Neill Blomkamp's ALIEN is official!

[karamazov80]

David Fincher and Tywin Lannister involved in a new Alien movie? Yes, please.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Would be a dream, right?

I definitely think Alien should get away from the "commando" nonsense its been associated with since Cameron dumbed it down, and put some real genius behind the camera to make a simple stylish sci-fi horror movie.

 

[Python]

I'm sure Alien 3 shines now when compared to 20 years of ... well, like you said, in-your-face-stuff. That's one of the reasons I'd love to see Fincher back. Can guarantee that won't happen though. Too bad.

Not sure I dare say this in public, but in many ways, Alien 3 is probably a better Alien movie than Aliens, as much as I love that movie. The whole tone of 3 is perfect, the characters are great. The only bit I really don't like is the guy who constantly eats loudly (mega pet hate) And the parts with the CGI xeno which don't fit in well. I'm not sure he'd actually want to be involved with another Alien movie even if he were given the chance though. It would be cool though.

 

[karamazov80]

since Cameron dumbed it down

 

[Wor-Gar]

Alien 3 gets back to the very basic concept of a small group of people trapped with an alien predator. Personally, I didn't like the prison in space idea. Not immediately sympathetic characters. And sometimes just plain weird.

But an alien taken back to a Weyland lab somewhere... or some other isolated situation during transport... I'd be fine with that. Complicate things by having a rescue team actually arrive halfway thru to add another good character or two and more bodies, I'm fine with the story being that slim and simple. As Ridley proved, this type of thing, it's all in the way you build it and shoot it.

 

[a-dev]

Nah, the hate bandwagon can't be stopped for him at this point in time.

Alien 3 was a fantastic movie, more so if you take into consideration it was Fincher's 1st big budget film and all the production problems, it's a visual feast, the story is great and the characters are awesome.

He worked wonders with what he was given, in his first big movie, he would kill it now, I have no doubt he would return Alien to its rightful place where Scott failed.

Only for it to sink again when the new film does well and Hollywood sees dollar signs, greenlighting yet more films of decreasing quality and bringing the ratio of good to bad films right back in favour of the latter.

 

[a-dev]

Alien 3 gets back to the very basic concept of a small group of people trapped with an alien predator. Personally, I didn't like the prison in space idea. Not immediately sympathetic characters. And sometimes just plain weird.

But an alien taken back to a Weyland lab somewhere... or some other isolated situation during transport... I'd be fine with that. Complicate things by having a rescue team actually arrive halfway thru to add another good character or two and more bodies, I'm fine with the story being that slim and simple. As Ridley proved, this type of thing, it's all in the way you build it and shoot it.

I had a dream not long ago about an Alien film in which the birth of an alien and its growth to adult size are all captured on a CCTV and being watched on a monitor by someone - and it could actually be seen in the process of growth, since it happens so fast. I woke up and thought ''huh''. That might be a freaky thing to see in a real Alien movie if the context was good and it was shot right. And perhaps someone is trapped in the same room somehow - for added tension.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I had a dream not long ago about an Alien film in which the birth of an alien and its growth to adult size are all captured on a CCTV and being watched on a monitor by someone - and it could actually be seen in the process of growth, since it happens so fast. I woke up and thought ''huh''. That might be freaky thing to see in a real Alien movie if the context was good and it was shot right. And perhaps someone is trapped in the same room somehow - for added tension.

That is a cool idea. B/W camera view makes it even creepier.

Stupid studio people would make the alien crawl out of the televison though.

 

[Staps1138]

That wasn't his fault though. He actually ended up making a very decent movie despite the odds. Alien 3, the directors cut especially is one of the most underated movies ever made imo.

I enjoyed the Director's cut much more than the theatrical version for sure.

 

[a-dev]

That is a cool idea. B/W camera view makes it even creepier..

That's sort of what I thought too - to avoid making the usual mistake of showing too much, keep it as footage being seen on a monitor. Perhaps give a believable excuse why this footage (or live feed) might not be HD clarity despite 22nd century technology.

 

[Wor-Gar]

That's sort of what I thought too - to avoid making the usual mistake of showing too much, keep it as footage being seen on a monitor. Perhaps give a believable excuse why this footage (or live feed) might not be HD clarity despite 22nd century technology.

An old outpost, cheap funding for experimentation, night-vision green; all believable. Nothing creepier than fuzzy b/w (or green nightvision). Paranormal Activities has made a franchise out of it.

Maybe make a Found-Footage movie out of Alien.

 

[shockwave]

Are you trying to sabotage this?

 

[Magpie 7]

I think the Hudson thing was said in jest and it just ballooned out of all proportions...

Some of the 1979 film cast returning is stranger to me, not sure we see Parker killed but he'd be obliterated when the Nostromo exploded along with the remains of Ash. Anyway here's a brief summary of what i'm hearing about the possible plot...

Ripley, Newt and Hicks are floating in hyper-sleep through space aboard the Sulaco. The sleeper pods malfunction and allow each of them to slowly age but not all at the same rate. Whilst in hyper-sleep Ripley has nightmares of the Xeno's (which might be used to retcon away A3 & A:R). 50 years later they are awoken by W-Y scientists and engineers who tell them of Sulaco's malfunction that's also seen them travelling through a massive circle and have returned to LV-426, but everything is ok as they are heading back to Earth. With Hicks recovering in the med-lab Ripley and Newt look around this gigantic research vessel, they enter the main hold and discovers the derelict ship that Dallas, Kane and Lambert found in the 1st film. Ripley panics and they run to the bridge, when they get there Ripley screams at the commander 'what have they done bringing the derelict aboard' only for him to start violently coughing and then..... ok that's enough for now

 

[shockwave]

I think the Hudson thing was said in jest and it just ballooned out of all proportions...

Some of the 1979 film cast returning is stranger to me, not sure we see Parker killed but he'd be obliterated when the Nostromo exploded along with the remains of Ash. Anyway here's a brief summary of what i'm hearing about the possible plot...

Ripley, Newt and Hicks are floating in hyper-sleep through space aboard the Sulaco. The sleeper pods malfunction and allow each of them to slowly age but not all at the same rate. Whilst in hyper-sleep Ripley has nightmares of the Xeno's (which might be used to retcon away A3 & A:R). 50 years later they are awoken by W-Y scientists and engineers who tell them of Sulaco's malfunction that's also seen them travelling through a massive circle and have returned to LV-426, but everything is ok as they are heading back to Earth. With Hicks recovering in the med-lab Ripley and Newt look around this gigantic research vessel, they enter the main hold and discovers the derelict ship that Dallas, Kane and Lambert found in the 1st film. Ripley panics and they run to the bridge, when they get there Ripley screams at the commander 'what have they done bringing the derelict aboard' only for him to start violently coughing and then..... ok that's enough for now

The Alien skull smashed Parker just like his co-worker Brett.

Ouch....

 

[fosing]

hicks will be played by jai hoe.

and hudson returns.....

as a black dude, played by will smith.

 

[a-dev]

I think the Hudson thing was said in jest and it just ballooned out of all proportions...

Undoubtedly, Bill was having a bit of a laugh but everyone started reposting it like he was serious.

 

[Snake Plissken]

hicks will be played by jai hoe.

and hudson returns.....

as a black dude, played by will smith.

I wouldn't put it pas Hulliwuud.

 

[Snake Plissken]

 

[a-dev]

That definitely looks more like their ages today.

But dammit Hicks shouldn't have most of that scarring - not unless something else happened after the last time we saw him.

 

[Snake Plissken]

He wasn't even hit in the eye with it, he went overboard with the scarring. When he does get hit, IIRC it's only to his chest and arm... and then the next scene his face is burned.