxset...  |
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Post by Mark_Stevenson on Aug 4, 2009 21:38:58 GMT
I'm a huge, HUGE fan of the Alien movies (certainly the first three) but it has become a very abusive relationship for me over the last few years - culminating in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, which is probably the worst film I have ever, ever seen. So I greet this news with a mixture of hope and fear. Hope, because it's Sir Rid coming back, perhaps to take the franchise into interesting new territory, hopefully to end it all with some style. Fear, because I'm the first to admit there really isn't much you can do with the chitinous beasties that we haven't seen before. I also remember getting very excited about Ridley Scott directing the sequel to Silence of the Lambs, and we all know how that turned out. Great as he is, he's far from infallable.
It's another case of wait and see. At least you can be pretty confident that it'll look good, regardless.
Mx
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Post by Mark_Stevenson on Aug 4, 2009 21:40:57 GMT
Alien 3 is an underappreciated work of awsome. Alien: Resurrection was very very poor. Seconded. Watch the workprint version of Alien3 on the Quadrilogy DVD, it's a goddamn revelation. Mx |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 4, 2009 23:06:57 GMT
I have my fingers crossed that this could be good.
I love Alien and Aliens. Alien 3 was flawed but interesting, Resurrection and the v Predator films are forgettable.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 5, 2009 7:39:34 GMT
Went through a period of being obsessed by the Alien films in my teens. Read all the books, comics ect. The Bisley covers were amazing to look at at.
-Ralph
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Post by Nigel on Aug 6, 2009 9:36:45 GMT
They're making an Alien 5? I thought it was all about the AVP at the moment. Jolly good.
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Post by Mark_Stevenson on Aug 6, 2009 19:58:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2009 22:40:38 GMT
I am incredibly confused that Zudobug didn't know there was four Alien films despite having the Quadrilogy boxset... Its been a while since I watched the boxset and I thought recently that the quadrilogy boxset contained the first three Alien films and the first Alien vs. Predator film. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 22, 2012 17:15:43 GMT
I thought we were talking about this already? No?
trailer city:
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 22, 2012 17:53:48 GMT
I've been following this with interest since it was stuck in development hell in its original form as a new Alien film. There was a spat between the studio and Ridley Scott initially: he had picked another director for it but the studio would not make it unless he directed it.
-Ralph
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Post by Stomski on Mar 23, 2012 14:50:48 GMT
Ridley Scott's original Alien vision was very different to how the franchise developed in other media, focusing on the Aliens being used by scientists, corporations and the military... I highly doubt there is any mention of the Alien homeworld in this movie, as well as developing of the Space Jockey back story to be massively different to that of the comic.
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Post by legios on Mar 23, 2012 21:12:54 GMT
I highly doubt there is any mention of the Alien homeworld in this movie, You are assuming that they actually have anything that could be defined as a homeworld, and that they are actually a proper species. Looking at the first film (and disregarding the canon accretion that took place afterward I would say that is up for grabs. I am looking forward to Prometheus, and whilst I regret that Ridley Scott has had to end up directing a project he wanted to stand at a remove from I think that a Skiffy/horror hybrid with Scott's eye and vision involved holds a lot of promise. I don't really mind how clear a light it shines on "Alien" (I half-expect and end result that leaves us with at least as many questions as it bothers answering), but I look forward to seeing a revisitation of some of the themes and elements. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 23, 2012 21:31:56 GMT
I think the evidence in the trailer suggests that's the same world in Alien & Aliens
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Post by legios on Mar 23, 2012 21:43:01 GMT
I think the evidence in the trailer suggests that's the same world in Alien & Aliens I strongly suspect that to be the case. I just remain on the fence as to whether the creature in Alien qualifies as having a "homeworld" or whether it has a "place of manufacture". Karl |
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Post by Toph on Mar 23, 2012 22:33:02 GMT
I'm on the fence. Doesn't really do anything for me, dispite being alien continuity.
But then, I don't like any Alien movie where there's fewer than a swarm of them. ALIENS is the penical of the franchise. And Alien is near the bottom.
First one wasn't bad by a longshot, I just found it to be extremely boring.
Second one is one of the best scifi movies of all time.
Third one is pretty bad.
Resurrection has a redeeming factor in that there's a lot of them. It's a better popcorn flick, but still pretty bad.
AvP was really good, ispecially if you're a fan of the novels. Again, a lot of them makes it more fun.
AvP:R is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Stupid, made no sense, tons of things that are in direct conflict with established cinema continuity (let alone surrounding fiction). And I hoped every single dumbass person in it got killed because they all deserved to die for being morons.
Prometheus hasn't really shown me anything to give me high hopes. And no, I'm not expecting the xenos to show up. Just.. nothing about the "Space Jockey" interested me in the first place. Unless the twist is he's from Brother Warth's race.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 23, 2012 23:18:50 GMT
I find that Aliens had aged very badly whereas Alien seems to get better every time I see it!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 23, 2012 23:22:29 GMT
Alien is the finest of the films by a country mile.
Prometheus intrigues me though.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 23, 2012 23:24:31 GMT
I do have a soft spot for Alien 3. It's a mess, but I've always found it to be an intriguing mess especially in the alternate cut. It at least tries for something approaching meaning, whereas the films that followed were just generic sequel crap.
-Ralph
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Guess it'll have to wait until I move...
