New Alien movie confirmed

[teela_brown]

@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.

[Sr_Siete]

@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.

[Magniankh]

So far the most promising aspect of this announced Alien is thatthe director has been “inspired” by *Alien: Isolation. * 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.

[Sage_Rat]

@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.

[JKilez]

@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.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@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:

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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]