Originally posted by Lestov16
IDK about this. Every film he has made after District 9 has been some kind of thematic variation of District 9. He's never struck me as someone capable of horror, especially the atmospheric horror of the Alien films.
Yeah, this.
In my opinion no one got it right, after the beautiful, dark tone of the 1st film.
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Both takes are fine IMO.
It's Patient who didn't like how the franchise went to a shoot 'em up action flick after the 1st.
To be fair, Aliens is only a shoot em up for the second half of the movie. I always thought they did a really good job building the tension up until that point.
Sure, it's not balls-out horror like the first and third movies, but I think it still fits within the franchise.
Originally posted by -Pr-
I hope we still get enough of a horror movie even if there's action in it.
If District 9 is anything to go by...I'm envisaging the "horror-element" may be more in the sense of atrocities, possibly human, towards the alien species.
Maybe he'll add a sympathetic view towards the aliens...I just hope there won't be an underlining political message like his other films.
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Both takes are fine IMO.
It's Patient who didn't like how the franchise went to a shoot 'em up action flick after the 1st.
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Both takes are fine IMO.
It's Patient who didn't like how the franchise went to a shoot 'em up action flick after the 1st.
Jesus, I'm sick of explaining myself on this. I'll keep it brief: 1. James Cameron rehashed the ideas from the first film, nothing new added, 2. Ruined the beautiful dark tone of the first film, and 3. Added a bunch of annoying, poorly disciplined Marines.
Apparently that was a recipe for genius to everyone. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the film, probably as much as anybody. But just because it had more aliens and guns didn't make it a better movie. It was brainless rehash. Hell, as bad as the fourth movie is, it at least added some new ideas.
Thanks! 😄
I just realized I did a double quote box up there. I apparently struggled trying to post from my phone.. heh
But it was really the mystery that was lost after the first film. The beautiful mysterious music and direction. But I shouldn't be mad at James Cameron or David Fincher, etc for not capturing that, because it was really the genius of Ridley Scott. No one can be expected to be Ridley Scott. He did it again with Prometheus (albeit in a much higher budget sort of way).
For all you cynics out there, this makes some pretty good points...
10 REASONS YOU SHOULDN'T GET EXCITED ABOUT NEILL BLOMKAMP'S ALIEN 5
http://whatculture.com/film/10-reasons-you-shouldnt-get-excited-about-neill-blomkamps-alien-5.php
Originally posted by Patient_Leech
For all you cynics out there, this makes some pretty good points...10 REASONS YOU SHOULDN'T GET EXCITED ABOUT NEILL BLOMKAMP'S ALIEN 5
http://whatculture.com/film/10-reasons-you-shouldnt-get-excited-about-neill-blomkamps-alien-5.php
Read the article.
Honestly it's based on very little facts...simply just the announcement that Blomkamp's signed up for Alien 5.
The article is negative & very one-sided.
What's obvious is that the writer either hates, Blomkamp, the Alien franchise, sci-fi or all 4.
One writer criticising another writer...that's spite & nothing else.
I think it's pretty well established that Fox's butting has damaged the films. Fincher's director's cut is much more highly regarded than the theatrical counterpart. Even Cameron himself I think prefers his extended version. So we have no reason to suspect that Fox won't do similar butting in with the next film. He makes some good points. I think the main idea is just not to get expectations too high, which is never a good idea, especially when you're into the 4th sequel in a series for Christs sake.
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
My suspension of disbelief is fine.I just get pedantic when I'm bored. 😉
I guess I'm more worried if they're bringing him back just for a romantic interest with Ripley...
Yea I was just busting your balls man. Out of all the plot holes you can choose from the aliens movie you focus on the easiest one that should be overlooked.
I agree. I don't want hicks returning, solely for fan service. Shit at this point I don't want any original character returning unless they're literally picking up where, aliens left off. I'm sure ripely is returning because that's the only way fox would agree on a script. As long as ripely is written into the script as a necessity and the script isn't written into ripleys story as a necessity then I think we're on the right track. This should be a story that icludes ripely and not the other way around.