NECA: Alien Movie Franchise Figures

[P.]

what a nice toy it would be!

also a great opportunity to see the actual movie queen chestburster.

 

[BetterThanKenobi83]

what a nice toy it would be!

also a great opportunity to see the actual movie queen chestburster.

You know, if they ever did a special Alien 3 Ripley I would want her to include that exact Queen embryo and have a new head sculpt from when she first wakes up from the EEV crash. Not sure how well another Prisoner Ripley would sell but maybe by including the Queen as the exclusive accessory may make it work.

 

[greygoose]

what a nice toy it would be!

also a great opportunity to see the actual movie queen chestburster.

That was cool.

 

[P.]

i wonder what this is.
suits look puffy as they should.

 

[Space Jockey]

i wonder what this is.
suits look puffy as they should.

That's Sith_Fire30's custom work, he's a member here. Google Sith_Fire30 and you'll find more of it.

 

[a-dev]

I was glad the assembly cut removed the chestburst from the film. Just didn't seem fair to make Ripley actually suffer that.

 

[Yahzee]

I was glad the assembly cut removed the chestburst from the film. Just didn't seem fair to make Ripley actually suffer that.

...for me it works both ways, but the editing of the music of that scene in the Assembly Cut it's a turnoff

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[P.]

That's Sith_Fire30's custom work, he's a member here.

they are beautiful.

I was glad the assembly cut removed the chestburst from the film. Just didn't seem fair to make Ripley actually suffer that.

it's the only thing i don't like about A3 assembly cut. the scene was good, it had to be included to finish the story of Ripley killing an alien with her own hands literally (by holding it).
otherwise i always watch that extended cut. and giant chestburster actually fits in the bull, while it has to wear a dog like clothes to fit in.

 

[a-dev]

they are beautiful.

it's the only thing i don't like about A3 assembly cut. the scene was good, it had to be included to finish the story of Ripley killing an alien with her own hands literally (by holding it).
otherwise i always watch that extended cut. and giant chestburster actually fits in the bull, while it has to wear a dog like clothes to fit in.

The reason I think it was cruel to actually have the Queen burst out of her is that it's precisely what she wanted to avoid in Aliens - ''Hicks I'm not going to end up like those others...''. Alien 3 really ****s with her, first by killing Newt and Hicks, second with the mere fact she has to deal with another Alien running around, third with her discovery that she was facehugged and then fourth that not only must she die but she isn't even spared the chestbursting experience before she does.

Weighing that against the visual of her holding the Queen captive and killing it (even though it would have died anyway), hmmm.....

 

[P.]

The reason I think it was cruel to actually have the Queen burst out of her is that it's precisely what she wanted to avoid in Aliens - ''Hicks I'm not going to end up like those others...''.

unlike many (or everybody), i like what A3 did to all survivors of A2, where happy end was so not in line with the whole alien idea (no happy ends, no friends surviving and so on). so the reason you describe to dislike it is one of reasons i like it. it was really a big fat dot of the story. (the word "dot" might be wrong, but i don't know which of synonyms from a dictionary should be used here)
and yes she makes sure that she avenges all aliens who killed all dear to her by that scene. without actually holding a helpless screaming alien, bringing it to certain death, there is no such strong feeling of a final victory as it was with that scene included.
it's like if T1 ended with a tanker explosion, like it could if Cameron didn't tell the studio to f themselves (as i read somewhere). Sarah smashed the long hated enemy who killed everybody dear to her with her own hands.
i'm not for the gore of chestbursting. i'm for the revenge of sinking it with all anger you can imagine - and having final calm before death.

 

[a-dev]

unlike many (or everybody), i like what A3 did to all survivors of A2, where happy end was so not in line with the whole alien idea (no happy ends, no friends surviving and so on). so the reason you describe to dislike it is one of reasons i like it. it was really a big fat dot on the story. (the word "dot" might be wrong, but i don't know which of synonyms from a dictionary should be used here)

I came to terms with the whole Newt and Hicks thing and I appreciate the overall tone of Alien 3. I only thought the chestburst was a step beyond necessary.

What are your main problems with Alien 3 then? The inexplicable eggs at the beginning and......

 

[P.]

What are your main problems with Alien 3 then? The inexplicable eggs at the beginning and......

the egg is not a problem, when i mentioned it some days ago, i just said that one of the theories must be wrong based on shown in a previous movie, if we build theories on movies like they are firm facts that should just be explored as evidence.
my main problems with A3 are:
- rotting cancer zombie designs (killed the whole reason why alien creature looks so interesting)
- dull story filmed in a manner that makes you want to sleep.
though for my own fan purpose i made up a story of an improperly/incompletely developed alien, caused by growing in a corpse with stopped processes. lack of details / deformed organs can be explained by unfinished development, like fetus versus a finished creature.

 

[VLAGAS]

Do this:

Pretend that A3 & 4 never existed I know it’s hard but try your best, even for those who like them

Now remember some of your favourite memories of watching the first 2 movies whether it's watching them for the first time or the 100th time, Back to back or singularly. At the cinema or on VHS, the anticipation, Fear, love, coming out of the cinema with that whole mind blown “whoa” kind of feeling. All those special kind of memories- whatever it is try to keep that in mind.

Now try to remember what you wanted next for the franchise your hopes or desires, what could be what shouldn’t be, comics, novels merchandise etc.

(At this point no-on in their right mind would ever want 3 or 4 as official movies to ever become a reality)

Now start to let the A3 & A4 memories slowly come back to mind and sink in - at first it might feel like the impossible distant future or stuff of nightmares and now you remember it’s the reality.



I think It's important to remember that no-one even those who like A3 & 4 actually wanted those movies to be made. I think people accept them and stick to finding those good bits inside them.

Alien 3 unfortunately brought the whole franchise to an all time low and then 4 nearly offed the franchise completely trying to finish off what A3 started.

They are simply put bad Alien movies, however saying all this I don't hate them. They are just sort of... there - I used to think of them as fan made movies, but I don't anymore because that's almost like dissing the fans. The fans didn't want this.

I'm not saying no-one should like them, just that people should like them for what they really are. No-one needs to pretend that A3/4 were good installments.

I guess we'll see what Neill Blomkamp and the real sequel to Aliens does with them.

 

[Yahzee]

Do this:

Pretend that A3 & 4 never existed I know it’s hard but try your best, even for those who like them

Now remember some of your favourite memories of watching the first 2 movies whether it's watching them for the first time or the 100th time, Back to back or singularly. At the cinema or on VHS, the anticipation, Fear, love, coming out of the cinema with that whole mind blown “whoa” kind of feeling. All those special kind of memories- whatever it is try to keep that in mind.

Now try to remember what you wanted next for the franchise your hopes or desires, what could be what shouldn’t be, comics, novels merchandise etc.

(At this point no-on in their right mind would ever want 3 or 4 as official movies to ever become a reality)

Now start to let the A3 & A4 memories slowly come back to mind and sink in - at first it might feel like the impossible distant future or stuff of nightmares and now you remember it’s the reality.



I think It's important to remember that no-one even those who like A3 & 4 actually wanted those movies to be made. I think people accept them and stick to finding those good bits inside them.

Alien 3 unfortunately brought the whole franchise to an all time low and then 4 nearly offed the franchise completely trying to finish off what A3 started.

They are simply put bad Alien movies, however saying all this I don't hate them. They are just sort of... there - I used to think of them as fan made movies, but I don't anymore because that's almost like dissing the fans. The fans didn't want this.

I'm not saying no-one should like them, just that people should like them for what they really are. No-one needs to pretend that A3/4 were good installments.

I guess we'll see what Neill Blomkamp and the real sequel to Aliens does with them.

...quite a cute way to say those who like Alien³ and Resurrection are wrong, without actually saying it. Cute. Following your little 'experiment', what fan ever thought at the end of Alien, "you know what a sequel to this horror movie should be? An action movie with disposable stereotypical soldiers."

Now, sarcasm aside Aliens is an amazing movie in my opinion, but so are the other three movies in the series. There's not one universal rule that says true fans must like one thing or the other. I don't get why most Aliens fans of that one movie don't get it...

BTW, whatever Neill "Chappie" Blomkamp intended to do was the actual fan film, just feeding into the popularity of Aliens with probably more creatures, more soldiers and more action. How creative indeed.

 

[Jester]

unlike many (or everybody), i like what A3 did to all survivors of A2, where happy end was so not in line with the whole alien idea (no happy ends, no friends surviving and so on).

There is no "alien idea", whole or otherwise.

...quite a cute way to say those who like Alien³ and Resurrection are wrong, without actually saying it. Cute.

I'll come right out and say it then: you lot are quite simply wrong.

Following your little 'experiment', what fan ever thought at the end of Alien, "you know what a sequel to this horror movie should be? An action movie with disposable stereotypical soldiers."

A fan you perhaps haven't heard of: young up-and-coming filmmaker named James Cameron, and the rest, as they say, is history...

Now, sarcasm aside Aliens is an amazing movie in my opinion, but so are the other three movies in the series. There's not one universal rule that says true fans must like one thing or the other. I don't get why most Aliens fans of that one movie don't get it...

I can't understand why Alien 3/Resurrection fans can't understand why the rest of us hate those movies. It's almost as if liking them requires some basic human brain functions to be missing.

BTW, whatever Neill "Chappie" Blomkamp intended to do was the actual fan film, just feeding into the popularity of Aliens with probably more creatures, more soldiers and more action. How creative indeed.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, Yahzee...

 

[VLAGAS]

"you know what a sequel to this horror movie should be? An action movie with disposable stereotypical soldiers."

Now, sarcasm aside Aliens is an amazing movie in my opinion, but so are the other three movies in the series. There's not one universal rule that says true fans must like one thing or the other.

I'm not saying that those who like A3 or 4 are completely crazy, just that I don't believe that's what you dreamed of when Alien and Aliens came out.

I'm no mathematician but it's obvious that at least 80% of Alien fans loved Aliens like yourself, if not thought it was actually the better movie. Whereas It's the exact opposite with 3 and 4. And that's exactly why they shouldn't of came to be, 80% of the fans thought they were garbage compared to Alien and Aliens. It wouldn't be so much of a problem if they didn't dramatically affect the storyline, characters or universe with horrible plots, scripts and CGI effects.

Unfortunately those that think Alien 3 and 4 are "amazing" are in the vast minority and are Ludicrously supporting something that even the directors themselves wished they had no part of.

and Yes Aliens was quite the change but it's a bloody good movie that 80% if not more of the fans all love and that's all that matters. I really don't see the problem with changing things up and I've never really looked at Alien and Aliens being problematically different. Wouldn't be surprised if it's just those that love Alien 3 & 4 who think that.

 

[a-dev]

And with this conversation I'm gettin' me the hell outta here

 

[Angry Kal-El]

And with this conversation I'm gettin' me the hell outta here [emoji38]

Game over man! Game over!

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[Joda]

Well, I think there's going to be a large rift between those of us who watched / discovered the Alien series before 1992, and those of us who were introduced afterwards. There's probably even a contingent of people on here who didn't really find the films until after the release of Resurrection. That's a big difference.

Alien 3 never bothered me that much, but the release of that film is what made my Dad sit down and introduce the Alien series to me (on glorious VHS, no less. ) Now Alien Resurrection? That was my first Alien film seen theatrically, and I was appalled. And pissed. It really made me wish the series had gone the Dark Horse Comics route instead. Had I become a Aliens fan before Alien 3, I imagine I'd probably dislike that film quite a bit more as well.

 

[Jester]

Well, I think there's going to be a large rift between those of us who watched / discovered the Alien series before 1992, and those of us who were introduced afterwards. There's probably even a contingent of people on here who didn't really find the films until after the release of Resurrection. That's a big difference.

Count me among the latter. My first exposure to the series was through the Kenner toys.