Originally posted by quanchi112
Aliens was by far to me the best of the alien franchise. I more excited about the possibilities of the Engineer race and feel like I'd like to see more alien films but would rather see more Prometheus films than Aliens at this point.
I agree.
Sci Fi films are better as a more detached experience, the more novelty you're allowed to introduce, the more you get to explore each universe. Solely because of this it might be the genre where reboots have more potential than a set of sequels.
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
So every sequel that mentions events in the 1st movie is a "lack of creativity".
Not "mentions." Uses for major beats in the film.
Good spin-doctoring. Did you learn that from Faux News?
I thought of the perfect description of Aliens: It's a caricature of Alien. That's what it feels like to me.
Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Not "mentions." Uses for major beats in the film.
I don't know what you mean as " major beats."
It's not a term I've come across regarding films.
But the simplest definition of "sequel" is "A story the continues elements of the original work, often with the same characters & settings."
By definition that is what Aliens is to Alien.
Newt's concept art in Alien 5
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2016/04/26/blomkamp-shares-alien-5-concept-art/
Also, proof Alien 5 wont undo Alien 3 and Resurrection.
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2016/04/27/alien-5-satisfying-end-alien-story/
Weaver also talked about Alien 3 and Resurrection and how Blomkamp’s sequel relates to them, stating that the new film wouldn’t “wipe out” those films but “run parallel” to them. This continues to support the current belief that Blomkamp’s project will be an alternate Alien 3 – which if Ripley is returning as the original Ripley and Hicks and Newt are back, it couldn’t be anything other than an alternate.
Originally posted by IgnizBut that concept art has a grown up Newt and she was killed off in Alien 3. That right there confirms those movies are retconned. Same with Ripley being alive, although it could be another clone I guess.
Newt's concept art in Alien 5http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2016/04/26/blomkamp-shares-alien-5-concept-art/
Also, proof Alien 5 wont undo Alien 3 and Resurrection.
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2016/04/27/alien-5-satisfying-end-alien-story/
Originally posted by Arachnid1
But that concept art has a grown up Newt and she was killed off in Alien 3. That right there confirms those movies are retconned. Same with Ripley being alive, although it could be another clone I guess.
Its possible they are attempting a sort of requel. They're going to retcon Hicks and Newt's deaths but at the same time keep the continuity of Alien 3 and Resurrection. In the Alien Weyland-Yutani Report, it was mentioned that a Prisoner who survived the events of Fury 161 wrote a book about what happened in the Prison Planet. Its possible that the Alien 3 Movie would end up as an interpretation of that Prisoner/Survivor based on his novel. Its possible.
Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I think it's stupid to try to do another Alien movie with Sigourney Weaver anyway. She's so old.. just bring in someone new. Ridley Scott had the right idea from the beginning.
The guy who played Hicks stated that this movie will end up as a passing of the torch to Newt. So Ripley still dies but Hicks and Newt lives.
Also, why was the title of this thread changed? wasn't this the Alien 5 thread?
^ Exactly the kind of confusion I predicted when they changed the name of the Prometheus sequel. I bet the studio is also kind of testing the waters of the 'Alien' name to see how well the film does with that title, to see what kind of interest there even is in another straight Alien movie. I bet that's a reason why they put Blomkamp's film on hold or pushed it back or whatever-the-hell they did with it.
Yeah, the Prometheus sequel is called Alien: Covenant. Blomkamp's forthcoming Alien film is not titled yet... "Alien 5" I guess at this point. This thread is for the Blomkamp film.