Alien prequel on the way [Archive]

Keiko

06-05-2009, 03:35 AM

Ron-P

06-05-2009, 03:48 AM

Thanks Keiko, but Aliens, seriously? That was more a campy, popcorn action movie. Putting kids and comedic one-liners in the film was not a good decision. This prequel better be rated "R" with no kids or Bill Paxton type characters. Aliens lacked any kind of suspense, or good horror like the first, the rest of the films were horrid.

But Alien, by far one of, if not, the best sci-fi horror film ever.

Keiko

06-05-2009, 04:16 AM

Yeah, I thought Aliens exceeded the first one. I loved it. I quess because we got to see more of the creature (s) and Stan Winston just did a fantastic job with them. Those Colonial Marines were bad ass. I thought the casting was great with Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen and Michael Beihn. A total non-stop thrill ride. :D Excellent SE and decent plot. IMO, this one is tops. I got into all of them though. I love out worldly science fiction and monsters. :o

venomclan

06-05-2009, 10:18 AM

They need James Cameron back.

bobman1235

06-05-2009, 10:20 AM

I quess because we got to see more of the creature (s)

Yeah, just like Jaws got better when you got to see more of the shark..... oh wait....

zombie boy 2000

06-05-2009, 10:24 AM

Jaws inexplicably roaring and exploding in The Revenge. All time comedic gold.

kevhed72

06-05-2009, 10:27 AM

I guess there a no creative people left in Hollywood to come up with a new idea for a movie....seems most movies are based on books, redo's of old classics, or sequel / prequel type flicks...with that said, I will see this.

nooshinjohn

06-05-2009, 10:39 AM

perhaps we will learn that some incarnation of Sigourney Weaver's character created the Aliens as a slave species for deep space mining work and they rebelled... That has been my theory for some time...

Danny Tse

06-05-2009, 03:40 PM

I guess there a no creative people left in Hollywood to come up with a new idea for a movie....

Hmmm....they just rebooted "Star Trek", and they're already remaking "Footloose", "Total Recall", "The Karate Kid", etc. So, why not?

venomclan

06-05-2009, 05:10 PM

Hmmm....they just rebooted "Star Trek", and they're already remaking "Footloose", "Total Recall", "The Karate Kid", etc. So, why not?

Total Recall? NOOOOOOOOOOO! One of my all time favorites. They are going to really screw it up.

Since they have run out of ideas a while ago and are now doing remakes of movies not that old, I am waiting to see them remake a movie they just released. Oh wait: Hulk 2003, 2008...

How about they remake a movie that has not been released yet...oh wait, that is called a prequil.
Nevermind

Danny Tse

06-05-2009, 09:14 PM

Total Recall? NOOOOOOOOOOO! One of my all time favorites. They are going to really screw it up.

Read it and weep: "Total Recall" to be remade (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8080966.stm) (BBC article from 2 days ago)

danz1906

06-05-2009, 09:38 PM

Kool!

fatchowmein

06-05-2009, 11:39 PM

I wonder what body part Quato is attached to this time?

Keiko

06-05-2009, 11:49 PM

I wonder what body part Quato is attached to this time?

His anus? :eek:

wz2p7j

06-11-2009, 07:26 PM

So we get to see how the derelict alien spacecraft ended up on LV426, eh? Spooky but cool. :eek::eek: Chris

Airplay355

06-11-2009, 07:34 PM

I certainly don't have high hopes for this one. Alien was/is badass. I don't think I've ever seen Aliens, I guess I should get around to that.

George Grand

06-11-2009, 09:36 PM

JVA.

Jaws vs Alien

jimmydep

06-11-2009, 09:51 PM

Aliens was #1, Alien #2, all the rest just ok, AvP..why bother.

Keiko

06-11-2009, 10:28 PM

JVA.

Jaws vs Alien

GG vs. Salma Hayek

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George Grand

06-11-2009, 10:50 PM

I must have her.

Son of Kong vs War of the Worlds guys

Monster Jam

06-11-2009, 11:12 PM

http://www.collider.com/2009/05/29/exclusive-tony-scott-confirms-carl-rinsch-is-directing-alien-and-its-a-prequel/

Hopefully, it's like Alien and not Aliens.

Wow. Alien was good, but Aliens is one of the best action sci-flicks of all-time. It literally put Bill Paxson on the map and was breakout roles for others. Every line is memorable. Say any one line from this movie in a group of sci-fi fans and they know what movie your talking about.

Not liking Aliens? WTF?!

Ron-P

06-12-2009, 02:55 AM

Where'd you get that I said I didn't like Aliens? Aliens is a great mindless popcorn action film but Alien was total suspense/horror, far superior to Aliens in every regard.

They need James Cameron back.
No way, they need Ridley Scott, not James Cameron. We don't need a mindless popcorn prequel.

venomclan

06-12-2009, 10:49 AM

Where'd you get that I said I didn't like Aliens? Aliens is a great mindless popcorn action film but Alien was total suspense/horror, far superior to Aliens in every regard.

No way, they need Ridley Scott, not James Cameron. We don't need a mindless popcorn prequel.

But that is the problem, Hollywood tries to capture as large an age group ($$$) as they can and will make it PG-13. Suspense/horror pretty much needs to be rated R to be successful in this genre. Mindless action is what sells. I enjoy Ridley's work a lot, but I think JC can also inject a lot into the franchise.
Venom

ChrisD

06-12-2009, 03:33 PM

I really really hope they make it a suspense/horror movie and not an action flick.

comfortablycurt

06-12-2009, 03:40 PM

Too cool! This is absolutely my favorite sci-fi movie series of all time. I hope they do it justice. Those AvP movies were so-so at best. Not even close to the same caliber as Alien, and the best of the series, Aliens. Too date, I don't think anything has come close to Aliens. Thanks for the heads-up Ron. You are the Spaceman Spiff. ;)

x2 Aliens was the best IMO. They're all great though. I haven't watched any of them in quite a while...I think they're due to be watched again soon.

Total Recall? NOOOOOOOOOOO! One of my all time favorites. They are going to really screw it up.

x2 Total Recall was a great movie, and should NOT be remade. They're going to ruin it.

I don't know why Hollywood feels the need to remake all of these movies that are just fine.

This is the best though...Alien vs. Predator vs.....Batman? Yeah...that's right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SALkUC3fH3E

bobman1235

06-12-2009, 03:48 PM

x2 Total Recall was a great movie, and should NOT be remade. They're going to ruin it.

I don't know why Hollywood feels the need to remake all of these movies that are just fine.

Really? You don't know why? How much money do you think Hollywood is making off of the original Total Recall in 2009? $300? If they make a new one, they'll make 300 million in 6 months. It's not rocket science. It's creatively bankrupt, but whatever, just ignore it. A remake doesn't ruin the original, the original will still be out there (and most likely remastered and re-released in anticipation of the remake, so actually a remake ENHANCES the original :) )

ChrisD

06-12-2009, 03:52 PM

It ruins the original because when you say Total Recall now people think of the awesome 80s movie. When you say Total Recall after it's made, you'll think of the not-so-awesome remake.

comfortablycurt

06-12-2009, 05:08 PM

Really? You don't know why? How much money do you think Hollywood is making off of the original Total Recall in 2009? $300? If they make a new one, they'll make 300 million in 6 months. It's not rocket science. It's creatively bankrupt, but whatever, just ignore it. A remake doesn't ruin the original, the original will still be out there (and most likely remastered and re-released in anticipation of the remake, so actually a remake ENHANCES the original :) )

Well...yes, I understand why they're doing it. They're in the business of making money. How about coming up with an original idea, and making money off of that instead?;)

bobman1235

06-12-2009, 05:57 PM

MacLeod

06-12-2009, 09:10 PM

Im with Ron on this one. I too loved Aliens but the first one was simply a masterpiece. Scared the hell out of me and gave me the creeps for days after. Superbly directed too. Aliens is an alltime great no doubt but Alien is in a class by itself - in the league of Godfather, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Goodfellas IMO.

toobwacky

06-15-2009, 12:36 AM

There is so little good sci-fi offered these days that I welcome an Alien prequel and hope they do the franchise proud! :D

Ron-P

06-15-2010, 10:37 AM

Sounds like their headed in the right direction with these and that if done right, could be pretty kick-ass films.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/17488/ridley-scott-talks-alien-prequels

Talking at the L.A. Times Hero Complex Film Festival, director Ridley Scott revealed that the script for the "Alien" prequel has been completed and pre-production is currently underway according to FearNet.

As previously reported, the focus will be on the origin of the 'Space Jockey', the unknown alien pilot of the crashed ship carrying the more familiar xenomorph alien eggs in the original 1979 film. Surprising news though is that this prequel may not be the only one with Scott commenting that a second prequel is planned as events will take place well before the events of "Alien".

Scott says "If you explain who he [Spacey Jockey] was and where he came from, then that will deal with the savagery of this version, which will be pretty savage. Then you may want to find out where they came from, the place where his people come from."

Scott has done a lot of underwater research for the upcoming movies which will cover different ground - "The first Alien was honestly The Old Dark House -- seven people in the old dark house with a visitor. This will go further into the world of terraforming. We're thinking about doing it. In fact, if Kennedy had been allowed to continue his space program, we'd probably be on Mars now with a population of nine-thousand people. That's how far we should have gone."

HHStuart

06-15-2010, 08:37 PM

I loved Alien and Aliens 2 but Aliens 3 was terrible. It took the best parts of Aliens 2 and took a big dump on it. Special effects were boring too.
A prequel with that original alien would be pretty cool.

polkfarmboy

06-16-2010, 03:36 AM

George Grand

06-16-2010, 09:09 AM

I dont think american audiences are stupid

Then why are there so many god awful movies that sell a lot of tickets? Why is Will Smith a star?

Norm Apter

06-16-2010, 09:38 AM

I agree in principle, of course, it's just that those types of movies cost SO MUCH to make nowadays (in the hundreds of millions, in most cases) so the only way they get greenlit is if there can be SOME high probability of success,a nd unfortunately American audiences are mostly stupid and only go see movies that have big explosions and that they've heard of before.

Unfortunately, you're right on the money. I understand your use of 'stupid' as being a bit tongue-in-cheek, but I get what your are saying, I think, and I agree with it. Americans do have a tendency to go for the huge blockbuster come hell or high water -- drawn by a familiar name or mindless action -- no matter how vapid and devoid of substance they may be.

I tend to avoid any movies based on action comic books or 70s TV shows out of hand. It was a serial comic or TV show to begin with, and the idea of compressing it into a 2 hour feature flick just seems unnatural. Maybe some people like it for nostalgia reasons.

Watching stuff blow up when your 20...pretty cool. Don't find it too stimulating any more.

The one TV-based movie that I did see (on DVD) and enjoy was The Simpsons, but thats only because its been one of my very favorite TV shows for some time and, in the end, I really only thought of the film as an extended TV episode, nothing to get worked up about (i.e. certainly not worth a trip to the theatre)

zombie boy 2000

06-16-2010, 10:56 AM

I'm not a "+1" sort of guy, but Norm just hit it out of the park.

zombie boy 2000

06-16-2010, 02:23 PM

So, because some people like mindless action movies, like to watch stuff blow up and are devoid of substance they are mostly stupid.

No... this in no way describes a stupid person. I would generally think being "devoid of substance" would put someone among the intellectually elite.

bobman1235

06-16-2010, 02:37 PM

Boy I love when a comment I made over a year ago gets brought back to spur debate.

Liking mindless movies doesn't mean you're stupid. I like mindless action movies and comedies too, and I'm only partly stupid.

But for the most part the people who DO like intelligent / deep / thought-provoking movies AREN'T stupid. See how that works? A implies B, but B does not necessitate A?

Ron-P

09-07-2010, 01:41 PM

more...and it's sounding better and better, sans the 3D aspect.

Ridley Scott is now firmly looking at his 3D "Alien" two-part prequel as his next project, the "Robin Hood" director telling UK paper The Independent that he expects the venture to take no prisoners.

"The film will be really tough, really nasty. It's the dark side of the moon. We are talking about gods and engineers. Engineers of space. And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and clean up a planet?" says Scott. "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindoff is polishing the first prequel's script set three decades before the events in the 1979 original film.

Scott takes a friendly jab at "Aliens" director James Cameron, seeing the success he had with the first sequel as a challenge he has to at least match with these films - "Jim's raised the bar and I've got to jump to it."

Meanwhile, Digital Spy reports that actress Gemma Arterton has indicated she'll meet with Scott about possibly starring in the planned prequels. Scott was apparently so impressed with her work in recent British thriller "The Disappearance of Alice Creed" that he wants to meet with her for the main female role.

Arterton however has a busy schedule including Richard E. Grant's cowboy comedy "In With the Outlaws", and the Ruth Rendell novel adaptation "The Keys To The Street".

bobman1235

09-07-2010, 01:59 PM

I like that, with all of the great films Ridley Scott has put out over the years, he's referred in that article as "the 'Robin Hood' director." Really?

quadzilla

09-07-2010, 05:37 PM

Where'd you get that I said I didn't like Aliens? Aliens is a great mindless popcorn action film but Alien was total suspense/horror, far superior to Aliens in every regard.

No way, they need Ridley Scott, not James Cameron. We don't need a mindless popcorn prequel.

Well, sure, unless you find horror flicks tediously predictable, and so would rather be entertained instead of waiting until the inevitable end.

dorourke07

09-07-2010, 05:52 PM

So when does the real Godzilla make his return??

jinjuku

09-07-2010, 06:32 PM

Alien was a horror/suspense with a some what brainy twist thrown-in when it came to the Android having a hidden set of instructions.

Aliens was a straight up run and gun movie with a good continuance of a plot line.

I don't have a favorite but will say that I would have to pay homage to the original from a creative and story telling aspect.

LeftCoast

09-07-2010, 11:15 PM

Hoping for the best, but Tony Scott is not Ridley Scott. And Tony Scott isn't in the same conversation with James Cameron.

As for the stupid vs. non stupid argument. Many of the movies that we Americans watch are not very sophisticated. That's ok. But it's like comparing filet mignon to a Big Mac. Don't argue that a Big Mac is just as good or better than filet mignon. Accept it for what it is, and enjoy it. But it ISN'T filet mignon.

Ron-P

09-07-2010, 11:40 PM

To sum it up...

Alien = Filet Mignon

Aliens = Big Mac

LeftCoast

09-08-2010, 01:03 AM

LOL

I was thinking more like...geeez, I don't know....Smokin' Aces or something, as a Big Mac.

Aliens is leagues better than Smokin' Aces.

LeftCoast

09-08-2010, 01:03 AM

Gone In Sixty Seconds....Perfect comparison!

Gone In Sixty Seconds is a Big Mac.

Ron-P

09-08-2010, 11:23 AM

Yeah, it was just a joke. I do like Aliens, it's a well done popcorn film, you really cannot compare the first two films, too different.

I just hope Scott doesn't go for an all out popcorn action film and gives us more horror and suspense with these.

LeftCoast

09-08-2010, 02:23 PM

Absolutely. Two different genres.

Alien: Sci Fi Suspense Thriller
Aliens: Sci Fi Action Thriller

Alien is quiet.
Aliens is loud.

In Alien they give you time to think.
In Aliens they don't give you time to think.

Ron-P

01-16-2011, 10:33 PM

The Alien prequels are dead! But something new comes from it's ashes...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/foxs-alien-prequel-morphs-prometheus-72052

stubby

01-17-2011, 10:29 PM

So is this supposed to be a 'tip of the hat' to the original Alien story line, but not necessarily an intro or explanation of where the Space Jockey originated?

This better be worth it. There are lots of us geeks out here who want to know the whole story.:mad:

stubby

mrbigbluelight

01-17-2011, 10:37 PM

The Alien prequels are dead! But something new comes from it's ashes...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/foxs-alien-prequel-morphs-prometheus-72052

Well ..... it is going to star one of Hollywood's finest actresses, Noomi Rapace:

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I think she's one of Hollywood's finest actresses. Or at least an actress. Or something. But she's in the movie, so it has to be good !

... at least better than an Alien prequel.