Aliens - 1986 movie (was Dog Soldiers)

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Originally Posted by Raellus

Nobody saw this coming.

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/alien...184258582.html

I certainly didn't. It straightens out the info I originally had although I still stand by my rant against fan appeasement movies.

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic

I certainly didn't. It straightens out the info I originally had although I still stand by my rant against fan appeasement movies.

I don't care for them much either, so this article came as a bit of a relief. I am cautiously optimistic now. Also going in the new Alien film's favor is that it seems Mr. Blomkamp is a reflective dude- he recently admitted that he let concept get in the way of story on Elysium, a film that I found a pretty big disappointment (especially since I'd come up with a very similar plot myself, years before the film came out).

[stormlion1]

I just want to know, will it have Colonial Marines?

[Targan]

A lot of the joy of the first two films was lost to me when they snuffed Hicks and Newt before the third film even started. I'll watch any new Alien/Predator/both together film as a matter of course but to date IMO Aliens was the best of the lot. I'm kind of torn. I'd be happy to see a film in which Hicks survived but then again, I don't like canon being broken.

[Webstral]

I agree with Targan. Killing Hicks and Newt was a mistake. A fine line exists between fiction acknowledging that life is hard and bad things happen on the one hand and just crushing the viewer's hopes. I have real life to crush my hopes. I don't need my entertainment to assist.

[Raellus]

WHAT?!?

How am I just finding out about this?!?

I love Aliens (Alien is good too; the rest can bugger off) and I read any articles that I see about anything directly related to the franchise. I'm also a big William Gibson (of Neuromancer fame) fan. Hell, I interviewed the guy! (Well, I asked him one question on BBC radio.) But anyway, I had no idea that he'd written a script for Alien 3. I'd prefer a film of it, but I'll take comics over nothing.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/dark-horse-i...-in-1827548457

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[StainlessSteelCynic]

I'm a big fan of Gibson's stories from the day that I first read Neuromancer as a teenager (I bought it at an airport shop while waiting for some relatives to arrive on a flight).
I do think he has periods of disappearing up his own arsehole at times, particularly when he comments on other people's visions of cyberpunk, however I am very interested in seeing his story for Alien.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Webstral

I agree with Targan. Killing Hicks and Newt was a mistake. A fine line exists between fiction acknowledging that life is hard and bad things happen on the one hand and just crushing the viewer's hopes. I have real life to crush my hopes. I don't need my entertainment to assist.

Pretty much the whole third movie, including the premise, sucked, except for possibly information about the alien and some about Weyland-Yutland. And I'm not happy that Ripley ended up with a queen inside of her -- it was good for the script, but again the premise sucked and smacked of desperation to make the third movie work.

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Pretty much the whole third movie, including the premise, sucked, except for possibly information about the alien and some about Weyland-Yutland. And I'm not happy that Ripley ended up with a queen inside of her -- it was good for the script, but again the premise sucked and smacked of desperation to make the third movie work.

Agreed on all points. This is exactly why I'm so stoked about a different script for 3.