# New Alien movie confirmed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alien-movie-confirmed/713129 "2015-02-19T21:23:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alien-movie-confirmed/713129/41 "2015-03-20T15:23:46Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Am I the only person that liked _Alien: Resurrection_? I kind of liked it, if only for the cloned monstrosities and that icky pale Ripley/Xenomorph clone that met such a graphic end. Oh, and I always like Dan Hedaya. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alien-movie-confirmed/713129/42 "2015-03-20T15:36:58Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Am I the only person that liked _Alien: Resurrection_? I mean sure, it wasn’t great, but it was a damn sight better than either _AvP_ and _Prometheus_! > > That said, I have no problem dropping all of those from the canon. I’m all for a truer in-universe sequel and I’m kind of excited to see where it goes. I just wish there was a way to get Vasquez back. > and as an aside I’m still praying Del Toro will reconsider doing _At the Mountains of Madness_ since _Prometheus_ sucked so hard. To appreciate Resurrection, you have to get that they weren’t trying to do an actual Alien movie, but a bit of farcical sci-fi inspired by surrealism and comics like Metal Hurlant. Much like The Fifth Element drew inspiration from the same sources. In a way, I understand the hatred for that movie as in somebody marketing Fifth Element as a sequel to Blade Runner. ---
**Author:** ![Magniankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Magniankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magniankh)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alien-movie-confirmed/713129/43 "2015-03-20T16:31:01Z")
So far the most promising aspect of this announced _Alien_ is that[the director has been “inspired” by \*Alien: Isolation.](http://www.pcgamer.com/alien-director-neill-blomkamp-says-alien-isolation-got-it-so-perfect/) \* _A:I_ is seriously such a fantastic game – has some problems with human AI, but otherwise a 90/100 game. Truly bridges the gap between movie and game, and is the best thing _Alien_ has seen since Aliens Vs Predator 2 (2001), IMO. Prometheus was a huge let down for me, primarily due to the accelerated writing of killing off the tertiary characters. The scientist who doesn’t take precautions when interacting with that pale worm/snake? Ugh. That kind of forced interaction only goes to show that a 2 hour movie just doesn’t live up to a well-written TV series or video game these days. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alien-movie-confirmed/713129/44 "2015-03-20T18:14:35Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Am I the only person that liked _Alien: Resurrection_? I mean sure, it wasn’t great, but it was a damn sight better than either _AvP_ and _Prometheus_! Mostly, I just have no memory of it except for the alien being sucked out a hole in the side of the ship (which was stupid). So in the sense that I remember Prometheus for being _all_ stupid, Resurrection is better. But being forgettable is almost the worst fate for a movie. People might still bring out Prometheus to lampoon on the occasion, because of all the stupid. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alien-movie-confirmed/713129/45 "2015-03-21T18:27:15Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > To appreciate Resurrection, you have to get that they weren’t trying to do an actual Alien movie, but a bit of farcical sci-fi inspired by surrealism and comics like Metal Hurlant. Much like The Fifth Element drew inspiration from the same sources. I definitely agree with this. If the movie did not have the tie to the _Alien_ franchise, it would probably have a cult following and be remembered for its quirkiness. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alien-movie-confirmed/713129/46 "2015-03-22T03:46:13Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > …and as an aside I’m still praying Del Toro will reconsider doing _At the Mountains of Madness_ since _Prometheus_ sucked so hard. Preach it. The Thirties setting, Antarctic exploration with period aircraft and lost alien city would be all kinds of awesome. I liked only four things about _Alien: Resurrection_: [spoiler] 1. Ripley’s response to the remark, “I thought you were dead”: “Yeah, I get that a lot.” 2. The aliens killing one of their own to acid-burn their way out of their cell 3. An alien getting in an escape pod and attacking the soldiers there, and the general tossing a grenade in after it 4. Ripley finding all of her bizarrely-disfigured previous failed clones, and mercy-killing the most recent at her request.[/Spoiler] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alien-movie-confirmed/713129.md?page=2)